Tom Chua

Tom Chua

Assistant Manager, Quality Assurance at Blizzard Entertainme

QA Assistant Manager / Project Lead / 15 yrs

Greater Los Angeles Area, CA, United States

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Experienced tester, lead, and manager in Games/Software Testing. Experienced in building strong teams through mutual respect, hard work, and passion.
Work History
  • Blizzard Entertainment

    March 2016 - Present
  • QA Assistant Manager

    Blizzard Entertainment

    May 2013 - Present
  • Supervisor, Platform Services

    Blizzard Entertainment

    February 2011 - May 2013

    Supervisor:
    StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
    Diablo III
    World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (patches)

  • QA Project Lead

    Activision

    April 2007 - November 2010

    Project Lead:
    Call of Duty Black Ops (X360, PS3, Wii, PC)
    Shrek Forever After (PS3)
    True Crime 3 (X360, PS3)
    Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (X360, PS3)
    Wolfenstein (X360, PS3, Wii)
    Call of Duty World at War (X360, PS3, PC, Wii)
    Call of Duty World at War (X360, PS3: JP, KO)
    Kung Fu Panda (PS2, Wii)
    Kung Fu Panda (NDS, PS2, Wii: JP, KO)
    Call of Duty 4 (NDS)
    Call of Duty 4 (X360, PC)

    QA Liaison to Shanghai:
    Shrek Forever After (X360, PS3, NDS)

    Testing:
    Call of Duty 1 (PC - JP)

  • QA Senior Tester

    Activision

    December 2005 - April 2007

    Acting Project Lead:
    Call of Duty RTV (PSP: US, FR, IT, GM, ES)
    Marvel Ultimate Alliance (PC)

    Testing:
    Spider-man 3 (PS2, Wii)
    Shrek the Third (X360, Wii, PS2, PSP)
    Transformers (X360, Xbox, PS3, PS2, Wii)
    Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Wii)
    Quake 4 (X360)

  • QA Tester (Localization/Functional)

    Activision

    July 2004 - December 2005

    Testing:
    Call of Duty 3 (PS3)
    Call of Duty 2 (PC)
    Madagascar (Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, PC: US, FR, IT, ES, GM, PO, RU, CZ)
    Tony Hawk Underground 2 (PSP)
    Spider-man 3 (PS2, Wii)
    Rome Total War (PC: NA, FR, GM, IT, ES)

    Floor Lead:
    Quake 4 (PC: FR, IT, GM, ES, UK)

    Acting Project Lead:
    Quake 4 (PC: AUS, RU, PO, CZ)

Education
  • BS in Management Science and coursework in Computer Science

    University of California, San Diego

    1998 - 2003