1. Alex Fu
20 Anayah Apartments, 54B Trundleys Road, London, SE8 5JG
E-mail: alex_kwok_ching@hotmail.com; Mobile: +44 (0)7766395988
Nationality: British
Personal Profile
I am an ISEB Foundation qualified, perceptive,goal orientatedindividual who exhibits a strong, distinctive, and above allbalanceof
creative and conceptual expertise. I ama confident andpro-activeself-starter tester. I operateextremely well under pressureand can
work well individually and as part ofa team.
I have beenworking in thetesting industry since2006 which include working indemanding financial services sector suchas London
Clearing House(LCH.Clearnet), BP OilInternational Ltd and Trafigura; media giant Associated Newspapers whichis part ofDMGT(Daily
Mail and General Trust); Vodafone, one ofthe largest Telecommunications network providers in the industry; Asos.com, UK's largest
independent onlinefashionand beautyretailer;andLinklaters LLP, oneofthebiggest,most successful andelitemultinational lawfirms
Proficiencies
Agile, Agresso (Version5.5.0SP3),AmazonWeb Services (AWS), AssetControl, Atlassian, Atlassian Confluence, AWS, BackOffice Testing,
Bamboo, Baregrep, Baretail,BatchFiles, Behaviour Driven Development(BDD), Browser CompatibilityTesting, C#, Ciphergraph,
Clearcase, Cloud, CommandLineInterface(CLI), Confluence,Continuous Integration, Coverage Analysis, Cucumber JVM, Cygwin,
Daemon,Data Integrity, Defect Management,End ofDay(EoD), End-to-EndTesting (E2E), Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP), Excel,
Fiddler2, FitNesse, Front End Testing, Functional Testing,Git,GitBash, Gomez, Gradle, HPQuality Centre(QC), HTTP, IntegrationTesting,
Intralinks, Java,Jira,J-Meter, JSON,Linux, LoadTesting, Log Analysis,Maven,Mercury Quality Centre(QC), Microsoft SQL Server,
NetBeans,Non-Functional Testing, Openlink, Oracle Database,PerformanceTesting,pgAdmin III, Postman, Profit andLoss (P&L),
ProgreSQL, Putty,Quick Test Pro(QTP), RegressionTesting, RepresentationalStateTransfer (ReST), Retrospective, S3, Sanity Testing,
Scrum, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC,Serenity (Thucydides), Server and ClientTesting, Shell Scripting, Sonatype Nexus,SpiraTeam,Spread
Calculation, SprintPlanning, SQL,SQL Developer, Stash (BitBucket Server), Swagger, SWIFT, System Testing,Team Foundation Server
(TFS), Test Automation, TFS Dashboard,Toad, UserAcceptanceTesting (UAT), VBA, VersionOne, VisualBasic(VB), VisualBasic for
Application(VBA), VMWarePlayer, WinSCP, XML
EmploymentExperience
BJSS Ltd is an established,leading ITconsultancy ofover 300technologists delivering ITarchitecture, projectmanagement,
softwaredesign, development and testing services toaninternational clientbase. Foundedin 1993 withoffices in London
and Leeds,thecompanycontinues to experiencestrong growth thanks to a 100% track record ofrepeat business from
clients in thecapital markets, energy trading andretail sectors whohave adoptedits BJSSEnterprise Agileapproach to
complex softwaredelivery.
Technical Testerfrom 25/04/2016to present(2 months and 16 days)
Royal Bank ofScotland
(RBS)
is a Britishbanking and insuranceholding company, basedin Edinburgh, Scotland. Thegroupoperates a
wide variety ofbanking brands offering personaland business and privatebanking,insuranceand
corporatefinancethroughits offices locatedin Europe, North America and Asia. It owns Citizens Financial
Group, the 8th largest bank in the UnitedStates, and from2004to 2009it was the second largest
shareholderin the BankofChina,itselfthe world's fifthlargestbank by market capitalisationin February
2008.
