Experience

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  Crisstyl

  Feb 2007 - Feb 2008

  Computer operator

  ▪ Creating various documents needed by the company using Microsoft Office, like price lists and appointment lists and modifying them when necessary.▪ Finding any information needed by the employees or the owner using Internet Search Engines.

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  Anthill services

  May 2008 - Apr 2009

  Website promoter and moderator

  ▪ Promoting the website and services offered by the company on various social networks.▪ Moderating the content uploaded by users and staff, making sure that it conformed to the rules of the website, had relevant tags and information and was placed in the appropriate section.▪ Verifying the structure of the website was fully functional, checking that every hyperlink worked and lead to the correct location.▪ Photoshopping banners and buttons used by the website.

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  Electronic arts (ea)

  Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Quality assurance tester

  ▪ Performing Black Box testing (mainly Functionality tests) during the Alpha and Beta phases of the project.▪ Submitting all found issues (bugs) in accordance with the internal protocol.▪ Performing retesting on reported issues and regression on newly received builds.▪ Projects involved in: Need For Speed: Shift (PS3, Xbox 360), Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3, Xbox 360), Battlefield 1943 (PC), FIFA Manager 11 (PC)

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  Bandai namco entertainment romania

  May 2010 - May 2012

  Quality assurance tester

  ▪ Performing Black Box testing (including Compatibility, Functionality, Performance and Localization tests) during all phases of the project (Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate).▪ Creating detailed test cases that properly cover all aspects of the respective task or area.▪ Submitting all found issues (bugs) in accordance with the internal protocol.▪ Performing retesting on reported issues and regression on newly received builds.▪ Communicating with Project Leads, Programmers and Designers to find viable solutions for any major problems encountered during the testing process, acquire missing information about the project and make suggestions that improve either the project or the testing process.▪ Mentoring new testers to help them get accustomed with the responsibilities of the job and better understand the testing procedures.▪ Creating comprehensive end of day reports that summarize the full workload during that day, in a detailed and easy to understand manner.▪ Projects involved in: Bird Zapper (iOS, Android), Puzzle Quest 2 (iOS, Android), Knights Arena (iOS), Bug Zapper (iOS, Android), various JAVA and BREW games. Show less

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  Ubisoft

  May 2012 - Dec 2015

  Senior qa tester

  ▪ Performing Black Box testing (including Compatibility, Functionality, Compliance, Networking, Smoke, Sanity and Localization tests) during all phases of the project (Alpha, Beta, Closed Beta, Release Candidate).▪ Creating detailed test cases that properly cover all aspects of the respective task or area.▪ Submitting all found issues (bugs) in accordance with the internal protocol.▪ Performing retesting on reported issues and regression on newly received builds.▪ Coordinating small teams to optimize work flow, by creating detailed test procedure and assigning each member with adequate tasks relevant to their strong points and experience.▪ Communicating with Project Leads, Managers, Dev Testers, Programmers and Designers to find viable solutions for any major problems encountered during the testing process, acquire missing information about the project and make suggestions that improve either the project or the testing process.▪ Creating Training documents to help new team members or other involved personnel (ex: Production Department or testers from another country) accommodate quickly with the specifics of the project.▪ Mentoring new testers to help them get accustomed with the responsibilities of the job and better understand the testing procedures.▪ Creating comprehensive end of day reports that summarize the full workload performed by the team, in a detailed and easy to understand manner.▪ Projects involved in: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PC), Assassin’s Creed III + DLC (Wii U), Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Xbox 360), Assassin’s Creed Black Flag + DLC (PS3, PS4), Child of Light (Xbox One), Assassin’s Creed Unity + DLC (PS4), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (PS4) Show less

