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ASHRAF W.

ATALLA

(732) 438-1432 H
Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852 (908) 403-9311 C
Email: aatalla30@hotmail.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ashrafatalla/

SUMMARY

Dependable and hard-working professional with 10+ years of experience in the Software Quality Assurance
Testing career covering the complete life cycle of numerous large-scale, complex projects/releases within the
Information Technology industry for both domestic and global customers. Excellent analytical, troubleshooting
and problem-solving skills, and able to contribute to a project team at all aspects of the testing life cycle in
Waterfall or Agile Methodology. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and outstanding
performance records. Areas of expertise include:
Quality Assurance Customer Relations Team Lead
Estimates Manual & Automation Coaching

SKILLS

Hardware: PC, Sun, HP, Wireline Telecom Switches (Nortel, Lucent, and Siemens), and Wireless Gateways.
Software: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe and Lotus Notes.
Environments: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista, UNIX, IBM AIX, and Oracle/SQL (PLSQL Developer).
Test Tools: HP Quality Center, IBM ClearQuest, Mercury Interactive Tools (WinRunner), Shell scripting

EXPERIENCE

Comverse Inc., Mount Laurel, NJ 03/2006 5/2014
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Evaluated requirements and design documents for technical feasibility, soundness of solution approach, and
testability. Provided estimates of testing work required. Designed test plan and test cases based on
requirements. Executed new feature and regression suite and maintained test suite libraries. Evaluated test
results and helped isolate problems to specific area / module, where appropriate. Verified that all requirements
and design points are met, and verified fixes to defects that were identified.
Collaborated closely with feature team members to lead on developing test cases for new features on prepaid &
converged billing and integrated Infor CRM products, as well as the development of test plans and test strategy
documents.
Provided upcoming work estimates.
Designed & Created Functional and End-2-End test cases to ensure quality product.
Performed Integration, regression and acceptance testing.
Documented test results including defects tracking into HP Quality Center.
Provided technical assistance identifying, investigating and resolving customer problems, and incorporated
customer feedback to improve test coverage.
Customer on-site support when needed.
Analyzed, tracked and reported test results.
Participated in Root Cause Analysis
Coached newly hired in the team.
Worked with the documentation team to ensure high quality documents delivered to the customer.
Team Lead for a project which included on-shore as well as off-shore team members.
Participated in identifying and implementing the test and quality methods and tools necessary to ensure a high
quality system is delivered in compliance with ISO 9001.

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ID Systems Inc., Hackensack, NJ 03/2005 03/2006
System Test Engineer
Performed release testing on new hardware, wireless gateways, software and firmware for new and existing
product. Verified that all requirements and design points are met, and verified fixes to defects that were
identified.
Interfaced tightly with the development team to understand each new system release during the initial design
phase.
Created and maintained test plan/case documentation.
Prepared test environment and test data for Product Test cycle.
Executed manually and/or automatically scenarios, documented and tracked software defects, and worked with
engineering group to resolve defects and verified commercial software.
Interfaced with QA to ensure processes and procedure are followed and that system designs adhere to
requirements.


Telcordia Technologies Inc., Piscataway, NJ 01/1995 01/2005
Software Test Engineer-MARCH Product
Executed manual and automated regression suite and maintained test suite libraries. Evaluated architecture and
design documents for technical feasibility, soundness of solution approach, and testability. Provided estimates
of testing work required. Evaluated test results and helped isolate problems to specific products / modules,
where appropriate. Verified that all requirements and design points are met, and verified fixes to defects that
were identified. Prepared test environment and test data for Product Test cycle.
Participated in requirement and design reviews.
Collaborated closely with feature teams to lead on designing, developing and executing test plans for new
features on Generic Interface and Nortel DMS Telephone Switches as well as the development of the STTS
(Staged Test Testcase Specification) document and the STOP (Staged Test Overall Plan) document.
Created and automated test cases in a SUN (Solaris) UNIX workstation and Windows NT/2000/XP environment.
Documented test results and developed training materials for internal customer.
Provided technical assistance identifying, investigating and resolving customer problems, and incorporated
customer feedback to improve test coverage.
Coordinated in-house and remote Customer Guest Testing.
Participated in identifying and implementing the test and quality methods and tools necessary to ensure a high
quality system is delivered in compliance with ISO 9001 and CMM level 5.
Coordinated and performed installation and upgrade during the Acceptance and the Product test cycles.


EDUCATION:

BS, Electrical Engineering with Honors, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
BA, Biology and Chemistry, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC

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