Manuel - Chef de projet LOADRUNNER

EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE

2011-2019 Blue Force Testing - Consultant Sénior Expert en Tests Logiciels
Type de missions :
§ Conseil, audit, analyse des besoins et mise en place d’infrastructure pour les tests logiciels dans
les domaines de la banque, de l’industrie et des services.
§ Conduite de projets de test et mesure de la qualité, réalisation et management de campagnes
de tests, depuis l’étude des attentes des tests, choix des outils, analyse et conception des cas de
tests, préparation des données de test, écriture des scripts pour automatisation, exécution des
scénarios de test, jusqu’ à l’analyse détaillée et la présentation des résultats.
Activités de tests réalisées
§ Elaboration du Plan de Test selon l’application à tester, précisant les objectifs, le périmètre et
les moyens à mettre en œuvre
§ Conduite des tests logiciels. Mise en place des campagnes de tests et coordination de projet
pour des applications spécifiques ou des sites web intranet/extranet dans les secteurs banque et
finance de marché, santé, industrie et services.
§ Automatisation des parcours utilisateurs définis avec le client
§ Langages supportés : Java, J2EE, C/C++, HTML, Javascript, Python, Ajax
§ Analyse fonctionnelle, établissement de scénarios utilisateurs en adéquation avec les exigences
fonctionnelles ou techniques de l’application à tester
§ Analyse de performances, Monitoring et analyse de l’activité des serveurs ou des machines
virtuelles, du comportement des applications à tester, ainsi que de l’activité de la JVM si
nécessaire (Dynatrace, VisualVM, Sitescope ou Microfocus Silkperformer),
§ Rédaction de rapports d’activité intermédiaires et des rapports de test
Environnement technique
§ Plate-forme de tests : QUALITYCENTER, LOADRUNNER, SILKPERFORMER, NEOLOAD, SELENIUM,
JMETER
§ Serveur d’application: weblogic 8.1, weblogic 10, tomcat, IIS
§ Serveur de données : DB2, Oracle, SQL Serveur
§ Type de serveur : Windows Serveur, Linux Redhat Serveur, CentOS Serveur

2010-2017 Performance Testing Expert & Manager
Tasks description :
§ Test Planning based on specific requirements analysis or feasibility studies, including SLAs,
scope of the tests, budget, resources and technical environment
§ Test Cases selection and documentation, according to business needs and priorities
§ Scripting and test cases implementation in order to automate the process of load generation
§ Project Coordination during load tests execution
§ Performance Analysis: Systems metrics collection and analysis (UNIX, Windows, BMC Performance Assurance), and Application Performance Monitoring (APM) with Dynatrace, VisualVM,, Sitescope or Microfocus Silkperformer
§ Report writing in french or english . Deliverables include the load test methodology, the test plan with test cases descriptions and scope of the tests, weekly reports and final report including expert recommendations.
Supported Tools and platforms
§ Frameworks : QUALITY CENTER, PERFORMANCE CENTER, LOADRUNNER, SILKPORMER, JMETER,
DYNATRACE
§ Application servers: Weblogic Server WLS 8.1, WLS 10, Tomcat, IIS, JBoss EAP 6.1
§ Databases : DB2, Oracle, SQL Serveur
§ Operating Systems : Windows 2003 Server, Linux Redhat Server 3

2008-2010 EI-Technologies France, Performance Testing Expert
Senior IT Consultant specialized in Load Testing for corporate or web applications, System
Performance Monitoring and Capacity Planning, using HP Loadrunner, Borland/Microfocus
Silkperformer, BMC Performance Assurance, BMC Visualizer and Compuware Dynatrace,
Colasoft Capsa network analyzer. Reporting in French and English.

2007-2008 GVMT, France, IT project manager
For the industrial sector, I coordinated various projects involving Java/J2EE developments,
security audits, policy best practices and network supervision. I worked in close cooperation
with developers to write proposals and end-of-assignments reports.

2004-2006 The World Bank, Washington DC (USA) and South Asia, Operations Officer.
Operations Officer for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)
I was in charge of the implementation and coordination of a technical assistance project,
reviewing contracts and recruitment process for 7 firms and 80 individual consultants (over
three years). Supported by 24 donors, the ARTF has emerged as one of the main instruments for
financing the country’s recurrent budget, and is now the main source of technical assistance
support for Afghanistan.

