Anne Farrell

Anne Farrell Greater Boston, MA linkedin.com/in/annefarrelltech - - QA ENGINEER Quality and Software Testing Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in support of financial services, defense, medical device, and technology solution sectors. Expertise includes agile, extensive research, writing and executing test cases, uncovering bugs, functional, end-to-end and regression testing, review user documentation, GUI automation scripting testing and collaboration with developers, testing teams and group leaders. Known for capacious testing efforts resulting an inordinate bugs found in software applications. CORE COMPETENCIES ▪ Software Testing ▪ Writing/Executing Cases ▪ Automation ▪ Agile ▪ End-to-End Testing ▪ Black Box Testing ▪ Regression Testing ▪ Jira/DOORS/Python ▪ Team Collaboration KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Created and executed 500+ test cases at both small to Fortune 500 firms Provided testing support as independent contractor for firms such as Citizen Bank, Bose, Axint Technologies, Phoenix Technologies, Lotus 1-2-3, Bitstream, Kollsman and Sun Micro-Systems Saved 10% in labor costs at eSecLending by introducing QA best practices, test cases and finding bugs Developed manual test cases, automated GUI, and functional scripts to test gas/blood analyzer medical device; found major software defects and calculation error at Ciba Corning Mentored junior QA Engineers in writing clear, concise test cases and bug reports at two firms PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Lockheed Martin (Rotary and Mission Systems Division), Moorestown, NJ 2020 Systems Engineer (secret clearance) Wrote and tracked requirements using DOORS and wrote ETnE (test) procedures for Aegis Combat Systems. Investigated NSA’s CSfC for an Aegis ship. Ensured classified network met NSA’s standards. ▪ ▪ Wrote pros/cons of two NSA CPs for development of classified wireless network; presented to QA team Created ETnE procedures after gathering requirements from DOORs Personal Leave (family challenges) eSecLending, Boston, MA Securities Lending and Risk Management Company 2014 - QA Engineer (Contractor) Created baseline practices, procedures, and test cases in lieu of a formal QA function. ▪ ▪ ▪ Saved 10% in labor costs by introducing QA best practices, test cases and finding bugs Discovered high percentage of bugs that exceed expectations Implemented QA procedures to test financial software application Infosys, Medford, MA Global leaders in next generation digital services and consulting 2012 - 2013 Anne Farrell - QA Engineer Developed functional, regression, UI, unit testing to verify software quality and function. Identified and documented software defects in Jira. Developed and executed manual test cases. Participated in all areas of SDLC using Agile methodologies. ▪ ▪ ▪ Used Agile to test financial application inclusive of writing manual scripts and finding software defects over a 6-month period; received accolades from developers for through testing efforts Wrote manual scripts, tested, and found a high percentage of software defects for an ATM application over a 1-year period Mentored junior engineers on testing methodologies in support of the ATM application Farrell QA Testing, Boston, MA Conducted software testing for mid to large firms as an independent contractor. 1990 - 2012 QA Engineer ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Provided testing support for major firms such as Citizen Bank, Bose, Axint Technologies, Lotus 1-2-3, Bitstream, Phoenix Technologies, State Street Bank and Compaq Interpreted specifications for embedded software in medical instrument for Kollsman Developed Silk test automated scripts for Java based web application for load origination and borrower portal software in support of State of NH Managed and mentored junior QA Engineers in writing clear, concise test cases and bug reports for Sun Microsystems Wrote manual test cases and automated GUI scripts to test gas/blood analyzer medical device; found major defects and calculation error at Ciba Corning Delivered and executed test cases for a security desktop application for Vericept EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA CERTIFICATIONS Preparing to obtain Security+ certification TECHNICAL SKILLS Jira, Splunk, Bugzilla, Silk Test, MS Teams, QTP, Wireshark, TCP/IP, Python, Automation, DOORS, TLS, ipconfig, netstat, Git, Bitbucket, Confluence PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Highrock Church, Audio Engineer Interfaith Garden, Website Editor VOLUNTEER Page 2