QA Automation
JOHN C. LA RUE
3070 Township Road 26 Cardington, Ohio 43315 ♦ ------------ ♦ LaW------------
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Broad-base knowledge in application design, development, system planning and client support services
• Proficient in Client Server application development, the economics and use of standardized hardware and software strategies
• Quick analyzation of complex technical and operational issues providing effective solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Results-oriented and dedicated to cost effective business solutions and customer retention
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Languages
Ruby | Cucumber | Slunk | Scala | C# | NET | JAVA , JAVAScript | PowerShell | Delphi | COBOL, COBOL II |CICS
Databases
Oracle | DB2 | SQL Server
Systems
IBM Mainframe/PC | WINDOWS OS | AS400 | Novell
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CAREER ADVANCEMENT
Senior Systems Architect, Senior Analyst, 3-Legged Dog Solutions 1998 –Present
• Lead the design and redevelopment of an Automotive Sales and Leasing system
• Key member of the conversion team, migrating from DOS character-based application to Microsoft O/S.
• Developed a scheduling program to coordinate all aspects for Sears Pest Control operations
• Key member of a development team that developed and built a data warehouse solution, ClinLab Clinical Laboratory’s across the state of Florida.
Senior Consultant, Judge Group 2018 - Present
• Lead Software Quality Assurance, Designed, coded, enhanced and maintained automated scripts, functions/function libraries, database verification, and behavior and data-driven tests and work with Agile team to reduce manual/repetitive tasks and assist with writing test automation cases.
• Hands on experience with development on test automation tools/frameworks (e.g. Cucumber, Junit, SOAP-UI, Postman, IntelliJ, Jenkins, Maven, JIRA, etc)
• Coded and maintain automated tests across all environments of the SDLC cycle. Exposure to web technologies (e.g. HTTP, XML, REST, HTML, etc)
• Partnered with peers and management team to continuously improve testing methods, process, techniques and use of tools
• Proficiency in general purpose programming languages such as Java, Ruby, and SQL.
• Focus for the project was to lead the effort from manual to automated E2E testing.
Senior Consultant, Information Control Corporation 2016 - 2018
• Lead Software Quality Assurance developed End to End Automation Tests using Ruby, Cucumber, Gherkin scripts, Selenium-web driver, Watir-webdriver and Page Objects for testing with Angular web interfaces.
• Developed the performance load testing using Gatling for the online systems.
• Refined the End to End Automation testing to be run against the various environments that the application deployment and use.
• Worked with BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and TDD(Test Driven Development) in partnership with teams that follow Agile Software Development methodology (Iterations and standup meetings, etc.), working in Linux environments, review of test scenarios, test Cases, Git, Jenkins, Docker.
• Created an internal HBase entity for internal user testing for HBase Writer and a Solr Writer component which would allow writing data into Solor for metrics and monitoring data; allowing for flow into the system.
Senior Developer/Analyst, Safe Auto Insurance Company 2006 - 2016
• Lead the design and development of a new Loss Wizard as a key enhancement for our Claims System which improved critical efficiencies for our internal customers.
• Enhanced and maintained a legacy Claims system.
• Provided system analysis for document storage capabilities which enabled our entire Claims Organization to capitalize on electronic notifications.
• Oversaw all facets of re-engineering the CLUE reporting process using C#.
• Senior Development and Integration Lead for our new IG system which integrated seamlessly with CLUE reporting.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Columbus State Community College, Associate of Science in Computer Science
Certified Novell NetWare CNA, CNE
Certified Trainer for Borland and Delphi
Platoon Sergeant over a Communications platoon for a Army Brigade. 20 years honorably discharged.
Eagle Scout
JOHN C. LA RUE
3070 Township Road 26 Cardington, Ohio 43315 ♦ ------------ ♦ LaW------------
________________________________________
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Broad-base knowledge in application design, development, system planning and client support services
• Proficient in Client Server application development, the economics and use of standardized hardware and software strategies
• Quick analyzation of complex technical and operational issues providing effective solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Results-oriented and dedicated to cost effective business solutions and customer retention
________________________________________
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Languages
Ruby | Cucumber | Slunk | Scala | C# | NET | JAVA , JAVAScript | PowerShell | Delphi | COBOL, COBOL II |CICS
Databases
Oracle | DB2 | SQL Server
Systems
IBM Mainframe/PC | WINDOWS OS | AS400 | Novell
________________________________________
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
Senior Systems Architect, Senior Analyst, 3-Legged Dog Solutions 1998 –Present
• Lead the design and redevelopment of an Automotive Sales and Leasing system
• Key member of the conversion team, migrating from DOS character-based application to Microsoft O/S.
• Developed a scheduling program to coordinate all aspects for Sears Pest Control operations
• Key member of a development team that developed and built a data warehouse solution, ClinLab Clinical Laboratory’s across the state of Florida.
Senior Consultant, Judge Group 2018 - Present
• Lead Software Quality Assurance, Designed, coded, enhanced and maintained automated scripts, functions/function libraries, database verification, and behavior and data-driven tests and work with Agile team to reduce manual/repetitive tasks and assist with writing test automation cases.
• Hands on experience with development on test automation tools/frameworks (e.g. Cucumber, Junit, SOAP-UI, Postman, IntelliJ, Jenkins, Maven, JIRA, etc)
• Coded and maintain automated tests across all environments of the SDLC cycle. Exposure to web technologies (e.g. HTTP, XML, REST, HTML, etc)
• Partnered with peers and management team to continuously improve testing methods, process, techniques and use of tools
• Proficiency in general purpose programming languages such as Java, Ruby, and SQL.
• Focus for the project was to lead the effort from manual to automated E2E testing.
Senior Consultant, Information Control Corporation 2016 - 2018
• Lead Software Quality Assurance developed End to End Automation Tests using Ruby, Cucumber, Gherkin scripts, Selenium-web driver, Watir-webdriver and Page Objects for testing with Angular web interfaces.
• Developed the performance load testing using Gatling for the online systems.
• Refined the End to End Automation testing to be run against the various environments that the application deployment and use.
• Worked with BDD (Behavior Driven Development) and TDD(Test Driven Development) in partnership with teams that follow Agile Software Development methodology (Iterations and standup meetings, etc.), working in Linux environments, review of test scenarios, test Cases, Git, Jenkins, Docker.
• Created an internal HBase entity for internal user testing for HBase Writer and a Solr Writer component which would allow writing data into Solor for metrics and monitoring data; allowing for flow into the system.
Senior Developer/Analyst, Safe Auto Insurance Company 2006 - 2016
• Lead the design and development of a new Loss Wizard as a key enhancement for our Claims System which improved critical efficiencies for our internal customers.
• Enhanced and maintained a legacy Claims system.
• Provided system analysis for document storage capabilities which enabled our entire Claims Organization to capitalize on electronic notifications.
• Oversaw all facets of re-engineering the CLUE reporting process using C#.
• Senior Development and Integration Lead for our new IG system which integrated seamlessly with CLUE reporting.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Columbus State Community College, Associate of Science in Computer Science
Certified Novell NetWare CNA, CNE
Certified Trainer for Borland and Delphi
Platoon Sergeant over a Communications platoon for a Army Brigade. 20 years honorably discharged.
Eagle Scout