Anwer Saeed
2589 James
Ph: 678- 357- 6950
Certifications: Certified
Product Instructor (CPI) for TestSuite 7.0 (WR & TD)
Certified
Product Specialist (CPS) for TestSuite 7.0 (WR & TD)
Certified
Product Specialist (CPS) for LoadRunner 7.0 (Web)
Planned Certifications: Certified Instructor (CI) for Mercury Products in Jun’ 07
Professional Training Courses
· Practical Software Testing Methods (Learning Tree
International)
· Software Quality Assurance. (Learning Tree
International)
· Identifying & Conforming User Requirements. (Learning Tree International)
· Object Oriented Analysis and Design (GA Tech Continue Education)
· Testing Process and Methodology (Capital One Financial)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department Of
Justice,
QA
Performance Lead Consultant 11/03
– Present
· Responsible for creating automated scripts using
WinRunner 8.2 for multiple applications including
Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP), Grant Management System (GMS), and SF269,
Closeouts, GANs etc.
· Responsible for designing and scripting
automated scripts for load and stress testing using LR 8.0 so that performance
and scalability of multiple systems can be analyzed before production deployment.
· Improved the testing process of testing
department where testing is thorough and robust and saving the department 31%
of the total budget.
· Train new and old employees for Mercury
Interactive tools including WinRunner, LoadRunner and Test Director so that the whole team has complete
understanding of standard and procedures of multiple test suites.
Capital One
Financial,
QA
Performance Lead Consultant 12/02
– 11/03
· Responsible for creating a baseline and
executing performance and endurance testing of Internet Account Acquisition
(IAA) project to compare two versions of the web based applications for
Transaction Response Time for business critical transactions.
· Responsible for analyzing the requirements,
designing, debugging, execution and generating reports for Pony Express Phase 2
project. This project was performance tested using Citrix and Oracle 2 tier
protocols.
· Responsible for analysis, creating test plans
and test scripts for Global One application created by PeopleSoft 8.4.
· Responsible for creating automated performance
scripts for load testing using LoadRunner 7.6 / 7.8 to testing the performance
of web server (Web Logic 5.1) and application server (Tuxedo 6.5).
· Responsible for creating automated scripts to
run against Oracle Database ver. 8.18.08.
· Responsible for creating and maintaining the
regression suite for Global One projects for regression of new releases.
· Create a master test plan template so that the
team can follow the same standards and procedures for all the incoming projects
· Setup a formal process where team can log the
bugs that were found during functional / regression testing.
· Mentor the team for the best practices of
automation including regression and performance testing.
· Setup the testing lab for both regression and
Performance testing projects
· Responsible for updating and maintaining the
Test Director for all the defects found during functional and regression
testing and follow up the bug life cycle.
· Responsible for the training and education of
other team members so that they are better able to handle the projects
QA
Lead Consultant 05/02
– 12/02
· Responsible for setting up the Test Director for
“Magellan” project so that manual and automated test cases can be saved in a
central repository.
· Responsible for a basic and advanced Test
· Responsible for reviewing the requirements for a
new application “virtual wedge” (An in house product to replace the hardware).
· Responsible for writing the system test plan and
review them with other teams involved in the project.
· Responsible for writing test cases to test the
requirements for both positive and negative scenarios for all the peripherals
in store including bar code scanner, magnetic ink character recognition,
magnetic stripe reader, printer, signature capture pad and cash register.
· Responsible for writing the implementation plans
so that the new hardware and software can be introduced in the store for
field-testing.
· Reviewed the plans written with different teams
of the organization to update them based on their feedback.
· Conducted some basic training classes for the
full time employees to explain them the automation strategies and the best
practices for future maintenance.
· Installed the automated tools in the lab and
customize the machines to meet the testing requirements.
· Design a regression testing lab from layout till
completion, including ordering of hardware, software, setting up a standard
image for the machines for easy installation for future enhancements in the
lab.
Capital One Corp.,
QA
Lead Engineer 08/01
– 05/02
· Responsible for managing multiple projects in a
fast paced environment.
· Responsible for creating GUI Vusers for Citrix
Server/Client environment.
· Configured the Citrix server and clients to
perform load testing.
