Collin Strand

17775 SE Mill Plain Blvd ● 360.903.7661

collinstrand@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Engaged and supportive employee with 7 years of professional Quality Assurance, Process Improvement and Troubleshooting experience. Described as a positive minded collaborator with fantastic attention to detail. A strong commitment to work mixed with a fair amount of creativity helps me to quickly become a helpful, fun and reliable co-worker. Interests and talents include grinding through a role playing game, painting with acrylics and being outside appreciating nature. Current availability is 30-40hrs. per week, mostly on the weekdays. Also available for work on most holidays!

General Skills

Communication
Responsive to feedback
Positive and supportive
Results oriented
Leadership
Attention to detail
Customer focused

Education

2014 | Bachelor's degree in Game and Simulation

Online - Devry

2006 | Stevenson Highschool

Stevenson, WA

Work Experience

HSI - Health and Safety Institute Inc.

Vancouver Wa & Remote

Quality Assurance Engineer Aug 17' – Jan 25'

At HSI I performed functional user focused testing, Created and followed test cases, assisted developers by debugging and unit testing throughout the software lifecycle for various projects. Started with inventory management then moved into testing online training courses.

PLUS QA

Portland, Or

Quality Assurance Analyst Jul 15' – Apr 17'

Front end website and mobile application testing for major clients including Toyota and Airbnb.

Pipeworks Software

Eugene, Or

Compliance Quality Assurance Tester Mar 15' – Jun 15'

Documented test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards. Provided feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality. Installed and configured recreations of software production environments to allow testing of software performance. Identified program deviance from standards, and suggest modifications to ensure compliance.

Slingshot Sports

North Bonneville, WA

Kite and Wakeboard Lamination Floor lead Aug 12' - Jan 15'

QC lead for a lean manufacturing company, ensured and upheld standards of quality. Prepwork and contingency planning for the days work. Maintenance and inventory of tools. Database logging/tracking for productivity analytics.