Maricruz Barraza Favela

Maricruz Barraza Favela has extensive work experience in the field of quality assurance and testing. From November 2018 to present, they have worked as a QA Test Engineer at Improving, where they focus on manual testing, including static, dynamic, and functional testing. Maricruz is responsible for creating and executing test plans, test suites, and test cases, as well as creating reports and test documentation. Additionally, they have experience in API testing using Postman.

Prior to their current role, Maricruz worked as a QA Test Analyst at Front Runner Technologies from September 2017 to November 2018. Here, they were involved in designing and executing test cases, creating test matrices and evidence reports, and estimating project timelines. Maricruz also worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies and the COSMIC estimation method.

Maricruz has also worked as an Independent Consultant from July 2015 to July 2018, where they focused on test case design and execution, business analysis, and delivery reports for customers. Maricruz was involved in regression, smoke, and performance testing, and also worked on test case matrices.

Additionally, Maricruz worked as a Functional QA Tester at Capgemini from January 2017 to August 2017. Their responsibilities included functional testing, test case design and execution (including regression and smoke testing), creating evidence reports, and managing monthly defect metrics. Maricruz also worked with the ERP Oracle platform and used the HP ALM tool.

Earlier in their career, Maricruz worked as a Security Auditor at Softtek from March 2014 to July 2015. Here, they performed security assessments such as Black Box, Gray Box, and White Box (Code Review) for web/client server applications. Maricruz led a team in executing security tests, coordinated and managed activities, and was responsible for technical documentation and delivering technical information to customers.

Overall, Maricruz Barraza Favela has a strong background in quality assurance and testing, with experience in manual testing, test case design and execution, test documentation, API testing, and security assessments.

Maricruz Barraza Favela attended Tecnológico de Monterrey from 2011 to 2016, where they pursued a degree in Ingeniería with a focus on Tecnología de la información. In addition to their university education, they obtained certifications in the field. In January 2021, they acquired the ISTQB - Foundation Level certification from iSQI Group, and in October 2020, they achieved the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification from Scrum.org.