Chris O'Neal

Chris O'Neal has a diverse work experience spanning several roles and industries.

In 2006, they started their career as a Sales Representative at University Directories, LLC, where they worked for a few months.

From 2007 to 2010, they served as a Power Scheduler at Tenaska Power Services Co.

Chris then joined Luminant in 2010, initially as a Senior Power Scheduler and later transitioning to the role of Lead Business Analyst. During their time at Luminant, they played a crucial role in optimizing cash month operations and acted as a liaison between functional end-users and a third-party development team. Chris also performed UAT and end-to-end testing in partnership with lead QA, data architect, and SaaS vendors. Their tenure at Luminant ended in 2016.

From 2017 to 2018, Chris worked as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Randstad Technologies US, helping in the recruitment process.

In 2018, they joined BBVA in the USA, where they held a hybrid role of Senior Systems Analyst and QA Automation Engineer. Chris developed automated test scripts in Java and Cucumber with Selenium WebDriver, implemented a robust Regression test suite using Maven build and Bamboo CI pipeline. Their contributions also included authoring a complete overhaul of the daily Smoke Test suite. Chris worked at BBVA until 2021 when they moved to their current position as a QA Automation Engineer at Leadr, where they focus on automation testing.

Chris O'Neal obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from Texas A&M University, where they studied from 2002 to 2007. Additionally, they have completed several certifications, including "Selenium WebDriver with Java - Basics to Advanced + Framework" from Udemy in January 2022, "Postman: The Complete Guide - REST API Testing" from Udemy in November 2021, "Learning Selenium" from LinkedIn in March 2020, "Agile Testing" from LinkedIn in February 2020, "Behavior-Driven Development" from LinkedIn in February 2020, "IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition Essential Training" from LinkedIn in February 2020, and "Test Automation Foundations" from LinkedIn in February 2020. Chris also completed the certification "Playwright JS Automation Testing from Scratch with Framework," but the month and year of completion are not provided.