Gilad Kotler

Experience

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  IDF

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Soldier

  Technology and logisticsIn-charge of associating officers to professional army related courses

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  Kotler, Marble & Design, Inc

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  IT manager, Sales Representative

  In-charge of IT systems, support and operationIn-charge of contract signing and negotiation with suppliers and customersReduced revenue leakage by increasing of information flow qualityLed computerization activity of a manual-officeExpanded territorial sales by 200%

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  ISSTA

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

  Senior Sales Representative

  Assimilate company IT procedure in regional office. In-charge of regional office IT systems.Increased sales activities via efficiency progress by 15%In-charge of digital information transferring between regional office and airline companiesBuilt tailored-made vacations for customers, specialized in multi-destinations and complex trips

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  Sela

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  QA
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  Comverse, Fun-Dial division

  May 2005 - Aug 2010

  Test Engineer & Activity Leader

  Increased quality assurance of Fun-Dial portal serviceSuggested new testing methodologies following ITSQB guideline to increase qualityA focal point for DST and WAP / WEB testsLed testing approach for generic product testing proceduresA focal point for Monitoring testing proceduresDeveloped excellence in testing team approachWriting ATP (Acceptance Test Procedures) documentsAccompany customer activities (Orange Global Inc., Orange Poland, Orange Slovakia)

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  Comverse - i-mode division

  May 2005 - May 2006

  Test Engineer

  Led multi-OS testing activitiesLed client-server and portal testing proceduresLed handsets quality assurance and acceptance tests activitiesA focal point for DST and High-Availability tests proceduresWriting test design documentsA focal point for Monitoring testing proceduresAccompany on-site activities with customers (Cellcom-Israel, StarHub-Singapore)

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  Comverse

  May 2005 - Aug 2010

  Test Engineer & Activity Leader
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  Amdocs

  Jul 2010 - Mar 2017

  Expert Testing Engineer

  • Managing testing projects• Experienced in various developments process methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)• Hands-on in global big IT & Telecom projects, such as Amdocs, Comverse and Clarizen products• Maintaining a close working relationship with customers and partners• Acted as an escalation point for technical issues• Led business process monitoring and evaluation processes, starting from translating PRDs into test plans throughout continuous regression and progression test plans and execution• Specialized in writing test description documents• Hands-on practice in Reporting, Billing and Usability methodologies• Experience with global IT and Telecom projects environments• Customer-oriented approach• Performing upgrades, system installations, high-availability tests and monitoring• Tools: Quality Center, ClearQuest, AutoCAD, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Photoshop• Operating systems : MS-Windows 98/2000/XP,VISTA, Win 7, Linux• Programming languages : C++, PASCAL, BASIC, Excel macro, SQL, xHTML• Protocols : SMTP, TCP/IP, SMIL• Working with several Amdocs products Show less

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  888holdings

  Mar 2017 - May 2018

  Software Test Engineer
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  Applied Materials

  Jun 2018 - now

  • SW Tech Lead Installation owner & Customer oriented

    Jul 2022 - now

  • QA Tech Lead

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2022