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(Test Manager)

        Duties include Project Management responsibilities listed below, plus:

• Preparation of Proposals

• Client Management

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running new media testing projects from start to finish

• Designing and authoring and Test Plans for clients, including time and cost planning.

• Designing and authoring test cases and scripts, interim and post-test reports.

• Defect reporting to clients using reporting tools such as PVCS Tracker and Test Director.

• Ongoing management of projects and allocated teams, and communication with clients on projects, often having to oversee multiple projects at once.

• Mentoring and assistance to junior colleagues to improve their testing practices.

• Delivery of seminars and training to colleagues both in the UK and overseas.  Seminars have included Functionality testing for the Internet, Cross-configurations in Internet Testing and Browser functionality.

• Sales and Marketing experience attending sales meetings selling new media testing services; co-organising and running TesCom’s stands at computer shows including Internet World and ECTS.

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• Testing of Internet web sites and associated applications for clients including Ford, Sony, QXL, Microsoft UK.

• Functionality, usability testing, performance testing, load testing.

•  Use of automated testing tools such as LinkBot 4.1, Test director

Trace Computers PLC -

Solutions Division

http://www.tracegroup.com

• Alpha and Beta testing of software used by Property/Surveying industry, written in Powerbuilder 6.5. 

• Some report work development using Infomaker. Exposure to Powerbuilder 5 and 6.5 and Object Cycle 2.0. 

• Wrote and implemented a new methodology of testing for the product development team. 

• Responsible for authoring the methodology and implementation of Year 2000 compliance testing schedule.

• Automated testing experience using Cyrano (SQA) Team Test - Manager and Robot. 

• Attendance of intermediate level courses at Cyrano, involving test script authoring.

• Exposure to MS SQL Server and Sybase SQL Anywhere database engines in day-to-day development environments. 

• 2^nd line support to helpdesk and occasional 1^st line support to clients.

http://www.cardales.co.uk

• Training of surveyors and secretarial staff in Windows 95 and Microsoft Office skills. 

• Control of a £180k IT budget to purchase hardware and software, including desktop units, peripherals and telecommunications equipment. 

• Roll out of 60 PCs in 4 offices across England. 

• Set up and maintenance of internet and internal e-mail system.  1^st  line support to all staff in nationwide offices for all IT issues.

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Graduate Building Surveyor

• Assisting on surveys, dilapidation and insurance valuations on mostly commercial and industrial projects, often valued at over £1 million. 

• Presentations to clients, consultants and other professionals. Intensive PC work - MS Office; Corel Photopaint, Paperport and Onmipage OCR scanning software. 

• Implemented a project to set up the computer system incorporating the use of IT in the Building Surveying Department. Tender Analysis using Microsoft Excel

London Underground Limited

Building Surveyor

(Contract)

• Part of the defects survey team auditing surveys carried out for the Jubilee Line Extension Project. 

BBC World Service

(Contract)

• CAD Work (AutoCAD v.12), measurement surveys; organisation of a new filing system; maintenance and expansion of an EXCEL based spreadsheet / database.

Barnet Healthcare Trust

Secretary

(Contract)

• Maintaining UNIX based computer database;

•  word processing;

• secretarial duties.

(Contract)

• Drawing Work for housing association refurbishments