Computer Skills: 
Languages: Assembly, C, CLIPS, FORTRAN, Motif, Pascal, SQL, Visual C++
Systems, S/W Packages: AIX, ACT, Brio, Clarify, CCC Harvest, CDETS, ClearCase, CMVC, DBAccess, DNCS, DTACS, FoxPro, Ghost, HPQC, HP- UX, Interleaf, IRIX, MS-DOS, MS Excel, Microsoft Access, Oracle, PLSQL Developer, Essbase, Ethereal, PowerPoint, QAPartner, Rapid SQL, Rational Rose, RUMBA TN3270Mainframe, Solaris, StarTeam, TeleUse 3.02, TestDirector, SQL Plus, Windows2000, WindowsNT, WindowsXP, WinRunner, Wireshark
Hardware: Apollo Domain Workstation, HP-9000, IBM PC, Intergraph Workstation,  Macintosh, Silicon Graphics Workstation, Sun Sparcstation, Sun UltraSparc1

Project Management Skills:

• Manage all aspects of various projects throughout the infrastructure and software development project lifecycles including project scope, schedule, resources, quality, and cost
• Translate project requirements into project objectives and tasks
• Develop detailed project schedules, resource plans, status reports and manage task assignments to project resources
• Interface with all areas affected by the project, including end user, services organizations, vendors, and implementation partners
• Manage issues affecting project status and ensure timely resolution
• Manage/facilitate successful handoff of product upon completion

Quality Assurance Management Skills:

• Create overall test approach for all features included in release
• Develop test estimates for all phases of software testing paradigm, by feature when required
• Determine potential risks and develop contingency and mitigation plans
• Manage defects (creation, tracking, resolution) and test environment/s
• Manage UAT, third party, group, migration, or certification testing
• Establish entire QA practice from ground up, implementing methodologies, standards, and procedures
• Conduct peer reviews, mentor personnel, assess individual and collective performance of team members
• Manage several offshore resources and external QA partners

Work Experience:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 1/12 – Present
Senior System Integration Engineer (NDS SI&T Team 1/12 – Present)

• Integrate NDS iAO software with 3rd party vendor solutions to be utilized on components such as iPads, iPod Touches, iPhones, and Android devices
• Interface with development and support teams to troubleshoot software issues and ensure successful delivery of product
• Create test design specs and test plans in compliance with IEEE829 standards
• Create and execute functional and non-functional test cases to validate business and engineering requirements
• Create, delineate, and manage test data and test environment requirements
• Create and track defects via Jira/Redmine
• Author, co-author, and implement processes and process improvement documentation and procedures, e.g., Method of Procedure (MOP), Environment Readiness document

Confidential 10/07 – 12/11
Software Test Engineer (DTA Certification Team 8/11 – 12/11)

• Lead Comcast/Cisco Certification of HD/SD uDTA units
• Ensure that requirements are adequately defined and tested
• Provide regular reporting and analysis to all clients and stakeholders throughout the certification process
• Maintain entire test environment, including but not limited to, DTACS, DTACS Emulator, as well as all test case, requirements, and defect repositories/libraries

Software Test Engineer (CIT 2/11 – 8/11)

• Create and execute test cases for Comcast G6, G7, and S25 applications
• Create, track, and manage defects using Clarify and CDETS
• Provide regular reporting and analysis of any hardware/software stability and performance issues using shell scripting to perform weekend/overnight testing as well as other data trending methods

Software Test Engineer (SARA SVT 5/10 – 2/11)

• Create and execute test cases for SARA Hi Res applications (DVR and EXP builds)
• Create, track, and manage defects using Clarify and Bugzilla
• Provide maintenance, troubleshooting, and support to sister teams, customers, and developers
• Provide regular reporting and analysis of any hardware/software stability and performance issues

Software Test Engineer (UDTA Certification Team 9/09 – 5/10)

• Create and execute overall test approach and test plan for UDTA devices for multiple vendors
• Develop and maintain UDTA test environment
• Create, track, and manage defects using Bugzilla
• Work with all stakeholders to define criteria for UDTA certification
• Interface with UDTA vendors to provide ongoing support of UDTA devices

