Jack Kuykendall

Experience

• 

  Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Student
• 

  NOVOMATIC

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2020

  Core Quality Assurance Engineer

  · Managed and maintained a testing lab which consisted of 12 slots cabinets and 2 desktop computers· In charge of maintaining a test case repository that consisted of over 2000 test cases and was used by the entire QA team· Established QA practices at the company and trained all new QAs on the team· Performed rigorous tests to ensure our games met all industry standards and passed GLI testing

• 

  Halo Investing

  Mar 2021 - May 2023

  • Led cross-functional product development team of 3 developers, 2 quality assurance engineers, and 1 designer in a startup environment.• Led the development for a new product details modal built in React using the Python programming language to enable clients to manage their investments in a visually stunning and easy-to-consume fashion.• Collaborated with our internal and external stakeholders throughout a feature’s lifecycle in the form of status meetings and effectively communicated project expectations.• Used Jira to structure and detail technical developer work, split up into multiple stories that differentiated backend and frontend work for easy consumption and to maintain timelines.• Organized and led standups/retrospectives/sprint planning with my team to stay up to date with progress and identify blockers.• Managed product backlog, wrote user stories, and tracked team velocity.• Authored and helped maintain documents related to application design and functionality, for example Business Requirement Documents, Functionality Specifications, Test Plans, and Project Reports.• Prioritized backlog items to align with company OKRs• Supervise and coordinate quality and compliance activities, responsible for inspecting work assignments through stages of the operation processes, applying knowledge of quality assurance standards and procedures. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Jun 2022 - May 2023

  • Quality Assurance Engineer/Product Analyst

    Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
• 

  Ahold Delhaize USA

  Sept 2023 - now

  Product Analyst

  - Co-Led a cross-functional product development team of 2 FE developers, 4 BE developers, 4 quality assurance engineers, and 1 designer.- Collaborated with our internal and external stakeholders throughout a feature’s lifecycle in the form of statusmeetings and effectively communicated project expectations.- Led regular refinement and discovery sessions with our development team.- Collaborated with our analytics team to develop KPIs for in-flight projects