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EXPERIENCE

TriSixty Security (Startup - Comprehensive Security Configuration Management Solution)
(Sep 2004-Present)
Position: Quality & Integration Manager    
 
Quality Assurance
Development & foundation of QA, Integration & System departments (7 Test Engineers), work procedures and methodologies to ensure, product quality within Functional, Security and Production aspects.
Manage multiple testing projects on multiple development platforms (J2EE, ASP.Net) following marketing specs.
Plan, setup and manage complex testing environments spanning multiple hardware and software configurations, using virtualization technologies as VMWare, Virtual PC.
Recruit, supervise and instruct QA team members about methodologies, product's functionality and concepts (QA Team & Developers).
Design & Daily use of internal automated test tool.

Product Integration
Take active part on integration between product sub-components and developers (Dev. & Test Environment, Alpha & Beta tests).

Configuration Management (CM)
Configure & actively manage Source control (CM: Subversion/CVS & VSS).

Product Management
Support in preparation of Product road map & Market requirements, prioritization & User Experience/GUI/Flow.
Responsible for Product Release, Deployment and Documentation (Help & Release Notes).
Manage and provide 2nd line of support to customers (Internal & External).

Managerial /Project Management
Manage a team of up to 15 people (QA & Dev), under high pace and rapid release periods.
Prepare department Project Work plan and Task plan per team member.
Allocation & management of IT resources according the project needs (AD, Users, Computers, Domains, VM's and Development, Test Environments).
Manage all IT assets.
Technology Usage:           
 
 
SharedBook (Startup - Web Annotation Technology)
(Mar 2003-Sep 2004)
Position: SQA & Production Manager    
  Developed & form R&D to QA work methodologies in Agile environment (XP).
End to end verification methodology Specifications> Development> Testing> Release.
In-charge of Version Releases and server side deployment (Sole discretion based on quality measures).
Interview, recruit and educate team members about manual & automated web testing.
Development of automated content population (Requirements & Code).
 
 
Neat Group (Cendent) (Startup - Dynamic pricing & Revenue management technologies)   
(2000-2003)
Position: SQA Manager      
  Establish and direct company’s SQA approach; educate staff key issues of web testing.
Incorporate and integrate QA methodologies and procedures, requirements change management,
CM and bug tracking.
Managed & Tested complex Rule-Based Product in relation to Content.
Organize and compose test documents array based on MIL STD 498 model.
Integral member of product deployment team based on quality & schedule.
Setup and direct Web test lab for product testing in multiple test environments.
Direct, execute and track functionality, GUI, Load & Stress, SSL, Backup & recovery and HW tests.
Program and supervision of automatic test scripts.
Technology Usage:         
 
TESCOM (SQA- Software Systems Testing LTD.)   
(1998-2000)
Position: Project Manager/Test Engineer    
  Project Team Leader and workplan manager in different software projects on customer site.
SQA testing project at the IDF using QA methodologies and Automated Testing Tools.
Manage Field Testing Laboratory running ‘Sanity’ and ‘Acceptance’ testing on a large-
scale VAX/VMS and NT Systems (Real-Time). Test Scripts writing and execution on AUT.
Write and inspect technical documents like STP, STD & TRD based on SRS.
Implementation of QA Methodologies among Development departments team members.
 
SUNSHINE STUDIO (CD-ROM Production & Digital Sound Engineering Co.)   
(1996-1998)
Position: QC Manager      
  Supervision and control of QA team (5 Engineers) through the testing phase process.
Conduct & Survey products Quality Assurance (Hardware & Software).
Overseeing and Management of QA methodologies, STP, STD, TRD.
QC of production and fabrication of company’s products according to customer needs.
Tests execution on NT and APPLE platforms.
Automatic & Manual Tests execution on NT and APPLE platforms.
 
EDUCATION

  CPS Program Automated Testing Tools - at Mercury Interactive
BEA WebLogic Server Admin Course - at John Bryce - Sivan
Information System analysis Course - at Tescom Ltd. (Internal)
Project management Course - at Tescom Ltd. / Niram Gitan (Internal)
Certificate Course of Automated Testing Tools - Load Runner at Mercury Interactive
Certificate Course of Automated Testing Tools - WinRunner at Mercury Interactive
MBA Degree in Buss. & Management Engineering University of Bridgeport, CT.
BSc Degree in Marketing and International Trade. F.I.T, New York.
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LANGUAGES
  Fluent Hebrew (Native Language)
Fluent English (Lived in the US for 9 years).
 
 
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
  Proficient knowledge Web Technologies (DHTML, JavaScript, HTTPS/SSL, XML, MSSQL, Unix/Linux CMD).
Automated Testing S/W - WinRunner, LoadRunner, MS Web Stress Tool, and Self Developed tools.
Proficient with tools like Virtual Server & VMWare for setting up large scale test environments (30 - 100 ServersQA & Production)
Expert at MS Office, MS Project & MS Visio.
Languages:  VB, Batch Scripting, Perl, SQL, PL-SQL, Unix Shell.
OS:  Comprehensive knowledge of Windows Servers 2000/2003, Unix/Linux, Mac OSX, SUN Solaris, HPUX, AIX.
RDBMS:   Proficiency & usage of IBM-DB2, Oracle 9i, MSSQL 2000/2005, MySql (Installation, management & security aspects).
 
 
REFERENCES
  Upon request