1. 1465 SE Traden Dr Todd Pardoe (515)-321-0266
Waukee, IA 50263 toddapardoe@gmail.com
Employment
Specialist IT App Development Nationwide Insurance June 2011 - present
 Test Lead for multipleAgile Scrum lines containinganywherefrom two to six test analysts.Technology
focuses on COBOL and ColdFusion applications.
 Served as a mentor trainingother testers within the organization when IT areas began converting from
Waterfall to Agile methodologies.
 Proficientin test scriptingand execution. 70-75% of test scriptingautomated with the use of Ruby.
Automated tests written in Gherkin/Cucumber for readability by business partners.
 Mentoring/Onboarding/Trainingof new contractingand full time test analysts as well as TestLeads.
Trainingfocuses on test scriptingusingMercury Quality Center, writingautomated scripts usingRuby and
Agile Scrum methodology.
 Participateon CI focus group to driveContinuous Improvement throughout the company’s Agile lines.The
purpose of these meetings is to decrease the cost of projects by increasingefficiency.Issues are
addressed through the A3 process to outlinethe problem/solution.Examples of issues thatI have worked
on address technical debtand root causeanalysisfor defects duringsprinttesting.
Specialist IT Analyst March 2008 - June 2011
 Test Lead for multiplelargeprojects usingWaterfall methodology.
 Analyzed largeambiguous requirements documents to formulate questions back to business partners for
clarification prior to test scripting.
 Test team sizebetween two to six analysts.
 Technology focused on Waterfall methodology
 Trained new testing staff on testing tools such as Quality Center and the company’s sales and backend
applications.
Sr IT Quality Assurance Analyst August 2005 – March 2008
 Served as a Test Analystfor multiplelargeprojects usingWaterfall methodology.
 Scripted and executed manual tests usingMercury Quality Center.
Quality Assurance Coordinator February 2001 – August 2005
 Audited Personal Lines Insuranceareas within theorganization to ensure quality standards in referenceto
Underwriting and Compliancewere being met.
Licensed Insurance Agent
 Sold and serviced Personal Lines insurancecontracts to customers. June 1999 – February 2001
Technical Experience
 Mercury Quality Center
 Rational Team Concert
 Ruby; Gherkin/Cucumber

2. Education
 BA in Business Management with minor in Financeand Insurance –Simpson 2006
 Associates in Personal Lines insurance –InsuranceInstituteof America September 200
Certifications
 Certified Scrum Master
 Certified AgileTester
Other classes
 COBOL