M A R I S A L. B U R T 2141 MEADOWLARK PL LONGMONT, CO 80504 720-217-5117 MARISA@BURTCONSULTINGINC.COM SUMMARY Professional IT Consultant for over 9 years. Overall Software Development experience of over 13 years. Area of expertise is Software Testing and Quality Assurance, and also experienced in Project Management and System Analyst roles. Highly efficient at building effective, productive working relationships with clients and staff. OBJECTIVE A Consulting leadership role. TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES * MS Windows 2K Pro * Pure DDTS Web Tracker * MS Office * UNIX * PVCS Tracker * MS Project * SQL Plus * True Track * MS Access * Oracle * MS Test * Visio * Sybase * QA Partner * Oracle Designer 2000 * Vi * Test Director * Paint Shop Pro * Open VMS * Winrunner/Loadrunner PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE June, 2000 – Present: Burt Consulting, Inc., Echostar, Inc., Consultant Englewood, CO As Test Lead, for Cold Fusion/Java, STML, Internet, .NET, N-tier, SQL Server, WebLogics, Oracle application, including handheld, in an agile development environment: * Performed back up project management duties * Performed requirements review and refinement * Documented System Requirements and Technical Requirements Specifications * Designed User Interface (UI) screens using Paint Shop Pro * Documented architecture changes in Visio * Demonstrated enhancements to upper management and key business stakeholders * Wrote high level Test Strategies and Test Plans * Documented validation points/requirements trace matrices * Defined, implemented and administered defect tracking in Test Director (TD) * Defined defect tracking procedures * Defined TD Test Planning and Execution procedures * Led Integration and System Test execution (white and black box) * Documented results and metrics on test execution cycles * Defined and documented test data strategy for test automation * Defined smoke test for Automation in TD * Worked with Automation expert to implement automation utilizing Winrunner and Loadrunner * Assisted with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) * Automated application smoke test in Win32GuiTest and WATIR/Ruby Dec., 2001 – Feb., 2002: Compri Consulting, Vi Corp, Senior Test Engineer Denver, CO For a CE Thin Client, Point of Sale system in java: * Researched and chose shareware tool for Test Management and Defect Tracking * Defined defect tracking and test execution procedures * Created test procedures in Test Case Manager from User Requirements, Use Cases, and existing system * Led test execution * Tracked test execution and defect metrics * Documented tasks, durations and milestones in MS Project September – October, 2001: Tanning Technology Corp., Qwest, Senior Test Engineer Englewood, CO For a Cygent Thin Client replacing a Thick Client order entry system: * Created UI test procedure template that was utilized across team for creating test procedures for UI testing * Converted test procedures from old system to new system according to the new UI Design February – June, 2000: Tanning Technology Corp., E-Trade Retail, Senior Test Engineer Englewood, CO As Test Lead, for a Java based, Internet, Sybase client/server, kiva/jolt, tuxedo, N-tier application with several external vendors co-branded sites and interfaces: * Documented system level diagram of all data flows and interfaces * Documented System Integration Test Plan for end to end testing * Created Requirements Traceabilty * Defined and set expectations of vendors testing effort * Defined and coordinated set up of System Integration Test environment * Updated Test Case Database in Access, including Reports and Metrics * Detailed repeatable end to end test cases for application, interviewed developers to gain detailed information on complex calculations and backend exception processing in order to validate the back end utilizing SQL Plus * Performed Test Execution * Deliverables include: Master Test Plan, Trace Matrix, Regression Tests, Daily Metrics, Test Summary Report November, 1999 – Feb., 2000: Tanning Technology Corp., E-Trade, Senior Test Engineer Englewood, CO For a Java based, Internet, Stock Market Order Management, VMS, ECN, Oracle, client/server N-tier application delivered on time to production: * Documented High Level System Integration Test Plan * Created Requirements Trace Matrix * Designed and coded Test Case Database in Access, including Reports and Metrics * Detailed repeatable test cases for application, interviewed developers to gain detailed information on complex calculations and backend exception processing in order to validate the back end utilizing SQL Plus * Performed Test Execution * Deliverables include: Master Test Plan, Trace Matrix, Regression test set, Daily Metrics, Test Summary Report May – November, 1999: InfoTech Solutions., Senior Test Engineer Englewood, CO For a Analog Cable System associated Hardware and Software including Controllers, Converters, Televisions, Call Center Telephony Equipment, Cable Billing System, Oracle Financials, and DSS * Planned, executed and documented results of End to End testing of GL and Revenue Accounting systems * Planned, executed and documented results of End to End testing of Cable, Telephony and At Home billing interface to Informatica processing and management reports created * Performed Independent Verification and Validation of End to End Testing for Y2K * Drafted High Level Test Plan * Worked with Team to determine strategy for testing Critical Dates for daily processes and functionality that rolls over the critical dates * Wrote Black Box Test Procedures for end to end testing utilizing TD * Performed Test Execution utilizing TD for two test cycles and wrote Discrepancy Reports * Contributed to Test Summary Report February - May, 1999: Datatrends Information Systems, U S West, Senior Test Engineer Denver, CO For a Web based Java/HTML CLEC Order Entry application: * Drafted Test Plan for flow of data from front end to back