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.


Education & Certifications

Graduate Certificate, Human Resource Management
UW - Whitewater - Dec 2020
Whitewater, WI

BA, Pastoral Studies Minor Biblical Studies
North Central University - Dec 2013 Minneapolis, MN
PMI Certified Associate Project Manager
Jun 2018 – 2023