Digital Innovation Platform
(DIP)Security
The aim ofthis projectwas toencrypt sensitive customer data stored intheplatform,and
decryption ofthedata whenrequiredby theapplication
Involvement • Used Git Bash to trigger test automation and log fileinspection
• Wrote shell scripts for Linux Daemons, which createdbackups and stored them on AWS
S3 buckets using AWS Command LineInterface(CLI)
• Performedtesting on installation,back-upand restorefor Atlassianproducts including
Confluence, Bamboo, Jira, Stash (BitBucket Server) and SonatypeNexus
• Worked in Agile environment, attended daily scrum,sprint planning and retrospective
meetings
• Used J-Meter for Non-Functional, Baselining, Load and PerformanceTesting
• Created automated SanityTesting suite using Java withCucumberJVMin NetBeans, to
test services APIs, and the connection tothird parties APIs
2. • Scriptedautomated tests to verify backend systems andintegrations on the APIlevel
using Representational StateTransfer (ReST)
• Automated sanity packon testand productionenvironments
• Created use cases and test scenarios in Behaviour Driven Development(BDD) form
• Accessed artifacts located intheAmazon Web Services (AWS) cloudusing Ciphergraph
• Managed project builds using Maven and Gradle
• Queried ProgresSQL databases using pgAdmin III
• Uploaded codes in Stash (BitBucket Server) using Git
• Executedautomated tests and reported results to the team andsenior management
using Serenity(Thucydides) reports
• Created and maintained documents andknowledge transfer using both Intralinks and
Confluence
• Sent HTTP requests endpoints, andanalysed responses using Postman
• Handled requests and responses inJSON format
• Created and maintained tasks inJira to reflect progress
• Scheduled automation tests to beexecuteddaily in Bambooto monitor environment
and master branch status
• Worked closely with developer to create automated tests thatwould increasetheir
efficiencyin verificationas they developed
• Presented in"Show and tell" bi-weekly meetings to inform oftheteam whathad been
achieved
Technical Testerfrom 04/04/2016to 21/04/2016(17 days)
LinklatersLLP is a multinational lawfirm headquarteredin London,UnitedKingdom. Itwas founded in1838 and is a
member oftheMagic CircleofeliteBritishlaw firms.In 2015, Linklaters was theworld's fourth highest-
grossing lawfirm,andthemostprofitable member oftheMagic Circle. In the UK, thefirmhas top-tier
rankings across many practiceareas,including corporate/M&A, capitalmarkets,banking and finance.
Linklaters counts moreFTSE100companies among its clients thanany otherlaw firm. In the 2012 Global
Elite BrandIndex,Linklaters was namedthethirdstrongest globallaw firmbrand.
Email Management This project delivered cloud basedNetDocuments Emailsolution.The objectiveofthis
project was to develop anapp thatcan beinstalledon tablets and smartphones which
allowedusers tofile, search andretrieveemails from theNetDocuments cloud
Involvement
• Created testscenarios in Behaviour Driven Developmentbasedon provideddocuments
Technical Testerfrom 04/01/2015to 31/01/2016(1 year and 27 days)
Royal Bank ofScotland
(RBS)
Living Consistedof development ofthreeiOS banking applications (apps): ManageMoney,
HomeMove and Spendorama. Theseapps helptheclient's customers totake controlof
their finances; throughtheprocess ofbuying theirfirst home andlearn more abouttheir
spending, respectively.
Involvement • Created use cases and test scenarios in Behaviour Driven Development(BDD) form
• Used Ciphergraph tocreatea secure connection toAmazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
• Created a test automation framework inJava using Cucumber JVMandNetBeans,to test
services API, located in AWS
• Managed projects buildusing Maven and Gradle
• ScriptedSQL in pgAdminIII toquery ProgreSQL inAWS
• Created tests and maintained the testing framework inStash(BitBucketServer) using Git
locatedin AWS
• Executedautomated tests and reported results in Serenity (Thucydides) reports
• Created and maintained documentation for the applicationunderteston Intralinks
• Peer revieweduserscenarios written by members oftheteam
• Communicated with endpoints,documented by Swagger, using Postman
• Handled requests and responses inJSON format
• Created, updated andcloseddefects using Jira
• Started andmonitored automaton tests progress in Bamboo
3. • Presented toproductownerandworking governance group oftesting strategy and
progress
• Performedmanualfunctional, regression andUser AcceptanceTesting (UAT)
Automation Tester from29/10/2013to 31/12/2014 (1 year, 2 months and 2 days)
Trafigura Ltd is one ofthe world's leading independent commoditytrading and logistics houses. Their business is
advancing trade for a growing array ofcustomers andcounterparties aroundtheworld.The company
directlyemploys over8,000peoplethrougha network of167 offices in58countries. Theysource,store,
blend anddeliveressentialraw materials andcommodities.
