GHAYATH AL‑OBAIDI

I am a Quality Assurance Analyst working at Dewystone, an eCommerce skin care company that I co-founded. I'm passionate about continuous learning and combining different technology to understand the current landscape in software development and testing. Coming from a creative background enables me to think outside the box as I'm working collectively on projects.



EXPERIENCE

FOUNDER | QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST

Dewystone

Los Angeles, CA | 2019 – present

  • Implemented a BDD approach with Behave and Selenium to design and automate test scenarios, boosting the functionality and validity of the eCommerce platform.
  • Documented and executed test cases using Jira and Zephyr for quality control of product design and website, ensuring defect identification, resolution to validation.
  • Built data pipelines using Python with Google Analytics API for data analysis, gaining insight into user experience, behavior and website functionality.

MUSIC PRODUCTION & AUDIO ENGINEER

Entertainment

Los Angeles, CA | 2010 – 2019

  • Developed an application prototype with Python and Spotify API to analyze the features of songs in a public playlist, identifying customer listening trends.
  • Collaborated with songwriters, artists, and engineers using DAWs to produce original sound recordings and musical compositions, reaching millions of listeners worldwide.
  • Mixed and edited sounds from voice and instruments with latest recording technology to create audio landscapes for multiple media streaming platforms.

SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER

Dell EMC

Hopkinton, MA | 2008 - 2010

  • Produced and coordinated test plans from functional specifications for accurate and detail assessment of features, delivering client requirements by assigned deadlines.
  • Tracked and investigated root cause of defects using bug reporting management tools with local and overseas agile development teams, ensuring fix and integration.
  • Improved and updated the global upgrade, install and cluster documentations prior to publication, confirming accurate and measured procedures for enterprise clients.

IT HELP DESK ANALYST

University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA | 2006 – 2007

  • Tier 1 support to end users at all skill levels using a wide range of software, hardware, computer configuration and network connectivity tools.
  • Assigned the user’s query with the ticketing management system for the Tier 2 support team, tracking its status for timely and complete resolution.
  • Created and recorded video user tutorials to provide online assistance to students and faculty members, reducing customer issues and calls during offline office hours.

PROJECTS

Below are some of the projects that I worked on in different domains from QA Automation, Cloud Computing, Data Engineering and Data Science.

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