SUMMARY:

• Over 25 years leadership and technical experience in the areas of software development, software quality assurance, technical architecture, technical implementation strategy, and new business development within a broad range of business areas.
• Functional development and integration development under my direction includes new product development, new business development, change agent management, release management, Six Sigma concepts and leadership, CMMI planning and goal objectives, leadership in Agile, Waterfall, iterative, and spiral software development life cycle (SDLC) processes.
• I offer a unique combination of project management and leadership experience within technology - driven industries. Proven ability to deliver innovative solutions that fully supports corporate growth objectives. Competently manage multiple assignments while maintaining the highest emphasis on quality. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with management, peers, and clients to promote products and services.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Business Process Improvements using 6Sigma and Continuous Improvement Techniques
• Military and Medical Product Testing in regulated industries.
• VB, VBA, VB Script, VB.NET, C#, ADO.NET, ASP.Net using Visual Studio
• Requirements analysis and decomposition of business and engineering requirements to test
• Development and implementation of validation and verification common processes for medical device manufacturing processes.
• Development of Rich Internet Applications using Microsoft tools, AJAX, JQuery, and other technologies
• Test Management, Release Management, and Defect resolution management.
• Emgineering and Manufacturing Test Equipment Design and Test Automation
• C, C++, Java, Ruby, Javascript,Flash
• Program Management and Project Management using Microsoft project and Sharepoint.
• Test Architecture, Test Plans and Test Case development for aircraft engines and medical device software.
• SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Access
• Technology roadmap development for products including RFP and Proposal Development
• Keyword Test Frameworks, Data driven Tests, Scripts
• Windows XP, 2008 Server, Windows 7, Unix, Linux, embedded Linux
• SDLC Implementation, RUP, Agile, iterative, Waterfall
• IBM Functional Tester, Robot, TestManager, ClearCase, ClearQuest Doors
• HPBasic, IEEE-488, RS232, RS485, Mil1553, ARINC-429
• Leading, mentoring and growing personnel
• Functional, Performance and User Acceptance Testing
• Mono technology to run .NET apps on Linux
• Presentation to internal and external customers on product status and progress
• HP QualityCenter, QuickTest Pro, WinRunner, LoadRunner
• Requirement tools such as Doors and Optimal Trace
• Reliability and Risk Analysis
• TestPartner, QADirector, SilkTest, TestComplete, Selenium
• Data Acquisition and Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop plans to improve test coverage across all verification and validation teams in the global corporation.
• Develop strategies to increase test case portability across the corporation.
• Work with the global Validation team to “commonize” test processes, tools, HIL use across regions.
• Introduce software development and testing best practices into the organization where needed.
• Identify common tools to use across regions for test development, requirement to test result traceability, and communication.
• Support Functional Safety improvements into the validation processes to reach compliance with corporate expectations.
• Increase test efficiency across regions to support global development and test efforts.
• Guide suppliers in developing and improving test processes that comply with Chrysler requirements.
• Improved the CVVR process to support PWB testing. Increased CVVR submittals from 23% for 2015 to over 85% for the 2017 RU. CVVR submittal after two weeks past PWB was 94% for 2017 RU vs 50% for 2015 LA.
• Focused on improving the component testing and processes for UConnect (Infotainment), Cluster, and Body Controller ECUs. Performed pilot with RU Cluster and reduced Defects found at System Test by 50% while cluster complexity doubled.

