Oliver Vilson

Experience

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  Webmedia Group AS

  Jan 2007 - Oct 2009

  Software Tester

  Tested software, Business & System Analysis, Project Management, Quality Assurance

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  Playtech

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

  Junior QA Specialist

  CasinoQA deparment- Tested various online Casino games- Tested back-end reporting

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  Freelance

  Jan 2010 - now

  Software Testing Consulting

  I have been doing the following in over 50 projects from half-a-day consulting to multiyear in various business domains (fintech, insurance, banking, telco, public-sector services, e-commerce etc):Test Strategy creation and Test Planning using Heuristic Test Strategy Model - to understand projects' context and expectations- to get best possible results based on available skills and resources.Hands-on Testing using Rapid Software Testing methodology - to do meaningful testing with valuable results- to do various types of testing : Functional, UI/UX, Performance, Automated checksTraining and coaching/mentoring- other testers to improve efficiency of testing- other roles (analysts, technical writers, project managers etc) to provide better support for overall missionRapid learning- to be able to dive into any product in almost any business domain quickly.- to have business-facing approach : What specific business problem should any given task solve.Consulting:- SDLC process analysis, review, adjustments and implementation to meet overall goals more efficiently.- Technical Writing process adjustments and creating useful structure and templates.- Business/System analysis to Show less

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  Celeg Hannas

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2018

  Managing Director

  - Engaging with business clients and supporting other consultancies for short or medium term projects.- Consulting - How to implement Software Testing for both technical and business teams; Creating Test Strategies and Execution plans; How to get best possible results based on available resources and skills.- Training mid-to-high level specialists and managers.- Strategic planning and execution.

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  Rapid Software Testing

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2010

  Participant
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  Peer Conferences PEST

  Jun 2011 - now

  Organizer, Facilitator and Speaker

  Organizing LAWST-style peer conferences in Estonia called PESTParticipated as speaker: PEST#1, PEST#2Facilitated: PEST#1, PEST#2

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  University of Tartu

  Feb 2012 - now

  Lecturer

  Organizing, managing and teaching course "Hands-on Software Testing" for Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science.

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  Let's Test 2012

  May 2012 - May 2012

  Speaker and Participant

  Gave experience story presentation "Journey to the other side" at conference Let's Test.

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  Testing Forum 2012 - Stockholm

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

  Speaker

  Gave presentation about Exploratory Testing - Exploratory Testing in practice and How to find unexpected bugs.

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  Nortal

  Apr 2023 - now

  Senior QA Specialist