Position: QA Lead\QA Manager\Head of QA
Category: QA
Experience: 11 years | English: upper

More than 16 years in IT, 8+ years of experience as QA Lead,4+ years of experience as QA Manager.
Manage the on-site\external test team, plan and schedule their workload and resource needs.
Leading internal QA Department with 48 QA Engineers.
Close supervision and coordination over the whole test process cycle.
Communicate effectively with collaborating teams\studios and was the main point of contact with the development team and other departments.
Lead the creation and execution of the test plan.
Create project specific test-case documentation.
Good knowledge of Test Automation principles.
Lead the creation of the QA Test Automation Team and development internal QMS.
Excellent understanding of SDLC.
Reverse engineering project development.
Mobile Projects porting on Unity.
Coordinate with various teams for specific tests.
JIRA bug database management on the project.
Participate in Production Site meetings.
Draft and communicate to all stakeholders different types of reports on the versions and submissions.
Evaluate risks, analyze their impact, monitor and propose contingency plans.
Grow and mentor the team by sharing best practices for testing, testing processes and testing tools.
Facilitate knowledge sharing between team members.
Participate in the recruitment process to identify and hire the right talents.
Support newcomers to quickly integrate in their role.
Skills in planning, Teams Processes building, QA Workflows creation.
Retrospective process implementing.
Lead experience and skills of team management to create games and web-sites.
Organizations skills: Team buildings events, meetings organization.
Have an experience of using different types of work organization (SCRUM\Waterfall) and different tools to support workflow: Jira, ClickUp, Target Process, Mingle...
Work Experience:

2018 - 2021
GSN Games
Privately held company(USA), Mobile Games industry
QA Manager
Projects: Wheel of Fortune, Fresh deck Poker, Bingo Bash, Grand Casino and other...

2016 - 2018
FreeLance
Privately held company, Web development industry
QA Team Lead\QA Manager
Project: Confidential information.

2011 - 2016
Wargaming (Persha Studia)
Privately held company, PC Games industry
QA Team Lead\QA Manager
Project: FPS MMO “World of Warplanes''.

2010 - 2011
Nikitova LLC
Privately held company, PC Games industry
QA Team Lead
Project: Web browsers Games(Porting on different social networks)

2008 - 2010
Crytek Ukraine
Privately held company, PC Games industry
QA Team Lead
Project: FPS MMO “Warface”.

2007 - 2008
GSC Game World
Privately held company, PC Games industry
Game Master\Game Designer
Project: “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Browser Game”(MMORPG).

2002 - 2007
Unicorn Games Studio
Privately held company, PC Games industry
QA Lead\Content Manager\Programmer
Project: “XIII Century – Death or Glory”

Education:

1997 - 2003
Kyiv National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”. Faculty of informatics. Technical
specialization – “Automation and Computers Network management”.

1986 - 1997
Graduated school with the “Gold Medal''.

Computer Based Skills:

Testing: TestTail, Test Track Pro, Solo Bug, ApTest, Jira, Target Process, Mingle, Sahi, Selenium, Internal QMS tool.
CI/CD: Unity Cloud, Jenkins, TeamCity, FireBase, AppCentre
Control Version systems: Git, GitLab, SVN, P4, AlienBrain
Graphics, design: 3D MAX, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, Deep Exploration, work with video(FRAPS, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Virtual Dub, Fusion), work with sound(Sound Forge) .
Web: PHP, HTML, SQL Manager, Apache.
OS: DOS, Windows, MacOS.
Programming: Borland Delphi, C, C++
Want to get a responsible position
Highly motivated
Communicative, focused on fast resolution via communication with project team members
Fond of computer gaming and Software development
Upper Intermediate level of English, Polish(perfect), Ukrainian(native), Russian(perfect)