· Created scenarios and executed load testing on
Citrix server to find out the capacity of Citrix server.
· Analyze the results and created reports for the
management about Citrix capacity with multiple processor servers.
· Responsible for executing load testing in
Client/Server environment for JAVA application to see the impacts of new
changes in the application.
· Compare results of previous version with the
latest execution to investigate the performance of the application.
· Experienced in developing and applying new QA
processes and procedures, test planning and design, according to the
development environment.
· Responsible for reviewing and analyzing the
Business requirements for a financial application that will help the
corporation to collect more than 76 million dollars per year from delinquent
accounts.
· Responsible for writing System Test Plan, Test
cases and Test scripts both for manual and automated testing using WinRunner.
· Responsible for setting up Configuration
Management and defect management tools (Rational) for a perfect history of
versioning and defect tracking.
· Responsible for mentoring different teams for
the training of LoadRunner, WinRunner and TestDirector.
AgilQuest
International,
Lead
WinRunner / LoadRunner Consultant 04/01
– 08/01
· Responsible for reviewing and analyzing the
requirements of the new system and identifying discrepancies that can hinder
System, Regression, and User Acceptance Testing.
· Responsible for installation and maintenance of
WinRunner 7.0, Test Director 7.2 (
· Responsible for writing a System Test Plan and
Test Cases for the application under development.
· Responsible for creating automated scripts for
all the critical business processes and maintaining them throughout the
development phases to accommodate new functionality and other changes.
Application was developed using J2EE, EJB, VB Scripting, Java Scripting, C++
with WebLogic and SQL server.
· Mentoring and educating all the testing team
members on Mercury Interactive tools so that they can use the products
efficiently and productively.
· Reporting the management about different
statuses including test cases completed, new bugs found, bug fixes etc.
Capital One Corp.,
Lead
WinRunner / LoadRunner Engineer 07/00
– 04/01
· Responsible for gathering requirements for
different solicitations and business processes and write test cases and test
scripts.
· Planned, designed and developed a lot of
automated scripts to meet the business requirements of the different
solicitations.
· Wrote and performed User Acceptance Testing
(UAT) for different solicitations.
· Created different automated regression suites
for the critical solicitations that were developed using J2EE, EJB, JDBC, Java
Scripting, C++, and Oracle.
· Responsible for writing SQL Queries to find out
that the data is correctly populated in each field.
· Designed and developed a methodology, known as
“GUI Engine” where all the GUI files are converted into access tables with
column names as objects.
· Maintained and enhanced a methodology, known as
“Test Engine” where non professional can use test engine on any web application
without changing any codes of automation scripts. Test Engine works along with
GUI and Data Engines to create a complete database driven testing process.
· Mentored Capital One associates in WinRunner,
TestDirector, and LoadRunner, so that they can maintain the automation scripts
and requirements in future.
· Performance tested the Kmart three tiers
Solicitation that includes Netscape Application Server (NAS), WebLogic,
MQSeries, and Oracle database.
Cisco Systems,
WinRunner
/ LoadRunner Engineer 06/00
– 07/00
· Responsible for automating Cisco’s critical
business transactions for functional testing using WinRunner.
· Responsible for analyzing, designing and
scripting Cisco’s site for load testing.
EqualFooting.com,
Senior
LoadRunner Engineer 03/00
– 06/00
· Responsible for analyzing, designing, and
maintaining scripting for the whole website.
· Worked closely with developers, system engineer,
Cisco consultants and whole test teams to Load test equalfooting.com.
· Responsible for retrieving server logs using Sun
Solaris platform to analyze and compare them with reports.
· Responsible for troubleshooting the slow
responsive areas and work with whole developers team
till response time is within acceptable limit.
· Responsible for installing, and configuring
controller and host machines so that a desired number of virtual users can be created.
· Responsible for analyzing results, reports and
charts to see response times of individual transactions with respect to whole
site.
· Responsible for configuring controller and host
machines at different physical locations so that equalfooting.com can be load
tested from inside and outside of firewall.
Mapics Inc, GA
LoadRunner/WinRunner
Consultant 10/99
– 02/00
· Responsible for creating scripts on AS/400
application and in a completely data driven environment.
· Worked closely with Business Analyst to create
data tables for different applications.
