Elizabeth Wisdom

About Elizabeth Wisdom

Senior professional background in software development, experienced in all phases of software product lifecycle (SDLC) for large complex custom/proprietary software systems; possessing expertise in Quality Assurance with emphasis on software testing, software process improvement and definition, release management, metrics reporting, project management, vendor management, and training• Effective team leader/coach and project planner• Dedicated to customer goals; skilled problem-solver• Excellent interpersonal, written, organizational, and oral skills in a diverse, matrixed, cross-functional environment, including multiple geographically distributed environments (US, China, India, Germany, UK, Netherlands, France) • Experience in defining Quality Assurance strategies and implementation work plans, specifically planning and implementing structured processes for a wide range of projects utilizing various methodologies (waterfall, RUP, iterative/Agile)• Experience in performing operational and technical requirements analyses for test development – manual, automated, and performance/load/stress• Experience in developing and implementing an enterprise level test automation roadmap for ecommerce, mobility, supply chain, marketing, and retail store systems• Experienced team manager, with skills in interviewing, hiring/firing, coaching, mentoring, and performance review/feedback• Speaker at QUEST 2014, STPCon 2015, Techwell STARWest 2016, QUEST 2016, and QUEST 2018 professional conferences

Experience

1. Sr Qa Manager

   Ulta Beauty

   Mar 2013 — Present · Bolingbrook, IL, US

   Establish standards and manage direct reports as well as external resources (offshore and onshore) to provide Quality Assurance throughout the project life cycle. Define and establish center of excellence and promote quality throughout the organization. • Set and establish QA strategies, policies and procedures based on industry and corporate best practices designed to improve and optimize quality assurance activities and ensure that targets are achieved. Manage and report on objectives while maintaining budgetary control.• Review and approve Quality Assurance strategies, test plans and testing controls throughout the SDLC process as required by the QA Methodology. • Review and audit Quality Assurance activities on projects throughout the year. • Set direction and establish processes as it relates to QA environments, functional and performance tools, testing practices and QA processes and controls to not only meet project deliverables but also the establishment of a center of excellence for QA. • Be the management escalation point for Quality Assurance issues. Responsible for deploying the necessary resources and actions to resolve the issues. • Direct business on User Acceptance Testing, tools and methodologies. • Project Management on some key internal IT and functional business projects with adherence to ULTA’s project management methodology • Mentor, coach, and possible discipline direct reports. Conduct reviews, provide on-going feedback, and manage resource paid time off. • Manage all communication and escalated issues to ensure resolution. • Develop and implement enterprise regression automation roadmap; automate QA regression suites for Ulta\'s guest facing app on IOS/Android, Manhattan WMS, Point of Sale, Loyalty application, ecommerce ATG, and various other applications.(Selenium, Appium, CI/CD framework, centralized dashboard for trigger/reporting, Perfecto) to bring regression test automation from zero to 80+% automated

Education

• University of Illinois Chicago

  MS, Computer Science and Math

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  BS, Computer Science and Math

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Qtp
• Microsoft Word
• Software Project Management
• Iso 9000
• Software Quality Assurance
• Defect Tracking
• Test Execution
• Hp Quality Center
• Test Planning
• Relational Databases
• Change Management
• Hp Qtp
• Quality Center
• Rup
• Sdlc
• Mainframe
• Test Management
• Integration
• Manual Testing
• Version Control Tools
• Business Analysis
• Uml
• Cmmi
• Unix
• C
• Test Strategy
• Quality Assurance
• Projects
• Databases
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Performance Testing
• Microsoft Excel
• Test Cases
• Project Management
• Sharepoint