Titan This project aimedto improvethebusiness processes andtheITsystems oftheRefined
Metals business. Thesystem’s corefunctions wereto facilitatefastandsimpledealentry,
to store thesedetails in a traderepository, and generatetrade supporting documentation
such as DealTickets and LegalContracts using document generationtooltherebyreducing
the manualduplicationoftradedetails.
Involvement • Created and maintained automated test scripts inFitNessefor useinregression and
integration testing streams
• Executedautomation regressionsuites and reported impediments, progress andresults
to interestedparties
• Raisedand tracked Fixture andstory requests for FitNesse,andsystemdefects using
VersionOne
• Analysed environment issues and defects using Putty,WinSCPand SQL Developer on
appropriateservers
• Maintenanceof documentations ondocumentrepository suchas Confluence
• Manual testing, including spreadcalculation andverification baseon business
requirements and documentations
• Designed and wrote automation test scripts based on acceptancecriteria defined by the
business
• Performedmanualfunctional, regression andintegration testing
• Liaisedwith projectmanagers, business analysts and developers on differentteams
• Mentored andtrainedtestteammembers andconducted knowledge transfer sessions
• Co-ordinated testing with onshoreand offshore teams
Technical Testerfrom 01/06/2011to 28/10/2013(2 years, 4 months and 27days)
BP Oil International Ltd operates as a financial services company.It deals with forwards and contracts for BPplc. The company
was incorporated in1936and is basedin London,theUnitedKingdom. BPOil International Ltd operates
as a subsidiary ofBP plc.
Timely, Connected, Trusted
(TCT)
TCT enabled straightthroughprocessing oftrades in business “real time”, producing
timely and accurate exposurereporting and automatedsettlementpricing througha
single pricing engine.It eliminated manual data managementandreconciliation,enabling
a single trusted data storeoftransactionalinformationused byfront office, risk,control
and compliance. It transformedBP Global Oilinto a connectedorganisation that is value-
adding through front,middle and back.
Involvement • Tested within Enterprise Agile framework,formally scoping and defining tests conditions
and testcases from stories with business analysts tovalidatenew defects, functionalities
and coverage
• Automated tests using bespoketestautomation framework called RedBox,prior to
promotioninto continuous integrationregression pack
• PerformedServer &Client Testing
• Analysed errors inlog files produced by various sub-systems using Baretail
• Queried againstOracledatabases to validate results using SQL Developer
• Validated XML messages sent and received by various systems against technical
specifications
• Performedend-to-end andintegration tests on features prior tohandover for
acceptance
• Worked closely with Developers and Business Analysts to understand and resolve
defects onbusiness areas
• Validated Profit &Loss (P&L) calculations and attribution
• Validated End ofDay processing
4. • Validated shipmentand related parcel andIn Transitfunctionalities
• Managed andcloseddefects prior to handover toacceptance phases
• Entered trades for testing using Openlink andFrontOffice Trading Application(Next
Generation Deal Entry)
• Used VMWareplayerto build local environmentand databasefor test automation
• Used Baregrep tosearchand locatespecific test(s)
• Used Fiddler2 tocaptureHTTP and HTTPS traffics between sub-systems
• Used Cygwinto send command to controland configuretests andenvironments
• Used WinSCP tolog into different servers toinspect log files for error and configuration
ofsub-systems
• Managed defects using Jira
• Maintained andupdatedreference data using Asset Control
• Used Clearcaseas versioncontrol ofautomationtestscripts
ASOS.com is the UK's largest independent onlinefashionand beauty retailer.With over 19,400 branded and own labelproducts
availableand1000newlines addedeachweek,asos.comis rapidlybecoming themarket leader intheUK onlinefashion
world. Asos.com attracts over4.5millionunique visitors a month and has over 1.88millionregistered users.
