Nicholas Stephanou
Zürich
Summary
- Test Expert with 20 years of experience in various areas of software testing with major clients in the UK, Switzerland and Belgium.
- Specializing in Integration, System and User Acceptance testing.
- Solid experience with hands-on manual testing in planning, scripting, scenario setup, execution, analysis, and reporting.
- Experience in leading testing teams.
- Experience with stakeholders from Users to Director Level
- Self-starter with proactive attitude and accountability
- Highly skilled in Agile, Waterfall, V Model, Risk Based Testing, Test driven Development, and RAD methodologies.
- Scrum Master to newly formed Agile team.
- Automation experience using Tosca, and Selenium.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Manager/Scrum Master
Cognizant\Accenture - UBS Financial Instruments z/OS (Wealth Management))
05.2016 - Current
- Coordinated with developers, testers, project managers and other stakeholders throughout the entire software testing life cycle.
- Managed multiple concurrent projects while ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Identified areas in need of improvement within the existing testing processes.
- Conducted user acceptance tests by working closely with end users to validate functionality as per their expectations.
- Drove initiatives from UBS within the team including a move to Agile (as scrum master) and Shift Left and a move to test automation.
- SME representative for UBS workgroups reviewing requests and changes for JIRA from the whole testing community
- Maintaining and updating the test automation suites in Soap Ui and Cucumber/Selenium
- Provided L3 support to users and support to production teams
- Provided technical guidance and support to junior team members on all aspects of manual and automated testing activities.
Senior Test Analyst
Associated Newspapers Ltd
01.2013 - 05.2016
- Test Lead for a large software upgrade to Associate's publishing and Content Management System (CMS) and Digital Asset Management System(DAM)
- Participated in the design, build and test of a new web-based tool which allowed users to build and deploy HTML5 interactive adverts to IOS and Android platforms.
- Conducted system, integration, regression, smoke, and functional testing.
- Conducted customer acceptance testing onsite and on location at consumer sites.
Senior Test Analyst
News International
London
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Responsible for the testing of any changes to the Commercial, Editorial and Pre-Press systems for the newspaper titles The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times and the Sunday Times
- Implementing a test strategy at News International
- Provided day to day support for users
Senior Test Analyst
Electrabel (GDF Suez)
Brussels
11.2010 - 11.2011
- Responsible for the testing of the new Credit Risk Management system called CXLCR for Electrabel which was developed by Triple Point Technology Inc to have better control around credit exposure and manage Counterparty credit risk
- Developed and maintained test plans, strategies, procedures, and scripts for manual and automated tests.
Senior Test Analyst
Associated Newspapers Ltd
London
11.2008 - 11.2010
- Developed and maintained test plans, strategies, procedures, and scripts for manual and automated tests.
- Worked closely with developers in resolving complex issues related to software functionality.
- Created detailed reports on the progress of each project phase including bug tracking and resolution status.
- Participated in design reviews with developers to ensure quality standards are met throughout development lifecycle.
Senior Test Analyst
National Strategies - The Department for Children, Schools and Families (Capita)
11.2007 - 03.2008
- Responsible for the testing of two new external websites both for use by teachers, schools and members of the education department as well as the testing a new third party project management system for the whole organization (Atlantic Global Solutions).
- Developed and maintained test plans, strategies, procedures, and scripts for manual and automated tests.
Senior Test Analyst
The Financial Times Ltd
London
11.2003 - 11.2007
- Solely responsible for the testing of the new Publishing Content Management system for the FT Newspaper and Online service.
- Developed and maintained test plans, strategies, procedures, and scripts for manual and automated tests.
- Performed functional, system, integration, regression, load and performance testing of software applications.
- Conducted root cause analysis activities when critical bugs were reported from customers.
Test Analyst
Integrated Testing Solutions Limited
Surrey
01.2001 - 03.2003
- Test Analyst at Abbey National Bank, UBS, and Abbey National Bank/FNB.
- Performed functional, system, regression and acceptance testing.
- Identified software defects and reported them in bug tracking systems.
- Provided feedback on the usability of the application being tested.
Test Analyst
Legal and General
Kingswood
07.1998 - 12.2000
- Created detailed test cases and scripts based on business requirements.
- Performed functional, system, regression and acceptance testing.
- Identified software defects and reported them in bug tracking systems.
Skills
- Test Management
- System\Integration\Regression and UAT Testing
- Functional Testing
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Test Planning
- Testing strategies
- Agile Methodology
- Training and Mentoring
- Requirements Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Coordination
- Project Planning
- Azure
- Selenium
- SQL Knowledge
- ZOS
- Toad
- IntelliJ
- Tosca
- Reflection
- Jira
- QA Cube
- GitLab
- HP ALM
- Soap UI
- Selenium
- Cucumber
- Java
- JCL
- Adobe Suit
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 09/22/77
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Irish
Languages
English
First Language
Timeline
Test Manager/Scrum Master
Cognizant\Accenture - UBS Financial Instruments z/OS (Wealth Management))
05.2016 - Current
Senior Test Analyst
Associated Newspapers Ltd
01.2013 - 05.2016
Senior Test Analyst
News International
01.2012 - 01.2013
Senior Test Analyst
Electrabel (GDF Suez)
11.2010 - 11.2011
Senior Test Analyst
Associated Newspapers Ltd
11.2008 - 11.2010
Senior Test Analyst
National Strategies - The Department for Children, Schools and Families (Capita)
11.2007 - 03.2008
Senior Test Analyst
The Financial Times Ltd
11.2003 - 11.2007
Test Analyst
Integrated Testing Solutions Limited
01.2001 - 03.2003
Test Analyst
Legal and General
07.1998 - 12.2000
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