Holger Guschigk
Test Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Consultant
Experience
Test Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Consultant
T-Systems
- Poliks – State Police System for information, communication, and case management and other state variants (ViVa, Bravo, customs)
- Developed a test framework for test automation to replace an existing proprietary test client for new developments, focusing on easy maintenance and simple extensibility for new technologies
- Designed the architecture
- Implemented the architecture
- Created a proof of concept by migrating existing test cases into the new test framework
- Platform: C#, .NET, Jira, XRay, Confluence, Playwright, Selenium, UI Automation, Appium, HTML, Git, VMWare, Windows 11, Linux
Lead Quality and Test Manager
Dataport AöR
- Phoenix – Strategic open source initiative for public administration
- Created test plans, managed, coordinated, and staffed various test activities such as test automation, load and performance testing, manual and exploratory tests
- General quality assurance of business requirements and processes, process development, and process definition
- Coordinated with clients and stakeholders, ensured requirement quality, and had personnel responsibility
- Platform: C#, .NET, Ranorex, Jira, TM4J, Confluence, ARIS, Kanban (with Flight Level 2 Boards), Open Exchange, NextCloud, OnlyOffice, Ceph, Amazon S3-AWS, Jitsi, Element, MS Visio, OpenProject, XWiki, Playwright, Postman
Lead Quality and Test Manager
Dataport AöR
- PERLE – Project to renew the control centers for fire and police services
- Designed the quality and test management for the ELS (control center) software
- Planned infrastructure, tests, staffing, staff selection, and held personnel responsibility
- Created test metrics and test analyses
- Integrated the tools used (Ranorex, Jira, TM4J) through custom plugins
- Coordinated with development teams, test automation engineers, and the client's test management
- Provided coaching and knowledge transfer
- Platform: C#, Java, .NET, Ranorex, Jira, TM4J, Jenkins, Confluence, REST-API (Jira, TM4J), JFrog Artifactory, BitBucket, Git, Scrum, Kanban
Test Automation Engineer
IT Kooperation Der Polizei – Standort Polizei Hamburg
- Security review (SÜP)
- Automated testing of GUI interfaces and backend processes of the security review for automatic acceptance of technical releases
- Used agile methods (SCRUM) for project organization within the IT cooperation of the states Hamburg, Thuringia, Hesse, Brandenburg, and Baden-Württemberg
- Platform: Ranorex Studio, Ranorex WebTestit, Ranorex Selocity, C#, .NET, SPIRA, Oracle, Scrum
Quality Manager, Scrum Coach, Project Manager
Dataport AöR
- Government Gateway
- Quality management and quality assurance in the Government Gateway portal for the states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Saxony-Anhalt
- Style guide reviews, functional/non-functional tests
- Created specifications to support product managers
- Supported the SCRUM method
- Led the project to retire the old Government Gateway
- Platform: Windows 7 & 10, C#.Net, TFS, Ranorex Studio, MS Office 2012, Lync, Kanban, Scrum
Responsible Test Manager, Product Owner
Tui Cruises
- Web portal and terminal portal <Check-In 2.0>
- Porting and enhancing the web booking portal , where cruise guests can book individual services for their trip
- Providing a solution for guest check-in before a trip starts and related adjustments in the guest check-in components at the terminal and access to the ship
- Planning (scope and schedule) for functional tests, supervising functional testers
- Ticket creation and ticket tracking, gathering new requirements, planning retests
- Providing metrics and reports for project management
- Communication and issue resolution with service providers
- Platform: Windows 7 & 10, iOS, Android, Smartsheet, Jira, MS Office 2012, backend systems from MXP and Resco
- Process models: RUP (cyclic iterative) as well as Scrum and Kanban
- Project languages: German and English
Requirements Engineer, Product Owner, Quality Manager, Test Automation Engineer
Baumarkt Direkt
- NeedIT / ProCEEd – ERP software
- Replacing the IT previously provided by the parent company with a decentralized ERP solution including supply chain management, an online shop, and a call center
- Working in the APM department (requirements / process management) as requirements engineer / product owner
- Leading the fraud prevention project
