Luis Garcia

Halifax, Nova Scotia · Canada [email protected]

Dynamic and Creative SQA with 6 years of experience leading a Global Software QA Team and 10+ years in Testing, always looking for ways to constantly improve good grasp on the Quality Assurance Life Cycle and the Software Development Life Cycle


Experience

Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

REDspace redspace
Halifax, Nova Scotia · Canada

Holding a position as a Senior QA Specialist for REDspace. Handling QA duties.

April 2022 - Present

Software Test Engineer

Tunstall Health Inc. GrowDoc
Halifax, Nova Scotia · Canada
  • Automation and Manual Testing (Planning, Software and Script configuration, Strategies, Testing)
  • Execute, analyze and document results of software tests
  • Report and track bugs from defects and errors
  • Defined and executed detailed test plans for manual and automated tests.
  • Analize, implement and update Automation Testing frameworks
  • Help maintain and update the Continuous Integration pipeline for proper E2E development/testing efforts

Tools Used:
September 2020 - March 2022

QA Tester

GrowDoc GrowDoc
Moncton, New Brunswick · Canada

Holding a volunteer position as a Software QA Tester for GrowDoc. Handling QA duties including testing the GrowDoc Mobile App and Website.

April 2020 - January 2021

Senior QA Lead

Transunion Transunion
Santo Domingo, D.N. · Dominican Republic
  • Responsible for managing global teams in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
  • Responsible for the planning/coordination of testing strategies.
  • Hands-on participation in the development and maintenance of testing activities.
  • Defined and executed detailed test plans for manual and automated tests.
  • Lead and coordinate all major projects within the testing area according to the project plan.
  • Lead the CI (Continuous Integration) initiative. API and GUI Testing.
March 2017 - May 2018

QA Lead

Transunion Transunion
Santo Domingo, D.N. · Dominican Republic
  • Responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of system and UAT, as well as leadership of testing resources.
  • Developed, maintained, and upgraded testing activities and strategies (test conditions, test scenarios, test scripts, and test cycles).
  • Documented and tracked defects using HP ALM.
  • Defined and executed detailed test plans for manual and automated tests (testing modifications, analyzing, and verifying results).
  • Maintained daily and weekly status reports on testing progress and results, including metrics.

  • Tools :FogBugz/Kiln, SoapUI, LoadUI, HP ALM, Robot Framework (Selenium), Jenkins
May 2012 - March 2017

IT Development Engineer

Orange Dominicana Orange Dominicana
Santo Domingo, D.N. · Dominican Republic
  • Designed changes to the DWH platform using best practices to meet business requirements.
  • Created/Maintained/Executed Test Plans and Test Case Scenarios(Unit, Regression, Stress, End User).
  • Set the parameters for integration and analysis of the DWH applications, to ensure the proper development of the same.
  • Identified points in the software that could be optimized.
  • Implemented proper QA procedures.

  • Tools : BOXI 6.5 (Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence), Oracle Database, PuTTY, TOAD, Tomcat
May 2010 - May 2012

Analyst

Claro Claro
Santo Domingo, D.N. · Dominican Republic
  • Executed test scenarios created from requirements that needed to be executed in Unix Batch Ensemble for both CDMA and GSM technologies.
  • Prepared Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases for Functionality, Performance, Stress, and Regression Testing.
  • Worked with AMDOCS for fixes, patches or improvements when needed.
  • Worked hand in hand with developers, both local and abroad(AMDOCS Brazil) for quick solutions.

  • Tools: TOAD, SQL, Oracle, PuTTY
December 2007 - May 2009

QA Specialist

Verizon Business Verizon
Santo Domingo, D.N. · Dominican Republic
  • Client-Server (GUI and Console based) and web applications.
  • Designed and Executed new automation scripts for Web and client server environments.
  • Tested and validated fixes/enhancements. (Web Testing).
  • Created/Maintained/Executed Test Plans and Test Case Scenarios(Unit, Regression, Stress, End User).
  • Worked hand in hand with Business Analysts and Dev Staff

  • Tools: QTP 5.5/6.0, LoadRunner 6.0, Test Director 6.0/7.0
June 2003 - December 2007

Education

New Brunswick Community College

Information Technology: Quality Assurance Tester

Participated in the entire SDLC by creating not only all relevant documentation but also creating websites and writing programs in Java later creating manual and automated test suits to test these apps and programs.

  • Test Planning, Test Design and Test Strategy
  • Test Execution and Test Automation
  • Functional and Non-Functional Testing
  • Technical comprehension of SQL, Java, HTML, Page Object Model, Databases
  • Automation Frameworks (Selenium, TDD, Data Driven Testing, Keyword Driven Testing, BDD, Hybrid Testing)
Tools Used: Xmind Mindmap, Jira, Eclipse, IntelliJ, SQL Server, JBehave
September 2019 - June 2020

Skills

Programming Languages
Tools
Workflow
  • Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Cross Functional Teams
  • Agile Development & Scrum

Interests

Apart from being a novice web developer, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors. During the warmer months I enjoy mountain biking, scuba diving, and kayaking.

When forced indoors, I follow a few sci-fi and fantasy genre movies and television shows, I enjoy cooking, and I spend a large amount of my free time exploring the latest technology advancements in the Software Quality world.


Awards & Certifications