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Vladimir Vinitski

Lasalle,Canada

Summary

I would like to get a job as a Software Quality Assurance and Testing Team Manager or QA Auditor to achieve a new challenge in my career after 22 years working for a same company when I grow up from Test team coordinator to Senior Director of QA. With my 26+ years of experience in software quality assurance and testing management, I can contribute to the success of your business and organize all aspects related to the quality of developed computer software and solution. I started my career as a QA specialist and know all steps in this carrier from it to VP level, have been in all those positions. I worked on multiple projects, web site, games, application, solutions that were successfully delivered to the customer and allowed me to collect an expertise in software testing, quality assurance, project management, test automation, QA outsourcing, QA Audit, ISO implementation, recently in Cloud and AI in QA, and team leading that could be used by your company to implement a new structure in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, new working methods implementation or to improve the software quality assurance and control that already in place. I was in charge to define and to build working procedures and standard in big public company that recognise my expertise and gave me permission to improve all SDLC for all products.

I would like to get a job as a Software Quality Assurance and Testing Team Manager or QA Auditor to achieve a new challenge in my career after 22 years working for a same company when I grow up from Test team coordinator to Senior Director of QA. With my 26+ years of experience in software quality assurance and testing management, I can contribute to the success of your business and organize all aspects related to the quality of developed computer software and solution. I started my career as a QA specialist and know all steps in this carrier from it to VP level, have been in all those positions. I worked on multiple projects, web site, games, application, solutions that were successfully delivered to the customer and allowed me to collect an expertise in software testing, quality assurance, project management, test automation, QA outsourcing, QA Audit, ISO implementation, recently in Cloud and AI in QA, and team leading that could be used by your company to implement a new structure in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, new working methods implementation or to improve the software quality assurance and control that already in place. I was in charge to define and to build working procedures and standard in big public company that recognise my expertise and gave me permission to improve all SDLC for all products.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director QA

Upland Software
Montréal, Canada
01.2023 - Current
  • New position started: Sr
  • Director QA Upland Software Content Lifecycle Automation
  • Job goal is to create a corporate layer of Global QA, QC, Test Automation for all business units of Upland Software include into Upland Software Content Lifecycle Automation Group as Interfax, Qvidian, FileBound, AccuRoute, BI Insight, Upland Inteligent Capture and Objectif Lune.
  • My responsibilities: 1
  • Builds QA partners relationship with QA outsourcing teams and QA contractors. 2
  • Supervise QA teams and team players in 10+ countries 3
  • QA engineers’ hiring, onboarding and training in different business unit and countries. 4
  • Standardisation, normalization all Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Test Automation activities in multiples business units and compagnies. 5
  • Implementation global FTE and Outsourcing team’s KPI, reporting structure, software metrics etc. 6
  • Create a global Test Automation office with different choice of framework and global pool of test automation specialists. 7
  • Implementation global Upland Software “QA culture” in multiples business unit and help teams grow up in quality prevention, quality control, quality guidelines etc. 8
  • Teach QA Managers and Directors in different BU and contribute into QA specialist and engineers’ professional growth. 9
  • Starts to implement multiples innovations and QA procedures for AI-ready products, Cloud deployment, Container, CI|CD Deployment etc. 10
  • Build use cases for QA using AI in collaboration with Amazon, MS, Google AI teams for testing and test automation. 11
  • Creating testing maps for team of QA working on testing for on-premise, Cloud etc.

QA Analyst Director

OL Upland Business Upland Objectif Lune
05.2022 - 01.2023
  • My responsibilities:
  • New nomination after acquisition Objectif Lune by Upland Software: QA Analyst Director at OL Upland DWF Business Unit
  • Business as usual but add Cloud Projects and Solutions, ITAPPS and QA Outsourcing plus highly valuable cross company integration projects. 1 Audit of Business process, SDLC, QA and DEV methodologies and Business organisation for OL, Interfax, AccuRoute, FileBound, Qvidian, UIC, BAI to provide a recommendation for Product Stakeholders how to improve a business. 2 Preparing ISO audit for 27001 and 9001 with Audit package, projects to defend, proof and assist in ISO audit, External and Internal. 3 Develop set of metrics and KPI for FTE and Contractor, provide a report for Stakeholders.

