Adam Palladino
Bis 2022, Test & Release Manager, Credit Suisse
Zürich, Schweiz
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Adam Palladino
Plan the release timelines and milestones. Monitor the progress against the plan, take mitigation action Create a rollout plan with input from relevant stakeholders Create an RFC in Service Now for production releases, acquire approvals, and attend CAB Rollout plan execution and monitoring during production deployment. Take corrective action and document deviations for audit Manage the functional, automation, and L&P test resources Liaise with IT and business stakeholders about the status of the release
Responsible for 2 projects: QR-bill implementation and implementation of a new treasury management system. Planned functional and security testing - applications, requirements, timelines, resources, networks in scope, a list of known and possible vulnerabilities, test data to be used, and methods of testing. Managed offshore resources; Ensuring on-time delivery of test cases, execution of test cases, and re-testing. Also liaised with business stakeholders, IT, business analysis, and security architects
Project 1 was a PCI DSS project. The aim was to capture current compliance and adherence to the PCI DSS standard. Documenting any gaps and proposing options to close those gaps. Project 2 was a data deletion project. The Data deletion project had the goal of identifying systems that stored mass personal data as defined by GDPR and FINMA, defining data retention timelines for each data set, documenting any deletion routines that were already in place, and proposing deletion routines that would close the gap.
As a Test Manager, I was responsible for 2 projects. A data centre migration and upgrade and a new centralised tool incorporating multiple systems for the client-facing agents. I defined the Security Test Plan including systems and networks in scope, a list of known and possible vulnerabilities, rules of engagement, test data to be used and timelines. I then managing the Security testing. Scoped and managed the Load and Performance testing. Ensure functional and configuration tests delivered on schedule
Identify risks to project testing and provide mitigations Responsible for 50-70 testers. Mostly Raiffeisen client advisers On-boarding and training new testers and business acceptance testers Managing project stream issues and the task forces to solve those issues Planning test cycles, ensuring requirement test coverage, and test design is completed on time Daily report to Business Stakeholders and Program Managers Plan, organise, and control test execution Ensure and promote a good team spirit
1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Jan. 2016 - Jan. 2017
Quality Assurance Lead (Capability Lead)
UBS AG
- Including responsibilities of the Program Test Manager role I also had the below responsibilities: - Strategic planning of test tools, technologies, and test methods to be used and how they fit into the testing life cycle of the product. - Planning of how the test teams will be integrated into the newly created Agile environment and support each other in each phase of the product development. - Interfacing with testing vendors regarding skill sets needed and interviewing the supplied applicants.
3 Jahre und 8 Monate, Mai 2012 - Dez. 2015
Program Test Manager
UBS AG
Enforce Master Test Plans High-level estimations for all projects and resourcing them Upward reporting to Product Owner, Main Business Stakeholder, and Program Managers at Executive and Managing Director level summarising all phases; Functional, Acceptance, Security, and Performance Plan, organise and control test environments SPOC for all Security Testing and Load & Performance Ensure and promote a good team spirit On-time, budget project completion while ensuring the stable quality of the product
1 Jahr und 9 Monate, Sep. 2010 - Mai 2012
Software Test Manager
UBS AG
Defined and implemented the Test Plan Review requirement specifications for testability also identifying risks to testing Review test cases; ensuring quality, scope, requirement coverage and context is adhered to Plan, organise and control test infrastructure, test execution, test documentation and test reporting Lead the test team and be the central communication point between the test team, the project and stakeholders
- Brake down requirements into individual components and checking continuity - Reviewing and updating requirements after Change Requests - Defining the Defect and Change Request process - Test planning for firmware builds, specific bug fixes and beta releases - Quality Centre rollout; providing training to employees, externals and suppliers, defining requirement and test process for a department wide single test management system with in Swisscom
7 Monate, Aug. 2008 - Feb. 2009
Senior Test Analyst
Swisscom AG
- Analysing the requirements and designing or updating test cases for the configuration and use of the new GUI and underlying features then executing those test cases. - Investigate test results and raising or closing defects where needed. - Detailed test cases for testers and documentation purposes. - Detailed technical test reports.
5 Monate, Apr. 2008 - Aug. 2008
Software Test Analyst
Jamba GmbH
- Automation of daily tests as well as the functional, integration and system tests. - Design and build a test environment for functional, integration and system testing. - Analysis of various testing tools to judge their suitability for automated tests at Jamba. - Work with the developers to identify how they can best code so we could design and run functional, integration and system tests.
3 Monate, Feb. 2008 - Apr. 2008
Software Test Analyst
Swisscom AG
- Analysing the requirements and designing test cases for the configuration and use of international SIM - Test execution - Investigate test results - Raise or close defects from the execution of test cases in a defect management system - Detailed technical test reports for analysis by development or testing departments
1 Jahr und 11 Monate, März 2006 - Jan. 2008
Software Test Analyst
THALES (was Alcatel SEL AG)
- Analyse past and current data of progress in the whole project weekly - Forecast expected completion of mile stones - Apply scenarios to operational procedures - Create flow diagrams and planning charts for the enhanced scenarios and extract test cases from them - Write test cases in Ruby script and execute test scripts - Any defects or variation from the operational procedures to be investigated logged. Then entered into and tracked using the defect tracking system
1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Juli 2004 - Dez. 2005
Software Test Analyst
Swisscom AG
- Both high and low level test case design - Execute test cases and Investigate test results - Raise or close defects from the execution of those test cases in a defect management system - Build and maintain various WLAN configurations with VPN, including an end to end WLAN environment - Supporting VIP customers - Training new contractors and bringing them up to speed on the project
1 Jahr und 2 Monate, Mai 2003 - Juni 2004
Data Analyst / System Administrator
Magenta Solutions
My responsibilities: - Analyse and refine the data supplied by Travelex - Technical liaison between Magenta and Travelex - Statistical liaison between Magenta and Travelex senior management - Systems administration of telemarketers working environment - I created a Standards and naming convention document to be used by Travelex - I created a database suitable for telemarketers use - Detailed Data Analysis report (weekly/Ad-Hoc) - Statistics and metrics showing usage and earned value of the supplied data
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