Luke Mcgrath

Experience

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  Peer Productions

  Oct 2010 - Mar 2011

  Project Assistant

  Working admin and sales as part of an educational Theatre Company. Liaising with schools and teachers Via email and phone. Working with a Variety of Microsoft Programs.Responsibilities Include:Client Administrator dealing with customers in an educational theatre company.• Communicating by phone to heads of departments of schools and colleges• Promoting shows relating to sexual education, teenage pregnancy and drink awareness.• Created and maintained a database of schools and department heads using Excel.• I went beyond the original job description, building set, stage management and help running a youth theatre Show less

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  London Scuba

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2013

  Scuba Diving Instructor

  Full time instructor working in the busiest dive centre in England.Responsibilities Include:• Teaching new students the practical and theory side of scuba diving.• Evaluating and testing student knowledge and practical ability throughout the course.• Support in the running of a dive centre and processing student information on Customer relation management software.• Working as a tightly knit team promoting, organizing and participating in dive club events/evenings. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2015

  Test Associate 1

  My role at Microsoft was a software tester working mainly with the new Xbox one system and the established Xbox 360 console and games.Projects worked on included: Killer Instinct, Kinect sports rivals and Forza horizon 2 (Xbox one and Xbox 360).Experience Gained: •Excellent bug writing skills•Working closely within a team•Promptly learning new skills and processesResponsibilities Include:* Using a keen eye for locating and regressing bugs using various testing methods * Creating and tailoring test sessions for test.* Using Team Foundation Server to record, log and monitor bugs.* Testing on multiple platforms including Xbox One and Xbox 360.* Taken part in department wide testing for projects that have spent time in the department.* Co-ordinating with my team and leads to ensure testing is efficient and clear.* Co-ordinating with the development team. Show less

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  Transport for London

  May 2015 - now

  Working in a Disciplined Agile Delivery process.Building automation suites in sprint.Following strict page object model using Gherkin comments.Working with Xcode (Swift).Working with Eclipse/Selenium (Java).Maintaining and updating suites.Basic investigation into CIBasic understanding of Appium

  • Technical Delivery Lead

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Agile Test Lead

    Sept 2017 - Oct 2021

  • Mobile Test Lead

    Jul 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Test Automation Engineer

    Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Test Analyst

    May 2015 - Dec 2015