Global QA Manager

Objectif Lune
01.2020 - 05.2022
  • My responsibilities:
  • Global and strategic planning and management for software quality assurance, software and solutions quality control, test automation and test programming teams across all OL development clusters, coordinate QA managers, Test Coordinators, QA Specialist, Test Architect, Test developers global working goals.
  • Global QA/QC/Test Automation resources planning and allocation.
  • Research and create improvement strategy for Test in Cloud, Solutions test, implement different new working methods and tools, Ci/CD, Continuous testing etc.
  • Create a collaboration rules with OL partners on the common development, implementation, testing rules etc.
  • Work with Corporate Strategy Manager, Product Mangers and Global DEV Manager for future products, software and solutions definitions etc.
  • Implementation of new working methods, procedure and tools for Quality Control, Testing automation, new test methods and tools for ‘’Software and Solution in Cloud’’ implementation etc.
  • Building the QA / QC / Tests Automation / Stability test /Tests programming documents and guides package, procedures of work, new QA employees’ integration and training etc.
  • Definition of OL Software and Solutions quality factors, work for Implementation and Maintenance of ISO request, KPI, customer satisfaction measurement and improvements etc.
  • Stakeholders meeting member.
  • Define a new test strategy to implement quality assurance and test automation for business process control in Cloud Azure, Dockers Test container and create a new framework about the automated test implementation for REST API test activities, Node-RED implementation into cloud automated test for OL Business Solutions in Cloud.
  • Create a new QA infrastructure, doing new team members training to extend QA Global coverage to new Development clusters in UK, Europe and Asia.

Worldwide Software Quality Assurance manager

Objectif Lune
09.2014 - 01.2020
  • My responsibilities:
  • Define worldwide QA teamwork goals.
  • Manage 3 different QA teams around worldwide OL Development clusters (CA, NL, AU).
  • Define quality standards, working procedure.
  • In charge to organise Functional, Regression, Stability, Performance and other automated test tools.
  • Research and implement advanced test technologies for different software, solutions produced by Dev Objectif Lune.
  • Implement and maintain system of certification and audit ISO 27001 and IS 9001
  • Working with Product Managers for New Software definition.
  • Support VP of technologies with all DEV process monitoring.
  • Organise Workings process, procedure, execute QA members training and new employees QA coaching.
  • Release delivery procedures QA and Test implementation.
  • Produce a metrics, statistic, KPI, dynamic stat boards etc.
  • Define all working methods regarding work tools and platforms as JIRA, Zephyr etc.
  • Member of Managers Board.
  • Member of Global Development Board.

Software quality assurance team coordinator and Manager of QA, QC and Test Automation

03.2003 - 09.2014
  • My responsibilities:
  • Coordinate the efforts of the company in order to respect the software quality commitments.
  • Establish relationship between QA and DEV teams on different continents and countries, take them on the same work processes, training, support and search for solutions to the possible problems.
  • Development of software testing global strategy, creation of the testing methods and approach, templates, testing tool box, etc.
  • Implementation of a system of quality assurance and quality control from the beginning to the end of the global software development cycle, creation the global QA and global Test Plans.
  • Work closely with the directors of integration, software developments and architects team, review and approval of software requirements documents, auditing, validation and approval of other documents.
  • Develop methods of work and project management in JIRA, SourceForge and SharePoint.
  • Implementing Agile and Scrum (Scrumban) methods in teamwork, develop custom method when traditional doesn’t work.
  • Time management, resources hiring and training, QA/QC Team and Test Automation resources management
  • Internal training for work methods, troubleshooting of procedures work.
  • Evaluation of the work performance of individual team members, establishing job objectives using SMART method.
  • Develop the process for input /output operations for departments involved in developing the software.
  • Develop Strategies for functional tests automation, regression test and other tools using QTP (Quick Test Pro), Selenium etc.
  • Review, classify and track bugs with tools Bugzilune, SourceForge, JIRA etc.
  • Projects : OL Connect, PlanetPress Suite, PrintShop Mail Suite, PrintShop WEB, multiple plugins and other projects.

SQA Specialist

Silanis Technologie
Montréal, Canada
09.2002 - 02.2003
  • My responsibilities:
  • Analyze technical projects documentation: Story Board, FSD, PRD.
  • Prepare test coverage, test cases, system test plan.
  • Run all tests, manual and using Rational Robot scripts, results analyst, report bugs, suggestions
  • Monitor the impact of a change on the software functionality, update test plans.
  • Run tests on Rational Robot, analyse results.
  • Compare the test results with the requirements of the project.
  • Test project type client-server application, web application, and desktop program.
  • Projects: ADT- ApproveIt Desktop Programme, AWS- ApproveIt WEB Server, AWS-POS (Point of Sale), xHTML etc
  • For customer like BMW, GMAC, Quicken Loans, US Government, US Air Force etc.

