Stepan Patryshev
Software QA engineer

Contacts
E-mail: stepan@hair.spb.ru        Phones:  +7 812 464 8 222 (home)         +7 911 986 08 02 (cell)                              
8-54, Planovaya, Metallostroy, St.Petersburg, Russia, 196641

Career Summary
I have over 3 years experience in Software QA Engineering, and 3 years in Software Development.
Looking for a challenging position in Software QA with opportunities for professional and career growth.

Skills

 Testing: Test plans/cases development and execution; black box, functional testing; regression and integration testing; security and access control testing; load, stress and performance testing; acceptance testing; negative testing; localization testing; understanding of quality control process.

 Testing tools: Performance Monitor; experience with TestComplete.

 OS:  MS Windows (as a developer);   AIX/Linux, Novell Netware (as a user).

 Programming languages: Progress 4GL; PHP; SQL; JavaScript; experience with Java/C++, Delphi/Pascal, Visual Basic/VBA. 

 Databases: Progress; MS Access; SQL.

 Collective development tools: Round Table; CVS; intracorporate defect tracking systems; TeamSource; StarTeam; PCVS; Jira.

 Other Software: VM Ware; Eclipse; Together Architect; Apache; MS IIS; Yandex.Money Wallets and Processing Center; InputAccel; Smartphone Pro; Bаnkir; Dreamweaver; Photoshop; Derive.

 English: Intermediate, TOEFL score: 450 (December 2005).
 
Work Experience

June 2006 - Present. “EMC Captiva” (http://captivasoftware.com). Sr. QA Engineer. 
Testing of  InputAccel (document capture and imaging SW) modules and installer including European and Asian localizations. Identifying, reproducing, and reporting defects. Development and execution of test plans and test cases. Functional black box testing. Acceptance and negative testing. Reproducing defects related to customer escalations and verifying their fixes. Working with different scanners including industrial designs. Writing VBA scripts and using VM Ware.  Also I have participated in testing of other similar products such as FormWare, eInput, Ricoh Global Scan plug-in for IA, QuickScan. 
As a member of test department I have prepared for release IA and its service pack.

 November 2005 – June 2006. “Borland Labs” (http://www.borland.com). QA Engineer. 
Tested Eclipse plug-ins integration and Java code UML modeling (round-trip engineering) in Together Architect. Designed and implemented test cases.

 March 2004 – November 2005. “Alkor PayCash” (http://money.yandex.ru). Software QA Engineer.
Tested internet payment technology “PayCash” (Yandex.Money™, Cyphermint™). Designed and implemented test plans. Performed functional, regression, load, stress, performance and integration black box testing. Security and access control testing. Failover and recovery testing. Defect fix verification. Wrote test reports. I was acting as Head of Test Department for 3 months, organizing and managing a team of several testers. 
As a member of test department I prepared for release several versions of various system products. Also I trained 7 new software test engineers.

August 2003 – March 2004. Private teaching in Math, Computer Science, Programming.

August 2002 – July 2003. “Inactsoft” (http://hair.spb.ru/inact). Software Engineer. 
Developed a platform for online streaming video sales via internet “Call-and-See”. Specialized in development of content provider console. Researched new technology solutions and made informational web site.
Major contributor for the product version 1 release. 
Used languages: PHP, SQL, JavaScript.

 April 2002 – June 2002.  “Novavox AG” (http://www.smartphone.ru). Software QA Engineer.
Tested communication platform “Smartphone Pro” (Applications team). Performed test plans and cases, defects life-cycle control, prepared product status reports.

 July 2000 – April 2002. “Computer Systems for Business International Eastern Europe” (http://www.csbi.ru). Programmer. 
Participated in the development of banking system “Bankir” (Dealing Operations subsystem, system support and upgrades: designed user interface and utilities, fixed defects, improved performance). 
Major contributor to significant improvements in the module, the system was successfully launched in a large European bank. 
Used language: Progress 4GL. 

 April 2000 - June 2000. ISP “Interton” (http://www.interton.spb.ru). Web developer. 
Developed and promoted web sites. Responsible for the support of “SPB trade net” web server (http://www.trade.spb.ru). 
Created and promoted several corporate sites.

Education

September 1994 – February 2000. Master’s degree from St.Petersburg State Electro-Engineering University (http://www.eltech.ru).  Day section.
Major: Computer Science, Computer-aided design (CAD). 

November 2001 – February 2002. “English First” (http://www.ef.com). English language. 
Level: pre-intermediate.

October 2004 – March 2005. “Foreign Languages Institute”. English language. 
Level: intermediate.

Key Strengths

Persevering, accurate, conscientious.

Personal data

Born 1976. Married, one child. Citizen of Russia. Saint-Petersburg registration. 
Hobbies: photography, music, history, hiking.