I am the Founder and Principal Independent Consultant of Jay Roessler Consulting, LLC. established since 2006.
I have over 20 years of professional experience including technical, lead, consulting, analysis and design, programming, and automated testing. Since 1998, my focus has been on automated test architecture design, development, Quality Center administration/customization/reporting, performance testing, and implementation of test management and automated test procedures. I have provided services in client-server, web, mainframe, and multi-tier architectures using HP/Mercury’s test management, functional, and performance testing tools including QuickTest Professional (QTP)/Unified Function Testing (UFT) including Business Process Testing (BPT), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)/Quality Center, LoadRunner, and Performance Center.
NEW!!! In 2016, I trained on SOASTA's CloudTest performance testing application/platform. Also, I began delivering services in both SOASTA's on-demand (remote) and on-site service offerings.
Before establishing my company and HP's acquisition, I worked in Mercury Interactive's Professional Services Organization for 5 1/2 years as a Principal Consultant and Engagement Manager. Both in my Mercury Interactive and independent consulting tenure, I provided a range of training, mentoring, and consulting services for a wide array of high profile Fortune 500 customers. The customers spanned various industries including financial, retail, education, technology, package delivery, government, and telecommunications to name a few.
Moreover, I take great pride in my work. I provide high quality services with a customer focus. I believe in delivering services with honesty and integrity since name and reputation are important to me both personally and professionally.
I possess the following competencies and skills:
Proven ability to analyze complex problems and design/implement solutions.
Proven ability to plan, develop, execute, report, and analyze performance/stress tests.
Proven ability to architect (including analysis, design, and development) functional/regression test frameworks.
Proven ability to develop and deliver training material.
Strong oral and written communicator.
In addition, I am an Instructor and Certified Product Consultant specializing in the following testing tools:
QuickTest Professional (QTP) including Business Process Testing (BPT)
As for my technical skills, they are broad as well as deep. Over the years, I have worked with Windows, UNIX, mainframe, Citrix, Remote Desktop Protocol environments, and I have experience in the following programming languages and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs): C, WinRunner’s Test Script Language (TSL), Oracle ESQL, UNIX Korn shell, Visual Basic, MS Access, HTML, ActiveX, VBScript, JavaScript, Active Server Pages (ASP), CGI, PERL, Quality Center’s OTA/TDAPI/SAAPI.
The following are a few examples of services and accomplishments I provided to various customers.
Provided consulting services for stress/performance testing using LoadRunner and Performance Center with various protocols and technologies including Web, Peoplesoft 8, mainframe, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Citrix. Conducted system usage analysis and goal determination, developed automated scripts, developed stress/performance scenarios based on usage analysis and goals. Configured resource monitors based on stress/performance test goals. Analyzed stress/performance test results for root cause analysis of poor performance test results.
Conduct assessment of automation framework including deep analysis of existing test framework/assets, existing processes, and interviewing team members. Identify gaps based on automation best practices. Document/present assessment findings and recommendations.
Advised customers on establishing Centers of Excellence (CoE) for automated functional and performance testing including technical best practices, reporting, and associated processes.
Designed and developed SAP automation architecture/framework using QuickTest Professional, Quality Center, and Business Process Testing (BPT).
Designed and developed a custom SAP specific Application Programming Interface (API) to support high level generic automation for various objects including tables/grids, trees, and label based reports. Key generic functionalities include finding, selecting, updating, verifying, and/or deleting using search criteria with support for regular expressions (wild card search).
Designed and developed a custom keyword driven automation architecture/framework using QuickTest Professional fully integrated with Quality Center.
Gather requirements and design/develop stress and performance test scenarios and scripts to test desired goals using LoadRunner and/or Performance Center. Configure monitoring to capture key system performance indicators. Execute stress/performance tests and analyze/document test results.
Designed and developed a custom Application Programming Interface (API) to support the keyword driven automation.
Designed and developed a custom and generic (application independent) Application Programming Interface (API) including key functionalities such as date conversion, standard QTP function overrides, custom reporting, verification (text, number, object, and logical expression), regular expression (wild card) processing among others.
Installed Application Lifecycle Management for Quality and Performance Center.
Upgraded/migrated Quality Center projects. Developed a managed process. Investigate and resolve common and unique issues encountered during the upgrade/migration process.
Designed and developed Quality Center project customization and workflow to meet customized test process and management requirements.
Designed and developed specialized/custom reporting and administration utilities for Quality Center using the Open Test Architecture / System Administration API (OTA/SAAPI) and TestDirector API (TDAPI).
Designed and developed custom SQL queries for administration and end user reporting needs.
Analyzed and development remediation SQL and processes to remediate ALM/QC database corruption. Analyzed and recommended remediation steps needed for custom integration scripts.
Mentored client in the Mercury tools with emphasis on the custom architecture/framework.
Developed custom API documentation and implemented using help file technology.
Developed custom Quality Center training materials specific to customer needs.
Provided analysis assistance with internal SOASTA CloudTest appliance installation.
Developed SOASTA CloudTest scripts, compositions, and executed performance tests.
