STEVEN BURTON
I’m a quality assurance analyst having worked on multiple projects from pre-alpha state, 1.0 submission, launch, and on through live operations.About Me: In my free time, I like making my own video games, playing Smash Melee (Peach Main), and travel to Pokémon tournaments.Currently Playing: Pokémon Violet, Frog Detective 3, Persona 3 FES.
Resume
Video Game Industry
Iron Galaxy Studios
Jan 2021 – Present
Quality Assurance Analyst
- Collaborates with engineers in an agile environment to develop test plans for new implementations. Develops effective test cases to ensure new features meet acceptance criteria.
- Communicates effectively with production and designers for sprint planning, bug triage, and risk assessment.
- Responsible for coordinating daily tasks and communications for the internal QA team & external partners.
- Experienced in facilitating meetings: standups, retrospectives, backlog ticket refinement and internal playtests
**Activision **
Dec 2018 – Oct 2019
Quality Assurance Tester
- Reported hundreds of quality issues via JIRA by documenting issues with concise reproduction steps.
- Assisted in conducting network stress tests involving over one hundred testers.
- Experienced with widely used QA Analyst tools such as JIRA, ZephyrScale, DevTrack, TestRail, latest console dev kits and mobile.
Other Experience
Christ the Rock Church
^ Jun 2015 – Feb 2019^
Student Ministries Pastor
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills, problem-solving and interpersonal skills by:
- Writing and delivering sermons, providing conflict resolution, personal development sessions, fostering communities, and provided pastoral counseling to those in, or dealing with crisis.
Iyengar Yoga
Champaign-Urbana
May 2020 – Dec. 2020
Office Administrator and Personal Assistant
- Assessed stakeholder requirements for services, researched and collaborated with the team to develop proposals.
- Listened and acted upon the needs of the studio; converted in-person classes and international teacher workshops into an online format during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Developed an online portal for workshops that directed teacher attendees to their meetings, provided relevant information and resources with live analytics of their student test subjects.
- Moderated bi-weekly meetings with agenda items; used monthly surveys to identify pain points and blockers.
- Performed general office duties in a timely manner which included: ordering supplies, processing and shipping orders, stakeholder communications, and maintaining records and basic bookkeeping.