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CV Trevor Price BA FBCS CITP

Upper Dicker, East Sussex.
Telephone: 01323 844023. Mobile: 07775 516374. Email: [email protected] > LinkedIn <

TEST ARCHITECT / TEST MANAGER / NFT AND FUNCTIONAL TESTER (SECURITY CLEARED TO SC):
Extensive experience (over 20 years) and a proven record of high performance. Dramatically improving, security and robustness of IT
networks, systems and applications from initial conception, through design, testing, implementation to completion. An accomplished
technical team leader, manager and mentor, building testing teams from the ground-up. Expertise spans government, money market
trading systems, finance, wealth management, banking, insurance, plus the health and consultancy sectors. Carrying out Performance-
Availability Design Assurance, Functional & Non-Functional Testing, Performance, Load Stress Volume, Soak / Endurance Testing,
Availability Testing, Resilience, Scalability & Technical Testing, Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), Test Automation & Test Assurance.
N OTABLE A REASOF E XPERTISE
System Analysis Architectural Design Assurance Project Planning
Requirement Analysis Team Leadership Volumetrics
Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) rd
Customer and 3 Party Liaison SLAs and Acceptance
NFT Testing Training and Mentoring Test Automation
Managing Risks and Issues Creating and Analysing Volumetrics Operational Acceptance Testing
P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT
HP Test Tools CPS and Certified Instructor 2003
Chartered Chartered IT Professional of the British Computer Society (CITP) 2003
FBCS British Computing Society Follow Member 2013
MBCS British Computing Society Professional Member 2003
ISEB Foundation Certificate 2003
BA Computing and Mathematics (OU) 1987
Test Tools Used: HP ALM, HP Quick Test Pro (QTP), HP WinRunner, HP Quality Centre (QC), HP Performance Centre, LoadRunner (protocols
C Vuser, VB Vuser, Web (HTTP/HTML & Click and Script), COM/DCOM, .NET, Citrix ICA, Database (ODBC), PeopleSoft, Siebel, Terminal
Emulation (RTE), Oracle (NCA & 2-Tier), Java (Record Reply, Vuser), Javascript, Windows Sockets, Web Services (SOAP), XML, AJAX (Click &
Script, TruClient) Compuware Automation Tools, Rational Test Tools, NeoLoad, Junit, Selenium/Webdriver, Selenium IDE, Flex Monkey,
FlexMonkium, Rational Integrator Tester (GreenHat), Rational Workbench, Git, Sonar, Cucumber BDD, Maven, Jinkins, SoapUI and JMeter
Applications Tested: Insurance Underwriter Systems, Emergency Services (ICAD from Intergraph), Health systems (Acute Hospital systems
CareCast (IDX) and Millennium (Cerner)). Store Card Systems (CardPac), Credit Card systems (VisonPlus), Oracle Financial systems,
Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Mainframe Systems such as CICS and DB2, WEB sites, Pharmacy systems, Retail Systems, EPOS, Insurance
Systems, Global Money Market Systems, Call Centre Systems and Travel Booking Systems.
Programming Languages: C, C++, .NET, VB, Java, HTML, XML, SQL.
Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, V Model, RUP, SSADM, ITIL, PRINCE2, ISO/IEC 2910 and BS-7925 -1/2 testing standards.
Others: Apache, VMware, Microsoft Servers, AIX High Availability Servers, HP Superdomes within a Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA).

