Personal
data:
Name: Gerard Numan
Address: Kruitlaan 10
9711
TZ
Date of birth:
Job title: Test Consultant
Email: gtnuman@home.nl
Phone: +31 50 313 63 56
Fax: +31 84 737 3173
General:
Gerard
has obtained extensive (international) experience in software testing within
several projects within several companies. He has a thorough knowledge of
testing methods, testing techniques, test process improvement and metrics.
Gerard has grown from a junior tester to a test manager and has experience as a
test consultant as well. As such he has experience with the implementation of
structured testing and the support of test teams. Gerard is an accredited and
experienced trainer in the field of testing (Tmap and
ISEB related courses).
He has published an article on end to end testing (chain testing) and has been a speaker on Chain testing and Datawarehouse Testing at three international testing conferences.
Education:
·
Academic degree in Philosophy (State University of Groningen)
Working
experience:
Period
|
Description of duties/responsibilities |
|
|
Trainer
|
|
|
Test
consultant (Telecom,
|
|
01-12-2003
/ 01-02-2004 |
Test
consultant (governmental department)
§ Managing and performing a TPI assessment § Presentation and communication of results |
|
01-09-2003
/ 01-02-2004 |
Test
manager, test monitoring, test consultancy (large postal organisation)
§ Setting up a dashboard for monitoring testing activities and processes within third party suppliers § Monitoring testing activities and processes within third party suppliers § Auditing testing activities and processes within third party suppliers § Advising organisation on testing activities and processes within third party suppliers |
|
01-07-2002
/ 28-02-2004 |
Test
manager, test execution, test consultant (academic hospital)
§
Setting up and managing of test projects: implementation
of Windows XP, a Datawarehouse System and a new
employees data system and salary system
§ Development and implementation of a test management tool §
Test engineering and
execution §
Coordination of test
activities of other project groups and suppliers § Execution of TPI assessment and management of test process improvement § Involvement as advisor in transfer of technical management to a 3rd party (of administrative system). § Establishing acceptance criteria, review of contracts and procedures. |
|
01-03-2001
/ 30-06-2002 |
Test
consultant (bank, England)
§ Development and tailoring of test processes and related management processes (change management, metrics process, audit controls) § Training and coaching of test managers and testers in the use of test processes and techniques §
Presentation and
communication of Test department towards the rest of the organisation §
Coordination and planning of
the test methods support team |
|
01-12-2000
/ 28-02-2001 |
Verification
and validation planner (federal government)
§ Planning and coordination of an operability test team |
|
01-04-2000
/ 30-11-2000 |
Test manager (telecom, number
portability project) §
Planning and coordination of
several test teams §
Creation of master test plans,
progress reports, completion reports §
Involvement in project
planning |
|
01-09-1999
/ 31-03-2000 |
Test coordinator (telecom, number portability project) §
Planning and coordination of
a test team of 10 §
Creation of master test
plans, progress reports, completion reports § Involvement in project planning |
|
01-07-1998
/ 31-08-1999 |
Tester
(telecom, number portability project) § Creation of test cases according to the TMap approach § Test execution §
Participating in the development of test tools (stubs and drivers) |
|
01-10-1995
/ 30-06-1998 |
Co-worker
at the employees administration (Regional police
force Groningen, Netherlands) §
Creation and maintenance of Administrative Organisation and work
instructions §
Test
execution §
Implementation
of new applications § Administrating contracts |
|
01-09-1993 / 30-06-1995 |
Student-assistant (Rijks Universiteit Groningen) § Performing workshops § Judging papers and exams § Monitoring and supporting of students |
IT experience:
Test
related courses:
·
TMap (test management approach)
·
TPI (test process improvement)
·
Structured testing
·
Test methods and techniques (EVT DFT GCT
PCT SYN SEM)
·
Test management
·
ISEB Foundation
IT
courses:
·
Technical design
·
Technical analyses
·
Data modelling according to ERD
·
RAD/ JAD/ XP
General
courses:
·
Project planning (PMW)
·
Project management
·
CMM
·
Teamwork
Computer
knowledge:
·
Hardware:
o
PC
o
Client/Server
o
IBM MQ-series
·
Operating systems:
o
Windows 95 / 98/ 2000/ XP
o
UNIX
o
TACL (Tandem)
·
Software:
o
Office Suites
o
MS/Project
o
PMW
·
Oracle SQL / SQL Plus
·
HTML