Judy Brooks

QA Manager

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States26 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of experience in system analysis and project management.
  • Strong background in user training and support documentation.
  • Award-winning sales and customer service skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Assurance and Project Management professional in the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Quality AssuranceFinancial AnalysisProject ManagementTestingSoftware Development Life Cycle

Other Skills

AccessAccount ManagementAnalysisAuditingBusiness AnalysisBusiness Process ImprovementCommunicationCustomer ServiceData AnalysisData Loss PreventionDatabasesFunctional TestingHP Quality CenterLeadershipManagement

About

To acquire a rewarding position within a reputable organization where the opportunities to grow within the company are endless. More than 10 years of experience in system analysis and project management execution, with a strong emphasis in the CCG Financial/Home Equity industry, Human Resources, PeopleSoft, SQL, Oracle and other areas. Strong background in user training and support documentation. Execute manual testing or run automation. Skilled in testing financial table, maintenance requests and implementing changes within the pricing engine. Qualifications: Self motivated, self starter, strong attention to details, strong organizational skills and multi tasking. Hard working, punctual and courteous. Award winning sales and customer service skills. Excellent verbal and written communication. Experienced with various office equipment including multi line phones, Cisco phones, 10 key, can type over 90 wpm, can operate on the copy/fax machines and accurate money management.

Experience

26 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
9 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Usaa

Quality Assurance Specialist Senior

Jan 2017Present · 9 yrs 4 mos · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Financial AnalysisRequirements AnalysisBusiness AnalysisAuditingData AnalysisAccount Management+1

Intelisecure

Senior Information Security Analyst / Cyber Secuirty Analyst

Feb 2015Jul 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greenwood Village, CO

  • Follow all ISO 27001 security controls, policies and procedures. Lead by example by maintaining a high standard of compliance. Assist with the development and ongoing maintenance of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) by following current policies and making timely suggestions for improvement. Triage DLP incidents on a daily basis, correctly classifying all data based on agreed-upon rules with customer resources and previously acquired knowledge. Review data patterns for malicious and suspicious activity or broken business processes. Identify violations of corporate governance policies and government regulations. Escalate major incidents to proper customer resources amid predefined escalation paths. Aid customers with incident investigations by providing as much data as possible for analysis. Tune DLP policies to exclude false positive incidents and to ensure that all relevant information is properly included in DLP rules. Test alternative methods for incident detection without disrupting customer production environments. Report system deficiencies to Pod Leaders and Team Managers for escalation to vendor resources. Collaborate with Information Security Engineers to test and develop additional systems for data monitoring. Collaborate with Information Security Engineers to ensure that policy logic meets compliance and regulatory standards and customer requirements. Maintain incident classification consistency across all customer policies. Provide suggestions for additional policies to Business Analysts within InteliSecure based on trends detected within customer systems. Aid the Information Security Engineers in the identification of potential system problems, including abnormal dearth in incidents, system slowness, or an altogether inability to log into customer systems.

Wells fargo

3 roles

Business Systems Consultant II / Systems QA Analyst II

Promoted

Sep 2013Feb 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • Experience delivering, evaluating and testing technology efforts which involve new designs, development, and infrastructure components
  • Ability to develop and manage test plans
  • Successful at turning preliminary or ambiguous information, ideas, or problems into well defined plans, solutions and test scripts
  • Display a string drive for results and is able to overcome challenges and obstacles to deliver projects and testing on time and with superior quality
  • Knowledge of project management, development and testing methodologies, tools and techniques
  • Wells Fargo Credit Card or Consumer Financial Services business group knowledge and experience
  • Application knowledge/usage of FDR, Shaw, ACAPS, ECaR and/or other lending/servicing specific applications
  • Knowledge/experience with Quality Center (ALM), Quick Test Professional and ClearQuest
  • Ability to work independently or as a group, meet strict deadlines, prioritize and manage multiple tasks
  • Strong problem solving
  • Excellent communicator (verbal and Written)
  • Thinks and Leads strategically
  • Proven and consistent track record of delivering, supporting and testing highly complex projects which involves multiple work streams and a significant amount of risk, business, and technology change
Test PlanningQuality CenterProject ManagementTesting MethodologiesCommunicationQuality Assurance

Underwriter

Promoted

Feb 2013Sep 2013 · 7 mos · Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • S.A.F.E. Registered. Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System.
  • Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, approving and underwriting routine individual consumer requests and products with few deviations and within company and industry guidelines. Dependent on division, functions may include reviewing credit applications, credit bureau information, collateral valuation, tax returns, financial statements, and or other supporting documentation to recommend/approve requests within decision king authority levels by way of automated scoring systems or traditional underwriting.
  • Assisting with the calculations and preparation of reports for review.
  • Responding to customer inquires and credit decisions. Ensuring credit files are current, complete and compliant with company standards.
  • Contacting customers and partners to gain information to make appropriate decisions, explain rational behind credit decisions, and/or to sell/promote line products.

