P2 Energy SolutionsTechnical Writer and QA Manager
Dec. 2004 - Feb. 2015Denver, COQA Manager
• Champion the company Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) • Coach and train product management, development, support, and QA teams in Agile practices
• Evaluate staffing needs and assign resources at product, project, and work item levels
• Manage 17 QA resources across six products
• Responsible for hiring, training, managing and reviewing QA team resources
• Create and manage detailed test plans, including capacity plans, test environments, feature and bug fix test, release criteria, test task set up, implementation, and execution
• Standardize QA processes in generating, updating, and executing test cases that validate implementation of specifications and use cases
• Provide test estimates based on project scope, specifications, and use cases
• Manage the setup and daily allocation of QA tasks, bug-tracking, and other requirements in Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• Maintain standardization of test plans, testing process, and bug tracking
• Received Employee of the Month and Employee of the Quarter awards in 2012 Technical Writer
• Manage authoring, editing, and publishing of three major client-facing help systems: Web- Help, Oracle Form Help, and HTML help systems ranging from 880 topics to 3,300 topics wherein each system is context sensitive and single sourced
• Manage authoring, editing and publishing of eight in-house HTML help systems ranging from 10 to 80 topics, including user guides, installation, administration, release notes, and configuration documents
• Manage and coordinate corporate website audit and rewrite for 12 groups comprised of 20 people
• Author and publish marketing content for P2ES flyers, newsletters, and online content
• Streamline documentation create, edit, and publication processes to utilize fewer resources and reduce turn-around time