Active Secret Clearance

Cleared QA leader for high-confidence software releases.

19+ years turning messy releases, complex systems, APIs, UAT, regression, defects, and production risk into cleaner decisions and better software outcomes.

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Elkton, MD Open to cleared QA / test roles Defense • Federal • Enterprise

Candidate Profile

Software quality engineering professional with deep hands-on testing experience and a leadership track record across regulated, financial, and high-volume customer-facing platforms. I stay close to the work: test strategy, API validation, SQL-based testing, regression design, UAT coordination, defect triage, release readiness, and post-deployment validation.

Core Toolkit

Selenium ReadyAPI Postman API Testing SQL / SSMS MySQL Azure DevOps TeamCity Git Jira CI/CD Agile / Kanban

Selected Impact

  • Built and led QA capability supporting enterprise Fiserv platforms in a regulated financial services environment.
  • Strengthened release confidence through regression planning, UAT, API Automation, and post-deployment validation.
  • Introduced the first API automation regression framework to strengthen post release validations.
  • Helped modernize delivery from monthly releases to multiple deployments per day through CI/CD support and automation growth.
  • Supported a major platform migration from v1 to v2 during a large architectural transition in automotive advertising technology.

Quality Focus

Test Strategy Regression Planning API Contract Validation UAT Governance Defect Triage Release Readiness CI/CD Test Integration

Career Progression

Continental Finance Company

Wilmington, DE

June 2021 - Present
Software Quality Analyst → Senior Software Quality Analyst → Software Quality Team Lead
  • Lead a 4-person onshore QA team and oversee Operations QA for enterprise Fiserv platforms.
  • Drive UAT, release readiness, regression coverage, defect triage, and post-deployment validation.
  • Create practical QA process, test documentation, and repeatable validation approaches for enterprise releases.

HomeNet Automotive / Autotrader / Cox Automotive

Exton, PA

August 2007 - March 2021
Data Support → Data Team Leader → Quality Assurance Analyst → Quality Assurance Engineer → Quality Assurance Engineer II
  • Progressed from data support into QA engineering roles across customer-facing web and API platforms.
  • Expanded API automation, regression coverage, CI/CD validation, cross-browser testing, and cross-device testing.
  • Supported major platform migration work and high-frequency release modernization.

Education

Lincoln Tech

AS: PC Systems & Networking Technology | Allentown, PA

Professional Development

Introduction to C# 7.0 with Visual C# 2017 — Accelebrate

Target Roles

Software Quality Analyst Software Quality Engineer Software Qaulity Team Lead Software Quality Manager Network Systems Test Analyst
Need someone who can lead QA and still do the testing work? Cleared software quality leader available for defense, federal, and enterprise QA roles.
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