Charles Whelan
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst | Championing Product Quality | Highly Driven Collaborator | Certified Scrum Master | Six Sigma White Belt Certified | CTFL Certified Quality Assurance Specialist
- Role
- Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at Progressive Insurance
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Charles Whelan
My motto :\"A man built for others.\" Certified Scrum Master, Six Sigma White Belt…
Experience
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Jul 2024 — Present
Responsible for performing software testing activities, using a variety of testing approaches and techniques, typically providing functional, black-box and user acceptance testing expertise. Using experience and imagination to ensure that information systems products and services are functioning as expected and meeting end-user requirements as well as uncovering risks related to unintended consequences. Utilizing analytical and problem-solving skills to recognize and reduce redundancies in testing efforts and create efficiency without compromising effectiveness- Testing complex products and systems using industry accepted techniques, methodologies, best practices, and standards- Create, modifying, or maintaining test assets needed for effective project or product testing- Contributing requirements reviews, design reviews, systems analysis, and testing review discussions- Analyzes product requirements and risks to determine test scope and estimate testing effort, typically at feature or story level with adjustments based on results or changes- Mitigate product and system risk through testing activities that consider application layers (Client, API, and database), levels of testing (unit, integration, system, system integration), types of testing (manual, automated, and acceptance), and techniques (white box and black box), and environments (QA, UAT, and Production)- Identify existing hardware, software, data, and environment requirements needed for testing- Identify issues and defects that impact testing or product quality and communicates to stakeholders for mitigation or resolution- Utilize automated solutions to increase efficiencies in testing- Coaching and provides on the job training to others on a variety of testing topics, including use of testing standards and quality of work products.
Education
Hamline University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Financial Economics
2015 — 2017
Hamline University
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business Analytics
2015 — 2017
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