Donald Bialer______________________________________________



Donald Bialer

Cell: 917.653.3460 ( donald@ ( ( in/donaldbialer/

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Quality Assurance Leader

Expert at leading the Quality Control process for software development including; web based, desktop, tablet, mobile and apps. Experience includes; methodology, functional/business requirements and staffing. I have well over 100 launches of new products, redesigns, and upgrades.

Experience includes interactive agencies, software companies, startups, and Fortune 500 companies.

Accomplishments:

• Experienced managing projects with tight time lines, working with members of a diverse team to achieve a unified goal, staying on top of the changes continually being made, and efficiently communicating to the team and stakeholders the status of the project.

• Developed new/updated-testing methodology, and implemented best practices, as a result, the QA department became better equipped and much faster, cutting development time by 15%.

• Developed a plan to utilize offshore testing teams to enable 24 hours per day testing so that we could compress overall development time by 15% allowing us to meet the release date.

Expertise:

( Agile ( Waterfall ( Developing Test Plans

( Developing Test Cases ( Cross Browser/Platform (RWD) ( Integration Testing

( Black Box ( User Acceptance Testing (UAT) ( Functional

Skills Include:

OS and Devices: Mac ( Windows ( iOS (iPhone & iPad) ( Android (Mobile & Tablet) ( Apps ( Alexa

AR (Augmented Reality)

Software/Tools: Jira • Chrome Dev • IDE (IntelliJ & Eclipse • Selenium WebDriver • Github • Photoshop

Languages: HTML• CSS • Java

Experience

McCann, New York, NY 3/2018 – 7/2018

Advertising Agency

QA Leader (Consultant)

Worked with Producers and Developers to ensure that all project goals and criteria were met. 

• Created and updated work process documents, including: test plans, test cases, test process initiatives, and guidelines for testing websites and banners.

• Led a team testing the Microsoft Spring Banner campaign.

Barbarian Group, New York, NY 2/2015 – 3/2018

Interactive Advertising Agency

QA Leader (Staff)

Oversaw the testing of digital products for clients including Samsung and Pepsi. Managed a staff of up to 4 analysts, including: assigning tasks, interviewing candidates, and training. Worked directly with the developers, project managers, account leads and information architects to scope the deliverables, including: creating test plans, agile planning, and staffing.

• Introduced new QA practices, utilizing tools, and better coordinating the testing schedule, bringing development time down 15%.

• Coordinating the testing schedule for multiple streams of deliverables, including: website publishing tools, apps, and updates for product releases. Concurrently managed projects with different testing requirements and processes.

• Recommended and maintained the environment used for testing of mobile devices, tablets, and desktop.

• Tested Alexa, working with Developers in creating a testplan for testing.

• Jira leader. Set up a Parent/Child ticket procedure to monitor the testing. A snapshot of the process can easily be compiled to review and quantify the results to the team.

AKQA, New York, NY 9/2014 – 12/2014

Interactive Advertising Agency

Senior QA Lead (Consultant)

Lead the testing efforts for the Verizon and Starbucks to verify that the mobile devices were successfully interacting with an external source within a store. Responsibilities included onsite and offsite testing.

• Supervised the testing efforts for a Starbucks responsive web design (RWD) microsite including: crafting a testing plan, creating test cases and status reporting. Worked directly with the Project Manager, Tech Manager, Business Analyst and Information Architect. Requirements gathering comprise obtaining SOWs (Statement Of Work), wireframes, assets and functional specs.

Tribal Worldwide, New York, NY 3/2014 – 7/2014

Advertising Agency

QA Specialist (Consultant)

Lead the testing efforts on a consulting basis for Exxon’s website redesign. Site was a Responsive Web Design (RWD) so tested on Desktop, Mobile and Tablet.

• Created a test plan that established the testing environment, testing calendar, testing tools and features to be tested.  This plan ended up being submitted to the client and got tremendous feedback. Development time was compressed by 15%.

Learnvest, New York, NY 10/2013 – 2/2014

A Financial Planning Portal.

QA Lead IOS Engineer (Consultant)

Lead the testing effort for the launch of their iPad app in an agile environment. Produced test planning and test cases to ensure the stability and user experience. App is rated 4 stars.

• Created sanity and smoke tests for testing the iPhone app for maintenance release testing.

DigitasLBI, New York, NY 11/2010 – 10/2013

Interactive Advertising Agency

QA Manager (Staff)

Managed testing for clients such as American Express, Panasonic and Aetna. Supervised an offshore team of 5 QA analysts. Responsibilities included training, mentoring and evaluating performance reviews.

• Developed a plan to utilize offshore testing teams to enable to test up to 24 hours per day if needed. Overall development time was reduced by 15% allowing us to meet the release date.

• Prepared and monitored the testing process, which included; training staff on using testing tools and best practices for testing, developing test cases, spec review and scheduling.

• Developed estimated project needs based on interviews with the Project Manager, Tech Manager and Marketing. Then created Test Plans, Test Cases and Documentation to evaluate the projects, set expectations and set a testing timeline.

• Specified which Operating Systems, Tablets and Mobile Devices new product development needed to support.

• Managed the internal mobile equipment, implemented inventory control process and resolved problems as they arose.

RichFX, New York, NY 8/2006-2/2008

Rich Media

QA Manager (Staff)

Managed a staff of 4 Quality Assurance Engineers. Responsibilities include assigning tasks, performance reviews and interviewing candidates.

• Developed new/updated testing methodology, including; writing and maintaining test cases, optimizing TestRunner, coordinating stress testing, setting up of multiple virtual servers and identified needed equipment upgrades. These new practices reduced development time by 25%.

• Transformed the role of the QA department so that it became actively involved upfront with the creation and implementation of product releases. Allowing us to better evaluate product enhancements, prioritize bug fixes and coordinate the testing schedule.

Verizon, White Plains, NY 5/2002-5/2004

Telecommunications Company

Lead QA Analyst (Staff)

• Tested and monitored both internal and external websites. Set up and maintained the QA methodology and analysis methods for functionality, usability, copyediting, regression testing, test plans, Flash and accuracy. Successfully insured a standardization of all the interrelated websites within Verizon’s online training.

• Organized and supervised group testing of numerous releases working with Developers and Instructional Designers.

Other Experience includes:

• VEVO – Senior QA Engineer

• Conde Nast – QA Analyst

• Weil and Gotshal & Manges LLP – QA Engineer

• Rapp Collins – Lead QA Analyst

Education

Ohio University, Athens, OH – Bachelor - Video and Film Production

TechnoSoft-USA, New York, NY – 5 month Selenium Bootcamp training in Java. Training includes Page Object Model (POM) and Cucumber

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