Jerry Marbas

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

jerry@i3tinc.com

OBJECTIVE
TousemymanyyearsofITandsoftwaretestingexperiencetohelpclientslearnabouttechnical
subjectsandalsotoassistteamsintestingtheirapplicationsanddatabases.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Over15yearsexperienceasaQualityAssuranceAnalysttestingapplicationsanddatabases.
Workedinlargecorporationsinthefollowingindustries:Telecommunications,Banking,
Government,Insurance,Investment,SoftwareandRetail.
AutomatedthetestingofCancerCareOntariosdatawarehouseusingPL/SQLin2010.
AutomatedthetestingofINGCanada'sdatawarehouseusingJavain2009.
AutomatedthetestingofCIBCscollectionsdatabaseusingPHPin2004.

WonanITachieversawardatCIBCin2004fortestingandfixingapreviousteam's
unsuccessfulimplementation.Someoneonthebusinesssidesaidthathedidntknow
whatwediddifferentlybut...youhititoutoftheballparkthistime...
CreatedthefirstsoftwarequalityassurancecourseinTorontoforHiTechInstitutein2003.
AutomatedthetestingofFranklinTempletonsdatabaseusingWinRunner(QTP)in1998.
DevelopedproductionqueriesinSprintCanadausedtoreducetelephonefraudin1996.
AutomatedemployeetasksusingRumbamacrosatSprintCanadain1995.

SKILLS

Experienced in analysis, design, testing and implementation of business applications.

ExperiencedworkingwithavarietyofSoftwareDevelopmentLifecycles(SDLCs)
Programmingexperiencewith:SQL,UNIX/Linuxshellscript,C,Assembler,JavaScript,
HTML,CSS,PL/SQL,XML,PHP,Java
Databasesused:Oracle,DB2,AS/400,MSSQLServer,MSAccess,MySQL
Platformsused:Windows,Linux,UNIX,Android

Application Software: Rational TestManager, Robot, RequisitePro, ClearQuest, ClearCase,

TestDirector, LiveLink, OpenOffice, MS Office, Windows 98/NT/XP/2000/2003

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
i3tInc(www.i3tinc.com)Instructor/Consultant
Current

Providing tutoring, technical and testing support to clients and businesses.

Managing all aspects of the business including course development and scheduling.
Teaching students Linux command line and Linux shell scripting.
Designing all course material, workshops, exercises, videos and code examples.
Offering database testing services to small, medium and large companies.
Created and currently maintaining company website.
Software used: Linux, bash, C, GNU assembler, Firefox, MySQL, vi

CancerCareOntario(www.cancercare.on.ca)SeniorQualityAssuranceAnalyst
Sept2010toApr2011(6monthcontract)
Tested two datamarts holding cancer data from hospitals in Ontario.
Developed SQL, PL/SQL and UNIX shell scripts to validate ETL processes.
Imported and ran Informatica, SQL and UNIX shell scripts created by developers to populate
QA environment with test data.
Used SQL Developer to run queries and do data analysis.
Read and corrected the ETL(Extract/Transform/Load) mapping rules in MS Excel.
Logged defects into Quality Centre defect tracking tool.
Created data dictionary of datamart tables.
Checked out code using Subversion software.

Software used: Oracle 10g, PL/SQL, SQL, Windows 7, Informatica, MSOffice, IE, TOAD,
SQL Developer, Subversion, Unix

INGCanada(nowwww.intact.ca)QualityAssuranceTeamLead
Aug2007toAug2009(2yearcontract)

Started as a Senior QA Analyst but was promoted to Data Warehouse QA Team Lead.
Tested the Enterprise Information Systems(EIS) Data Warehouse.
Developed and executed test cases in SQL based on requirements.
Used TOAD to run queries and do data analysis.
Created and modified test plans in MS Word.
Corrected mapping rules in MS Excel.
Tested a reinsurance front end web application.
Logged defects in Rational ClearQuest defect tracking tool.
Updated and checked in/out documents in Rational Clearcase.
Created data dictionary of the data warehouse tables for reference purposes.
Developed Java(J2EE) code to test a complex historical load and data conversion.
Software used: Oracle 10g,Toad, Java, Windows XP, Informatica, IE, TextPad

BankofMontreal(www.bmo.com)SeniorQualityAssuranceAnalyst
Mar2006toAug2006(6monthcontract)

Tested three marketing datamarts for Bank of Montreal.

