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Senior Test Manager and Leader of teams
Phil Swandale
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Ashford, United Kingdom
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A highly experienced and motivated IT professional with over 30 years in Testing Management and Consultancy, with an exemplary record of success across multiple business sectors including Government, Utilities, Retail and Media and blue chip organisations. A confident manager who thrives when given high-levels of responsibility and embraces challenges along with new opportunities. Employs his skills to engage stakeholders and inspires teams to work towards success. Able to define and deliver enterprise wide test strategies and direct testing: using both onshore and offshore, large and small teams. Adaptable and innovative, with the ability to learn quickly and deploy new techniques and technology effectively to ensure outstanding success in line with budgets and timescales.
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2013 - 2016
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Newsroom360 Test Manager
unknown.
Successfully planned and led the testing of the Newsroom 360 programme which implemented Methode from Eidosmedia as replacement Editorial system and CHP from Opentext as the Asset Management System for all titles within News UK. This was a major programme within News UK encompassing the re-engineering of the complete editorial processing system and retraining of all publishing teams. It was aligned with the global deployment of the same products across News Corp Australia and USA.
Key Achievements:
● Established Test, Release and Environment Management capability for the programme and transitioned this to BAU;;
● Recruited and managed the quality assurance team for the life of the programme;
● Directed and ensured the success of all phases of testing including Model Office, User Acceptance, Performance, Pre Production, OAT, Phased Go Live and Dress Rehearsals through establishing unqualified business trust in the quality of the testing and through careful stakeholder management;
● Implemented, Managed and supported JIRA for defect and workflow. Including creating projects, reporting dashboards and integration with TestRail test management tool;
● Management and planning of Agile test delivery across multiple sprints;
● Implemented TestRail as the test management tool across the programme; and
● Chaired project defect reviews with Opentext, Eidosmedia and the Editorial team.
Key Achievements:
● Established Test, Release and Environment Management capability for the programme and transitioned this to BAU;;
● Recruited and managed the quality assurance team for the life of the programme;
● Directed and ensured the success of all phases of testing including Model Office, User Acceptance, Performance, Pre Production, OAT, Phased Go Live and Dress Rehearsals through establishing unqualified business trust in the quality of the testing and through careful stakeholder management;
● Implemented, Managed and supported JIRA for defect and workflow. Including creating projects, reporting dashboards and integration with TestRail test management tool;
● Management and planning of Agile test delivery across multiple sprints;
● Implemented TestRail as the test management tool across the programme; and
● Chaired project defect reviews with Opentext, Eidosmedia and the Editorial team.
It, Manager, LED, Go, Processing, USA, Production, Office, Test manager, Testing, Quality Assurance, Jira, Workflow, Engineering, Test, Integration, Test management, Management, Asset Management, Stakeholder Management, Deployment, Agile
2008 - 2013
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Project Test Manager and Quality Assurance Specialist
IBM (Global Business Services).
Established and led delivery for IBM of all test activities for a bespoke business critical web-based, Oracle/Java application for a significant government department. The solution formed a major element of its transformation programme.
Key Achievements:
● Recruited and managed, through Matrix management, the success of the test work stream from initiation to completion of the programme. Ensuring IBM was seen to deliver on time and to budget. Responsible for interview and selection of all team members both IBM staff and Contractors;
● Established joint working with the client and IBM quality assurance teams to enable efficiencies in resources and time. In addition, also fostered trusted working and efficient acceptance into production. Implemented joint team reviews and testing activities and chaired regular test coordination and planning meetings;
● Played a pivotal role in ensuring all releases delivered into live on time, to schedule and with no impact on business continuity;
● Coordinated all cross team test activities including infrastructure, integration, system, migration, performance, accessibility, security, user acceptance and operational acceptance.
● Successfully implemented IBM Rational toolset for issue management, requirement tracking, configuration and release management and automated functional and performance testing;
● Liaised at all levels within IBM, the client and other subcontractors, facilitating successful joint working and maximising client confidence in test approach and delivery.
● As an IBM Test SME supported and reviewed IBM projects within multiple Government Departments including the Home Office; and
● Provided test SME support to successful IBM project bids, including Data Centre Migration and bespoke internet workflow for the Home Office.
