Experience

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  Manpowergroup

  Mar 2003 - Sept 2004

  Test engineer

  Role:Manual testing of mobile applicationsKey responsibilities:- Test design- Functional test execution- Defect reporting and verification- Test data maintenance

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  Nokia

  Oct 2004 - Mar 2012

  Role:Scrum Master and Test Manager in First Time Use Experience organizationKey responsibilities:- Scrum Master for onsite team- Definition of Agile testing process for complex testing ecosystem- Definition of User Story lifecycle process and Definition of Done - Quality and Risk management- Defect management- Exploratory testing for project's deliverablesMajor achievements:Nomination to Nokia Excellence Award 2011. Several major usability improvements for Symbian applications. Efficient Agile setup for complex project Show less Role:Test management in two organization entities with onsite and offshore testing teams.Key responsibilities:- Test management in several geographically distributed projects- Definition of Waterfall and Agile testing processes and KPIs- Quality-, risk- and dependency management - Coordination of onsite, near shore and offshore testing teams- Coordination of testing activities performed by external vendors- Test data management- Defect management- Planning and supervision of test automation activitiesMajor achievements:Roll-out of Agile testing processes. Seamless collaboration between onsite, near shore and offshore testing teams. Adoption of new testing techniques like Risk-based or Model-based testing. Minimal defect leakage for released applications. Roll-out of test automation. Show less Role:Test Lead for speech recognition and Text-to-Speech mobile solutionsKey responsibilities:- Ramp-up of testing activities in the organization- Management of nearshore testing team- Test planning- Test design- Functional test execution- Non-functional testing (including performance and reliability testing) - Coordination of testing activities performed by external vendors- Test data management- Defect managementMajor achievements:Creation of first ever speaker independent speech recognition solution for mobile devices. Definition of efficient testing setup and processes for nearshore testing team. Show less

  • Scrum Master

    Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Test Manager

    Jul 2007 - Jun 2011

  • Test Lead

    Oct 2004 - Jun 2007
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  Accenture

  Apr 2012 - now

  Role:Delivery lead and Test Automation architect in medical device development projectKey responsibilities:- Definition of delivery processes- Design of SW Test Automation solution for a medical device- Implementation of several proof-of-concept solutions for SW Test Automation, Service Virtualization and DevOps- Implementation of Software-in-the-Loop Test Automation solution- Implementation of HW Simulator- Implementation of cloud-based virtual test environment- Delivery and Contract management for SW Test Automation and Simulator development teams- Project management for onsite and nearshore teams- Staffing and ramp up test automation development teamsMajor achievements:Implementation of state-of-the-art Test Automation, Simulation and test environment solutions for project's SW testing. Show less Role:Lead of Accenture ASG community of practice for Software Developers in TestKey responsibilities:- Community building- Implementation of internal assets- Creation and facilitation of SDET-related trainings- Facilitation of community events- Overall management of activities- Upskilling community members- Sales support Major achievements:Built a community with 50+ members, organized internal processes. Created 6 SDET-related trainings from scratch. Implemented in-house test automation framework Firestarter. Show less Role:Test Manager Key responsibilities:- Definition of global test strategy for bank’s IT organization- Creation of support documentation- Client workshops Major achievements:Created test strategy based on progressive paradigms like shift-left and automation-first. The strategy promotes pyramid-shaped test cases distribution across the organization and designed with an intention to find a balance between a degree of governance versus Agile mindset when teams can decide how to do certain things on their own Show less Role:Test Manager and Test Automation architect in Life Science projectKey responsibilities:- Assessment of Verification & Validation approach and processes in large delivery program- Creation of assessment report and definition of mitigation actions- Test management in large SW project- Staffing and ramp up of a test automation team- Team lead of 9 test automation engineers- Definition and optimization of testing process- Definition of test automation approach and architecture- SPOC for external stakeholdersMajor achievements:Quick ramp up of test automation team. Definition and roll out of holistic testing process. Design and implementation of state-of-the-art test automation solution. Show less Role:Test Automation architect for Banking applicationsKey responsibilities:- Definition of test automation architecture for large organization- Definition of test automation approach for several banking application- Creation of migration strategy from solely manual testing to a setup with high degree of automation- Management of test automation team- Implementation of test automation solution for multiple Banking applications- Migration of test automation from commercial tool to open source test automation frameworksMajor achievements:In the first case successful transition from solely manual testing setup to a setup with high degree of test automation. In the second case successful transition from test automation using commercial tools to test automation using open source frameworks (Selenium, Appium, RestAssured) Show less Role:Test Manager for PCR instrument development projectKey responsibilities:- Test Manager in the big multinational project - Lead of testing organization with 30+ onsite and offshore members- Scrum Master in the onsite test automation team of 14 people - Test Planning- Implementation of Software-in-the-loop test automation solution- Implementation of DevOps solution- Implementation of HW and LIS Simulators- Agile coaching- Definition of delivery processes and KPIs- Creation of regulatory documentationMajor achievements:Created Lean Kanban setup for single-function testing teams. Established and continuously improved delivery processes. Greenfield implementation of test automation and service virtualization solutions. Implementation of 4300 automated test cases. Show less

  • Delivery Lead / Test Architect in multinational pharma company

    Jan 2023 - now

  • SDET community of practice lead

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Test Manager in large private bank

    Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Test Manager / Test Architect in multinational pharma company

    Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Test Automation Architect in major Swiss bank

    Nov 2018 - Sept 2020

  • Test Manager / Defect Manager in multinational travel service provider

    Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Test Manager / Scrum Master in multinational pharma company

    Jan 2013 - May 2018

  • Test Lead / Scrum Master in multinational telecom company

    Apr 2012 - Dec 2012