Philip is a technology professional with experience in leadership roles in software testing, digital project delivery and agile software development. He also has extensive experience in hands-on software testing and test automation.
His industry experience includes working for startups and corporations involved in these domains;
e-commerce, retail tech, hospitality tech, CMS, digital media, ad tech, video streaming. For more details on specific projects and links to examples and code samples, scroll down to the Pottfolio section.
Large scale web applications | APIs | Mobile apps | Payment gateways | Video players | POS systems | Database | CRM
Selenium Webdriver framework with PHP to test an Online Retail site | Java/TestNG to test an OVP | Selenium IDE
Jira | Zephyr | TestRail | Browserstack | Chrome Dev Tools | REST Client | Postman| Charles Proxy | Wireshark| Github
Test Planning | Test Design | Defect reporting | Prioritisation | Delegation
Stakeholder management | Staff performance managment | Recruiting | Mentoring & Training | Task estimation
Amazon EC2 | WordPress VIP | Woocommerce | Google Ad Manager | Adobe Analytics | Akamai AMD | Brightcove
> View some sample work on Github
Sep 2022 to June 2023
> View the me&u mobile web app (mobile browser required)
I was the QA Team Lead for an at-table ordering platform used to order & pay for food and drinks in hospitality venues. me&u was voted number 6 for LinkedIn's best startups of 2022. I was involded with functional, end-to-end and UAT testing for mobile web (PWA) and native mobile apps, as well as leading a team of 5 QA engineers.
Sep 2021 to April 2022
> View TheTot shopping website
> View the test automation sample code on my Github
I was the test engineer on a WordPress-based ecommerce platform including testing Woocommerce, payment gateways and inventory integration.
Testing involved functional, integration and end-to-end testing, including using the AXE tool to provide test reports for WCAG compliance
Test automation of regression tests using Selenium Webdriver and Gulp.js
Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
> View news.com.au consumer site
> View HTML5 video player code examples on my Codepen
I was the Platform Lead on the following projects;
Other projects I lead include;
Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
Platform Lead for the migration of the video platform and the integration and ingestion stack from Ooyala to Brightcove. This migration included a rewrite of the backend and working with the product vendor to perform an asset migration from the legacy platform to the new platform.
Apr 2016
Lead Test Engineer on the migration of the Marketing Cloud to a new API and WordPress VIP. The platform is used for sending newsletters to subscribers. Testing the platform with the next generation CMS and API to ensure the new API integrates with the existing ExactTarget implementation.
Oct 2015
Test Lead on the backend editorial systems for the Tablet and Mobile apps in the Content Integration Team. This involves functional testing RESTful interfaces for data, and content delivery for the News Corp suite of mobile apps and Apple News.
Apr 2015 - Nov 2016
Test engineer on the roll-out of a new video player for News Corp's properties. The player is a customised version of Brightcove's HTML5 Perform video player. Testing was involved with CMS integration, ad serving integration, analytics integration, integration with News Corp's existing Ooyala video platform and general functional testing. I was also involved with supporting deployments and production on the CMS.
Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
I was the lead Test Engineer on a project to implement a new video CMS at News Corp. The platform is based on a heavily customised version of Entermedia's open-source DAM. The testing was involved with integration, API and system testing. The system replaced a legacy platform to manage Newscorp's entire catalogue of over 100,000 videos and integrates with existing editorial systems.
Feb 2013 - Oct 2013
I was the Test Manager on a project to roll-out a new ad booking platform called AdPoint at News Corp Australia. The project involved testing the new ad sales system and integration testing with the existing digital Ad server, Doubleclick for Publishers. I lead a team of up to 5 Test Analysts.
Jan 2010 - Aug 2011
I was part of the software development team for the Domain.com.au smartphone applications. Winner of the Best Audience Migration to Mobile Technology at the 2011 Australian Mobile Awards.
I was the test lead for the original Domain.com.au iPad application. It was nominated for Best Classifieds iPad application at the 2011 Australian Media Industry Awards.
Top 5 Clifton Strengths;
Developer | Deliberative | Analytical | Consistency | Adaptability
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