Catalin Marin

Background

About Catalin Marin

15+ years of experience in IT with focus on software testing of mobile, desktop and web applications, effective use of QA and Testing practice. Strong working knowledge of Software testing (Functional, Integration, Performance, Automation). Strong experience in coordinating testing effort, responsible for test deliverables, status reporting to management, issue escalations and risk assessment. Good experience in creating a Product Roadmap based on the business vision. Personal testing approach- Fast understanding of the business requirements and reason for the software - Dig deep inside the app and find out how it works (verify dependencies and understand them, learn the App/DB structure, etc.)- Prioritize testing activities based on client needs, business and end-user needs - Try to find a way for minimizing the effort and maximizing the efficiency of the tasks - In conclusion, my personal testing approach is based on my previous experience and from the lessons learned from past projects Personal experience and achievements- Constant good feedback from clients - Pro-active in all projects phases - Committed in all projects, never step back from working extra hours for the good of the project - Always eager to know more and learn new technologies - Always eager to help my colleagues (QA or DEV) – help QAs with onboarding, knowledge sharing; help DEV with understanding of business, understanding where the issue is, even helping them to fix the bugs - New tasks, new knowledge are keeping me motivated Defect Tracking: Bugzilla, Jira, Testlink, VersionOne, Mantis OS: Windows, iOS, Android Virtualized Environments: VMware, Microsoft RDC, VirtualBox Test Automation: Selenium IDE/RC, Telerik Test Studio, Protractor, Cucumber / SpecFlow, Playwright Performance Testing: Visual Studio Web Performance, Jmeter Programming languages: HTML, PHP, CSS, C#, Java, JavaScript (basic knowledge) DB: SQL, MySQL (medium knowledge) Trainings- ISTQB Foundation level certification - Time Management for maximum productivity - Communicating with Power