Systems Engineer (IPTV 10/07 – 9/09)

• Design, implement, and deploy complete IPTV solutions for customers
• Perform verification of IPTV applications utilizing network components including routers, switches, gateways, and set top boxes
• Support and test integration of apps with middleware, i.e., Myrio and Minerva
• Support and test integration of apps and content security managers (Widevine, Verimatrix)
• Employ knowledge of network standards, i.e., TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, to support and maintain IPTV solution in linux/unix based customer environments
• Prepare test plans, report defects/issues, work with development teams and vendors on root cause analysis

Confidential 9/05 – 10/07 
Vice President Technology Services

• Define IT operation standards, processes, and procedures
• Provide firm leadership and enterprise operations vision to all system, technical, and applications projects
• Develop and negotiate service level agreements, ensure service levels are maintained
• Implement appropriate courses of action to maintain cost effectiveness and competitiveness
• Establish goals and objectives for each department, provide regular assessment of achievement towards goals and objectives
• Establish recruitment, evaluation, motivation, development, promotion and performance improvement processes and methods
• Conceive solutions, build consensus, sell/execute solutions
• Implement and manage QA effort for FOG Mobile, a proprietary Java Webstart based swing application for Dekalb County Water and Sewer Department
• Manage creation and execution of test scripts (functional and performance)
• Manage all phases of testing lifecycle, providing estimates of all features
• Manage ad hoc testing for all dot releases/ patches
• Facilate/support User Acceptance Testing
• Provide ongoing support and production testing of deployed application
• Manage test environment (software, hardware, lab)

Highlight:
Managed the development, testing, and implementation of F.O.G. Mobile, a proprietary Java Webstart based Swing application for Dekalb County Water and Sewer Department. This application allows the F.O.G. inspectors to remotely record inspections offsite, automates the existing process, and increases productivity by over 1000%.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA 12/04 – 9/05 
Senior Consultant (BellSouth Telecommunications 4/05 – 8/05)

• Serve as Primary QA resource for BellSouth Finance Data Warehouse
• Develop queries to ensure that data is loaded into staging and star schemas correctly via Essbase
• Validate all dashboards and static file reports before publication
• Identify any data integrity issues and ensure resolution

Senior Consultant (The Home Depot 12/04 – 4/05)

• Serve as a Senior Level QA resource for Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) project
• Develop queries using Brio and Native SQL to ensure integrity of data
• Develop queries to validate Brio dashboards via Java servlet
• Develop test plan and defect analysis graphs using Mercury Interactive TestDirector

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 2/99 – 12/04 
Test Team Lead (Accenture/ BellSouth Applied Technologies 3/03 – 12/04)

• Manage UAT, EAST, and BEST support teams
• Manage NPAC Certification and Group Testing
• Interpret requirements and create test models based on requirements for LNP project
• Develop test estimates of specified features for customer incorporating Analysis, Design, Construction, Test, and Implementation phases
• Create overall test approach for all features incorporated in specified release including but not limited to entrance and exit criteria for various test phases as well as risks and contingencies
• Review test plans and criteria for acceptance
• Manage creation and execution of test scripts developed on HP platform using SQL via DBAccess for database verification
• Develop and maintain test environment
• Manage creation, tracking, and resolution of defects
• Conduct and participate in peer reviews
• Assist Bellsouth (customer) in avoiding FCC penalties by identifying potential issues early in Software Development Life Cycle

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 
UAT Test Manager (Accenture/ BellSouth Applied Technologies 4/02 – 3/03)

• Interpret requirements and create test models based on requirements for LNP project
• Define test plans and criteria for acceptance
• Create and execute test scripts on unix and NT platforms using SQL on DBAccess for database verification
• Create and track defects using CCCHarvest

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 
Test Analyst (Northern Trust Retirement Consulting 10/01 – 4/02)

