Arman Valle

Experience

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  Nokia

  Jan 2000 - Dec 2006

  Test Lead Project Lead

  Worked with Sales and other business units to provide complete product requirements. Developed and communicated project status to upper manager and stake holders during weekly meetings. Managed the test effort which included both local and global teams. Planned and controlled the test cycle, evaluated and reported the test results. Worked directly with customers in a consulting capacity throughout the full software life cycle. Developed and implemented test strategies and test plans based on product requirements. Participated in all project related design, code and document reviews. Configured and managed Broadband lab for testing DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1, ADSL and Metro Ethernet devices. Achieved Cisco CCNA certification 2001. Promoted to Quality Assurance Project Lead in 2002.•Coordinated and determined QA resources to ensure proper staffing for all projects. •Assessed and tracked project deadlines to ensure project schedules were meet•Helped to implement the CMMI model to promote continually improvement of Quality processes and product.•Designed and led testing efforts for new JAVA based Client Sever application that went into production in less then one year.•Provided onsite support and training for clients to insure customer satisfaction with Lucent products. •Provided internal training to all team members to ensure quick ramp up time on new products. Show less

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  InterDigital, Inc.

  Aug 2006 - Mar 2009

  Staff Engineer

  Participated in all projects related reviews including Requirements, SOWs, Design, Code, Test Plans, Test Cases and technical documents. Created both Quality and Configuration Management plans for all new projects. Develop and maintain the Configuration Management Plan and procedures for the QA test environment during the full software life cycle. Managed the QMS by providing updates to current processes, and provided new processes when needed. Monitored customer satisfaction and followed-up on all issues/complaints.•Drove the continual improvement process by providing OFIs, Preventive/Correct actions and Root Cause Analyze•Provided Internal Audits to ensure that the company’s ISO 9001 certification remains current to make certain IDCC can continue their relationships with their existing customers. •Developed and published metrics to qualify and quantify success and value to the business•Analyzed test results, defects found, identified risks that may jeopardize project schedules and provided risk mitigation Show less

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  Paragon

  Apr 2009 - Nov 2009

  Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

  On site at Merk in West Point PA Executing UAT and Regression testing

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  Qualitest_Olenick

  Nov 2009 - Jul 2010

  Senior QA Analyst

  On site QA Analyst at Exelon Energy

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  Barclays

  Jul 2011 - Jan 2016

  11/2013 - current Promoted to Team Lead for Ops Dev 11/2013Lead the initiative to move from Waterfall methodology to Agile. Hired more technical QA resources to mirroring the Google test model.Automation Pipelines were created using both Jenkins and Go deploying code to QA multiple times per day. Initial step in move to CICD. Automation frameworks were created using Cucumber increasing automation testing by 80% Release cycle was reduced from 5 weeks to 2 weeks. Production incidents down 40% while reducing the QA staff by 45%. Show less Marketing Vertical LeadCreated functional, integration and regression Test Strategies for Marketing Vertical based on Business and Partner requirements. Provide Business with Risk assessments for all Marketing releases. Coordinate and monitor all Integration testing conducted with Vendors. Coordinated and monitored all UAT efforts for Marketing Vetical. Provide Testing and Defects metrics per project release to upper Management Conducted/Determine RCA for all Severity 1 &2 defects detected in Production for Marketing Vertical. Show less

  • QE Team Lead Ops Dev

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  • Quality Steward

    Jul 2011 - Nov 2013
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  Barclays

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

  Test Environment Team Lead

  Lead strategic testing environment stabilization and improvement initiatives to alleviate down time and resolve problematic test environments negatively impacting sprint deliverables

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  JPMorganChase

  Jan 2020 - now

  Co Brand Readiness Lead