end legacy applications * Documented Test Plan for regression testing of application on Windows 95/98/2000 Operating Systems * Detailed test procedures (including expected results and validation SQL queries) * Performed regression testing on secondary platforms January - February, 1999: Tanning Technology Corp., U S West, Senior Test Engineer Englewood, CO For a Java based, two tiered client/server application with an Oracle database, in the initial stage of system testing the first milestone deliverable in preparation for demonstration to client * Performed ad hoc testing on interface data cleaning, business rule processing and loading to Oracle tables * Documented test execution results and test execution status reports * In a team environment, planned testing strategy for end to end flow through the system to link the front end functionality to the back end * Wrote test procedures for back end validation via functional specifications * Interviewed developers to gain more information and documented functionality in test specifications * Prepared SQL scripts for test data preparation for Back End functionality testing * * Nov. - Dec., 1998: Tanning Technology Corp., Senior System Integration Test Executor Copenhagen, Denmark For a Java based, three tiered client/server application with an Oracle database, in the final phase of System Integration Test, fast paced environment preparing for the Technical Pilot in Production Environment: * Prepared test data in Oracle database * Executed functional test procedures and verified updates to the Oracle database * Documented test execution results and test execution status reports * Created test procedures for On-line Help and On-line Tutorial * Reviewed/Tested On-line Help and Tutorials August – November, 1998: American Fundware, Project Test Lead Denver, CO For a character based COBOL System wrappered with a Visual Basic UI, team of 6 testers: * Led to completion the testing effort of project utilizing milestone approach to development * Gathered/reported defect metrics and testing progress to team leads * Created test procedures for functional testing * Executed ad hoc Functional/Regression testing * Updated and procedurized use of defect tracking tool across the project * Created UI Coding/Testing checklist for Project * Mentored testers November, 1996 - July, 1998: U S West, UNIX Test Engineer Denver, CO For a Java/HTML Oracle Database Application with 10 data extracts: * Wrote preliminary and contributed to final high level Test Plan * Defined Testing tasks and dependencies in MS Project * Built Requirements Trace Matrix/Test Conditions Database, and supporting Reports in MS Access * Defined and created templates for Test Design, Case and Procedure Specifications for Data Extracts and Application System Test * Reviewed Requirements and Designs * Prepared Test Procedures/Data for Data Extracts, Online testing * Procedurized Test Procedure creation across Testing Team * Documented On Line Functionality Test Procedures * Procedurized Test Execution and Led Online Test Execution effort * Configured DDTS defect tracking system * Designed System Test Web Site July, 1994 - November, 1996: Interleaf, Inc. Boulder, CO May - November,1996: Lead Software Test Engineer For MS SGML Author 1.1a on NT/ 95 and UNIX (MS Word add on): * Developed Test Plan/Cases in I-6 * Developed MS Test drivers * Developed perl and C-shell scripts for Sun4 regressions * Procedurized Interleaf Boulder Quality Assurance Group * Planned testing effort for distributed development of next major project, including ISO-9000 compliance * Gathered requirements for new defect tracking system * Created prototype of defect tracking system in MS Access * Coordinated migration strategy for Boulder legacy defects with MA QA Group December, 1994 - May, 1996: Software Test Engineer For SureStyle 1.0 on NT/95 (MS Word add on): * Planned test strategy for a team of four testers * Scheduled test resources utilizing MS project * Developed and executed test plans * Developed MS Test drivers * Tested GUI for usability * Performed Documentation reviews * Coordinated Beta Testing Effort * Trained support staff on product * Enhanced and pocedurized defect tracking system for improved reports * Optimized QA procedures by standardizing and maintaining test processes July - December, 1994: Software Test Engineer For MS SGML Author 1.0 on Win 3.1 (MS Word add on): * Planned regression testing strategy for distributed development environment * Worked directly with MS project management and developers in Redmond WA * Developed MS test drivers to automate regression tests * Tracked defects in MS Raid March, 1993- July, 1994: ConferTech International, Inc., Software Tester Westminster, CO * Developed and executed test plans for teleconferencing software/hardware on UNIX and Windows * Performed stress testing with bulk call generators * Regression tested on ISDN Teleconferencing system * Performed documentation testing * Tracked defects in excel spreadsheets May - August, 1992: American Management Systems, System Tester Lakewood, CO * Procedurized Defect Tracking for project * Performed Acceptance testing on Mainframe application May - December, 1992: Geological Society of America, Technical Writer Boulder, CO * Interviewed end users to gain knowledge of existing information systems * Created end user documentation for several Mainframe Information Systems EDUCATION 1992: University of Colorado at Boulder, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, area of emphasis in Management Information Systems MS of MIS: Coursework towards at Regis University CONFERENCES ATTENDED Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference October, 2003: Attendee and Hosted Birds of Feather October, 2004: Attendee, Hosted Birds of Feather, and Moderator for a Session October, 2005: Conference Volunteer Amplify Your Effectiveness (AYE) November, 2004 S.Q.U.A.D. 2001, 2004: Attendee Burt, page 3 322222 Burt, page 4 Burt, page 3