Senior QA Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop Selenium test processes to test mobile applications written in HTML5, Javascript, and Objective C that runs on iphones, ipads, laptops and desktops.
• Develop Java and Javascript tests to test Javascript APIs and services.
• Identify and create tests for the Photobooks application written in Flex to ensure compliance to the requirements (functional, performance, security, and encryption). Automated over 50% test coverage through script automation and test case analysis to reduce duplication and test overlap.
• Architect the test processes for Engineering to integrate into the Confidential Agile test process using Rally, TestComplete, Jira, Flex Builder,IntellJ and Jenkins.
• Lead the process in creating automated functional and performance tests to validate scalability to the Flex application across production using TestComplete and other tools and software languages ( Javascript, Jquery, Ruby, and Flex ).
• Develop the test plans, test procedures and test scripts to test the product from Engineering prototype to production software on Windows, OSX and Linux platforms.
• Work with cross functional and cross organizational teams located in Phoenix, California, and other locations to meet customer requirements.
• Present test information to staff, peers and upper management concerning status and issues. Create Wiki’s to share status information to Management and others.
• Created a test requirement gathering and managing process using Rally to consolidate test requirements from end users, product managers, project manager and system architects that provides traceability from high level requirements to test requirements to test results and their associated defects.
• Validate compliance to Confidential software test processes and procedures.
• Work with the Engineering staff to further define requirements for the product, the software design and test to assure traceability throughout the process.

Contract Senior Test Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Identify and create tests for the SOSCOE Linux implementation of TIGR. Test the ported application Linux software to ensure compliance to the requirements (functional, performance, security, and encryption).
• Architect the test processes for Engineering to integrate into the Confidential C4 test process using IBM Rational Doors, Clear Quest, Clear Case, Rhapsody and other tools.
• Work with the Software Architect assigned to the project to create installation scripts and Linux RPM packages to install our application onto SOSCOE RedHat Linux systems.
• Develop the test plans, test procedures and test scripts to test the product from Engineering prototype to preproduction software on a RedHat Linux operating system.
• Work with cross functional and cross organizational teams located in Fort Wayne, Scottsdale, Orlando, and other locations to meet customer requirements..
• Present test information to staff, peers and upper management concerning status and issues.
• Created a test requirement gathering and managing process using IBM DOORS to consolidate test requirements from end users, product managers, project manager and system architects that provides traceability from high level requirements to test requirements to test results and their associated defects.
• Validate compliance to Confidential software test processes and procedures.
• Work with the Systems Engineering staff to further define requirements for the product, the software design and test to assure traceability throughout the process.

Contract Software Architect and Design Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop the architecture to add features to existing and new applications for customers using Access 2007, VBScript and the Amazon Cloud.
• Develop solutions in Access using forms, VBA and the database to present and manipulate information to manage and approve employee work efforts.
• Develop methods to synchronize the applications and data with users that may have access to the internet for short periods of time per day or per week.
• Develop a Complete roadmap for replacing the Access system with a Rich Internet Application accessing and synchronizing to a SQL Server database over the internet.

Senior Technical Member, Senior Systems Lead, Test and Validation,

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Identify and design the Test Lab for the first Set Top Box (STB) that combines total multimedia experience for residential users in a global marketplace. Test both the hardware and embedded Linux software to ensure compliance to the requirements (functional, performance, security, encryption).
• Architect the test processes for Engineering to integrate into a Agile development process using RallyDev, Clear Quest, Clear Case, and TestComplete.
• Hire and build a test organization from the ground up to in corporate a Out-Of-The-Box approach to testing STB that utilizes automation and organized test methodologies to meet the business quality, cost and time limitations. Presently have openings for a additional seven test engineers.
• Develop the test plans, test procedures and test scripts to test the product from Engineering prototype units to factory production for testing a common codebase of embedded C++ on a Linux operating system.
• Work with cross functional and cross organizational teams located in Indianapolis, Burbank, France, and China to ensure the same test processes and goals are used and met.
• Present test information to staff, peers and upper management concerning status and issues.
• Created a requirement gathering and managing process using IBM DOORS to consolidate requirements from end users, product managers, project manager and system architects and traceability from business requirements to test requirements to test results and their associated defects.
• Validate compliance to national and international specifications like UPnP, DLNA, USB2, HDMI, Energy Star, and various video and audio requirements.
• The hardware is Intel, ST CPUs with 8051 microcontrollers.