• Interpret software requirements for DCS, DB Admin System, and RS System
• Convert client and plan level databases for testing using unix scripts
• Create and execute test plans and test scripts on WindowsNT platform
• Create and track defects in SIR Database
• Use proprietary software product SYSJB09 and SQL scripts to extract data and build test plan

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 
Quality Assurance Lead/Analyst (BellSouth Internet Services 10/00 – 10/01)

• Interpret and refine Software Requirements Specifications for BDOT, MRS, and TDSL projects
• Create and execute test plans and test scripts on WindowsNT platform
• Create and execute test user interface on Sun platform accessing via Secure CRT
• Create and execute SQL scripts using Rapid SQL for database verification
• Create and track defects using TestDirector
• Develop and coordinate certification process prior to release of software to end user

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 
Test Analyst (BellSouth Applied Technologies 4/00 – 10/00)

• Interpret requirements and create test models based on requirements for LNP project utilizing RAD process
• Define test plans and criteria for acceptance
• Create and execute test scripts on Sun platform using SQL on DBAccess for database verification
• Develop and maintain test environment
• Member of Center of Excellence (COE) committee responsible for creating and refining Quality Assurance and Software Development standards and practices

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 
Quality Assurance Manager (Syncor International 11/ 99 – 4/00)

• Coordinate entire quality assurance effort – ensure that project is adequately defined, designed, tested, released, and maintained on WindowsNT platform using Rapid SQL for database verification of Oracle database
• Develop and implement test plans for SynPharm and MPS software
• Develop, update, and maintain testing standards and procedures
• Develop, update, and maintain design requirements for synpharm software using Rational Rose
• Create and track defects using Rational Rose and StarTeam

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 
Test Analyst (Andersen Consulting/BellSouth Telecommunications 2/99 – 11/99)

• Define product test plans and criteria for acceptance for Symphony Project - ROS
• Create test models for product test and release control
• Conduct structured walkthroughs and resolve testing process questions/issues
• Define and utilize entry/exit criteria for testing
• Coordinate and execute product tests with test team, application team, and program Manager on Sun Solaris using automated tool QAPartner
• Update and test release installation procedures
• Communicate effectively with customers, BST, and software/hardware suppliers Supporting BST
• Create and track defects using CMVC

Confidential, Atlanta, GA 2/98 – 2/99
Software Test Engineer

• Serve as project manager on various software and systems testing contracts
• Provide customer with a means for objectively, accurately, and affordably evaluating Software/system performance
• Provide unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, and system testing in final Hardware environment on sun and dos (WindowsNT) platforms
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using WinRunner
• Create and track defects using TestDirector

Confidential, Huntsville, AL 5/94 – 2/98
Software Developer

• Design and test GUI using TeleUse 3.02, Motif, and C on an SGI unix platform for OFFLINE SYSTEM of the NASA Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) renamed CHANDRA
• Provide software design of modules from given requirements in Program Design Language (PDL) format
• Present design of modules in a walkthrough to management and customer
• Design software (C, FORTRAN, Motif), unit test modules, integrate modules into overallsystem software package
• Debug and test software using casevision v2.4 software tools
• Provide continual maintenance/updates to integrated modules
• Create benchmark parameters, set up test cases
• Test interface - access to database, retrieval from database, storage to database
• Create execution instructions according to Software Change Notice (SCN) Requirements
• Test software in customer site-specific environment

Confidential, Huntsville, AL 5/88 – 5/94
Internship

• Responsible for establishment of communication and data management on shuttle missions USML-1 and USML-2 for Command Data Management Software (CDMS) Team
• Assist staff engineers in evaluation of mission planning and scheduling (CDMS)
• Create and execute test procedures for Space Station Ground Ops and Flight Ops teams (CDMS)
• Create and update a database for contract compliance on various projects and missions for Payload Mission Integration Contractor (PMIC) Team
• Create a system to trace and match software requirements on Apollo Domain System (PMIC)
• Create software test procedures for the Patriot Operator Tactics Trainer on Fire Platoon Initialization (FPI) Project

Education:

Computer Science/Mathematics

Affiliations:
Teledyne Brown Engineering Scholar - Participant
NASA Sharp Program - Participant