Jonathan Vaughan
Address: 30-38
rue Louis Blanc, 93310 Le Pré St. Gervais, France
tel: +33 (0)1.48.46.19.66 email:
Date of birth: 8.3.77 Nationality: British Status:
Married
Education
1995-98 St.
John’s College, Cambridge University
BA
Hons. Mathematics: 2.1
1991-95 Ashby
Grammar School
A
level: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, General Studies; all grade A
9 GCSEs (including French); all grade A
Employment History
XandMail, Paris (La Courneuve), France (July 2002 – present)
Web-based email software for ISPs, currently running
45 million mailboxes worldwide
·
Responsible
for defining the company’s test structure and managing a small QA team
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Exploited
knowledge of underlying web technologies to dramatically increase test
efficiency
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Prepared
and presented hands-on HTML tutorial for test team and project managers
Pi Research,
Cambridge
(September 1998 – December 2001)
Data logging and telemetry
systems for Formula 1 motor racing
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Managed
testing for 10-man project team supplying calibration tool to BMW race
engineers
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Planned,
wrote and maintained automated test suites of 400 scripts for two complex
applications
·
Played
a key role in user interface design for new data analysis tool
Courses attended
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Principles
of Software Testing (Anglia
University) 2 days
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C++
and the STL (QA Training,
London) 5 days
Experience
writing/debugging: C/C++, JavaScript, Perl, HTML, TeX
Clear
understanding of different testing approaches and their implementation
Test
automation of Win32 applications using Rational Visual Test
Good
working knowledge of Unix systems (Solaris/Linux)
Strong
logical and analytical skills
Spoken
and written French
Interests
Puzzles
Set up 150-strong Internet team to crack Stage 9 of Simon Singh’s
Cipher Challenge
Solved 4-D Rubik’s cube, one of only
fourteen people to do so
Play violin and trumpet to a high
standard (achieved Grade VIII for both in 1995)
Competed in Modern and Latin
Ballroom, also enjoy Argentine Tango
References
Available upon request