1. James Uzdarwin
48 High Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
(617)-721-7031
juzdarwin70@gmail.com
Personal Statement
I am eager to leverage my 20+ years of software testing experience with a new opportunity in a dynamic
testing environment. I believe that my strong, technical background, along with my extensive leadership
experience in community organizations, will match respectively with this position.
Professional Experience
SAS Institute Principal Software QA Engineer
September 2004 - Present; Middleton, MA
Job Duties:
 Test back end of the Customer Intelligence application utilizing AWS.
 Manage all areas of software quality for the Merchandise Allocation product, which is developed
using Agile methodologies.
 Manage testing duties of two offshore teams in India; responsibilities include reviewing daily
status reports, managing assignments, troubleshooting issues, and providing necessary functional
area training.
 Maintain all test environments across the platform.
 Create test artifacts for the various functional areas and manage results in SMARTS.
 Interface with the cross-functional team to understand requirements, troubleshoot issues and
defects, review test cases, and provide feedback on product documentation.
 Run defect triages and follow through on fixed defects to resolution.
 Wrote a series of automation tests using the jython framework, which simulated importing a
definition to the allocation system and dynamically retrieved the definition ID so it could function
and test various areas including opening the worksheet and sending a pack request. The data was
verified based on expected results using SQL queries.
EliassenGroup Contractor/Senior Software QA Engineer
February 2004 - September 2004; Wakefield, MA
Client: MarketMAX
Job Duties:
 Tested front/back end of the web-based Merchandise Planning and Merchandise Allocation
products.
 Worked with development to understand the resolution of defects in order to verify the fixes.
NexaWebTechnologies Senior Software QA Engineer
April 2003 - December 2003; Cambridge, MA
Job Duties:
 Tested the company’s dynamic web platform.
 Maintained the server hardware and build scripts.
Verbind Software Senior Software QA Engineer

2. 2
May 2002 - December 2002; Lexington, MA
Job Duties:
 Worked on a small team testing the “Lifetime Application.”
Ascential Systems/Torrent Systems Senior Software QA Engineer
June 2001 - December 2001; (acquired) Westborough, MA
Torrent Systems Senior Software QA Engineer
May 2000 - June 2001; Cambridge, MA
Kenan Systems/Lucent Technologies Sr. Software QA Engineer
September 1997 - May 2000; Cambridge, MA
BankBoston Systems Developer
April 1994 - September 1997; Waltham, MA
Training and Certifications
 Web: AWS, WebLogic, WebSphere, TC Server, and Apache
 Database: Oracle 9. 10, 11
 OS: UNIX, Windows
 Language: C/C++, Java, HTML, Javascript, and Python
 Test Frameworks: jython, junit
 Other: App Scan, Perl
 Java Certification: WPI (2002)
 Agile Software Development Methodologies
Community Organizations & Service
Fraternal / Community Organizations
 Elected as a Senior Officer to preside over the organization’s membership.
 Appointed as a District Ambassador to the State Office.
 Manage the organization’s social media channels (including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter,
etc.).
 Appointed to the Membership Development Committee of the State Office.
 Fundraising (example: I helped organize a fundraiser for cardiac research that raised over
$10,000).
 Received an honorary commendation from the State Office for running successful membership
drives and community events.
Leadership Institute (2014-2015)
 One out of twenty chosen to participate in a year-long education series.
 Participated in team building exercises and other projects to improve engagement and develop a
path forward for the organization.
 Contributed to team project and presented to the State Leadership.