Test Manager

Sep.2018 –
present                        Aequitas-M (Munich, Germany) / Employee
                                    Head of Testing Competence Center               
Defining test strategies and test automation frameworks suitable to our clients´ context
Designing Test Processes to ensure adherence to the clients´standards of quality
Owning test management and test automation tools and processes
Participating in project steering boards and providing test management updates
Continuously improving the testing practices of our Compentece Center, as well as of our clients´projects
Acting as serving leader for Testing Competence Center associates
Aequitas-M Customers and Projects I have consulted:
Oct.2018 –
present                        BMW at Aequitas-M (Munich, Germany) / Contract
                                    Project Test Manager & Scrum Master            
Lead test management practices for 6 Smart Maintenance project teams, with the project scope consisting of:

• the maintenance of 11 SAP Fiori applications,
• the implementation of 3 Angular JS applications,
• tRoll out Rocket.Chat and Microsoft Team applications.

Scrum Master for one of the project teams.
                                           
Jan.2018 –
Aug.2018                     DRÄXLMAIER (Vilsbiburg, Germany) / Employee
                                    S/4 HANA Programme Test Manager              
Defined the S/4 HANA’s programme test strategy.
Responsible for S/4 testing as well as for all peripheral systems testing (>100 systems/ applications).
Ensuring all test artefacts are managed within the chosen test tool for test preparation, execution and defect management.
Ensuring traceability from business scenarios to executed test scenarios.
Providing guidance and direction on test activities to project management.
Overseeing the appropriate level of details in testing.
Provisioning of test tools.
Coordinating data requirements with functional and data migration teams.
Accountable for test organization and test environments (incl. testing logistics).
Providing agreed status reports from a testing perspective.
Mai.2014 –
Dez.2017                     Atos IT Solutions and Services GmbH (Munich, Germany) / Employee
                                    Digital Transformation Test Manager & Test Automation Delivery Lead        
Responsible for test automation, test management, support of the technical test tools and the pre-sales activities for the Atos Testing Competence Center.
Atos Customers and Projects I have consulted:
May.2014 –
Dec.2017                     BMW at Atos (Munich, Germany) / Contract
                                    Technical Test Manager & Test Automation Architect                        
Defined and implemented the master/level test plans and test automation approach.
Planned, organized and controlled all project test activities
Created test estimates and test schedules
Performed test progress monitoring and reporting
Conducted test evaluation summary (pre- and post implementation)
Identifying continuous improvements within test process
Managed test infrastructure
Utilizing test management and execution tools according to test strategy
Managing the test asset according to test strategy
Planned and coordinated load and performance, and security testing activities
Coaching test automation projects on effective use of test automation
Okt.2011 –
May.2014                     IOVIO (Bucharest, Romania) / Employee
Principal Consultant                           
Constant improvement of skills in the following areas: SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN), HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) / Unified function tests (UFT), HP Quality Center (QC) / Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization (SAP TAO).
Coach the team members in the automation of SAP, Siebel and Oracle applications.
Tailor test automation tools and frameworks to the customer needs.
IOVIO Customers and Projects I have consulted:
Jun.2013 –
May.2014                     AkzoNobel at IOVIO (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) / Contract
Test Automation Architect                             
Define the SAP Test Automation Strategy using SAP TAO 3.0 with HP tooling;
Improve the Test Process set in place by cutting to half the total amount of time spent on documenting the test cases, with a significant positive impact on the project's budget;
Leveraging HP Sprinter capabilities to assist in creating test and training documentation for the organization;
Work closely with the Global Test Lead in AkzoNobel to further improve the Test Process and to layout the foundation for Test Automation within the Test Organization of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals
Conduct classroom sessions with the Business across the globe to gather more information about their specific use of the SAP application in order to create a successful Automated Regression set.
Jan.2013 –
Apr.2013                     Daimler at IOVIO (Stüttgart, Germany) / Contract
Test Automation Architect                             
Install HP QuickTest Professional 11 and SAP TAO 2.0.7.6 on customer workstations.
Set up HP QTP 11, SAP TAO and SAP GUI FrontEnd for test automation.
Collaborate with the IT department for troubleshooting the errors faced during the POC.
Lead the setup of the Test Automation Strategy using SAP TAO and HP products.
Collaborate with the Business users to record the user stories.
Design the automation scripts required for a successful run of SAP TAO POC.
Delivered workshops of testing tool that supports automation on non-SAP environments.
Contributor to the final SAP TAO End-to-End Test Automation strategy document.
Delivered workshops about the proposed automation strategy to Daimler AG stakeholders.
Delivered SAP TAO knowledge transfer sessions to ATOS Origin test consultants.
Mentoring ATOS Origin Test Automation Consultants to enable the successful creation of an offshore Test Automation Factory.
Jan.2011 –
Okt.2011                      Wipro (Bucharest, Romania) / Employee
Principal Consultant                           
Responsible for test management activities for different customers.
Wipro Customers and Projects I have consulted:
Jan.2011 –
Jul.2011                       Vodafone at Wipro (Bucharest, Romania) / Contract
Senior Test Manager                           
Define the test strategy
Create test plans
Conduct review sessions against the test basis (e.g. Requirements)
Define test design guidelines and ensure proper execution
Monitor and control the test project
Select and assign tests for execution
Monitor test progress
Participate in defect review meetings
Report test progress to stakeholders
Conduct test closure activities(e.g. archiving, lessons learned, re-usable test assets)
Evaluating tools for improving the testing process.
Sep.2009 –
Jan.2011                      Metro Systems (Bucharest, Romania) / Employee
Senior Test Automation Engineer                               
Making use of QTP and SAP API to extend and improve the automation testing framework with application specific features
Named main responsible with testing of several release and deployment projects.
Validation of functional specifications based on acceptance criteria (IT Governance)
Validation of technical specifications on the basis of the acceptance (IT Governance).
Validation of tests created by developers; the acceptance criteria was based on the test compliance with the functional and technical specifications.
Functional testing of SAP Retail application, based on customer requirements(two sales lines: Metro Cash & Carry and Real,-).
Integrative testing, aiming to verify the connection between SAP system and other Metro and third party applications; the SAP Retail application (Metro Distribution and Logistics System-MDLS) for which testing is conducted, includes approx. 60 inter-faces with other applications
Testing incidents opened by the customer or UAT
Testing the application's deployment in the following countries: Romania, China and Ukraine: this means integrative testing of main interfaces used by the client, in pre-production environment.
Creation of automated tests to verify the standard SAP functionality, and Metro specific features, using the HP Quick Test Professional.
Reporting of defects detected in the bug tracking system, HP Quality Center.
Sep.2006 –                            
Sep.2009                     Sistec (Bucharest, Romania) / Employee
Test Manager                          
Advocating the test team's role across the organization
Define the test strategy and test policy
Define test design guidelines and ensure proper execution
Create test plans
Select and assign tests for execution
Plan and conduct user acceptance tests
Monitor and control the test project
Participate in defect review meetings
Report test progress to stakeholders
Conduct test closure activities(e.g. archiving, lessons learned, re-usable test assets)
Evaluating tools for improving the testing process
Performing test team skills assessments & development activities.