Evan Anthony Watkins

Evan Anthony Watkins

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  • About me

    National IT Test Engagement Manager at Federal Reserve MBA, ITIL

  • Education

    • University of Phoenix

      2008 - 2012
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration, Management and Operations
    • Hampton University

      1996 - 2000
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Science and Government

      Activities and Societies: Hampton Univeristy Football 1996-1998 American Red Cross DC/MD Pre Alumni NAACP Political Science Club

  • Experience

    • NEXTEL

      Nov 2004 - Oct 2008

      Coordinate the planning, monitoring, and control of the testing activities and tasks. Collaborate with the other stakeholders; devise the test objectives, organizational test policies, test strategies and test plans. Lead, guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suites. Responsible to prepare performance test reports and share across the stake holders.Expertise in analyzing business & system requirements and determining scope distribution and test planning. Show less

      • Manager Acceptance Testing Customer Operations

        Jan 2007 - Oct 2008
      • Senior Systems Analyst

        Nov 2004 - Jan 2007
    • Sprint

      Nov 2008 - Oct 2014
      IT Program Manager

      Serving as “Software Release Lead” for programs designed for customer-facing applications, new billing platform conversions, trouble support management tools, and all wireless provisioning applications.Managing and developing methodology for “User Acceptance Testing”, execution, and preparation for Enterprise Software Releases. Managing team of 21 test specialist on the production floor and delivering results based on key performance indicators.Assuring accurate results required for newly implemented projects and processes in order to maximize project success.Managing projects life-cycle and milestones of the assigned project.Working cross functionally with both internal and external partners throughout the project life-cycle. Show less

    • Federal Reserve Information Technology

      Nov 2014 - now
      National IT Test Engagement Manager

      Provide technical expertise, leadership, planning and coordination of IT testing in support of one or more large and complex infrastructure projects and directly influences testing activities on business critical projects to ensure testing quality in preparation for production readiness. Create, execute and maintain testing strategy and detailed test plans / schedule for infrastructure and network components. Focus upon non-functional testing such as connectivity, performance, penetration and security testing. Develop and maintain a system for identifying and tracking system defects and coordinating with technical staff to ensure the successful resolution and retesting of defects. Work closely with users to ensure that proper formal customer signoff is documented for accepting the system into production. Work within the project management framework, as defined by PMI and adhered to by the FRS. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Test Director Suite 6.0

      Mercury Interactive
      Apr 2001
    • Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Jan 2010
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Evan Anthony Watkins
      Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Axelos Jan 2010 The Foundation Level provides a general awareness of the key elements, concepts and terminology used in the ITIL Service Lifecycle, including the linkages between Lifecycle stages, the processes used and their contribution to Service Management practices.
    • Awarded to Evan Anthony Watkins
      Nextel “All Star Award” Nextel Communications Nov 2002 Led team of offshore testers while providing user acceptance testing support for a major billing initiative that was awarded “Billing World 2002 Integration Project of the Year.” Served as a test lead representing IT and the business users in driving testing of requirements and use cases for application development.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Donor

      Issued by The NephCure Foundation
      The NephCure FoundationAssociated with Evan Anthony Watkins
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      Issued by Glenn Dale Volunteer Fire Department
      Glenn Dale Volunteer Fire DepartmentAssociated with Evan Anthony Watkins