David Freeman dfreemanqa at gmail period com
OBJECTIVE	QUALITY Assurance project lead A position using proven skills in quality assurance, building standards, and training people into good testers.
Skills	· Familiar with certification requirements and submission processes across PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Cube, Game Boy Advance, and DS. · Experience in writing test plans that will cover the needed bases to result in a smooth submission if certification is required, and a quality product. · Working with several companies has required the successful adaptation of different pieces of bug database software, including JIRA. · Skilled in Excel and Word. Familiar with Project and Access. Working and playing with computers since earliest memories has resulted in a wide computer skill set. · Varied levels of management experience. · Deep knowledge and experience in videogames, with much study dedicated to game design and the user experience.
EMPLOYMENT	Absolute Quality, Inc., Hunt Valley, MD	2002-2007
	QA Project Lead Tested and lead a wide variety of entertainment software projects. (a full list of games is in the QA Project History document here) · Began as a tester on various interactive entertainment products. Found and documented problems of various levels of severity, and submitted suggestions to improve the games. · In 2003, Vivendi Universal requested that I work personally on-site with Radical Entertainment in Vancouver, BC as an expert in PlayStation 2 TRC certification. Several months were spent integrated with the existing team to ensure a smooth submission on a tight schedule. My SKU passed on the first submission. · After a year at the company, I was promoted to Quality Assurance Project Lead. I lead quality assurance projects for consoles, PC, and cell phones. Under my lead, no console submissions failed certification. · Lead a project certifying cell phone games for a major cell phone network, and another project leading a team of testers performing quality assurance on the porting of cell phone games across hundreds of phones. Well over ten thousand builds went through my team’s testing process on the porting project alone.
	It’s About Games, Catonsville, MD	1996-2001
	Store Manager Managed a videogame store and four employees. Previewed, and recommended software for Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System, and PC.
EDUCATION	CCBC, Catonsville, MD	2000
	Fine Arts program
References	Firaxis Games - Associate Producer: Clint McCaul		443.801.7610
	Breakaway Games – QA Lead: Michael Binnix		301.651.3576
Hobbies / Interests	Game Genres: Action/Adventure, Music, Puzzle, RPG, Racing, Fighting, Shooter, Software Toys/Sandbox, Experimental
	Other: Game Development, Illustration, Music Composition, 3D Modeling, Animation, Video Editing, Visual Effects, Chipotle Burritos