- Responsible for test management of the CEE (ERP) and LXN (supplier extranet) systems and the interfaces to the parent company OTTO
- Conducting workshops, creating process chains and requirement specifications for online retail, logistics, and supply chain management topics
- Coordinating with the parent company (Otto Group), developing test processes and test strategy, creating test cases
- Managing functional tests in the V-Model, RUP, and Scrum process models
- Platform: Windows 7, MS Server 2012, MS SQL Server 2012, Comarch ERP Enterprise Architect, Signavio, Klaros Testmanagement, HP ALM, Redmine, MS Visio 2010, Confluence, Jira, UML, BPMN, Java, MS Office 2010, XML, XSLT, Eclipse, Maven, JUnit, Selenium, Sikuli, Tosca Testsuite, SoapUI
Test Manager, Tester, Quality Manager
Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe
- OQM – Operational Quality Management
- Test and quality manager for VMC-3 and VNS – software components for recording video and audio from user-defined sources
- Conducting acceptance tests (OAT – Operational Acceptance Test) and exploratory tests
- Quality assurance of test documentation by comparing it with international medical standards and other methods (e.g. lessons learned)
- Platform: Windows 7 Embedded, MS Server 2012, MS SQL Server 2008, MS SQL Server 2012, Acronis True Image, Perforce, Redmine, Test Complete
- Project language: English
Test Manager, Tester, Quality Manager
Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe
- Endoalpha / Endobase
- Test and quality manager for Endobase 13 – software for visualizing imaging procedures in medical endoscopy
- Setting up complex test environments that simulate typical hospital environments, including hospital information systems, PACS/image archive systems, and connecting various Olympus devices
- Planning the testing of Endobase 13 within this test environment
- Performing tests as black-box and white-box tests, and conducting exploratory tests
- Quality assurance of test documentation by comparing it with international medical standards and other methods (e.g. lessons learned)
- Platform: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, MS Server 2008R2, MS Server 2012, MS SQL Server 2008, MS SQL Server 2012, Acronis True Image, Perforce, Redmine, Trac, VM Workstation 9.0, Enterprise Architect 9.0, PACS, DICOM, HL7
- Project language: English
Business Analyst
Iconic GmbH
- E-Balance Sheet
- Business analysis to adapt accounting to the requirements of the e-balance sheet (accounts, presentation, migration) for the reference years 2012 and 2013
- Analysis of the e-balance sheet requirements, determining the effort to convert balance sheet accounts to the e-balance sheet taxonomy, and presenting the necessary changes for integration into the accounting system
- Platform: Windows XP, Windows 7, Lexware Financial Office, MS Office
Project Manager, Quality Manager (Requirements), Test Manager
Spri GmbH
- Trading platform / SEPA integration
- Quality manager and system/acceptance test coach
- Quality management and coaching of acceptance testing for an online trading platform for order planning, order processing, and order tracking for mid-sized companies / merchants
- Matching SEPA payment requirements with the trading platform and creating requirements for SEPA procedure integration
- Creating test cases and performing quality management for SEPA integration
- Platform: Apache / Tomcat, internet browsers, UML (use cases, state diagrams), EPK (ARIS), HP Quality Center / ALM, SilkPerformer, Selenium, Java, SQL Server 2008
Quality Manager, Requirements Engineer, Product Owner
Philips Medical Systems DMC Hamburg Research & Development
- RICARD X-ray generator
- Responsible for requirements management (hardware, software)
- Planning and executing the creation of requirements for an X-ray generator based on CMMI, FDA, FMEA, and IEC and DIN standards for medical use
- Creating standards-compliant documents, monitoring regulatory guidelines
- Aligning requirements with the development and test teams, leading workshops
- Platform: RUP, V-model, UML, state machines, IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational RequisitePro, C/C++, IBM Rational Architect RTE, MS Office 2007
- Project language: English
Project Manager, Quality Manager, Test Manager, Tester
Iconic GmbH
- Document archive
- Migrating the document archive from C++ to C# .NET
- Converting all components of the archive solution from C++ to C#, including database access components from C++/ODBC to C#/ADO.NET