· Created scripts and added them to the function
generator so that whole team can use the same functions hence improving
productivity.
· Mentored WinRunner and Test Director, Caliber
RBT applications and educated the team about WinRunner scripts.
· Created critical business process scripts for
the huge SAP application and load tested using 450 Vusers for Performance
evaluation.
LoadRunner Consultant
· Responsible for implementing and performing load
testing on ACCESS 2000, an online trading system for New York Mercantile
Exchange using WinSock protocol.
· Ran different scenarios and analyzed results to
find out server and network responses and system bottlenecks.
· Worked closely with developers and business
analysts to create scripts that emulate the actual trading business process.
· Recommended different alternates for slow
response of the application
· Reported to management about different problems
and bottlenecks found in the application, database server, and network.
BellSouth.Net,
Quality Assurance
Engineer
· Responsible for planning, developing, updating,
and maintaining of Load testing scripts for BellSouth multi tiered online
environment.
· Creating and executing SQL queries to make sure
that transactions are entered in Database as expected and all fields are
populated correctly.
· Responsible for testing the business rules
defined at CORBA server to make sure that customers will get the right
products, promotions and pricing.
· Created automated scripts using WinRunner for
checking functionality and rules defined in CORBA server using test driver
programs.
· Responsible for developing, updating, and
maintenance of Load testing scenarios for BellSouth.Net PORTAL web site.
· Responsible for maintaining and updating twelve
host machines for running more than one thousand virtual users.
· Performed extensive analysis on reports to find
bottlenecks in the system and recommend the system engineers for possible
remedies.
· Collect the logs of Web Servers from UNIX
Platform and store them in local machines and analyze the reports and logs.
· Responsible for planning, design, creating and
maintaining scripts for functional and regression testing using SILK Automated
testing tool.
· Responsible for testing new applications and
maintaining previously developed applications for small businesses using
automated testing tools.
· Keep track of the defects found in different
applications using CMVC.
Delta Technology,
Quality Assurance
Analyst
· Responsible for writing test plans and test
cases for Air Operation Maintenance (AOM) portfolio.
· Responsible for in depth testing coverage of
application in UNIX, Windows 95/NT platforms.
· Responsible for automating different
applications using WinRunner, and Test Director in a
multi tiered environment.
· Responsible for updating previously written
automated scripts to meet latest needs of different projects.
· Responsible for regression and system testing of
AOM projects.
· Keep track of all the bugs found using
Distributed Defect Tracking systems (DDTS).
· Communicate with developers and other related
personnel regarding bugs found during testing.
National Market
Share,
Quality Assurance
Analyst/Database Analyst
· Responsible for analyzing the requirements and
identifying shortcomings in them and discuss with business analyst for further
clarifications.
· Writing automated scripts using SQA Robot to
convert the data from an ordinary storage to PeopleSoft Application.
· Run the regression Suite of different test cases
to verify the new functionality of the application did not create any bugs in
other parts of the application.
· Creating and executing SQL Queries to verify the
newly entered data was entered correctly in the database.
· Kept track of all the bugs found during
regression and system testing.
· Communicated with programmers to avoid any
confusion about detected bugs.
AT&T,
Quality Assurance
Analyst
· Tested and approved new accounting and inventory
systems designed in Visual Basic 4.0.
· Maintained records of bugs for quality
improvement reports for future reference.
· Communicated with programmers to explain bugs in
the system to avoid confusion.
· Assisted in configuring and installing of new
equipment.
· Analyzed reports for improvement in quality on
monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
TECHNICAL STRENGTHS
· Proficient in using Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP,
Unix, Sun Solaris 11, AS/400 VAX, and DOS. MS Office
2000, SQL, PL/SQL, RDBMS, Sybase, FoxPro, Silk 5.0, QA Partner 5.0, File Aid CS
2.0, Caliber RBT, ClearDDTs 4.0, PVCS, ClearQuest 5.0, Exceed 6.0, MS Project
5, Visio 5.0, MS Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++, ANSI C, Pascal, Shell Scripting,
Perl, CGI, ASP, JSP.
EDUCATION
Southern
·
MS
in Computer Science GPA
3.5/4.0
University
Of
· BS in Mechanical Engineering GPA 3.53/4.0