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Olamilekan Salako

Summary

Organised and dependable Software Tester with 3 years of experience. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Identifying defect and ensuring that software applications meets the company's quality standards.

Proactive and delivered client training, created comprehensive WordPress CMS guides, writing test script, using tools like Jira, SQL, Postman, Katalon, Cypress, Ghost Inspector and managed client and partner expectations throughout the project lifecycle. Efficiently managed team projects and communications across global time zones using Slack and Zoom, leading to a 40% increase in project delivery efficiency ensuring clarity and satisfaction at every project stage.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Project Manager

Fatbee
City of London, London
01.2023 - Current
  • Planned staff and resources within business budgets for minimised expenditure.
  • Delivered products and services in line with agreed arrangements and contracts.
  • Working as both account manager and project manager on 10 website projects worth combined total of £1Mk
  • Mentored employees to maximise development potential.
  • Conducted quality assurance testing, including cross-browser testing, to ensure functionality, usability, and performance of web projects met established standards and requirements.
  • · Supporting clients through each milestone and providing relevant training or technical knowledge with CRM integrations.
  • Made sure contractual obligations were met ahead of agreed service delivery.

Scrum Master

Morson
London, England
03.2021 - 11.2022
  • Improved team morale by 20% by leading team-building activities, fostering open communication, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement
  • Led a cross-functional team of developers and designers in delivering a complex software project, exceeding project goals and delivering the product 2 months ahead of schedule. Utilized Scrum methodology and consistently facilitated effective sprint planning and retrospective meetings to drive progress.
  • Recognised backlogs and highlighted solutions to progress development sprints.
  • Advised on best scrum theory, rules and practices to improve operational agility.
  • Used dashboard on Jira to communicate to the project team and business on product status (states of epic completion)
  • Helping with testing Databases like SQL, RTM and API testing using POSTMAN.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to maintain programme investment and motivation.

Software Tester

Knight Software Solutions
London, England
04.2019 - 02.2021
  • Developed and executed test plan for critical software system, resulting in 50% reduction in software defects and 40% increase in software stability.
  • Used strong understanding of software testing methodologies and principles to continually improve testing processes.
  • Verified software functionality post-bug fixes to guarantee proper program operation.
  • Collaborated with developers and system engineer to identify and resolve software defects, resulting in 30% reduction in bug-related delays and 25% increase in overall code quality.
  • Identifying scenarios and understanding Requirements.
  • Testing and testing compatibility of external software and data types with internal systems.
  • Involved in full CI/CD process
  • Testing performed in Local and AWS environments.
  • Involved in Manual and Automation of test cases using Cypress, Katalon and Ghost Inspector.
  • Used LaMDA Test to perform real time cross-browser testing.

Assistant manager

EE
London, Lonodn
04.2018 - 09.2019
  • Maintained smooth-running business operations by delegating priorities to staff abilities.
  • Monitored health and safety measures for guaranteed compliance.
  • Led and managed administrative staff to maintain smooth daily operations.
  • Designed and implemented training to further develop staff based on business goals.
  • Translated senior management directives into actionable front-line policies and implemented changes with staff.
  • Identified and harness new retail opportunities
  • Built strong rapport with customers which allows the store upsell and cross-sell.
  • Led and gives daily morning briefing to set clear expectations and targeted team goals.

Test analyst

Adit Consult
london, london
05.2016 - 03.2018
  • Developed and executed comprehensive test plan for new software application, resulting in 30% reduction in software defects and 20% increase in customer satisfaction.
  • Created detailed test schedules, incorporating timeline dependencies on other areas.
  • Implemented automated testing processes, reducing testing time by 50% and increasing team productivity by 25%.
  • Built and maintained strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to help meet team objectives.
  • Implemented Agile development methodologies.
  • Created Manual test cases based on Behaviour-driven development (BDD) of the application.
  • Involved in Sanity, Functional, UAT and Regression Testing
  • Managed test data, documenting results of each test cycle to identify flaws.

Education

BEng - Computer Systems and Networks Engineering

London South Bank University
London

NVQ Level 3 - MDP Strategy & Leadership

CMAE

PSM 1 & 2

SCRUM.ORG
London

Software Testing Foundation level Certification

ISTQB
Lonodn

Project Management

Prince 2
UK

Skills

  • Defect tracking and management
  • Salesforce CRM
  • Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
  • Performance and load testing
  • Agile(Scrum), BDD Process, SQL, Jira, Zephyr,
  • TDD, UAT & SDLC
  • Manual / Automated testing tools and frameworks
  • Web Driver, TestNG, Selenium

JUnit, Cucumber, Java, Visual Studio, Postman, Cypress and Katalon

Web technologies: HTML, XML, JavaScript, JAVA (Basic), C#,









Certification

PSM 1 & 2

Prince 2


Affiliations

  • Playing Table-Tennis, Volunteering and Living an active lifestyle.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Project Manager

Fatbee
01.2023 - Current

Scrum Master

Morson
03.2021 - 11.2022

Software Tester

Knight Software Solutions
04.2019 - 02.2021

Assistant manager

EE
04.2018 - 09.2019

Test analyst

Adit Consult
05.2016 - 03.2018

BEng - Computer Systems and Networks Engineering

London South Bank University

NVQ Level 3 - MDP Strategy & Leadership

CMAE

PSM 1 & 2

SCRUM.ORG

Software Testing Foundation level Certification

ISTQB

Project Management

Prince 2
Olamilekan Salako