- Code coverage analysis, testing (unit testing, coded UI testing, fast-forward testing, integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing, regression testing), and rollout
- Platform: C++, C++/CLI, C#, .NET 4.0, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, TPL.NET, UML, MS Visual Studio 2010, MS Team Foundation Server, MS Test Professional 2010
Tester, Product Owner, Software Architect
Iconic GmbH
- Smartphone apps
- Developing apps based on the Samsung mobile platform
- Portal for selling leftover event tickets in the entertainment sector
- Gathering specifications (story cards method), creating app design, coordinating app design, implementation, testing (unit testing, integration testing, system testing, field testing), and release
- Platform: Eclipse, Java, J2ME, MIDP/MIDlet, Samsung Mobile SDK, web services, XML, Objective-C, iOS 4.x, Android 2.x
Project Manager, Quality Manager, Test Manager, Tester, Coach
Lap Laser GmbH
- RDMS – real-time capture and visualization of laser measurement data
- Planning, designing, and developing an OO architecture as a guideline for further development, implementing functional components, code reviews, rollout, architecture coaching
- Overall coordination of adaptation based on SCRUM, completing and stabilizing the architecture (based on TDD)
- Conducting unit tests, integration tests, system tests, field tests, regression tests
- Platform: Windows, C++/C#, .NET, UML, OOA, OOD, ORM, XML, XAML, XPS, XSD, SOA, web services, STL, OO design patterns, Interbase, Firebird, MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, PowerDesigner, Subversion, CVS, unit testing (NUnit)
Project Manager, Quality Manager
Lap Laser GmbH
- RDMS – real-time capture and visualization of laser measurement data
- Re-engineering an existing application in the automotive sector aimed at building an object-oriented modular system for capturing and visualizing laser measurement data
- Hosting and documenting customer workshops (Story Cards method)
- Requirements management (recording the current state, identifying the target state), creating a requirements specification, SWOT analysis, designing a corporate design layout
- Designing an architecture (SOA, SaaS, OO) and detailed concept
- Implementing a prototype in C#/.NET to test real-time requirements, developing the core system and client/server communication, code review
- Platform: Windows, C++, C++/CLI, C#, .NET, UML, OOA, OOD, ORM, XML, XAML, XPS, XSD, SOA, WebServices, SOAP, STL, OO design patterns, WPF, WinForms, WCF, Firebird, PowerDesigner
Project Manager, Quality Manager, Tester, Software Architect
Iconic GmbH
- Document archive
- Extending the company's internal document archive with specialized search functions, distribution and access statistics, and keyword management services
- Defining new use cases, setting objectives, budget and schedule planning, domain-specific concept, IT concept (including architecture)
- Implementation, testing and acceptance, user training
- Platform: Windows XP, Apache Tomcat, Mod-Mono-Server, Java, J2EE, Swing, JavaScript, C++, C++/CLI, C#, ASP.NET, Sybase, PowerDesigner, CGI, HTML, XML
Project Manager, Business Analyst, Software Architect
Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank
- Framework syndicated loans: integrating framework syndicated loans from SAP (BCA) into the data warehouse
- Data warehouse data feeding: designing the process to switch data feeding of the data warehouse to delta loads using standardized procedures
- Domain concept for the data warehouse, adjusting the data model, budget and schedule planning, interface validation, implementation, code review, testing
- Designing necessary processes including standardization of data delivery models, identifying and specifying modules
- Platform: Sun Solaris, SAS Base, ETL processes, SAP (BCA), Visual Basic, OOA (design patterns)
Project Manager, Business Analyst, Software Architect
Bechtle GmbH IT-Systemhaus
- Designing an application and system architecture to replace decentralized printer systems for label creation with a standardized, rollout-ready process (Client: machine manufacturer)
- Designing the logistics processes needed to manage the rollout of point-of-sale terminals and supporting them with IT tools (Client: service provider)
- Specifying use cases, identifying stakeholders and business processes, domain concept, IT concept (including architecture model)
- Identifying and analyzing interfaces as well as required hardware and software components
- Risk analysis, budget and schedule planning
- Platform: Sun Solaris, Oracle 10g, C++, JavaScript, HTML, Windows DDK, Windows XP, MS Access, VBA
Coach, Trainer
Otto GmbH & Co KG Hamburg
- IBM ViaVoice training – planning, developing, and conducting training for employees on the dictation software IBM ViaVoice 10.0
- Designing the training, creating training materials, delivering the training
- Platform: Windows NT, IBM ViaVoice
Project Manager, Business Analyst, Quality Manager, Software Architect, Tester
VR Kreditwerk Hamburg-Schwäbisch Hall AG
- Annual financial statements / notes to the financial statements: creation of the notes needed for the financial statements using SAS reporting
- Data warehouse interfaces: design and implementation of an automated process to analyze existing interfaces at the field level
- Securities operations: design and implementation of the integration of the SCD securities database into the data warehouse via SAS
- Capturing business requirements, designing list layouts, functional specification, IT specification, implementation, code review, testing, and coordination
- Identifying target criteria, result types, stakeholders, parser design, result presentation
- Platform: Sun Solaris, SAS Base, ETL process, C++ (parser), Oracle 10g, Visual Basic, EAI
Project Manager, Business Analyst, Software Architect, Tester
Bechtle GmbH IT-Systemhaus
- Design and programming of access protection for equipment documentation for service and maintenance (Client: power plant manufacturer)
- Design and programming of a manufacturing defect database for legal processing and archiving of defects (Client: university hospital)
- Development of an architecture to control data flow over the USB interface at driver level on Windows XP (Client: insurance company)
- Identification of use cases and stakeholders, creation of functional and IT specifications, implementation, code review, testing, coordination, rollout, support, creation of user manual
- Risk analysis, budget planning
- Platform: Windows XP, Windows DDK, C++/C#, .NET 1.0, Design patterns, MS Access, VBA, VB.NET, MS SQL Server
Project Manager, Quality Manager, Business Analyst, Software Architect, Tester
VR Kreditwerk Hamburg-Schwäbisch Hall AG
- SAS porting IBM HOST / SUN: design and implementation of replacing VSAM files and porting SAS program sources
- Regulatory reporting: design and implementation (SAS) of an obligation list according to §19(2) KWG and a risk-weighted assets report
- Identification of interfaces, stakeholders, and use cases, creation of functional and IT specifications, implementation, code review, testing, and coordination
- Budget and schedule planning, rollout
- Platform: Sun Solaris, zOS, MVS, TSO, SAS Base, ETL process
Business Analyst, Software Architect, Tester
VR Kreditwerk Hamburg-Schwäbisch Hall AG
- SAP integration for generating liquidity principle I/II via SAS data warehouse
- Creation of functional and IT specifications, alignment of specifications with the business unit, implementation, testing, rollout, scheduling
- Platform: zOS, MVS, TSO, SAS Base, COBOL II
Project Manager, Business Analyst, Software Architect
Spri GmbH
- Design of an e-commerce website (product display, ordering, order confirmation, order tracking) for a mid-sized trading company
- Identification of use cases and stakeholders, creation of functional and IT specifications, development of the architecture model
- Building the website framework as a prototype, specification of required hardware and software components
- Budget, schedule and resource planning
- Platform: Windows XP, Linux, Apache, HTML, JavaScript, Java (MS J++), MySQL, UML
Sub-project Manager, Business Analyst, Software Designer
VR Kreditwerk Hamburg-Schwäbisch Hall AG
- Project RUDI (All about Real Estate): architecture design of the front and back office for loan processing, as well as architecture design for connecting cooperative data centers
- Identification of use cases, stakeholders, sponsors and interfaces
- Creation of an architecture model for front and back office and validation of the model
- Planning of multi-tenant data center operations, creation of business process models, presentation
- Budget, schedule and resource planning
- Platform: Windows, OS/2, zOS, Sun Solaris, C/C++, IDMS, Sybase, Oracle, DB2, COBOL, Unix shell scripts, Power Designer, UML
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Experienced in Information Technology, Government and Administration, Retail, Banking and Finance, Healthcare, and Manufacturing.
