Candidates About

Vincent Zarcaro, JR.

Project Management and Scrum Master Professional

SUMMARY:

·         Specialties: Project Management, Jira for Agile, collaboration, application testing and quality assurance, client/server, web-based applications, documentation, e-commerce, functional requirements, performance & stress testing, process engineering, quality assurance, agile technologies, Certified Scrum Master

·         Application technologies include web and mobile based, Open Source, gulp, AEM, Browserstack, Solr, D3.js, jQuery, HTML5, Docker, Composer, Wordpress, Behat, Drupal, Java, Selenium, and client-server platforms using Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies

·         Exceptional attention to detail, strong decision-making skills, adaptable to change, excellent communication and problem-solving skills, ability to thrive in fast paced environments, and strong collaboration skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ernst & Young-NorthPoint Digital, New York, NY                                                 10/2014-04/2018

QA Manager / Scrum Master

·         Project Management, testing and implementation of open source (Drupal and Wordpress), and Java systems for customer-facing internet websites, and customer-centric intranet systems using Scrum-Agile Methodologies.

·         Work with small teams as Scrum Master/Project Manager to deliver the project objectives, utilizing cohesive technology platforms to power large scale websites, apps and portals across a variety of devices.

·         Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, Sprint reviews, retrospectives and demos with team and stakeholders, sprint burndown, epic burndown, velocity and control charts.

·         Manage projects including a broad array of web technologies, content management systems (CMS), Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), database technologies, and search tools

·         Provide oversight for all Quality Assurance activities including:  timeline estimates, test planning and test execution, review requirements and standards, and provided guidance on best testing approach, to ensure an effective testing approach was in order to uphold quality standards.

John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ                                                                             03/2014-10/2014

SQA Test Lead

·         Responsible for quality delivery of all software update of Wiley’s content management system for their Global Education market of GECMS, utilizing EMC’s Documentum system, JIRA

·         Active management of off-shore QA resources for the JBoss middleware upgrade of the WileyPlus project

·         Reviewed applicable specifications, materials, tools, techniques, and methodologies.  Performed and directed verification of software requirement allocations, traceability and testability operating methods, and processes

Macmillan Publishing, New York, NY                                                                       11/2011-03/2014

Quality Assurance Engineer

·         Responsible for the overall quality of all Macmillan New Ventures products including Universal Gradebook, DigiFirst product line, digital media, content, services, and Onyx CRM systems

·         Sole QA resource on the data migration of Onyx CRM system to Salesforce CRM system.  Rolled out to pilot group of top six salespeople with no interruptions to Production

·         Sound understanding of release management policies and procedures using Octopus to push to two QA environments

VINCENT ZARCARO, JR.

vzarcaro@yahoo.com

GAF Corporation, Wayne, NJ                                                                                              01/2011-09/2011

Quality Assurance Manager (Contractor)

·         Increased weekly build change request volume by approximately 25%, inclusive of internal (PeopleSoft, TeamTrack, SharePoint, etc.) and external (customer facing .Net) systems

·         Responsible for release coordination, test schedules and the certification of all production impacting releases

·         Responsible for increasing the automation regression/smoke test suite to include new functionality, which led to an approximately 15% increase in the number of core automated test cases, in 7 months

·         Developed QA standards for GAF’s first mobile application for Iphone, Ipad, Blackberry, and Android

Partsearch Technologies, New York, NY                                                                  01/2010-11/2010

Quality Assurance Project Lead

·         Created Master Test Plans, coordinated the creation of Test Scenarios/Scripts, and managed multiple Test Execution phases within projects.

·         Responsible for testing of Part Finders to drive sales in individual market segments leading to a significant increase in volume in those segments.

·         Implemented software test cases, integration tests, logged and tracked defects, verified fixes, wrote test plans and objectives, performed stress testing of new features, participated in design and code reviews and unit testing, to deliver robust software product enhancements to market in a timely fashion.

·         Supervised testing of weekly bug fix builds, and testing of functional enhancements in the monthly builds.

Automatic Data Processing, Parsippany, NJ                                                                        02/1999-11/2009

Project Lead

·         Led team of 20 Quality Assurance professionals in meeting long term department objectives.  

·         Developed, modified, applied, and maintained standards for quality operating methods, processes, systems and procedures. 

·         Ensured corrective measures met acceptable reliability standards. Created Master Test Plans, coordinated the creation of Test Scenarios/Scripts, and managed multiple Test Execution phases within projects.

·         Provided leadership to QA team for long-term department objectives with a focus on performance evaluations, internal process improvements and superior customer service scores.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Woodbridge, NJ                                        02/1995-01/1999

Business Analyst

·         Analyzed, improved, designed, and tested all aspects of SBR's IBM 3090 based, life insurance administrative system, (Vantage One), with approximately $500 million of yearly sales, $4.0 billion of assets, and $25.9 billion of total life volume.

·         Responsible for all new policy issues into Vantage One. This included census creation, initial payment transactions, reporting, and policy delivery through the Laser Unit System.

EDUCATION:

Certified Scrum Master Certification, Scrum Alliance, November, 2016

Certified Software Testing Certification (CSTE), Quality Assurance Institute

Diploma in Computer Information Systems, DeVry Technical Institute, Woodbridge, NJ

B.A., Communication Management, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio