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A driven Information Technology (IT) professional with a strong academic background and 10+ years experience of working in software quality assurance and development roles, covering a broad range of industries including telecommunication, financial and medical science. Extensive experience of managing, developing and adapting successful, innovative approaches to complex IT projects and initiatives. Very comfortable working in teams or alone and excels when working in more focused technical consulting and managerial roles. Has a passion for software quality assurance and development best practices and brings a well-rounded, multi-faceted capability to any role or team that has emphasis on delivering high quality software products on time and to budget. Currently operating as a Development Manager at one of the fastest growing telecommunication providers in the United Kingdom (UK).

Development Manager @ From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Sheffield, United KingdomQuality Assurance Manager @ From July 2012 to Present (3 years 6 months) Sheffield, United KingdomSenior Software Quality Assurance Consultant @ - Coordinated the management of a team of consultants responsible for the QA, release and support of various financial software products - Responsible for scheduling resources for every test cycle to ensure that all members of the QA team had defined roles and responsibilities - Established and maintained good working relations with stakeholders and external customers - Managed pilot installations and training across all software products globally - Communicated and followed up technical issues with the relevant department(s) - Ensured all QA documentation was created and maintained throughout the project life-cycle - Involved in the induction of new starters - Technologies used in this role: Microsoft Windows 7; Ubuntu 11.4 & 11.10; Suse 9.0; Microsoft Office 2010; Java; Perl; MyEclipse; Apache Tomcat; WebSphere; HSQL; MySQL; DB2; GWT; Spring Framework; Hibernate; JIRA; Apache Subversion; Hudson From January 2011 to July 2012 (1 year 7 months) Software Quality Assurance Consultant @ - Defined, implemented and maintained the QA methodology and framework for a new/start-up company in the financial and retail banking industry - Developed and maintained QA test planning, including resource requirements (human and non-human) required to meet QA commitments - Managed a team of engineers responsible for weekly QA tasks - Successfully lead the QA team to accomplish all project targets for multiple software releases - Expanded the QA role into customer support (post-release) and training - Technologies used in this role: Microsoft Windows 7; Ubuntu 10.10 & 11.4; Microsoft Office 2007; Java; MyEclipse; Apache Tomcat; HSQL; GWT; Spring Framework; Hibernate; JIRA; Apache Subversion; Hudson From July 2010 to January 2011 (7 months) Lead Software Test Engineer @ - Managed the operation of a team of QA software test engineers - Defined testing strategies specific to the product and project constraints - Implemented and managed all aspects of the testing life cycle - Supervised junior team members in test case development, execution and test result analysis - Involved in the recruitment and induction of new team members - Led initiatives to implement test process improvements including advanced test methods, test management systems and test metric analysis - Conducted all QA work in compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation 21 CFR part 11, ISEB training, established company policies, methodologies and standards according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 - Technologies used in this role were: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista & 7; Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007; C++; C#; TestTrack; SourceSafe and StarTeam From January 2008 to January 2011 (3 years 1 month) Sheffield, United KingdomSoftware Test Engineer @ - Developed solid test documentation, including the creation, maintenance and execution of test cases - Analysed software problems to provide clear and concise defect reports and follow defect tracking practices based on internal QA standards and processes - Extensively involved in the development of functional black-box testing techniques, system testing, regression testing, point testing, usability testing and acceptance testing - Technologies used in this role were: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP & Vista; Microsoft Office 2003; C++; C#; TestTrack; SourceSafe and StarTeam From April 2005 to January 2008 (2 years 10 months) Sheffield, United Kingdom

1st (Distinction) MRes, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Pass with Distinction @ University of Leeds From 2003 to 2004 2:1 BSc (Hons), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Second Class Honours, Upper Division (2:1) @ University of Leeds From 1999 to 2002 Michael Barker is skilled in: Regression Testing, Test Strategy, Test Management, System Testing, Testing, Agile Methodologies, Test Planning, Test Cases, Agile Testing, Defect Tracking, User Acceptance Testing, Web Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Non-functional Testing, SDLC