about

I got my start in Orange County doing odd jobs for a local video game company. This included marketing, localization, and community management before eventually moving to the Quality Assurance team. I moved to Silicon Valley in 2013 and haven't looked back.

Skills

Web Development

  • JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, React, Jasmine, CSS, Sass, HTML, Git, Wordpress, Expression Engine
  • Usability, Accessibility, User Testing, Google Analytics, Adobe Photoshop

Quality Assurance

  • Querying and Automation: SQL, Selenium, Ruby, Rspec, Cucumber, Capybara
  • Ticketing and stack trace systems: Trac, JIRA, Zephyr, Splunk, NewRelic, Testing/bug analytics
  • Test experience for all major browsers, iOS, and Android (Web and native applications)

Work Experience

Quality Assurance Analyst, Electronic Arts (April 2017 - current)

  • Construct and execute JavaScript based API tests via Postman tool
  • Execute load testing scripts using JMeter
  • Write documentation for QA processes and procedures in Confluence to help onboard new employees
  • Create and maintain JavaScript-based integration tests

Quality Assurance Associate, Inflection (June 2014 - March 2016)

  • Developed test cases to assist in both website automation and regression testing
  • Utilized SQL to check databases to ensure accuracy
  • Acted as liaison between designers, product managers, and engineers to create a full understanding of product specifications and their possible pitfalls
  • Managed daily deployments of features to all environments in Jenkins
  • Made use of Trac and JIRA to diagnose and resolve issues while providing errors and stack traces from NewRelic and Splunk

Quality Assurance Specialist, Sleepy Giant Entertainment (September 2012 - August 2013)

  • Developed test cases to determine and separate functionalities requiring manual testing from those that can be automated for companies such as Disney, Pokemon, and Activision
  • Automated website feature testing by utilizing Selenium, Cucumber, Capybara and Ruby
  • Ran manual and ad-hoc website testing on features that cannot be reviewed by automation
  • Mentored fellow team members in automation scripting and procedures

Education

Code Camp Web Development Bootcamp (June 2016 - October 2016)

  • Learned frontend and backend web development technologies, emphasizing accessibility, usability, and responsive web design
  • Heavily focused on JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX to support existing HTML and CSS knowledge
  • Created multiple projects to showcase original website design concepts

University of California, Irvine

  • Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and Literature
  • Additional concentrations in Business and Creative Writing