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Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Experience

Feb 2019 - May 2025
6 years 4 months
Zofingen, Switzerland

Test Manager and Test Automation Engineer

Postfinance

  • Creation of test strategies, test reports, and acceptance recommendations
  • Defect management, coordination with stakeholders
  • Creation and execution of test cases on desktop and mobile
  • Automation of tests with a test framework (Cypress and Python)
  • Tools: HP ALM, Git, Python, Docker, Bitbucket, Bamboo, SoapUI, Postman, API testing, Jira, Confluence, Polarion, Ants, Cypress, Visual Basic
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
1 year 1 month
Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Tester and Test Manager for IPTV

Quickline AG

  • Creation and execution of test cases and test scenarios
  • Leading a team of testers to execute test cases
  • Creation of test reports and acceptance recommendations
  • Defect management
  • Tools: Jira, TestRail, Confluence, Wireshark
Jun 2006 - Dec 2017
11 years 7 months
Bern, Switzerland

Test Manager

Swisscom AG

  • Creation of test concepts, test scenarios, and test cases
  • Leading a team of testers to execute test cases
  • Supporting project management as subproject lead in project planning and execution
  • Creation of test strategies, test reports, and acceptance recommendations
  • Communication with stakeholders
  • Support for test automation in Python
  • Tools: HP ALM, Rally, Jira, Scrum, SAFe, HTML, Python, SoapUI, PowerShell, Eclipse
Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
5 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Test Management Support and Test Automation

Vodafone Deutschland

  • Creation of a suite of automated tests
  • Leading a team of testers
  • Coordination of test execution
May 2005 - Jun 2005
2 months
London, United Kingdom

Gap Analysis

Vodafone UK

  • Creation of a gap analysis to identify necessary changes and localizations of the VFL Core Stack for an upgrade to Release 7
  • Planning and conducting workshops with subject matter experts
Aug 2004 - Mar 2005
8 months
Bern, Switzerland

Test Management

Swisscom AG

  • Creation of test concepts and test cases for an internet portal for mobile devices
  • Coordination of test execution
  • Creation of test reports
  • Products and technologies: Vodafone Live! Core Stack, Mercury TestDirector
Mar 2004 - Jul 2004
5 months
London, United Kingdom

Helpdesk and Support, Gap Analysis

Vodafone UK

  • Helpdesk and support for all country subsidiaries during the installation of a mobile device portal
  • Conducted a gap analysis for upgrading an existing installation at a Vodafone country affiliate
Nov 2003 - Feb 2004
4 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Installation and integration of an internet portal for mobile devices

Vodafone Deutschland

  • Installed and integrated the Vodafone Live! portal for mobile devices
  • Products and technologies: Vodafone Live! Core Stack, Unix, XML, HTML, PML
Mar 2003 - May 2003
3 months
Essen, Germany

Execution of regression and integration tests

E-Plus

  • Executed regression and integration tests on the B-oo-levard billing system
Jun 2002 - Oct 2002
5 months
Eschborn, Germany

Implementation and integration of Cramer Dimension

Arcor

  • Creation of a concept to implement the Cramer Dimension Network Inventory System, including data modeling, interface design for integration with existing IT systems, and database migration
  • Created and delivered training for tool users
  • Products and technologies: PL/SQL, Oracle DB, Cramer Dimension
Apr 1998 - Sep 2000
2 years 6 months

Software Developer

DATUS AG

  • Development of ISDN and ATM signaling software and gateways to X.25, Frame Relay, and ISDN in C and C++
  • Products and technologies: C/C++, ISDN, X.25, Frame Relay, ATM
Apr 1995 - Mar 1998
3 years
Jülich, Germany

Research Associate

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Zentrallabor für Elektronik (ZEL)

  • Software development from design through implementation to testing, e.g., applications for microprocessor systems developed at the ZEL in C for several industry partners
  • Supported the development and implementation of a process control system for Babcock Prozessautomation GmbH
  • Products and technologies: M68k assembler, C, Java, Visual Basic, real-time Unix OS LynxOS, Profibus

Skills

  • Test Management

  • Test Automation

  • Experience In Software Development

  • Team Leadership

  • Stakeholder Management, Coordination

  • Test Management: Scrum, Safe

  • Test Tools: Jira, Hp Alm, Bitbucket, Polarion, Soapui, Postman, Cypress, Api Testing, Selenium, Testrail

  • Software Development: Python, Java, C, C++, Typescript, Visual Basic, Eclipse, Pycharm, Git

  • Databases: Oracle, Mysql, Pl/sql

  • Others: Confluence, Docker

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Dutch
Elementary

Education

Oct 1990 - Jun 1995

RWTH Aachen

Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science · Aachen, Germany

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