Brendan Keefe / Consultant
Brendan Keefe is a Senior QA Engineer at Stone Crossing Solutions. The background of software quality assurance led Brendan to transition to a focus on test and performance automation. Starting out in technical support role for a major real estate solutions software company led to an opportunity to relocate to London, England. While in the UK, Mr. Keefe handled some of the major real estate portfolios in Europe. Using both web and windows based applications, the implementation of clients ranged from customization to product training. Upon return to the US, his focus turned to the quality assurance aspect of the SDLC. Moving through the QA process from analyst to engineer, he has been focused on test automation. The benefits of test automation are wide-ranging and can help in both functional and performance testing.
Experience
S.B. Stone & Co. – Senior QA Engineer
Developing automation framework for rollout of new WPF application.Merge Healthcare – Product Test Analyst
Responsible for test automation on a radiology ASP.Net application. The tests leveraged back-end data validation as well as on the UI. Worked with the QA group to train other reps on automation principles and implement a testing approach to the legacy windows based system.Intuit Real Estate Solutions– Senior QA Engineer
Spent over fifteen years in the SDLC process at Intuit. Duties included technical support, implementation, functional and performance automation, and maintaining the department application installations. Being involved in the entire QA process led to leveraging test automation to streamline the release process. Through performance and functional automation a better product is delivered to the client in a more timely manner.Technology Competencies
SQL Server, Functional Test Script Automation using SilkTest and TestComplete, Load/Performance Test Script Automation using SilkPerformer and TestComplete, Virtual Infrastructure Client, VMWare ESXi and vSphere, Virtual Server 2005, Terminal Services, SilkRadar, DocuShare, SharePoint, Subversion, Perforce, Visual Source Safe, MSMQ, IIS.Client Snapshots
Snapshot 1: Led initiative to implement test automation on radiology information system applications (RIS). Challenge of validating multiple applications and databases across multi-platforms.
Snapshot 2: Trained clients on web based portfolio accounting application. Duties ranged from requirements gathering to rollout and support.
Snapshot 3: Modified CRM system for internal users including reporting and data entry customizations. Provided technical support for large institutional clients.