Nicholas E. Spoon

Background

About Nicholas E. Spoon

Dynamic Quality Engineer leader with a strong ability to “see the big picture” while thinking comprehensively and strategically. I ensure trusted results are delivered on time while meeting the business requirements and expectations of the client. I am passionate, extremely organized, and ensure delivered software is relatively defect free, thoroughly tested, usable by the consumer, and Production ready. I am a servant leader that has led high performing, cross functional teams ranging from 10 to 20 team members (on shore and off shore). Regular tasks and responsibilities include resource planning, assisting with automation strategies and implementation, implementing and refining QA best practices, end user assistance and training, UAT facilitation, tooling evaluations, active coaching, and evangelizing the concept and value of quality. Well versed in: Agile and Waterfall methodologies, detailed test case writing, test execution, defect reporting, team leadership, capacity planning, backlog grooming, test case and defect prioritization, requirement reviews, SDLC, STLC, end-to-end testing, manual testing, test automation, performance testing.NET, JavaScript, VSTS, ADO (formerly TFS), Angular, Jasmine, Protractor, Karma, JMeter, SoapUI, and Postman