2001-2003 Tipsoft SA, Luxemburg, Consultant
Specialized in computer services for the Bank and Insurance sector, Tipsoft SA supports mediumsized
banks information system in Luxemburg and Belgium. I was in charge of project
management and IT security policies implementation for the main applications, security audits,
capacity planning and Swift Systems maintenance.

2000 ASI Informatique, France, Sales Representative
Both for private and public sectors, the ASI commercial activity grew from 1 to 1.5 million of
euros in the Rhones-Alpes area in 2000. I was in charge of new technologies software solutions
such as Groupware LotusNotes, internet sites, intranet portals, software development (Delphi,
Java, Visual Basic) and feasibility studies. (Turn-over 3MF).

1991-1998 IBM France, Sales Representative
Sales Engineer for medium systems (direct and indirect channels) in various sectors (public
sector, distribution and healthcare). I was also in charge of the Business Partners network
animation, organizing technical and commercial seminars for IBM customers and Business
Partners’ sales force, coupled with a marketing campaign. (2 ME/year).

1989- 1990 IBM France, Paris
Technical support for the private bank sector. Implementation of new UNIX/AIX systems with
financial software. Pre-marketing of the new RISC System/6000

Details on Testing Campaigns
Role: Performance tests manager for a corporate-bank tests factory
Tools : JMeter, HP Loadrunner/Performance Center, HP Quality Center, Dynatrace, JIRA
Sector: Bank
Company : BNP Paribas
Configuration : J2EE Applications (IBM Websphere)
Reporting : English

Role: Performance tests manager for a main national web-portal application project
Tools : JMeter, SoapUI, Blazemeter, Firebug, VisualVM, HP Quality Center, Selenium, JIRA
Sector: Services
Company : GDF Suez
Configuration : J2EE application (JBOSS), Adobe CQ5, Tomcat, Webservices, SAP
Reporting : French

Role: QA technical test manager (functional and non-functional) for stockmarket applications benchmarks handling orders, trades (sub-milliseconds response times), messaging, acknowledgments.
Tools : C/C++, Python, Unix Shell (RedHat) , JIRA
Sector: Bank & Finance
Company: NYSE Euronext
Configuration: Unix Red Hat, Perl Programs, Python Programs, C/C++ programs, pool of 12 UNIX
machines building the tests environment.
Reporting: French

Assignment: Load and performance testing for an internal web-application, interfaced with the SAS
statistical tool. The web interface was in AIR Flash, and the SAS program published
through a Citrix servers farm.
Tools : HP Loadrunner with HTTP and Citrix protocols
Customer: Sanofi, Paris, 2012
Reporting: English

Assignment: Load and performance testing for a web-application
Tools : Microfocus Silkperformer v11 with HTTP protocol, Dynatrace
Customer: National School Minister (Ministère de l’Education Nationale), 2012
Reporting: French

Assignment: Load and performance testing for various internal web-application, including
technologies like Ajax Dojo, PHP or Java JSP.
Tools : HP Loadrunner with HTTP protocol, Sitescope, 2011
Customer: GDF-Suez, Paris, 2011
Reporting: English

Assignment: Load and performance testing for various internal web-application
Tools : HP Performance Center with HTTP protocol, Sitescope, Quality Center
Customer: Banque de France, Paris, 2011
Reporting: French

Assignment: Load and performance testing for a complete new billing system for public
transportation, developed with Java Webservices, and GWT for the web interface.
Tools : Microfocus Silkperformer v11 with HTTP/GWT protocol and Java protocol
Customer: Parkeon-Schlumberger, Besançon, 2011
Reporting: French

Assignment: Load and performance testing for various internal web-application using Oracle
Application Server and Citrix for the publication.
Tools : Borland Silkperformer v10 with Citrix protocol, Dynatrace, BMC Performance Assurance
(perform)
Customer: Sanofi, Montpellier, 2010
Reporting: English

Assignment: Capacity planning for performance metrics storage (more than 250 servers)
Tools : BMC Performance Assurance (Perform/Predict), BMC Visualizer
Customer: Bouygues Telecom, Paris, 2010
Reporting: French

Assignment: Load and performance testing for an internal web-application
Tools : Borland Silkperformer with HTTP protocol
Customer: Credit Agricole, Vaison-la-romaine, 2009
Reporting: French