Testing and Quality assurance supervisor (SQA Lead)

Mon Mannequin Virtuel /My Virtual Model
Montreal, Canada
06.1998 - 08.2002
  • My responsibilities:
  • Tests and tests management, planning for different types of projects: web sites, web applications, client-server applications, games PC / MAC, Promotional CD-ROM and others.
  • Testers group supervision and management.
  • Perform functional analysis of a project to prepare the test cases.
  • Contact with clients, study their needs, create comprehensive testing approaches.
  • Create test plans and test case, evaluate expected behaviours.
  • Review the technical documentation of the project, suggest improvements.
  • Perform various types of reliability and performance tests with automatic tools (OpenSTA).
  • Review, classify and track bugs with tools (bugtrack).
  • Perform test by Black Box logic ,Grey Box.
  • Lead test projects and manage the budget for all of them at the same time.
  • Execute Integrated Testing (performance, reliability, security, etc.).
  • Execute test scripts, analysis of results and log files.
  • Review project as the “Cluster Method'' and classify bugs by priority and severity.
  • Tested application: Java, Delphi, C/C++, XML/XSL avec HTML/DHTML/ASP using Java Script on TomCat, JRun avec DB Oracle sur Unix/Linux/NT.
  • Test ‘’client-server’’ application.
  • Manage time sheet for team, hiring testers, evaluate their work according to the company rules.
  • Project under my responsibility was:
  • Web sites with the implementation of integrated virtual model: Landsend, JCP, Fubu, Blair, Crossing Pointe, Maxim Online, NutriSystem, Plus, BSF etc.
  • WEB Sites and its administration tools: Hydro Quebec, Quebec Government, Fido, Quebec Music, Omer de Serres, Belair Direct, Bombardier, AVQC etc.
  • Disney Games Atlantis, Emperor New Groove, Princess Fashion Boutique 1 and games for other companies as Smurf 1 and 2, Pocket Dragon, Papyrus 1 and 2, Hemingway, Petit Ours Brun, Carapatte etc.
  • CD-ROM'' My Virtual Makeover'', CRIQ, Fido and Millennium 1999/2000.

Education

(AEC), Analyst Programmer in IT management, Analyse methods and Databases -

College of Saint-Laurent
01.1998

Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Studies and ecological projects -

Academy of mechanical engineering in the chemical industry in Moscow (Russia)

Skills

  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Testing Team Management
  • QA Auditing
  • Project Management
  • Test Automation
  • QA Outsourcing
  • ISO Implementation
  • Cloud and AI in QA
  • Team Leadership
  • Quality Control
  • Software Metrics
  • Test Automation Frameworks
  • QA Culture Implementation
  • AI in Testing
  • Cloud Testing
  • Business Process Audit
  • SDLC
  • ISO Audit
  • Metrics and KPIs
  • Global QA Planning and Management
  • Test Improvement Strategies
  • Collaboration with Partners
  • New Test Methods and Tools
  • Quality Factors
  • Stakeholder Meetings
  • Test Strategy
  • QA Infrastructure
  • Agile and Scrum
  • Time Management
  • Bug Tracking
  • Test Coverage
  • Test Plans
  • Reliability and Performance Testing
  • Black Box and Grey Box Testing
  • Integrated Testing
  • Database Programming and Analysis
  • MS Office
  • Visio
  • Confluence
  • Windows OS
  • OpenSTA
  • Rational Robot
  • Rational Test Suite
  • QTP
  • Quality Center
  • Selenium
  • SourceForge
  • Bugzilla
  • SharePoint
  • Test Director
  • JIRA
  • TestRail
  • French (spoken and written)
  • Russian (spoken and written)
  • English (spoken and written)

Technicalabilities

  • Software: MS Office, Visio, Confluence etc.
  • OS: Windows
  • Test Tools: Open STA, Rational Robot, Rational Test Suite, QTP, Quality Center, Selenium etc.
  • Process and Management Tools: SourceForge, Bugzilla, SharePoint, Test Director, JIRA, TestRail.

Languages

  • French
  • Russian
  • English

Timeline

Senior Director QA

Upland Software
01.2023 - Current

QA Analyst Director

OL Upland Business Upland Objectif Lune
05.2022 - 01.2023

Global QA Manager

Objectif Lune
01.2020 - 05.2022

Worldwide Software Quality Assurance manager

Objectif Lune
09.2014 - 01.2020

Software quality assurance team coordinator and Manager of QA, QC and Test Automation

03.2003 - 09.2014

SQA Specialist

Silanis Technologie
09.2002 - 02.2003

Testing and Quality assurance supervisor (SQA Lead)

Mon Mannequin Virtuel /My Virtual Model
06.1998 - 08.2002

(AEC), Analyst Programmer in IT management, Analyse methods and Databases -

College of Saint-Laurent

Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Studies and ecological projects -

Academy of mechanical engineering in the chemical industry in Moscow (Russia)
Vladimir Vinitski