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Experienced in Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Supply Chain Management, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
I have strong expertise in test automation and quality assurance, built over many years in various industries including public administration, medical technology, finance, and ecommerce. I specialize in creating and implementing robust test frameworks and architectures while ensuring smooth integrations of new methodologies and technologies.
I focus on delivering clear, maintainable solutions that improve quality and efficiency. My extensive experience in test management, requirements engineering, and agile coaching has allowed me to drive improvements across projects and support teams effectively.
Skills
Methods / Tools (Quality / Test Management)
Methods
- Agile Software Development
- Scrum, Sprint, Story Card, Kanban
- Alm (Application Lifecycle Management)
- Test Driven Development (Tdd)
- Behavior Driven Development (Bdd)
- Fast-forward-testing
- White-box-testing
- Black-box-testing
- Rational Unified Process Rup
- V-model, W-model, V-model Xt
- Cmmi, Xp, Rad
Tools
- Aris / Aris Express
- Hp Quality Center, Hp Alm, Tosca Test Suite
- Sikuli, Ranorex Studio, Ranorex Webtestit
- Silkperformer, Selenium
- Ibm Rational Clearcase, Ibm Rational Clearquest, Ibm Rational Requisitepro
- Trac, Redmine
- Ms Team Foundation Server, Ms Test Professional 2010
- Borland Together
- Power Designer, Enterprise Architect
- Subversion, Cvs, Pvcs, Bitbucket, Git, Jfrog Artifactory, Perforce
- Jenkins, Unit Tests (Nunit, Visualnunit)
- Jira, Tm4j, Xray, Confluence
Methods / Tools (Project Management)
Methods
- Project And Team Organization
- Process Design / Optimization
- Project Structuring And Goals Documentation
- Workflow And Scheduling
- Wbs Trees, Network Planning Techniques (Vkn, Vpn, Ekn)
- Resource, Capacity, And Cost Planning
- Risk Management
- Milestone Trend Analysis (Mta)
- Reporting And Project Presentation
- Agile Software Development
- Scrum, Sprint, User Stories, Story Card
- Rational Unified Process Rup
- V-model, W-model, V-model Xt
- Uml, Bpmn, Use Cases
- Cmmi, Tmmi, Tpi, Step, Spice, Xp, Rad
Tools
- Ms Powerpoint
- Ms Project (Current Version 2010)
- Ms Visio (Current Version 2012)
- Mind Manager Pro X5
- Augeo Project Portfolio Management
- Consideo Process Modeler
Areas Of Expertise (Professional)
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Requirements Management
- Scrum Master, Product Owner
- Test Management / Design / Analysis
- Concept Development, Functional Specifications, Requirement Specifications
- It Architecture (General)
- Process Analysis, Design, And Optimization
- Electronic Document Management
Other Skills And Knowledge
- Experience Conducting Workshops And Seminars
- Experience Organizing Press Events
- Experience Presenting (To Large Audiences / At Local / International Trade Shows)
- Trade Show Experience As An Exhibitor (Cebit, Systems)
Languages
Education
University of Hamburg
Diploma in Computer Science, specializing in Business Administration · Computer Science / Business Administration · Hamburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
iSQI Accredited Quality Manager
iSQI
Certified Bvsi Senior Consultant
bvsi
Internet Officer for Ecommerce
IHK
Ireb Certified Professional For Requirements Engineering
Istqb Certified Agile Tester
Istqb Certified Test Manager
Istqb Certified Tester
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Scrum.org
Project Management in Companies
IHK
Qamp Certified Quality Assurance Management Professional
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Experience
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