About Timothy Cope
More than 9 years programming and quality assurance experience.
Experience in Agency, Enterprise, Government, and Start-up.
Support projects with millions of users and billions in transactions.
Tim Cope ensures that quality standards are met during production. Using a developer mindset he performs functional and non-functional tests. He also wears an End-User hat as an advocate for the customer.
Tim is backed by years of hardware and software quality assurance as well as some education in Computer Science. His experience spans a multitude of environments and programming languages. This allows him to not only test, but to also automate tests and deployments.
In his free time, Tim works on side projects to learn more programming languages or just to brush up. At home, he enjoys spending time with his family; playing games, bicycling, and traveling.
Development Stack History
API
ShopAtHome (2012 – 2013)
- Fiddler to record and inspect network traffic
- Validated requests against a SQL database
ICM (2013 – 2014)
- C# Custom coded steps in Telerik Test Studio
- Wrote a POSTMan-like WPF app to test DLL
Spire (2014 – 2016)
- PowerShell + CSV test script allowed rapid development
- JMeter and Telerik for Load Testing
Starz (2016 – 2018)
- C# + NUnit framework and tests for backend services
- Used POSTman to debug while developing tests
CMS (2018 – 2019)
- Tested compiled exe that handled batch ETL
- Automated download, unzip, and processing
Allegion (2019 – 2019)
- Cucumber tests for mobile and web apis
- Validated CocoaPod, Maven, and Nuget
USDA (2019 – 2020)
- GraphQL back-end tested using Postman and JMeter
- Tests setup in Azure DevOps pipeline
CDC (2019 – 2021)
- Coded MS Dynamics 365 api helpers in C#
- Validate requests seen in dev tools
Testery (2021 – Present)
- Develop custom solutions for clients
- Consult and coach on best practices
Mobile
ShopAtHome (2012 – 2013)
- Manually tested mobile version of site
- Helped develop the initial release
ICM (2013 – 2014)
- WPF app communcated with scanning devices
- Manually tested on multiple consumer devices
Spire (2014 – 2016)
- Manual test of Native and Hybrid apps
- Some exposure to Appium doing PoCs
Starz (2016 – 2018)
- C# framework and tests for Android and iOS
- Started using Xamarin but switched to Appium
CMS (2018 – 2019)
- "Look and Feel" testing on mobile browsers
- Did discovery to find top devices and browsers
Allegion (2019 – 2019)
- SeeTest scripts for Android and iOS
- Python + RaspberryPi for hardware tests
USDA (2019 – 2020)
- React Native tested with Jest+Appium+Cucumber
- App uses BLE and has offline support
CDC (2019 – 2021)
- Provided support for Windows Platform app
- Prepared a WinAppDriver Proof of Concept
Testery (2019 – Present)
- Develop custom solutions for clients
- Consult and coach on best practices
Web
ShopAtHome (2012 – 2013)
- Automated site regression using Telerik Test Studio
- Wrote custom coded steps in C# and Fiddler proxy
ICM (2013 – 2014)
- Automated site regression using Telerik Test Studio
- Reduced regression cycle from 2 weeks to 2 hours
Spire (2014 – 2016)
- Automated site regression using Telerik Test Studio
- Wrote a Selenium IDE clone for JavaFX and Chrome
Starz (2016 – 2018)
- C# + Selenium framework and tests for top browsers
- Wrote a NodeJs api and site to help testers find test data
CMS (2018 – 2019)
- C# + Selenium framework and tests for Chrome and IE
- Tests created from old documents and user stories
Allegion (2019 – 2019)
- Wrote and maintained api and site to facilitate testing
- Wrote web frontend for the Python controlled RPi
USDA (2019 – 2020)
- React front-end tested using Jest+Selenium+Cucumber
- Nightly test run results saved to Azure DevOps
CDC (2019 – 2021)
- C# + Selenium + Cucumber framework and tests
- Prepared framework to use a cloud device farm
Testery (2019 – Present)
- Develop custom solutions for clients
- Consult and coach on best practices