Quality AssuranceArchitect from01/09/2010to 31/05/2011 (8 months and30days)
Checkout.Re-Skin This project focusedon re-skinning all oftheASOS secure pages to match thoseofnew
designs supplied bythebusiness,as wellas verificationofminor texts andfunctionalities
changes.
Involvement • Created and executed tests for newfunctionalities andUI changes, andraised defects in
HP Quality Centre
• Developed automatedscripts using Selenium IDEfor a anonline toolcalled“Gomez” to
perform UI designs comparison, andbrowsercompatibility testing
Test Automation The purposeofthis project was to setup an automatedregression test pack. The
automated testpack covered allmajorfunctionalities identifiedby thebusiness andthe
test team.
Involvement • Created and executed automated scripts in QTP writtenin Visual Basic(VB), to testboth
front and back end ofthewebsite
• Examinedraw data inMicrosoft SQL Server databaseusing SQL queries with Toad
• Assistedin designing anddeveloping tools, using Selenium RC inC#, whichallowed users
to perform browser compatibility testing
Quality AssuranceAnalystfrom 06/03/2009 to31/08/2010(1 year,5 months and 25 days)
Hierarchy This project introduced a revisedproduct Hierarchy into Asos.com BackOffice system.This
involved redefining thestructure ofthe product definition,changing the descriptions,
definitions and values contained in thefields in different areas.
Involvement • Reviewed requirements and Conditions ofAcceptance (CoA) set bythebusiness analyst,
and ensured they weretestable
• Liaisedwith architect and developers toperform back-end data process testing
• Wrote functional test scripts to coverdifferent business scenarios for boththefrontend
and back office.Test scripts werealso written to account for database checks to ensure
data integrity
• Wrote parameterisedSQL queries to improvetestexecutionefficiency
• Created parameterised test templates within Mercury Quality Centre(QC)
• Maintained the traceability oftest results to theoriginal requirements using QC
• Peer reviewedtestscripts
• Performedmanualregression testing,andsystemtesting
• Developeda QC to TeamFoundationServer (TFS) defect exporting tool, which allowed
testers toquickly sync defects loggedon QC to TFS. This tool was approved by senior test
management andwas rolledout todifferent teams
5. PayPal The aim ofthe ASOS PayPalIntegration Projectwas to offer PayPal as a payment method
for UK and InternationalCustomers. On selecting the PayPal payment option a customer
must sign in and pay for the order on the PayPal websiteand oncecompletedthey would
be navigated to theASOS orderconfirmation page
Involvement • PerformedIntegration testing for ASOS back officeand PayPal systems
ASOS Premier ASOS Premier was anannualsubscription programmethat allows a customer tohave
unlimited free nextday or nominated delivery;1 freepick up collectionfor every order
made; andto havefreereturn, allfor a flatfee,ensuring Asos.comis thebestofbreedin
offering delivery and returns services
Involvement • Was thesoletesterfor this project
• Reportedto the test manager the progress oftesting,such as the number oftest cases
created, executed, defects raised,and theoutstanding defectattheendofeach day
• Assistedfinance testing: Testedscenarios which weresuppliedby thefinance
department, captured theraw data generated fromthese scenarios fromthedatabase,
and sentthem tothefinance team for verification
• Defined defect life cycle process for testerand developers
• Managed defects using Mercury Quality Centre
• Maintained TFS Dashboard
Refining Improvement The objectiveofthis projectwas to enable customerto easily find theproducts that they
are interestedin purchasing
Involvement • Created a batchfiles to aid business analysts andthedevelopmentteamto
automatically updatehost files,whichallowed users to quickly switchbetween testing
environments
• Performedfunctional andregression testing
Testing
Circle Ltd
is a leading independentITrecruitment consultancy and specialist SoftwareTesting Solutions provider toleading Finance,
Retail,Mobileand bluechip organisations.
Quality AssuranceAnalystfrom 19/01/2009 to05/03/2009(1 month and 14 days)
ASOS.com
Site Redesign The objectiveofthis projectwas to improve thecustomer experienceoftheAsos.com
websiteby updating the look and feelofthesiteandimplementing a newsitenavigation
menu
Involvement • Created testscripts,executed tests and manageddefects using SpiraTeam
• Performedregression testing
Tescom Ltd is an internationalprofessional services firmproviding softwarequality assuranceand testing expertise, with over 500
professionals around theglobe. Tescom is tradedon the TelAviv Stock Exchange.
