Erin Gardner
About Erin Gardner
Erin Gardner is a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at MD Financial Management, where she has worked since 2014. She specializes in testing RESTful web services and leads quality assurance projects for various financial software applications.
Current Role at MD Financial Management
Erin Gardner serves as a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at MD Financial Management, a position she has held since 2014. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the quality assurance processes for the company's wealth management software, MDEXO. She leads the QA project, which includes executing regression scripts and creating new feature scripts. Additionally, she acts as an embedded tester on the MD1/My MD Agile development team, ensuring that the software meets the required quality standards.
Education and Academic Background
Erin Gardner completed her secondary education at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School. She then attended Carleton University from 1996 to 1999, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication. This educational background has provided her with a solid foundation in communication principles, which she applies in her professional role.
Previous Experience in Quality Assurance
Prior to her current position, Erin worked at JSI Telecom in various roles. She served as an Intermediate Quality Assurance Analyst from 2002 to 2005, where she contributed to quality assurance processes. Following this, she worked as a Senior Documentation Specialist in Product Management from 2005 to 2014, gaining extensive experience in documentation and project management. Her tenure at JSI Telecom equipped her with skills that she later applied at MD Financial Management.
Technical Skills and Tools
Erin Gardner employs various technical tools in her quality assurance work. She utilizes the Postman REST Client for testing RESTful web services and uses TFS (Team Foundation Server) and VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services) for testing purposes. Her expertise in these tools enables her to translate business requirements into detailed test scripts, ensuring comprehensive test coverage across multiple software applications.
Contributions to Software Development
In her role at MD Financial Management, Erin has developed test script suites for several software applications, including MD1, My MD, R-Broker, MX360, MDExO, MD Direct Trade, and AdvisorMD. She leads the QA project for the internal AdvisorMD application, where she creates test strategies and manages project quality. Her contributions are essential to maintaining the integrity and functionality of the company's software offerings.