Tested UNIX shell scripts used for batch processing.
Did code reviews of Ab Initio graphs and UNIX shell scripts.
Validated data in MFS (Multi File System) files and DB2 tables.
Developed UNIX shell scripts to load MFS files into DB2.
Promoted code on PVCS from DEV to QA then to PROD after testing.
Packaged all code into .tar files and delivered it to production.
Software used: DB2 8.1, AIX-UNIX, Ab Initio 2.12, IBM Intelligent Miner,Telnet, PVCS,
Windows XP, MSOffice, IE 6, TextPad, Ultra Edit

Teksystems(www.teksystems.com/enca

)SeniorQualityAssuranceAnalyst
July2005toJan2006(6months)

Assigned to client: United Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

Tested trading software used for volume trading of electricity and gas.
Manually entered different types of electricity and natural gas trades.
Tested MSExcel spreadsheets used for uploading prices of electricity/gas.
Ran end of day batches and validated the positions of energy trades.
Used TestDirector 7.6 to enter and execute test cases and log defects.
Executed SQL commands in test databases to ensure correctness of data.
Software used: Oracle 9i, Linux, Windows XP, TestDirector, IE, TOAD, TextPad

ShoppersDrugMart(www1.shoppersdrugmart.ca)SeniorQualityAssuranceAnalyst
April2005toJune2005(3monthcontract)

Tested Shoppers Drug Mart's Business Intelligence Data Warehouse.

Manually tested UNIX shell scripts that generated database extract files.
Executed SQL and UNIX commands through SSH into test environment and databases.
Used FTP to download files and MSExcel and TextPad to examine them.
Mentored junior testers on what to do to resolve problems.
Software used: Informix, Oracle, UNIX, Windows XP, Bugzilla, MSOffice, IE 6, TOAD,
Informatica, TextPad, Apache, bash

CIBC(www.cibc.com)SeniorQualityAssuranceAnalyst
October2003toSeptember2004(1yearcontract)

Tested CIBCs collection system(RSPM) on Java/Oracle 9i platforms.

Designed SQL statements to check for data problems in the database.
Wrote PHP programs to automate data file testing and verification.
Tested a large complex RSPM database conversion.
Participated in Java and PL/SQL code walkthroughs.
Created data dictionary of Oracle database tables.
Created mutual fund purchases, redemptions and transfers
Created MSExcel spreadsheets testing financial values for mutual funds.
Software used: Oracle 9i, Java, ClearQuest, JIRA, SQL Navigator, UNIX, TextPad, Tortoise
CVS, Weblogic, Apache, PHP, MySQL, PL/SQL, PVCS

HiTechInstitute(www.htinstitute.com)QualityAssuranceInstructor
Nov2002toJan2004(1year)

Created and taught a Quality Assurance course at HiTech institute part time.
Designed and developed course outline and materials for QA course.
Taught the following subjects:
- Functional black box testing, creating test cases and test plans.
- Web testing, static testing, configuration testing, sanity/smoke testing.
- Types of SDLC: big bang, break-and-fix, waterfall, iterative-recursive.
- Automated testing using WinRunner and automation best practices.
Software used: HTML, IE 6, TestDirector, WinRunner, GCC, C

NailorIndustries(www.nailor.com)QualityAssuranceAnalyst
Feb2002toApr2002(3months)

Tested a VB 6.0/MSAccess order entry/shipping/invoicing application.

Logged defects and submitted them to test manager.
Software used: CITRIX, HTML, IE 6, PHP 4, Apache, MS Access

724SolutionsInc.(nowdefunct)QualityAssuranceAnalyst
July2000toAugust2001(1year)

Tested wireless banking applications on mobile phones and blackberry devices.

Used LiveLink web application to upload and store all documents into a central repository.
Executed and updated functional and regression test cases.
Created test case automation prototype using WinRunner.
Logged defects into Rational ClearQuest.
Software used: UNIX, Oracle, MSOffice, HTML, XML, HTTP, Java, IE, TestManager,
Requisite Pro, ClearQuest, ClearCase, WinRunner, LiveLink

FranklinTempleton(www.franklintempleton.ca)QualityAssuranceAnalyst
July1998toJuly2000(2yearcontract)
Functional testing of AS/400 Shareholder Management System (SMS)
Developed automated test scripts using WinRunner 6.02 for mutual fund purchases,

redemptions, transfers, wireorders, SWPs and PACs

Tested the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system for Y2K compliance.
Created the technical documentation for updating 15 test environments.
Developed Data Dictionaries of the AS/400 database.
Used AS/400 command line SQL.
Software used: Windows 95/98/NT, AS/400, SQL/400, OS/2, MSAccess, MSOffice, HTML,
IE, TestDirector, WinRunner, Novell, Remedy

SprintCanada(aquiredbywww.rogers.com)TechnicalAnalyst
Nov1994toSummer1996(2years),Spring1997(3monthcontract)

Wrote decision support queries for management using Query/400

Automated data entry and various workflows using Rumba macros.
Created the technical documentation for various parts of the system.
Participated in IT and business requirements meetings.
Wrote data dictionaries of the AS/400 database.
Software used: Microsoft Dos, Windows 3.1/95/NT, AS/400, MSAccess, MSOffice

EDUCATION
Cardinal Newman High School: Studied mathematics, science and computer programming.
University of Waterloo: Studied math and computer science (did not complete degree).
Self Taught: Studied many programming languages, protocols and applications.

REFERENCES
Available upon request.