John Rooney

About John Rooney

Software Leader with 20+ years of overall experience in cloud, SaaS, web and mobile across analytics, banking, finance, insurance, social, digital advertising, digital music and e-commerce.• Expert at building functional development and test teams, rapid defect cycles, test automation solutions, actionable quality metrics and integrating global teams into agile development life cycles.• Experience leading globally distributed teams of 40+ reports.• ISTQB Certified Tester, Advanced Level Test Manager, Certified Scrum Master and trained SAFe Scum Master.Leadership & Test Management• Orchestrated a test event designed to exercise a new order to cash infrastructure for a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Managed four US locations, sixteen technical resources and three vendors. Identified critical workflow and performance defects prior to release. Presented results to C-level management.• 10 years experience optimizing teams by establishing goals with line of sight to business outcomes, implementing consistent performance measurements, empowering people to own “success” and rewarding results.Test Automation Design & Implementation• Designed and managed an offshore TestNG/Selenium framework and maintenance process resulting in a YOY resource savings and an ~80% reduction in manual test time.• Co-designed a python test automation framework resulting in a savings over a commercial solution and a ~20% reduction in regression test time.Agile/Continuous Integration• 7+ years experience with Scrum and continuous integration test processes, resulting in earlier defect discovery, consistent quality gates and reduced time to market.

Experience

1. Executive Director, Technology Portfolio Manager

   Wells Fargo

   Jun 2023 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Portfolio Manager for select Wells Fargo products, overseeing 535 headcount and $178M in people expenses.

Education

• Salisbury University

  BA, Psychology

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Qtp
• Test Planning
• Requirements Analysis
• Change Management
• Quality Management
• Budget Management
• Wikis
• Analytics
• Enterprise Software
• Software Project Management
• Matrix Management
• Crm
• Xml
• Online Marketing
• Saas
• Soapui
• Business Analysis
• Offshoring
• Data Driven Testing
• HR Strategy
• Sem
• Scrum
• Quality Assurance
• User Acceptance Testing
• Organizational Communication
• Html/Xml
• Agile Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Relationship Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• Metrics
• Waterfall
• Building Relationships
• Mobile Applications
• Usability Testing
• Performance Metrics
• Sdlc
• Two-Factor Authentication
• Project Management
• Test Automation