Paul Nong

Test Specialist with 3+ years’ experience and an impressive record of testing and quality assurance, accomplished in designing, executing and reporting on a large variety of complex projects in the systems, integration and UAT phases.  My experience spans both manual and automated testing covering developing test cases, running test scripts, managing test data, documenting test results, defect tracking and management.   

afriQA (formally QAT International) October 2021 – Present Test Specialist I joined afriQA as a graduate QA Consultant and after a comprehensive training programme culminating in ISTQB foundation and ISTQB Advanced certifications, I was placed with several companies as a QA Consultant and some of my responsibilities included. • Analyzing client requirements for completeness and designing both manual and automated test cases/scripts • Executing both Manual and automated test • Logging and managing defects in Jira and Quality Center • Attending defect triages and occasional chairing defect triage meetings • Liaising extensively with third parties during defect triages to obtain and update defect details. • Liaising extensively with the business to support UAT. • Attended daily scrum meetings and other agile ceremonies and contributing as necessary. • Participated in effort estimates for each stage of the software development lifecycle and delivered multiple successful releases. • Took part in project status meetings, quality assurance reviews, and development meetings. • Participated in the planning, coordination, and execution of project tasks during daily Scrum meetings. 

Flamingo January 2020 - October 2021 Test Analyst I was engaged by Flamingo as a Test Analyst and worked on several of its core applications and apps. Flamingo is a resident engagement platform that integrates with dozens of tools including Yardi, RealPage & Entrata. Some of my responsibilities included. • Understanding the application and apps to be tested by reviewing requirements/use cases and functional specifications including walkthroughs with project teams. • Writing both Manual and automated test cases • Manually testing core application to ensure functionality has been implemented. • Participated in the prioritization of test cases when deadlines were shortened due to blocking problems. • Contributing to the design of test steps and SQL queries in the QC test plan module • Executing test cases in quality center. • Performing defect management in quality center • Using SQL queries to run application database tests. • Participating in the preparation of daily status report, weekly status report and error reports • Participation in the regular review of the work package test cases • Creating regression test suite. • Creation of a traceability matrix in different phases • Managing test data for web and client-server applications. • Assessment and review of requirements coverage • Capturing requirements in the Requirements tab of the Quality Center • Participation in defect review • Involved in documenting software version control. 

EDUCATION: • MSc. BUSINESS ECONOMICS SPECIALIST (FINANCE), July 2018, GENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM. • BSc. BANKING & FINANCE, July 2015, BUEA UNIVERSITY CAMEROON. CERTIFIED CERTIFICATIONS/COURSES: • ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level • Professional Scrum Master I (PSMI) Fundamental Level INTERESTS/HOBBIES: • Football, Documentary Films, Reading REFERENCES: • LinkedIn Paul Nong