Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Software
Certification
Interests
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Melissa Naar

Senior QA Analyst

Summary

Dynamic and motivated young professional. Skilled in exceptional communication skills, and making critical decisions during challenges.
Adaptable and transformational leader with an ability to work independently. Seeking to leverage my technical and professional expertise to learn and grow.

Overview

9
years of professional experience
12
years of post-secondary education
7
Certifications
5
Languages

Work History

Pinnacle
Willemstad

Senior QA Analyst
12.2021 - Current

Job overview

Responsibilities:

  • Support the product testing process
  • Perform regression testing
  • Track and communicate software build quality with the rest of the team.
  • Promote best testing practices, evaluate or recommend software for testing or bug tracking.
  • Maintain test plans and execution schedules.
  • Communicate with development team and business analysts on bug priorities and status changes.
  • Help to create acceptance criteria and tests for business requirements
  • Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs
  • Assist with the creation of functional tests for new and existing features
  • Manage integrations with other products
  • Monitor performance improvements of the software
  • Create automated testcases

Achievements :• Guided 5 trainees on Payments and Fraud domain, testing and procedures. • Perform UAT for several Payments and Fraud projects.

Rox Analytics
Willemstad

BI Analyst
06.2019 - 12.2020

Job overview

  • Develop BI reports and dashboard for clients in different sectors (Finance, • IT, and Insurance),
  • Support the product testing process
  • Create automated testcases
  • Assist with the creation of functional tests for new and existing features
  • Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs
  • Help to create acceptance criteria and tests for business requirements
  • Communicate with development team and business analysts on bug priorities and status changes
  • Maintain test plans and execution schedules
  • Track and communicate software build quality with the rest of the team
  • Perform regression testing

Pinnacle
Willemstad

QA Analyst
12.2015 - 05.2020

Job overview

Responsibilities:

  • Support the product testing process
  • Perform regression testing
  • Track and communicate software build quality with the rest of the team.
  • Promote best testing practices, evaluate or recommend software for testing or bug tracking.
  • Maintain test plans and execution schedules.
  • Communicate with development team and business analysts on bug priorities and status changes.
  • Help to create acceptance criteria and tests for business requirements
  • Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs
  • Assist with the creation of functional tests for new and existing features
  • Manage integrations with other products
  • Monitor performance improvements of the software
  • Create automated testcases



Achievements :

• Guided 5 trainees on Payments and Fraud domain, testing and procedures.
• Perform UAT for several Payments and Fraud projects.

Meteorological Department of Curacao, Development Department
willemstad

Android Application Developer
01.2015 - 05.2015

Job overview

Responsibilities :

• Develop a weather application for Android Smartphones


Conduct several researches :

  • Most efficient development process
  • Best Cross Platform Development tools
  • User friendly application
  • Smartphone OS market share on Curaçao


Refineria Isla Curaçao B.V, TSIO Networking
Willemstad

System Engineer (Internship)
08.2014 - 12.2014

Job overview

Responsibilities :

  • Replace IBM Proventia web filter with the new IBM XGS • 3100 web filter.
  • Document the whole process
  • Create User Manual


Achievements :

  • Worked at IT help desk

Education

University Of Curacao
Curacao

Bachelor of Science from Information And Communication Technology
08.2011 - 05.2015

University Overview

As a final project, I had to conduct several researches and also develop an Android weather application for the Meteorological Department of Curaçao.


Research :
• Most efficient development process
• Best Cross Platform Development tool
• User friendly application
• Smartphone OS market share on Curaçao

Peter Stuyvesant College
Curaçao

High School Diploma
08.2005 - 05.2011

University Overview

Final Paper Experiment
Course: Chemistry
Experiment: Investigate the alcohol percentage in wine (Casillero del diablo).

Stichting Curacao Academie
Willemstad

Pedagogisch Getuigschrift from Pedagogiek Getuigschrift
08.2019 - 01.2022

Skills

Communication

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Software

Jira Project tracking

ReadyApi

Certification

Cybersecurity Awareness - Phishing

Interests

Data Science

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Timeline

Senior QA Analyst

Pinnacle
12.2021 - Current

Stichting Curacao Academie

Pedagogisch Getuigschrift from Pedagogiek Getuigschrift
08.2019 - 01.2022

BI Analyst

Rox Analytics
06.2019 - 12.2020

Cybersecurity Awareness - Phishing

12-2018

Cybersecurity Awareness - Malware and Ramsomeware

12-2018

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level

05-2018

Anti-Money Laundering

12-2017

Data Privacy

07-2017

Security Awareness for IT

05-2017

Responsible Gaming and Corporate Responsibility

02-2017

QA Analyst

Pinnacle
12.2015 - 05.2020

Android Application Developer

Meteorological Department of Curacao, Development Department
01.2015 - 05.2015

System Engineer (Internship)

Refineria Isla Curaçao B.V, TSIO Networking
08.2014 - 12.2014

University Of Curacao

Bachelor of Science from Information And Communication Technology
08.2011 - 05.2015

Peter Stuyvesant College

High School Diploma
08.2005 - 05.2011
Melissa NaarSenior QA Analyst