James Wilson has over 25 years of experience in testing for the financial services sector. He is currently a Quality Assurance SME and Test Lead at Lloyds Banking Group where he manages a team of 11 test analysts. Prior to this, he held roles as a Business Test Lead and Test Analyst at Lloyds Banking Group and various other companies. He has extensive experience in test planning, execution, defect tracking, and environment management.

1. Curriculum Vitae
James D Wilson B.Eng (Hons)
89 Montreal Avenue, Bristol - Tel : 07814 500 589
Email: Jim_wilson99@yahoo.com
Personal profile
I am an enthusiastic, self-driven individual with strong interpersonal skills. I am vastly experienced in the
Financial services sector, specifically within Quality Assurance and Testing. I am ISEB/ISTQB qualified, and
have extensive experience of both System and Business Testing. I am a highly competent Test lead and Test
analyst. I regard Stakeholder management as a key strength
Personal details
Nationality: British Date of birth: 16th
July 1971 Marital status: Married Clean driving license: Yes
Relevant education and qualifications
2010: ISEB/ISTQB Testing Intermediate: Achieved Intermediate qualification
2007 : ISEB Testing Foundation: Achieved ISEB foundation qualification
2006 : FAST : Achieved qualification as a FAST Approved Software manager
2005 : Six Sigma ‘Yellow belt’
2003: ITIL foundation certificate,
1992 - 1996: University of Central England, Birmingham. Bachelor of Engineering degree
1987 - 1991: North Devon Technical College, Barnstaple, North Devon.
1982 - 1987: Braunton Comprehensive School, Braunton, North Devon.
Testing skill set
I have over nine years’ experience of Testing throughout the change lifecycle, including; Component,
Integration, Functional, User Acceptance and Performance - Proficient in Test Director, Quality Centre and
ALM - Extensive testing in Pension, Insurance and Investment products - Business Test lead on large banking
retail programme- SQL, Query Analyzer experience - Web based testing to include Portals, schema validation
and xml injection - Environment management - Risk Management - System and UAT test analyst - Test
Estimation - Report writing to include MTP & EOTR - Cross Browser Testing - Defect Analysis – Regression
testing, Post Live Support
Employment history
February 2013 to present – Lloyds Banking Group - Quality Assurance SME -Test lead:
• Manage the Testing resource through the Life cycle of test window and SDLC ensuring performance is
in line with agreed plans and monitored at all times
• Leading a team of 11 test analysts (offshore partner resource) on the flagship web based/portal pension
Insurance project for 2015
• Hands on test execution on Web based/Portal project. Tasks include; Calculations testing, Schema
validation and Underwriting policy tests on eC Platform
• Work closely and collaboratively with Project Managers, Release Management, Development team and
Business stakeholders
• Ensure Project deliverables , milestones and testing stages are communicated to Partner resource and
managed accordingly
• Own Risk log ensuring all Risks are raised by Offshore delivery teams and subsequently highlighted,
managed and owned
• Manage the Offshore relationship for Testing Environment provision
• Quality check and review detailed documentation provided by Off shore provider
• Produce/Review platform deliverables in scope to support change within agreed timescale
• Engage at Initiation stage of project ensuring Testing have early sight of project requirements
• Review and approve Test Estimates

2. 2012 May to February 2013 - Lloyds Banking Group - Business Test lead
• Help define the Test strategy and approach for Business Testing
• Communicated Test strategy to Business stakeholders ensuring buy in to Test approach
• Ownership of Business Test plan, ensuring agreed Test approach and time lines for each project.
• Ownership of Business Testing throughout the end to end process
• Presentation of End of Test report to Business Stakeholders
• Defining Business Testing to be carried out confirming scope and ensuring resource in place
• Business Test ownership of number of projects across multiple workstreams
• Translating Business Requirements and detailed scope (where available) into clear Business Tests
• Coordinated, engaged with and managed Business Test resource, ensuring they bought into approach
and kept to Test window milestone dates
• Holistic view across programme of projects ensuring that any hot spots and resource peaks were
communicated to the Test programme manager
• Chairing Business Test planning workshops
• Attending and contributing to Risk based workshop
• Defined and created a Post Live Support Warranty process to be used across the whole Programme.
Close working relationship and dialogue with QA functional test teams.
• Reviewing QA Master Test plans and agreeing Exit criteria from Functional Testing through to
Business Testing
• Provided Test support to pilot and proof of concept projects
2007 (Apr) to May 2012 – Lloyds Banking Group – Test Analyst/Environment co-ordinator
• Designed test plans and test cases from Detailed Design Specifications and Use Cases
• Executed test scripts, recording evidence in Quality Centre and raising defects where appropriate
• Ensuring that there is full Requirements traceability and the end user is delivered software as expected
• Risk assessment when establishing test coverage. Chair Risk based workshops with all stakeholders
• Create Master Test plan, kept all stakeholders fully abreast of testing progress
• Full Management of Test plans to ensure successful delivery
• Implementing Test cases within the defined polices, processes and practices
• Coordinate provision of all system environments across Insurance platform for each quarterly Systems
release
• Chaired weekly Data gathering meetings throughout a Release.
• Translate Requirements, Design and Use Case documentation in to documentation that is clear to
understand for business and non technical people.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements in the Testing life cycle
• Supporting Business Acceptance Testing/UAT in technical issues with regard Environment builds
• Using Query analyzer and SQL server manager to manipulate and seek data
• Attendance of regular defect panels, and ownership taken of all defects I raise
• On site Beta testing on System release dates.
• Use of Quick Test Professional as a script capture tool to run mainframe batches
• Fully proficient in Quality centre (Test Director).
Further historical employment
2006 - 2007: HBOS - Senior IT specialist within IT Asset management
2001 - 2006 : AXA Tech/Getronics - Senior Change management/Project co-ordinator analyst
2000 - 2001: AXA Sunlife, Bristol. - IT support (second level) administrator.
1996 - 1999: BT/BT Cellnet, Bristol. – Technical sales team leader
1988 - 1992: CJ Bonner Electrical Engineers Ltd, Barnstaple, North Devon. - Apprentice
Hobbies and interests
Past times include; Youth football coaching, Surfing , Cycling, Golf, Basketball and an avid reader. Further to
this I am socially confident and outgoing, I am learning to play guitar and enjoy attending live music events
Referees
Pete Quin – Lloyds Banking Group
Tel: 07968 479740
email : petequin@lloydsbanking.com

3. Richard Potter – Steria Group
Tel: 07966 825 223
Email: Richard.Potter@steria.co.uk