P ROFESSIONAL E XPERIENCEAND S IGNIFICANT A CHIEVEMENTS

SENIOR PERFORMANCE TEST CONSULTANT (Associate Consultant) May 2016 - Present
Zeefix Consulting Limited & assigned to the Quality Engineering team at the DVLA
Responsible for the daily test management of performance test analysts, performance testing activities and planning, as well as the
delivery of other test products, such as Test Plans, Specifications and Reports
Compiling detailed performance test cases
Writing and executing Open Source (SoapUI, JMeter) and HP performance centre test scripts
Monitoring and analysing performance, determining and resolving performance problems
Wrote quality standard documentation
Defined, generated and maintaining Volumetrics and Test Data
DP TEST & RELEASE MANAGER / NFR TEST MANAGER (Reports to Head of Testing) Feb 2015 - May 2016
Metropolitan Police (via Reed Technology)
Wrote and ran: Test Automation scripts using BDD Cucumber, Java, Seleniumn within an Agile environment; Jenkins jobs; plus
Performance Test scripts using JMeter and SoapUI. Using GIT / Stash for code / script version control
Analysing Application and Hardware performance
Carried out test analysis and preparations in cooperation with the SCRUM team across Agile projects and developments
Certified the built the test environment, that passed all relevant (in-sprint) tests
Organised and managed the new builds post-sprint testing according to the test design (integration/system/UAT /inc. NF tests)
Once post-sprint testing was completed, confirmed with the Release Manager that the build was suitable for deployment
Participated in the Release Readiness Review (Quality Gate) with the Release Manager, Project Manager, SCRUM Master and the
Application Management Support Team
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NON-FUNCTIONAL TEST ARCHITECT + TEAM LEAD AND NFR TEAM MANAGER Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
Truphone (via Lorien - Truphone is a global mobile network that operates its service internationally. The company has its HQ
in London with offices in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United States
Defined and implemented the Performance Test approach and the FMECA approach
Analysed, reviewed, validated and commented on requirements and SLAs
Designed Non-Functional tests, such as Performance, OAT with architects, developers, business analysts and stakeholders
Wrote and implemented Non-Function Test Plans, Test Specifications and Test Exit/Completion reports
Defined, generated and maintained Volumetrics
PROJECT TEST MANAGER Feb 2014 Nov 2014
DBS (via CSC - provides pay, pension and support services to military personnel and the veterans community), Gosport
Responsible for all phases of testing and management of testing activities within the development project from early life-cycle
validation and verification:
Coordinated all activities and all Testers during each testing phase of a project (Functional & Non-Functional)
Estimated required resources, testing and efforts needed
Cooperated with clients / users and senior staff and agreeing the testing strategy to be employed for development projects
Maintained awareness of the most effective testing alternatives and agreeing the strategy
Assessed and advised on the practicality of testing process alternatives
Identified and improved the process and assisting in the implementation
Ensured risks associated with the test strategy and the test plan are documented and described to the clients/users and colleagues
Managed all risks associated with the testing and taking preventative actions
Provided authoritative advice to colleagues on testing, including training for testers and other developers as appropriate
Planned meetings, workshops with the client and users during planning and throughout development and testing activities
Reported to the IT&V Programme Test Manager as a Project Test Manager
TEST ARCHITECT / TEST MANAGER Feb 2013 - Jan 2014
Worldpays Global Platform Programme: a financial technology company with offices in the UK, Europe, US & Asia:
As a Hands-on Technical Leader and Mentor (in an aggressive, fast-paced work environment), provided, directed, and presented
performance test recommendations and solutions to the Agile and Waterfall development teams, clients and stakeholders; Designed
tests with architects, developers (onshore & offshore), business analysts and testers; Analysed, reviewed, validated and commented on
requirements; Created and executed load/performance tests, Test Automation scripts, validated test results and delivered solutions;
Performance analysis, reporting and recommendation of configuration and tuning options; Test Automation using Rational Integration
Tester (GreenHat), Oracle Application Testing Suite and a number of Open Source tools;
Involved in 25 development projects, such as Oracle e-Business suite, CRM, Payroll, OPA, Call Centre Merchant help desk, Contact
Management, Case Management, Servicing, Disputes, Corrections & External Portal for Merchants, Back office, Scheme Clearing,
Payment Processing and Billing
Complex infrastructure technologies included VMware ExsiLinux & Windows Servers, AD, virtual desktops, CITRIX for End Users, Oracle
Fusion, Weblogic middleware, SOA, Oracle RAC, Exadata, IBM SolidDB, WebSphere/MQ, EMC & Violin Flash Storage arrays
PERFORMANCE TEST LEAD Oct 2011 - Feb 2013
DVLA Swansea:
Responsible for the daily test management of performance test analysts, performance testing activities and planning as well as the
delivery of other test products, such as test specifications and test reports; Wrote performance test cases. Wrote and executed HP
performance centre Vuser test scripts and quality standard documentation; Defined, generated and maintained Volumetrics and test
data, monitored, performance analysis, determined and resolved problems
PERFORMANCE TESTER (SELENIUM, WEBDRIVER, FLEX MONKEY) Oct 2010 - Sep 2011
Catlin Group (financial sector): an underwriter of specialty property, casualty insurance and reinsurance cover worldwide.
Consists of Lloyd's Syndicate 2003 and the Catlin Insurance;
Identified and established test assurance solutions for a variety of in-house and third-party products; Supported performance quality
gate requirements for each production release stream; Agile projects: instrumental in developing data driven functional and performance
test frameworks in Java using Eclipse based on Selenium 2.0, Webdriver, for web/html, Java, Flash & Flex applications integrated Flex
Monkey & FlexMonkium; Investigated and recommended solutions for production issues experienced by users; Designed and developed,
Loadrunner scripts, executing and test reporting that supported Catlins defect tracking process
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER (AND TEST ASSURANCE) Mar 2009 - Oct 2010
Government: (CLG) (representing the Government Authority):
Carried out Performance and Availability Architectural Design Assurance. Rewrote the Performance and Availability SLAs; Defined,
generated and maintained Volumetrics; Reviewed technical, high and low level design documentation, Volumetrics, FMEA, SLAs and Non-
functional Test Assurance of the Integrator EADS (now known as CASSIDIA), part of the CLG Solution and Technical Assurance Group
TEST LEAD (NON-FUNCTIONAL) Nov 2004 - Mar 2009
BT Global Services:
Carried out performance testing and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT); Mentored and managed 13 Performance Testers comprising
of BT employees, contractors and offshore resources; Tested healthcare applications such as the London Cluster Connecting for Health
programme, (patient records); Developed an automated testing framework that allowed non-technical users to construct tests with
spreadsheets; Developed an environment monitoring/test automation framework which generated revenue estimated at 30M p.a.
TEST CONSULTANT TO MANAGING CONSULTANT Feb 1998 - Nov 2004
Major Assignments for SQS-UK: The largest independent provider of software testing and quality management services included:
Boots; UK wide Pharmacy Prescription System. Vodafone; M&S Money (Credit Card). LloydsTSB; Insurance, LloydsTSB Private Bank,
Norwich Union, Service Corporation International, UBS and BUPA.
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