Zach Hooper

Current

Quality Assurance at Warner Bros. Games
QA Lead at Surreal Software
Quality Assurance at Surreal Software

Owner at Chaos Productions

see less...

1 more...

Past

Quality Assurance at Midway Games
Director, News & Submissions at Planet-RtCW.com
Software Test Engineer I (Microsoft) at VMC

Software Test Associate II at VMC
Director, Operations & Marketing at Battle For Berlin Tournament
Tier II Tech Support at WDS Global
Administrator at TeamWarfare
Administrator at FileFront / FilesNetworks

see less...

5 more...

Education

Cascadia Community College

Recommended

36 people have recommended Zach

Connections

245 connections

Industry

Computer Games

Websites

Zach Hooper’s Summary

I've worked in the Quality Assurance field for over two years and have gradually moved more and more into management roles within the field.

I enjoy testing and the architecture behind creating a test plan and execution to properly catch and analyze software issues. My organization and analysis skills benefit me on a daily basis to properly gauge the priority, properly document and help assist in the entire process of software issues.

My previous experience in Technical Support, Database Administration and Community Relations help me in my everyday tasks by being able to assist with technical issues while still being able to communicate a defined result that is easily understood by all.

I studied Web Development at CCC and continue to create web projects to expand my knowledge of HTML / XML in an effort to better my personal and professional career.

My career goal is to continue my Quality Assurance career - which would entail me continuing to lead test teams in a development process and expand my knowledge of code bases outside of HTML/XML and into software creation - for the purpose of benefiting my proficiencies with test automation and scripting.

Zach Hooper’s Specialties:

Quality Assurance:
---------------------------
- Team Management
- Daily Schedule Management / Priority Triage
- Development Cycles
- Build Cycles
- Test Case Creation, Implementation & Execution
- Agile / Milestone Based Testing
- Multi-Environment PC Testing
- Certification, Localization and Network Testing (All Platforms)

Zach Hooper’s Experience

Quality Assurance

Warner Bros. Games

(Public Company; TWX; Entertainment industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)
QA Lead

Surreal Software

(Public Company; TWX; Computer Games industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Quality Assurance

Surreal Software

(Public Company; TWX; Computer Games industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Owner

Chaos Productions

(Graphic Design industry)

September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

Current Status: Working on web templates.

--- Oversee direction and tasks with a small group of graphic designers / web developers.
--- Creation of HTML/CSS templates.
--- Creation of Graphics (via PhotoShop)
--- Creation of JavaScript applications.
Quality Assurance

Midway Games

(Public Company; MWY; Computer Games industry)

January 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Director, News & Submissions

Planet-RtCW.com

(Writing and Editing industry)

February 2005 — May 2008 (3 years 4 months)

Current Status: Site closed due to inactivity.

--- Managed submitted news & articles from contributors.
--- Worked with other administrators on website tasks.
--- Organized filters for user-submitted articles.
--- Interviewed 20 influential members of the gaming and development community.
--- Posted news on recent events in community.
Software Test Engineer I (Microsoft)

VMC

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)
Software Test Associate II

VMC

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — July 2007 (4 months)
Director, Operations & Marketing

Battle For Berlin Tournament

(Computer Games industry)

July 2006 — December 2006 (6 months)

Sponsors: Steel Series, Icemat, Logitech, Cafepress, GTV, Radio iTg, Chaos Productions, Filanthropy Cinema.
Press: Crossfire, Planet-RtCW, Got Frag, eSports, RtCWFiles, FileFront, GGL.

--- Organized and promoted tournament globally.
--- Managed pre-planning / event schedule.
--- Managed match support for over 100 participants.
--- Designed interactive website, forums & graphics.
--- Managed 20 Administrators managing community efforts worldwide.
--- Managed server configuration and maintenance for 6 dedicated tournament servers.
--- Worked with sponsors to organize competition prizes.
--- Designed and oversaw tournament rules and framework.
Tier II Tech Support

WDS Global

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

August 2005 — October 2005 (3 months)
Administrator

TeamWarfare

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Games industry)

January 2005 — May 2005 (5 months)

I worked as a game league and tournament administrator for TeamWarfare League. I was in charge of setting up, maintaining, and progressing the leagues RtCW tournaments and leagues. I developed and employed a successful league and was on a panel of administrators overseeing the games full spectrum of league/tournament options. Worked with the games community in public relations and technical support.
Administrator

FileFront / FilesNetworks

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

January 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 5 months)

Worked as a FileFront Administrator; managing the file databases for 4+ dedicated game sites. Aside from the network end administrative tasks, I was a part of the news team and public relations department. I wrote over 30+ news articles and 100+ reviews, aswell as thousands of forum posts helping the sites fanbase/community.

Zach Hooper’s Education

Cascadia Community College

Web Design 2004 — 2006

Additional Information

Zach Hooper’s Websites:

Zach Hooper’s Interests:

Spending time with my daughter & fiance, designing websites & web-based tools, playing video games, reading books (educational / science fiction) and writing poetry.