Mortgage Int Telesales Specialist

Apr 2012Feb 2013 · 10 mos · Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • Responsible for handling incoming sale sand services calls from current WF mortgage customers qualified for special program
  • Request income documentation for UW review/approval
  • Follow up outbound calls to customers on initial inquires and documentation needs
  • Provide excellent service and handle unique circumstances that may arise to ensure customers need are met
  • Responsible for taking new mortgage refinance applications for customers that do not meet project requirements
  • Utilize various systems to application, fulfillment and follow up
  • Review & answer questions about program qualifications
  • Able to handle tough situations with borrowers, escalations, and concerns that there may be
  • Knowledge of all loans documents
  • Responsible for schedule initial closing with customers once loans has been approved. Go over final numbers, cash to closing, go over escrows (taxes and insurance) account, and HUD1's

Signature it consulting inc.

Systems QA Analyst IV

Nov 2011Mar 2012 · 4 mos · Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • Banking experience in real estate ( home equity/mortgage)
  • Mainframe working knowledge from a banking perspective ACAPS, SHAW
  • Working knowledge of lending documents
  • Experience in performing testing
  • Mismanagement / Execution of scripts within a testing management tool
  • Functional and regression testing
  • Experience in dealing with requirements writing or analysis
  • Ability to translate requirements into testing requirements for use in building test plans
  • Exceptional analytic skills and attention to details
  • Strong organization skills, able to communicate effectively
  • Ability to work independently in addition to working on a team
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite includes excel and word
TestingRequirements WritingFunctional TestingRegression TestingQuality Assurance

Blueprint consulting services, llc

Software Engineer III

Feb 2008Sep 2011 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Phoenix, Arizona Area

  • Analyze complex requirements and use cases for the purpose of developing test plans and test scripts
  • Develop well written test plans and test scripts
  • Execute test cases and write defect reports as appropriate into the defect tracking tool
  • Execute regression test cases when development loads point releases into test environment
  • Support end users in validating the requirements of each release
  • Data Loss Prevention
  • A working knowledge of SQL and rational databases
  • Skilled on PeopleSoft, Informix, and Oracle
  • Run & create queries in SQL Developer, Server Studio, and Unix/Putty
Test PlansTest ScriptsSQLData Loss PreventionSoftware Development Life CycleTesting

Avnet

QA Analyst

Nov 2007Feb 2008 · 3 mos · Phoenix, Arizona

  • Quest website testing: reviewing requirements documents, creating test plans and test cases from the requirements documents, executing manual test cases and report results, manual test plans and scripts writing experience, run test automation, experience analyzing and interpreting business requirements, good understanding of the software development lifecycle and test methodologies
  • Coordinate and participate in systems testing efforts for the Avent (Quest) website. Testing includes regression testing as well as new function testing
  • Duties includes creating test scripts and coordinating resources of testers. The work could also potentially include identifying efficiencies during testing
  • Experienced in the complete testing cycle from formally inspecting
  • Requirements through executing and evaluating test cases and communicating the results
Test PlansTest CasesRegression TestingSoftware Development Life CycleQuality AssuranceTesting

Wells fargo

Business Systems Consultant II

Dec 2002Nov 2007 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Phoenix, Arizona

  • Responsible for assisting the systems testing manager in creating test documentation / scripts and execution of the test plan or test initiatives as assigned by the systems testing manager or the line of business.
  • Execution of the test plan includes completing user acceptance testing documentation and working with developers to duplicate systems related issues during troubleshooting sessions.
  • Run test automations
  • Accountable for clearly documenting test results and defects in various access databases, excel spreadsheets and other reporting systems.
  • Responsible for adhering to quality and compliance guidelines by identifying gaps between operations processes and the new functionality being introduced.
  • Defined user requirements, performed user acceptance testing and/or troubleshoot systems related operational issues.
  • Assisted with ongoing production and workflow improvements efforts, managed small projects and/or small segments of larger projects.
  • Developed and implemented polices, procedures and training materials to assure compliance with government regulations and to maximize efficiency and customer service.
  • Reduce / eliminate manual workarounds that exist within current transactional systems.
  • Work closely with Quality assurance staff to support QA test phase for UAT sign off.
  • Partner with technical teams to ensure tickets are being monitored and retested.
Test DocumentationUser Acceptance TestingQuality AssuranceTesting

Ent credit union

Lending Specialist III / MSR II / Teller II

Jan 1999Dec 2002 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Colorado Springs, Colorado

  • Participated and monitored daily front line after teller transaction, opened branch, appropriated funds from vault to teller and other dispensaries, conducted reviews.
  • Receive inbound loans and other related financial and insurance inquiries
  • Taking loan applications and processing them for closing
  • Implemented training course for new recruits - speeding profitability
  • Making outbound calls to attract additional business to the Credit Union
  • Examine financial payment history of customers to assess monetary benefits
  • Advise customers of interest rates, monthly savings and insurance advantages
  • Recognized as “Employee of the Month”

Education

Colorado State University Global

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology / Cyber Security

Jan 2017Jul 2021

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts

Associate's degree — Culinary Arts

Jan 2006Jan 2007

Sierra High School

Jan 1994Jan 1998

Colorado State University Global

Bachelor of Cyber Securiry — Cyber Security

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