Gilad Kotler

Gilad Kotler

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    SW Tech Lead Installation owner & Customer oriented at Applied Materials

  • Education

    • Alon" high school Ramat

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    • Open University / Raanana College

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      B.A Business Administration and Computer Science
    • Netanya Academic College

      2001 - 2004
      Bachelor's degree B.A., Business Administration and Computer Science
  • Experience

    • IDF

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1998
      Soldier

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

    • 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%

    • 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

    • Sela

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      QA
    • 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)

    • 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)

    • Comverse

      May 2005 - Aug 2010
      Test Engineer & Activity Leader
    • 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

    • 888holdings

      Mar 2017 - May 2018
      Software Test Engineer
    • 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
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified tester fundamental level - ISTQB graduation

      ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
    • Applied Machine Learning: Algorithms

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2022
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    • Machine Learning and AI Foundations: Value Estimations

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2022
      View certificate certificate