Alex Kochergin

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About Alex Kochergin

A forward thinking, capable and committed electronic hardware/software testing and QA professional with 15+ years of managerial/supervisory experience and proven ability to meet agreed deadlines, co-ordinate work and work to defined testing, and QA methodologies within a structured ISO certified environment. • Focused on any task at hand and able to utilize existing knowledge and experiences to come up with practical solutions and alternatives to testing processes while meeting QA requirements. • Having excellent leadership, negotiating and communicating skills and capable of providing authoritative guidance and advice to management, clients and third-party test teams. PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES: Managerial Abilities • Proven ability to build and manage engineering/manufacturing test teams • Well experienced in project management and test process optimization • Complete understanding of new hardware development life cycle & how testing relates to it • Ability to effectively organize, prioritize, multi-task and manage time • Excellent abilities to meet the needs and expectations of both external and internal customers • Strong analytical, decision making and problem solving abilities • Excellent abilities to train and educate new test team members and motivate staff • Strong commitment to continuous improvement and quality programs • Outstanding ability to work in a fast paced engineering/production environment and meet deadlines Technical Abilities • Strong expertise in the area of electronic hardware design, testing, QA and manufacturing • Extensive knowledge of wide range testing instruments, and industrial testing lab equipment • Excellent understanding of different test approaches and techniques • Wide knowledge of both Manual and Automated Testing • Test equipment setup, service, maintenance, repair, calibration, and procurement • Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook) and MS Project • Knowledge of SAP ERP and ISO 9001 Quality Management System