James Dutton

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ABOUT JAMES DUTTON

I am a motivated, adaptable and organised person. I currently lead QA for multiple teams as well as delivering project and team management. I am passionate about using behavioural and risk-based approaches to provide clear and effective quality assurance.From my roles at both Citrix and Sophos, I have experience catering for enterprise customers as well as smaller to medium organisations. As such I have experience delivering enterprise solutions and ensuring the requirements of different customers are considered in product development. I have a background in virtualisation platforms, as well as knowledge of a wide range of operating systems, and enjoy learning about new technologies. From the different teams I have worked with, I enjoy identifying strengths as well as areas for improvement so that we can work together to build a stronger and more resilient team.I have had experience with hybrid cloud products as well as working alongside other teams delivering cloud-based solutions. I am keen to expand my knowledge of cloud technologies and gain experience working on cloud-based products. I have provided mentoring and coaching for colleagues in my current team and in previous roles and would like to progress to people management.Proven record of delivering complex projects within tight deadline & extensive experience in test planning and project planningSpecialties include- Project Planning and Control (Capacity Plans, Burndowns, Estimation, Risk)- Software Development Life cycle (Test Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitor/Control, Reporting and Closing)- Test Team Management / Resourcing / Monitoring - Recruitment, Coaching, Mentoring and Training- Enterprise products such as XenDesktop and XenApp Products- Outsourced Contractor Management of Test Deliverables- Hands on Testing with ability to deploy complex customer environments- Project Closedown and Validation Process - Test Case creation, management and execution