Bob Cowell
Quality Assurance Engineer - Accessibility Specialist
541-729-5863
Summary

Professional and skilled accessibility specialist and

Senior QA Engineer with over 7 years’ experience in a manual testing

environment. A strong project collaborator that enjoys working with diverse

range of people and multiple projects. Easily adaptable and always expanding my

skill set to encompass new industry standards.

Employment
Concentric Sky
Eugene, OR
Quality Assurance - Accessibility Specialist
Sept. 2019 to Current, Sept. 2019 to Current

• Part of the team that integrated digital accessibility at Concentric Sky

• Educated teams on the importance on developing web applications with accessibility in mind 

• Performed accessibility audits on existing and new projects

• Created and published VPATS for multiple projects

Eugene, OR
QA Engineer/Product Support
Sept. 2015 to Sept. 2019, Sept. 2015 to Sept. 2019

• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents and provide feedback. • Create and implement user stories, test plans and test cases.

• Identify, document and track bugs utilizing JIRA.

• Collaborate with project leads, and across multiple project teams.

• Developed procedures, standards, and specifications for initial QA department.

• Experience utilizing virtual machines to test browser compatibility.

• Experience testing the accessibility of websites.

• Provide product support for existing clients.

• Give product demos to prospective clients.

Eugene, OR
Systems Analyst
Sept. 2011 to Dec. 2014
Earthsoft
Help Desk
Apr. 2008 to Sept. 2011

• Direct client support for Equis Software: installation, troubleshooting, training and documentation. 

• Develop new training documentation for use in client trainings.

• Helped to develop, create, and maintain company website.

Lunar Logic
Eugene, OR
System Administration
Oct. 2005 to Nov. 2007, Oct. 2005 to Nov. 2007

• Implemented e-books to live and QA servers in Linux environment. Includes troubleshooting, CVS admin support & training.

• Upgraded and maintain web-based posting request page.

Eugene, OR
Content Integration
Sept. 2004 to Oct. 2005, Sept. 2004 to Oct. 2005

• Audited existing e-book data for XML compliance, errors and functional issues.

• Implemented changes and fixes to existing e-book content and other program files. • Assembled tutorials.

• Updated Video Skill Builder CD’s and integrate into tutorials.