John Cassidy

Current

Test Lead at Onformonics
CISSP at ISC2
Member at ISSA Ireland

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Past

Test Manager at Fujitsu Services
Test Analyst / Business Analyst at Version 1
Senior Test Analyst at Commonwealth Bank Australia

System Engineer at Elavon Merchant Services
Computer Operator at GTECH Ireland

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John Cassidy’s Summary

I am a computer operations expert with a wide range of experience and skills, particularly in high-availablity systems. I am a certified Information Security professional, with real-world practise in high-availability, high-security systems.

I have designed and implemented programs that ensured confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical systems, reduced risk and cost, and improved ROI.

I am an experienced analyst dealing with stakeholders up to and including board-level, with an extensive record in test management and execution.

In the field of Information Security;
• CISSP
• High-Security
• High-Availability
• Change-Control
• Incident escalation, resolution, and reporting
• Disaster-Recovery & BCP
• Risk Analysis
• Auditing
• ISO27001
• Sarbanes/Oxley
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
• Regulated Environments
• Documentation and Training
• Creating Standard Operating Procedures and Checklists

In the field of Business Analysis;
• Business Process Modelling
• Full Cycle development experience
• Agile development and project methodologies
• Requirements elicitation, gathering, and analysis
• Requirements prioritisation and classification
• Functional Specification writing and analysis
• UML tools and methods
• Use Cases, User Stories, information flows, process flows, decision trees, state diagrams and more
• Presentation skills
• Technical Documentation
• Change Management
• User Documentation
• Product Evaluation
• Vendor Evaluation

In the field of Testing:
• Test Automation
• Test Management
• Writing Test Strategies, Test Plans
• Creating Test Matrixes, Test Cases & Scripts
• Creating tests from requirements and functional specifications
• Requirements Testing
• Unit Testing
• System Integration Testing
• Sociability Testing
• Web Integration Testing
• Data Migration Testing
• UAT planning and management
• UAT Testing
• Stress/Performance Testing
• Change Control

John Cassidy’s Specialties:

Information Security;
• Workable security policies and procedures
• Realistic change-control procedures
• User Control, Education, and Training
• Access Control and Monitoring
• Auditor liasion

Business Analysis:
• Requirements elicitation
• Process Improvements
• Change Control
Testing:
• Agile development environments
• Concurrent testing and development
• UAT management and execution

John Cassidy’s Experience

Test Lead

Onformonics

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

Testing, Test Management, Test Planning
CISSP

ISC2

(Non-Profit; Computer & Network Security industry)

November 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

I welcome any IT Security inquires as this helps me earn credits that I need to maintain this qualification.
My special areas of interest include access controls, change controls, disaster recovery and high-availability systems, particularly in banking or financial sectors.
Member

ISSA Ireland

(Non-Profit; Computer & Network Security industry)

May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Admittedly I don't get to many chapter meetings now (being in a different country!) but I am happy to still be a member of this excellent and very active chapter.
Test Manager

Fujitsu Services

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2009 — September 2009 (1 month)

Completed a three week temporary assignment with Fujitsu, working on the An Post STREAMS Migration Project.

Joined the team very late in the System Test cycle for a crucial milestone due to unexpected absence of previous Test Manager.

Completed System Test phase and cut two business days from the revised System Test Completion date. Performed QA on previous testing.

Completed Test Strategies, plans, test condition matrixes and test scripts for the next major milestones. Shaved three days off the estimate for this test preparation.

Started and closed UAT phase on schedule. Resolved all issues.

Turned down further Fujitsu contracts to pursue the Onformonics opportunity.
Test Analyst / Business Analyst

Version 1

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 10 months)

Proven ability to provide high-quality testing capacity in any role.
Responsibilities Included:
• Working with high-value, repeat clients in all phases of development life cycle.
• Producing clear requirements documents, functional specifications, use-case diagrams, and data-flow charts leading to rapid development
• Managing and executing all phases of Test cycle.
• Requirements Testing
• Unit Testing
• System Testing
• Integration Testing
• Web Integration Testing
• Data Migration Testing
• UAT Management
• UAT Testing
• Client-facing consultancy.
• Planning and completing test automation projects, product evaluations and implementations.
• Provision of high-quality reports for client consumption, including requirements analysis, product analysis, technical gap analysis, test progress reports, test completion reports, performance testing analysis and system capacity reports.
Senior Test Analyst

Commonwealth Bank Australia

(Public Company; CBA; Banking industry)

November 2005 — April 2006 (6 months)

I worked two consecutive contracts for the Commonwealth Bank under the WHV programme.
Responsibilities Included:

• Creating Test Strategy & Test Plan for sociability testing legacy applications against standardised Windows XP operating system.
• Creating and maintaining library of 8000+ legacy applications.
• Analysis of legacy applications to determine test requirements for each application.
• Creating reports on test progress and completion, product evaluation and business process improvements.
• Establishing ‘Centre of Excellence for Testing’ to take control of all testing requirements within the RBS division.
• Successful rollout of Mercury Quality Centre across the Retail Banking Services division. Providing user training and serve as SME for other users.
• Supervising the activities of junior and graduate testers.
System Engineer

Elavon Merchant Services

(Financial Services industry)

January 2001 — May 2005 (4 years 5 months)

As a key member of the AXIS Support Group, I was involved in the critical card-acquiring and settlement platform during start-up and go-live. I eventually assumed responsability for all aspects of the system operation and maintainence.

Achievements include;
• Reduced change-related outages to nearly zero during a period of over 600% growth by designing and enforcing change control procedures.
• Increased accountability and visibility of key systems by creating Standard Operating Procedures and Checklists.
• Reducing incident costs by improving system integrity with automating file processing and error-handling.
• Drastically reduced costs by eliminating requirement for manual intervention in most system tasks. The same system in the US requires 24/7 Operator support.

Responsibilities Included:
• Key member of Euroconex team during 6-month start-up phase.
• Responsibility for the AXIS card-acquiring and settlement platform processing over 60 million transactions per day.
• Operating and supporting the AXIS platform on a 24/7/365 basis.
• Key member of conversion projects for major bank portfolios - Santander, Alliance & Leicester, and Citibank.
• Key member of Euro-conversion team.
• Key member of Development Team in an agile development environment.
• Liaising with business owners up to Board level to elicit business requirements for system changes and capacity planning.
• Analysing existing systems and processes and recommending improvements in processes and systems to improve cost base, system reliability, system performance and data integrity.
• Engaging in BPM.
• Providing reports to business owners on product analysis, gap analysis, system performance, projected system requirements, and incident reporting.
• Acting as SME for internal & external auditors, including Sarbanes/Oxley, PCI DSS, Data Protection Acts etc. etc.
• Providing user training to non-technical business units.
• Creating and maintaining user documentation and manuals.
Computer Operator

GTECH Ireland

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

May 1997 — January 2001 (3 years 9 months)

Part of the team that runs the lottery systems for the National Lottery Company. Obviously high-availability during operating hours, high-security always, heavily audited and monitored. Marked by a particular emphasis on preventative measures (a disaster dodged...) and no-blame problem resolutions.

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Personal interests include hiking, reading, current events, science, history, geography, cooking, and travelling. Professional interests include OO theory, security etc.