Michele Shewell

About Michele Shewell

Strategic, organized QA Director | Quality Assurance Manager with 25+ years experience proficient in Analysis and Consulting on projects as well as all aspects of Software Quality Assurance, Quality Management and System testing. QA Director | Quality Assurance Manager Email: m••••••••@gmail.comRecognized leader and driver of accomplishing testing tasks with an emphasis on adherence to requirements, standards and guidelines while maintaining strong commitment to customer excellence and providing high quality products. Detail orientated manager possessing strong analytical and strategic planning skills. Effectively recruit, develop and lead teams with various staffing models of on shore and off shore resources and provide leadership and supervisory oversight to their development and growth. Respected leader driving projects success through motivating teams of skilled QA Engineers to ensure superior work quality while adhering to strict timelines. Committed to thoroughly assessing product quality to achieve excellent results and customer satisfaction while promoting quality mindset across an organization.SKILLS:• Quality Management • Strategic Planning• Leadership, Training and Mentoring• Process Improvement• Scrum /Agile Methodology • Jira• Confluence • Zephyr• Azure DevOps• Mobile and Web Application TestingACCOMPLISHMENTS:•Recruited, developed and guided the QA team which resulted in a 50% reduction of production bugs•Key contributor to provide continuous improvements for SDLC, achieving 20% reduction in QA bugs leading to faster deployment to production •Managed Quality management and Quality Assurance processes and procedures on 8-10 projects simultaneously •Increased efficiency in test prep and execution by implementing a framework model resulting in reuse of test cases •Streamlined the estimating process by developing a simple cross-functional tool to be used my multiple areas. This saved time and money by recovering valuable information and rework that was expended by the proposal teamsPlease contact me at (58••••••19 to discuss any QA Director or Quality Assurance Manager opportunities.

Experience

1. Health and Wellness Coach

   Bodi

   Feb 2014 — Present

   Empowering people to overcome what is preventable. Through health and wellness coaching provide an opportunity for others to improve their quality of life. Helping my clients meet and exceed their goals and live life by design. Fitness CoachingNutrition CoachingCustom Meal PlanningAccountability GroupsOne on One Coaching MicheleShewell.com

Education

• Walsh College

  Bachlor of Business Administration, CIS (Computer Information Systems)

  1994 — 1996

Skills

• Software Project Management
• Itil
• IT Strategy
• Sdlc
• Program Management
• Quality Assurance
• Requirements Analysis
• Business Process
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Vendor Management
• Mentoring
• Quality Center
• Process Improvement
• Testing
• Integration
• Business Process Improvement
• Test Director
• User Acceptance Testing