Key Achievements:
● Recruited and managed, through Matrix management, the success of the test work stream from initiation to completion of the programme. Ensuring IBM was seen to deliver on time and to budget. Responsible for interview and selection of all team members both IBM staff and Contractors;
● Established joint working with the client and IBM quality assurance teams to enable efficiencies in resources and time. In addition, also fostered trusted working and efficient acceptance into production. Implemented joint team reviews and testing activities and chaired regular test coordination and planning meetings;
● Played a pivotal role in ensuring all releases delivered into live on time, to schedule and with no impact on business continuity;
● Coordinated all cross team test activities including infrastructure, integration, system, migration, performance, accessibility, security, user acceptance and operational acceptance.
● Successfully implemented IBM Rational toolset for issue management, requirement tracking, configuration and release management and automated functional and performance testing;
● Liaised at all levels within IBM, the client and other subcontractors, facilitating successful joint working and maximising client confidence in test approach and delivery.
● As an IBM Test SME supported and reviewed IBM projects within multiple Government Departments including the Home Office; and
● Provided test SME support to successful IBM project bids, including Data Centre Migration and bespoke internet workflow for the Home Office.
Support, Manager, LED, Production, Issue management, Accessibility, Web, Internet, Office, Test manager, Testing, Infrastructure, Java, Transformation, Quality Assurance, Workflow, Security, Test, Integration, Management, Interview, Budget, Oracle
2007 - 2008
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Programme Test Manager
Environment Agency.
Member of the programme management team r
Key Achievements:
● Directed and led the management of factory acceptance, integration, system and user acceptance of applications to support legislative regulatory requirements, internet and intranet applications;
● Delivery of programme testing strategy, test plans, test budget and resource management;
● Effectively led the day to day management of EA testing resources across multiple sites;
● Ensured the direction and quality assurance of the developer (SCISYS) test activities;
● Implemented a programme of early Environment Agency test alongside SCISYS testing during development to reduce risk of failure; and
● Supported development of the Corporate Test Strategy for the EA and reporting directly to the National Test and Quality Assurance Manager.
Key Achievements:
● Directed and led the management of factory acceptance, integration, system and user acceptance of applications to support legislative regulatory requirements, internet and intranet applications;
● Delivery of programme testing strategy, test plans, test budget and resource management;
● Effectively led the day to day management of EA testing resources across multiple sites;
● Ensured the direction and quality assurance of the developer (SCISYS) test activities;
● Implemented a programme of early Environment Agency test alongside SCISYS testing during development to reduce risk of failure; and
● Supported development of the Corporate Test Strategy for the EA and reporting directly to the National Test and Quality Assurance Manager.
Support, Manager, LED, Direction, Internet, Development, Test manager, Regulatory, Testing, Budget, Developer, Quality Assurance, Resource management, Test, Integration, Management, R
2005 - 2005
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Project Manager
Vertex (United Utilities).
Project Managed Asset tool migration.
Project Manager, Manager
2005 - 2005
job
Shopdirect Merger, Programme Test Manager
PIPC, Littlewoods.
Responsible for introduction of Programme Test Strategy and initial deployment of QA team
Deployment, QA, Test, Test manager, Manager
1998 - 2004
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Programme Test Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers/IBM.
Resourced and led the Test and Release team for a major programme deploying Resource Based Accounting using Oracle Financials across the Ministry of Defence.
Oracle, Test, Test manager, LED, Manager
1995 - 1998
freelance
Senior Consultant
Logica UK Ltd.
Project Manager delivering projects within the Defence sector.
South Kent College, Senior Lecturer and IT Manager1990-1995
Lecturer in Computer Science and Managed the implementation of IT across administration.
Taught: C Programming and Management Information Systems
South Kent College, Senior Lecturer and IT Manager1990-1995
Lecturer in Computer Science and Managed the implementation of IT across administration.
Taught: C Programming and Management Information Systems
Project Manager, Administration, C, Management, It, Implementation, Science, Manager
My education
1981
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1985
Reading University
BSc, Computer Science and Statistics
BSc, Computer Science and Statistics
Computers in Commerce and Industry Open University
MSc, N/a
MSc, N/a
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