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Rommel Brylle Foronda

Test Manager
Southbank,VIC

Summary

With 12 years of software testing experience, Brylle is a certified ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst and certified SAFe and ITIL practitioner, currently engaged in a toll-road company in Australia with operations across various states as well as in North America. As a test manager that supports the ERP platform, his responsibilities include but not limited to test management, resource forecasting and allocation, defect management, UAT support and coordination for Workday and other integrating systems used within Finance and Corporate Services. He also manages the Selenium automation team by defining their goals and measure success by actively doing code reviews, and align the team to Agile methodologies. Brylle is also a champion of continuous process improvements within the organisation creating a pivotal transformation and efficiencies with the ways of working in Testing Services. He is also one of the career counsellors (EX Lead) at Planit, guiding employees throughout their journeys in career progressions.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Consultant I

Planit Test Management Solutions
Melbourne, VIC
07.2017 - Current

As a Consultant, Brylle is an expert in the software testing field and is capable of working across highly complex environments, influencing, advising and leading both teams and stakeholders. He specialises in Functional Testing as a key testing discipline and operates in a second discipline which is in the Automation space. As a Consultant, he is able to advise on the most effective ways to set up solutions in both traditional and Agile environments. He plans and delivers solutions to the agreed timescales and to the highest levels of quality.

  • Manages test resources across various projects under the ERP delivery portfolio working on Workday and integrations to support P&C, Finance, and Procurement operations
  • Test delivery governance across the enterprise across different portfolios and report metrics and risks to Account Director
  • Resource allocation, forecast, estimation and project oversight
  • Test strategy, planning, design and execution
  • Analyse and report on test metrics to ensure on-time delivery
  • Raise risk and provide mitigation plan of action to stakeholders
  • Continuous improvement on the overarching testing processes
  • Lead the automation team by defining goals and then measure successes

Senior Test Engineer

Bayview Technologies
Makati, Philippines
06.2012 - 06.2017

As a Senior Quality Analyst, Brylle was an established part of the Consultancy model and are integral to the company's ability to deliver quality and testing solutions. He was able to operate effectively in either traditional or agile environments. His initiative and drive mean to deliver the allocated work to time and quality. He was able to complete tasks independently using his practical experience and have the foresight to seek senior guidance when required. I was able to comfortably work from small to medium complexity environments.

  • Coordinated with other project test leads via Scrum of Scrums for impact assessment and scope alignment for System Integration Test (SIT) to ensure full requirement coverage and avoid repetition of tests
  • Collaborated with the Scrum team for project health and velocity
  • Identified project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID) and assessed project and business operation impact
  • Reviewed business requirements and provided feedback to the systems/business analysts
  • Responsible for test planning, strategy and estimations
  • Monitored and measured sprint testing activities’ progress
  • Led and guided mid-level QAs on their testing tasks, career goals and provided coaching to them
  • Responsible for the end-to-end testing for the migration of existing payment methods to payment processor
  • Provided checklist and assisted the business team on their UAT tasks and helped in the investigation of issues encountered
  • Facilitated defect triage for bug prioritisation using the JIRA project dashboard
  • Created, updated and executed test scripts using Selenium framework

Software Engineer

Accenture
Makati, Philippines
02.2010 - 05.2012

As a Software Engineer, Brylle was at the beginning of his career in the testing and quality industry, and to build the right foundations, he was constantly learning and applying good testing processes. He was able to deliver allocated pieces of work to agreed timeframes, within a quality framework and in collaboration with senior stakeholders.

  • Involved in the downstream project which includes processes on its final step in the oil and gas workflow for product preparation and usage
  • Attended training at the client site in California, USA, for shadowing, reverse shadowing activities and on-the-job training
  • Reviewed software specifications and generated comprehensive review points
  • Verified that the monthly release for SAP did not affect any of the functionalities for client-facing web applications
  • Responsible for the creation, maintaining, and running of automated test scripts for e-Ordering system using HP-QTP
  • Prepared UAT test scripts for client use

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Polytechnic University of The Philippines
Taguig, Philippines
06.2004 - 04.2009

Skills

Test Management

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Certification

ISTQB - Certified Tester Foundation Level

Timeline

ITIL Foundation Level

11-2022

SAFe 4 Practitioner

06-2020

ISTQB - Certified Test Advanced Level (Test Analyst)

08-2019

Consultant I

Planit Test Management Solutions
07.2017 - Current

ISTQB - Certified Tester Foundation Level

12-2015

Senior Test Engineer

Bayview Technologies
06.2012 - 06.2017

Software Engineer

Accenture
02.2010 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Polytechnic University of The Philippines
06.2004 - 04.2009
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