Test Analyst from28/07/2008to 27/10/2008 (2 months and 29days)
Associated Newspapers
Limited (ANL)
is the management company for fivemajor newspapers -Daily Mail,The Mail onSunday, Evening
Standard, London Metro,IrishMail on Sunday andtheadvertising publication Loot. ANL is also
responsiblefor Harmsworth Quays, the London Docklands plantatwhich itproduces allLondon, Southof
England andSouth Wales editions oftheTitles. Themedia giant had revenue of£955million and
operating profit of£99 million in 2006.
6. Project Columbus The aim ofthis projectwas tocustomise an EnterpriseResourcePlanning (ERP) off-the-
shelfsystem called Agressoto suittherequirementofANL. Agresso is a highly flexible,
integratedbusiness information system that offers a complete solutionfor finance, project
accounting,logistics, human resources and payrollfor medium tolargeorganisations.
Involvement • Performedsystemtesting on Agresso,an EnterpriceResourcePlaning (ERP) system
• Developeda tool using VBAin MS Excel as a test managementtool,which hadthe
functionalities such as test scriptmanagement; defectmanagement; as wellas generation
ofuseful reports which werecustomisedspecifically to display theinformation and
statistics needed by the senior management
• Worked closely with developers and a variety ofend users to ensuretechnical
compatibility and internal user satisfaction
• Travelled todifferent client’s sites, assisted business users in their User Acceptance
Testing (UAT) and coordinatedtheirtesting withthetestteambasedin head office
• Providedtraining and mentoring to new testers andusers
Test Analyst from26/11/2007to 27/06/2008 (7 months and 1 day)
LCH.Clearnet is the leading independent centralcounterpartygroupin Europe, serving major internationalexchanges
and platforms,equity, exchange-traded derivatives, energy, interbank interestrateswaps markets and
the majority oftheEuro-denominated andsterling bond and repomarkets.
SWORD was a book entry transfer system providing facilities for thetransfer oftitleofWarrants.
SWORD users includeLCH.Clearnet, London Metal Exchange(LME), Warehouse Agents,
Account Holders,Financing Banks and Depository
Involvement • Performedfunctional,integration andregression testing
• Managed defects using Mercury Quality Centre
webMAX was a browser-based user interfaceand is used by SIS (SegaInterSettle) clients tosettle
transactions in securities andsecurities-relatedproducts inreal time.Transmitted orders
were immediately confirmed bySIS via status intimations. Furthermore, webMAXallowed
clients to directly query theSECOMdatabase.
Involvement • Ensured theSWIFTmessages weresentand receivedin the correctformatbetween LCH
and webMAX gateway
• Liaisedwith testing teams in differentcompanies andco-ordinated testing
AssociateTest Consultantfrom 01/08/2006 to31/08/2007(1 year and30 days)
Vodafone UK is part ofthelargest mobiletelecommunications network companyin the worldby turnoverandhas a
market value ofabout £86 billion.
Involvement • Performedfunctional andregression testing on handsets across differentmobile
platform
• Used Mercury Quality Centrefor defectmanagement
• Used Exceland VBAand developedan“AutomatedDefects Report” basedon Vodafone
requirements for defect reporting. This resulted ina unified, automatedreportwhich the
client did notpreviously have, henceshortened the processing time whenraising defect
reports
• Used Exceland VBAand developed“Testing ControlStation” which allowed testers to
monitor their assigned tasks andtheir status extracted fromtheintranet. This was also
integratedwith “Automated Report Template” for instantdefects reporting,saving time
and money across thedevice testing area
Education and Qualifications
Institute Information System Examination Board
Qualification ISEB Foundation Qualification
Result Pass (85%)
Date May-07
7. Institute UK I.T. Training
Qualification European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Result Pass
Date March 2006- June2006
Institute University ofLondon, King’s CollegeLondon
Qualification MSc Digital Signal Processing
Result Pass with Merit(71%)
Date September 2004–November 2005
Institute University ofBath
Qualification BEng (Hons) Electronics & Electrical Engineering (Computing,Electronics and Communications)
Result Upper Second-Class Honour, 2:1(67%)
Date September 2001–June2004