Alphonse George
About Alphonse George
Alphonse George is a Software Developer In Test at Fannie Mae with over 18 years of experience in software design, development, and testing.
Company
Alphonse George currently works at Fannie Mae, where he holds dual roles as a Software Developer In Test and as a Systems Analyst/Project Team Lead. In these positions, he works on projects such as the FannieMae Invoicing application and leads application/automation projects involving .NET and Java technologies.
Previous Companies
Before joining Fannie Mae, Alphonse George worked at AT&T as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst from 2008 to 2010 in Dallas. Prior to that, he was a Mainframe Developer and Tester at Bank of America from 2006 to 2008, also in Dallas. His responsibilities at these organizations included performing Production Validation Testing, Middleware testing, and Web testing.
Education and Expertise
Alphonse George completed his M.C.A in Computer Applications at St. Joseph's College, Trichy, India from 1995 to 1998. He also earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Holy Cross College, Nagercoil, India, studying from 1992 to 1995. He holds certifications as a Project Management Professional and Scrum Master, adding to his over 18 years of experience in Software Design, Development, and Testing.
Software Development and Testing Skills
Alphonse George is proficient in various types of testing including Unit, Functional, Integration, Regression, User Acceptance, and System Testing. He is experienced in writing PL/SQL (Stored Procedures, Triggers, Cursors, Functions) and SQL statements for databases like ORACLE and DB2. He also uses tools like Selenium and Cucumber for testing Salesforce applications, and maintains and enhances automation frameworks.
Project Management and Agile Expertise
In his role as a Project Team Lead at Fannie Mae, Alphonse George works in an Agile environment, utilizing Jira for planning and tracking. He is skilled in interacting with developers and business analysts regarding testing status and tracking using tools like Quality Center, Test Director, and Z-Tracker. His expertise extends to customizing and designing sites in SharePoint 2013 and using SVN as a code repository.