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  Nobel, ltd

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

  ▪ Managing a team of 20+ QA that work on a variety of projects for the mobile, desktop and web platforms▪ Establishing and enforcing a standardized issue reporting process and Jira flow to be used by all teams, to decrease confusions caused by improper reporting▪ Jira and Confluence management▪ Introducing a test management tool which allows better test tracking and test coverage visibility, via test cases and test suites▪ Improving company-wide visibility on QA tasks and backlog by creating simplified Kanban boards for stakeholders, providing them with constant updates on each QA's availability▪ Enforcing static testing to decrease number of defects caused by bad requirements or design, while also helping QA better understand the feature, by getting them involved from the start▪ Creating an evaluation template that fits the expectations of the company and use it to conduct QA monthly evaluations, along with encouraging them to self-evaluate▪ Having frequent one on one talks with each QA, letting them know that their concerns are heard and pushing them to improve, increasing their self-confidence and enthusiasm▪ Managing the device inventory and establishing strict rules and guidelines on how devices can be borrowed, decreasing the amount of lost devices▪ Helping HR in their hiring process, by creating tests, reviewing resumes and interviewing potential employees▪ Handling days off and work from home requests, making sure the final monthly timesheet is correct Show less ▪ Organizing and supervising the life cycle of the product, from conception until release, dealing with all changes and surprises that might come along the way.▪ Communicating with the client and elicit preliminary requirements based on the vision the client has of the product.▪ Refining requirements with the help of developers and QA until final requirements are approved by client.▪ Organizing requirements and acceptance criteria into user stories and business flows.▪ Working with designers to create design based on the user stories that fits the vision of the product, both practically and aesthetically.▪ Making sure the team has the necessary assets for the work to proceed (user stories, business flows, documentation, design, etc) and that these assets are always up to date to reflect all changes.▪ Providing backlog organization and management, by prioritizing tasks based on importance/feasibility and making sure the backlog does not become cluttered with open or unneeded tasks.▪ Creating roadmaps based on estimations provided by the team, detailing all important information so they can be easily understood by stakeholders.▪ Maintain constant communication with stakeholders and any other involved party (Backend team, IT team, Customer Support, etc), so that everyone is up to date on the current state of the project. Show less ▪ Making sure the team has the necessary assets for the work to proceed (user stories, documentation, design, etc) and that these assets are always up to date to reflect all changes.▪ Assigning tasks to the appropriate team members based on individual strengths, experience and availability.▪ Providing backlog organization and management, by prioritizing tasks based discussions with product owners and stakeholders and making sure the backlog does not become cluttered with half-done or obsolete tasks.▪ Maintaining constant communication with product owners and stakeholders, along with any other involved party (Backend team, IT team, Customer Support, etc), so that everyone is up to date on the current state of the project.▪ Pushing for and maintain open communication within the team via daily Scrum meetings and by keeping discussions in group conversations/calls.▪ Performing monthly evaluations for team members, aiming to improve employee mood and enthusiasm, while trying to fill any gaps in knowledge or performance.▪ Supervising which features and changes are merged into the main branch, taking into account the possible risks and focusing on minimizing delays.▪ Coordinating product releases (internal, beta, RC and public), choosing the time of release based on possible risks and agreements from all parties involved.▪ Monitoring application/feature health and success after release by keeping track of analytics events, crashes and user feedback.▪ Resolving issues caused by 3rd parties that affect the product (digital signatures, antiviruses, ads providers, etc).▪ Submiting texts for localization with all needed details and integrating localized texts when they are done. Show less ▪ Coordinating small teams to optimize work flow, by creating detailed test procedure and assigning each member with adequate tasks relevant to their strong points and experience.▪ Communicating with Project Leads, Managers, Programmers and Designers to find viable solutions for any major problems encountered during the testing process, acquire missing information about the project and make suggestions that improve either the project or the testing process.▪ Creating Training documents to help new team members or other involved personnel (ex: Production Department) accommodate quickly with the specifics of the project.▪ Mentoring new testers to help them get accustomed with the responsibilities of the job and better understand the testing procedures.▪ Creating comprehensive end of day reports that summarize the full workload performed by the team, in a detailed and easy to understand manner.▪ Projects involved in: WowApp (Windows, Mac) Show less ▪ Performing feature testing (including Compatibility, Functionality, Compliance, Networking, Smoke, Sanity and Localization tests) on Android, iOS and Desktop applications.▪ Creating detailed test cases that properly cover all aspects of the respective task or area.▪ Submitting all found issues (bugs) in accordance with the internal protocol.▪ Performing retesting on reported issues and regression on newly received builds.▪ Communicating with Project Leads, Managers, Programmers and Designers to find viable solutions for any major problems encountered during the testing process, acquire missing information about the project and make suggestions that improve either the project or the testing process.▪ Projects involved in: WowApp (Android, iOS, Windows, Mac) Show less

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Product Manager

    Dec 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2017 - Nov 2018

  • QA Lead

    May 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Senior QA Tester

    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
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  Filed

  Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

  Product manager

  ▪ Communicating with the client and eliciting preliminary requirements based on the vision the client has of the product.▪ Conduct product research to find out what users like or dislike about similar products and apply this knowledge to improve product requirements.▪ Refining requirements with the help of developers and QA until final requirements are approved by client.▪ Organizing requirements and acceptance criteria into user stories and business flows.▪ Working with designers to create design based on the user stories that fits the vision of the product, both practically (UX) and aesthetically (UI).▪ Supervising the life cycle of the product, from conception until release, dealing with all changes and surprises that might come along the way.▪ Creating roadmaps based on estimations provided by the team, detailing all important information so they can be easily understood by stakeholders.▪ Creating team velocity reports and resolving any issues that come up, ensuring that a steady development pace is maintained.▪ Jira administration and configuration (creating workflows, editing screen configurations, implementing jira automation rules, etc.) ▪ Onboarding new employees by presenting the product and helping them get accustomed to the company processes.▪ Conduct daily Scrum meetings efficiently, making sure everybody is up to date on feature progress without wasting time. Show less

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  Acrelec software (romania)

  May 2021 - now

  Technical project manager

  ▪ Main point of contact between Acrelec Software development team and Acrelec account managers responsible for various international brands (Burger King, KFC and more)▪ Maintain contact with 3rd parties involved with client requests to facilitate integrations▪ Review and refine requests sent by clients for software changes required by markets▪ Provide support and troubleshooting for any issues or uncertainties encountered in pre-production and production environments▪ Supervise software installations for new clients or upgrades to current software solutions Show less