Marcus Prater
About Marcus Prater
Marcus Prater is a Quality Assurance Analyst at US Foods, where he has worked since 2017. He has a background in software quality assurance, having previously held roles at US Foods and i.c.stars, and has contributed significantly to process improvements and cost savings in his organization.
Current Role as Quality Assurance Analyst
Marcus Prater has been serving as a Quality Assurance Analyst at US Foods since 2017. In this role, he manages Agile testing processes across various teams, including development, product, and business relationship managers. His responsibilities focus on ensuring the overall success of testing strategies and processes. He has championed new QA processes and testing procedures to facilitate the adoption of new software within the organization.
Experience at US Foods
Marcus Prater initially joined US Foods as a Software Quality Assurance Intern in 2015, where he worked for five months. He later took on the role of Software Quality Assurance Tester from 2015 to 2017, contributing for two years. During his tenure, he led Tier 2 environmental management and maintenance, integrating system pipelines across both legacy and new point-of-sale (POS) systems. He achieved significant cost savings for the organization, aligning projected pricing in the live POS system through Tandem updates, which resulted in over $500K in revenue savings in Q1 2022.
Previous Experience and Internships
Before his time at US Foods, Marcus Prater worked as an intern at i.c.stars from 2014 to 2015 for seven months in the Greater Chicago Area. He also held the position of Retail Store Manager at GNC from 2011 to 2014 in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area and Greater Chicago Area. In this role, he led the update of the point-of-sale system for customer transactions, achieving a 50% reduction in process deployment time and creating standard operating procedures for the software development lifecycle for POS and Tandem products.
Educational Background
Marcus Prater completed his high school education at Warren Central High School, where he studied from 2004 to 2008. This foundational education provided him with the skills necessary to pursue a career in technology and quality assurance.