Pawel Paska

Current

• IT Consultant, Test Specialist (freelancer) RTD DG/European Commission at European Commission

Past

• Senior Quality Consultant at OHIM
• Software Quality Engineer at Sabre Holdings
• Performance & Functional Tester at AIG Credit S.A.

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Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania "Copernicus"

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Pawel Paska’s Summary

Strong team player, problem solver, attended to details.
A Natural Born Tester !

Foreign languages: English, German (basic), Spanish(basic).
Polish(native).

In-depth knowledge in Mercury tools such as:
* QC Test Director
* QuickTest Professional
* LoadRunner

Good programming skills:
* PHP
* VBScript


Knowledge in databases:
* MySQL
* MSSQL
* Oracle

Knowledge in travel reservation system (Sabre GDS).

Trainings, Courses, Diplomas:

* Mercury/HP Quality Center(QC)
* Mercury/HP QuickTest Professional(QTP) 8.2 Basic
* Mercury/HP QuickTest Professional(QTP) 9.2 Advanced
* Mercury/HP LoadRunner 8.1
* Sabre Global Distribution System
* Novell Netware 5 Administration
* ISTQB Training Foundation Level
* Introduction to SOATest
* The Challenge of Egypt game(team building, project managing)
* Oracle 9i Database: Fundamentals I
* Oracle 9i Database: Fundamentals II
* VBScript Functions, Core Objects and Classes
* VBScript Elements, Arrays, Procedures and Program Flow
* Cisco CCNA
* Installing, Configuring and Upgrading SQL Server 2000
* Managing SQL Server 2000 Database
* SQL Server 2000 Databases
* SQL Server 2000 Replication
* SQL Server 2000 Transactions and Distributed Data
* Using T-SQL in SQL Server 2000
* Windows 2003 Server Administration
* Agile Concepts
* Agile Requirements, Estimating and Planning

Pawel Paska’s Specialties:

QTP - functional, regression testing

Loadrunner - load/performance testing

Bug Tracking - Merant/Bugzilla/QC/Jira

Sabre GDS(TPF)

Pawel Paska’s Experience

• IT Consultant, Test Specialist (freelancer) RTD DG/European Commission

  European Commission

  (Government Administration industry)

  December 2009 — Present (1 month)

  Research & Technological Development DG of European Commission, Brussels

• Senior Quality Consultant

  OHIM

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  March 2009 — November 2009 (9 months)

  Agile Software Quality Consultant.
  
  
  OHIM(OAMI) is the European Union agency responsible for registering trade marks and designs that are valid in all 27 countries of the EU.
  
  Project description: Electronic Opposition tool.

• Software Quality Engineer

  Sabre Holdings

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  Debug complex software products through the use of Agile methodology to develop, apply and maintain quality standards
  Develop and execute software test plans
  Analyze and write test standards and procedures
  Maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software
  Prepare reports and documentation updates
  Document and track product testing results
  Consolidate test results, procedures and application specification
  Analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective action
  Consult with development engineers in resolution of problems
  Design, code and execute automated test scripts
  Provides technical consultation on automation issues, tools and processes
  Develop and implement system test plans and scripts for software testing
  Take part in researching best practices, new tools and technology
  Interacts with senior internal and external personnel
  Working in an international team: India, Ireland, Poland, Uruguay, USA.

• Performance & Functional Tester

  AIG Credit S.A.

  (Banking industry)

  April 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Testing wide spectrum of banking software.
  Manual and automation testing.
  Writing and executing functional and regression scripts in Mercury QTP software.
  Writing and executing performance/load tests using Mercury Loadrunner.
  Setting up and configuring Vmware virtual machines for executing test scripts remotely.
  Working with MSSQL database. (acquiring data, checking results)
  Teaching new employees about testing duties, banking industry, company rules.
  Cooperation with manager, bda's, dba's, programmers and testers to solve problems.
  Leading small team of testers(Automation Team - QTP/LoadRunner) (3 people).

Pawel Paska’s Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania "Copernicus"

  Engineer, 2007 , IT , 2003 — 2007

Additional Information

Pawel Paska’s Groups:

•    GLOBAL CONTRACTORS / RECRUITERS / PROCUREMENT
•    Software Testing - ISTQB/ISEB
•    Software Testing Club - the online software testing community
•    GoldenLine
•    Travel & IT Industry
•    Grill IT
•    SQAforums.com
•    GUI Automation
•    Software Testing & Quality Assurance
•    QuickTest Professional
•    AIG Alumni
•    QA UA
•    Freelance IT Professionals (4000+)
•    Trasys Alumni
•    IT freelancers
•    Aviation IT & Flight Technology
•    Agile
•    ░▒▓ PRACA ░▒▓ KARIERA ░▒▓ ROZWÓJ ░▒▓ Polska
•    Application, Network Performance & Security Testing
•    Software Test & Performance Group
•    QAGuild Network
•    SABRE Travel Information Network (Alumni/Current)
•    Belgium based IT contractors / freelancers
•    CV.PL - CV in Poland
•    Service Testing using soapUI

Pawel Paska’s Honors:

* Sabre Virtually There Wins Gold at Business Travel Show Innovation Awards:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=73098&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1106200&highlight=

* Sabre PSD "Excellence" Award - In recognition of outstanding performance for 1st Quarter / 2nd Quarter 2008

Pawel Paska’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• business deals