ALIAKSANDR ZHYHALAU

1111 B Keppler Court

San Francisco, California, 91430
(415) 627-7845
azf0fbe2@westpost.net
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
Dynamic, results-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer with proven record
of successfully testing applications at all stages throughout the software deve
lopment lifecycle. Outstanding analyst; detect and resolve the most complex tech
nical problems. Consummate professional dedicated to achieving software quality.
Strong communicator; easily interact with clients, colleagues, and management.
Fluent in English, Polish, Russian, and Belarusian. Possess expert knowledge of
Quality Assurance standards and strategies, and additionally proficient in:
Test Documentation
VMware
Waterfall/Agile Methodologies
Bug Tracking Management
GUI Standards
Web/Windows/Unix Platforms
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ASPERASOFT, Emeryville, California, 2008 - 2010
Software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer
* Served as the solo tester of company's major product development project; test
ed Web, Windows, and UNIX releases of file transferring application that is base
d upon proprietary file transfer protocol (FASP) and graphic user interface (GUI
).
* Created various test environments; installed and configured operating systems,
VMware virtual machines, and the application under test on different operating
system (OS) platforms.
* Reviewed product documentation, identified flaws, recommended and implemented
resolutions.
* Performed positive and negative functional and regression testing of new relea
ses.
* Developed test plans and test cases for next releases and executed test cases.
* Filed, verified, and closed new bug oriented tickets utilizing Trac bug tracki
ng tool.
MEMOCAST, San Jose, California, 2008
Software Quality Assurance Intern
* Tested web-based video distribution application, which enabled users to downlo
ad, upload, or watch movies online; features and functional areas tested include
d uploading, downloading, movie playing, new customer registration, billing, cre
dit card processing, and the shopping cart.
* Evaluated applications compatibility with browsers and operating systems and c
onducted various functionality, performance, GUI, usability, regression, and bui
ld acceptance tests.
* Wrote structured test procedures that included end-to-end tests, test cases, a
nd test suites used for formal acceptance of new releases.
* Analyzed beta customer complaints and reproduced technical problems in test la
b
VELCOM MOBILE SERVICES, Minsk, Belarus, 2005 - 2007
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
* Tested critical modules for three major releases of in-house workflow manageme
nt client-server database application, including customer database, accounts pay
able, accounts receivable, general ledger, reports, customer support database, i
mport, backup, and more.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows Vista/2000/2003/2008/NT/XP/7; Mac; UNIX (Linux, RedHa
t, Ubuntu, Debian, Sun Solaris, Fedora, Isilon)
Languages: HTML; XML; PHP; Unix Shell Script; SQL
Protocols: HTTP; TCP/IP; FTP; FASP
Tools/Programs: Bugzilla; Elementool; Trac; Selenium IDE; PuTTy; Cygwin; Orca; F
ireBug; Filezilla
EDUCATION / TRAINING
YANKA KUPALA STATE UNIVERSITY, Grodno, Belarus
Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics, 2005
Technical Training: PHP; Unix Shell Script; Software Quality Assurance; Web Tech
nology