Chris Western
Senior Quality Assurance Manager @Everflow - Partner Marketing Platform
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Quality Assurance Manager @Everflow - Partner Marketing Platform
CA
Still a WIP, but at Everflow we have always enjoyed a fast growing pace ( average 30% yoy growth). Here I am responsible for instilling a culture of Quality First. Growing the team, maturing the processes, and expanding the toolsets.Mostly succeeding.mostly
EDUCATION
Ryerson University
Information Systems Management Certificate
Sheridan College
System's Analyst Co-op, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS WESTERN
Over 13 years of experience in leading QA automated and manual teams through a variety of phases and ensuring that every level of the testing pyramid is represented.A passionate believer that:\"Quality Matters\" and following a total quality approach to the SDLC; advocating for and implementing Quality practices everywhere in the organization. Achieving a highly efficient pipeline of delivered features based on agile principles. Keeping a relentless focus on shifting QA left, using testing to provide quick feedback cycles and iterative improvements.A recognized leader delivering value throughout the organization, including management of development teams, product teams and special projects. Being a servant leader, consistently achieving success by empowering people through trust, training and tools. AREAS OF EXPERTISE• Team Management and development• Quality Management, TDD, BDD, Automation testing, performance testing, manual testing• Program and Project Management• Agile, Scrum, Kanban, INVEST, MoSCoW, SMART• Microservice framework, architecture TECHNICAL SKILLS• Java, Javascript, python, gherkin, cucumber, JMeter, SOAP UI, gatlin• Jira, Bamboo, Jenkins, Bit bucket, Tempo • Selenium, Appium, Squish (Froglogic), Test Complete, Eclipse, Intellij• Swagger, Charles Proxy, Browser Stack, Postman• Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Waterfall, Lean, Six Sigma
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