My name is Ernst Labruyère. I am 48 years old and I work at The
Future Group in The Netherlands, within the partnership TestDynamics.
Briefly summarized, I am a very good functional acceptance tester and an
all-round professional, with experience in test coordination and scrum, but also
with ample experience from “the trenches”; not just a desk jockey, but a real
tester with genuine hands-on experience!
I have many years of experience in the financial and insurance industry,
at leading companies like ING Bank, ASR Insurances, ABN Amro, VGZ Healthcare,
Stater – mortgage services – and International Card Services (credit cards) in The
Netherlands. Besides that, I have a few years of experience in both the telecom
industry – at Tele2 The Netherlands – and the automotive industry, at the Dutch
Scania dealer organization.
I have a thorough knowledge of economics and know how to handle financial
calculations. This enables me to scrupulously check the output of all kinds of financial
systems and thus estimate their reliability and credibility. I don’t hesitate to
play the devil’s advocate and counter the common opinion, when I feel that this
is in the interest of the ICT system or the company.
During my long stints at ING Domestic Banking and Commercial Banking, I
have learned to work according to the Agile/ Scrum / DevOps methodology and my
last two assignments at ING were as Scrum Master / Scrum Coach. I am a
certified Scrum Master and currently I am involved in a Scaled Agile Framework training,
in which I learn how to apply Agile / Scrum at an enterprise level.
My extensive experience and positive-critical look at things enables me
to be a natural coach for colleagues and teams, who need support and/or a
critical glance at their activities.
One of my strong points is my knowledge of languages, as I have
excellent knowledge of English, Dutch and German in speech and writing. And
perhaps my strongest point is my adaptability and eagerness to learn, which
enables me to quickly find my way in all kinds of organizations.
My motto is: it is not bad to not know everything, as long as one is
able to learn it quickly. That the latter is applicable to me, I have hopefully
proven in the past at the assignments that I had.
The reason for writing this article, is that I am looking for a new
assignment. My last assignment – as a Scrum Coach at the department Cash
Devices of ING Bank – was terminated unexpectedly, for budgetary reasons. Therefore I am looking for a new assignment
as test coordinator, functional acceptance tester or Scrum Master / Scrum
Coach.
The principals for which I am looking, are companies in the financial
industry, the insurance industry or the telecom industry: companies, which want
to carry through or improve their test strategy. Or companies that need a few
extra hands for their functional acceptance test, regression test or Scrum
DevOps activities.
I would love to become a member of their testing teams or Scrum teams
and support them in making their test department and testing activities more
efficient and effective. In exchange I can offer them my thorough, as well as broad
knowledge and experience.
I live in Almere, but I own a car. This enables me to accept assignments
in a radius of 75 km from my domicile. Even when your company is slightly
farther away from Almere, I am certain we can work something out.
When you are interested and wonder how my knowledge and experience could
make a difference in your organization, please refer to my resumee, via ealabruyere@gmail.com.
You could also invite me for an informal acquaintance and a good conversation,
during a cup of coffee. You will probably not regret this.
Ernst Labruyère
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