QA Architect Implementation Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as the Technical Architect and Implementation Manager to lead the corporation into restructuring their SDLC to improve their quality and testing processes. The corporation had bought over 1.5 Million dollars in Confidential Quality tool licenses that had become “shelf ware”. We developed a plan to reach agreement with the Department Managers on the Test Methodology, train the people to use the tools to implement the methodology, and mentor the different departments in actually testing the applications. I became the corporate evangelist for automated software quality assurances processes.
• Over the next two years, we documented test cost savings of 50% on projects that utilized the processes, methodologies and tools. When I left, there were more than 100 users of the processes and tools. The tools utilized to automate the processes became the corporate de facto standard with managers expecting their test teams to use the tools and processes.

Regional Product Support Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided consulting services to Confidential customers in improving their use of Confidential ’s Quality tool solutions. Even though I was the Midwest Region’s manager, we provided services and training to customers both nationally and internationally.
• Supported Account Managers in developing responses to RFPs, presented to customer senior management and staff regarding to the SDLC, CMMI, and Process Improvement with the focus on increasing sales and improving customer satisfaction. Identified new business opportunities within established customer organizations and identified new customers to account managers and acted as the pre-sales technical lead to help facilitate new business.
• Scheduled consulting engagement with internal personnel and customers. Did post-engagement reviews with customers to improve the company’s support organization and optimize the delivery process for our services.
• Became a certified trainer for Optimal Trace Requirement Management, QACenter Test Management, CARS Workbench Test Management, TestPartner, TrackRecord, and QADirector.
• Only one of three people certified in North America to train people on the QACenter, CARS Workbench, and TestPartner products.

Head of Integration Technology/ Business Development,

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop new business revenue from Intellectual Property (IP) that I sold to Confidential . Developed the Intellectual Property into a means to move competitor’s test assets into Segue Test Tool Assets. I was Chief Architect and author of the SilkWeaver Migration Automation utility. Developed strategies on selling SilkTest to customers.
• Led with Account Managers on Proof of Concept activities.
• Helped Account Managers on solving unique problems at customer sites to resolve sales barriers. Led Account Managers in driving sales of the Migration technology services to customers.
• Developed the Migration Business Plan for the customers, and acted as project manager for the projects involving the migration services.
• Provided Market Projection of Technology paper to Research and Development, all recommendations had since been implemented.

Test Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• was contracted with Confidential as a Contract Test Manager to integrate the Rational Unified Process using the Rational tools into their software lifecycle development. My team was composed of five test analysts. We developed the test processes, created a test lab, and negotiated with internal and external Program Management staff on all aspects of the implementation. We executed plans to move them from CMMI Level 1 to CMMI Level 4. At the end of the contract, I was asked to become a permanent employee with the title of Chief Engineer.
• Lead a group of testers in creating automated tests for testing a .NET web system at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
• Consulted with Mercury Interactive on QuickTest Pro features and growth ( Product Roadmap) in Israel. Also Consulted for Mercury on Migrating Rational Test Assets to Mercury Test Assets for PeopleSoft.
• Consulted with Rational concerning market competition and their new Test Manager product concerning features and how their new release would compete with Mercury‘s Test Director product.

President,

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Started the business focused on delivering outstanding Software Development and Software Quality Assurance services for the Windows environment. We grew the organization to over two million dollars in sales, 50% from software development services and 50% from SQA services, usually in automated test development. We developed a test methodology that was very efficient, developed the tools to automate the methodology and proceeded to sell the tools to customers in the USA. Initial clients included; Texas Instruments, The Gap, Solomon Software, Frequency Marketing, Macola, Qwest, and MadeToManage.
• As part of our consulting practice, we provide CMMI reviews, assisted customers in developing processes and procedures to improve their SDLC, and delivered complete project management implementation services.
• I supported our Account Managers by responding to RFPs, presenting to client senior managers and staff, and developing complete project plans for large clients. We developed and tested E-commerce, Web, Client/Server, and Component Applications in the financial, manufacturing, insurance, credit, telecommunications and healthcare industries, using current commercial test tools (Rational TeamTest, Mercury Interactive WinRunner \LoadRunner, and Segue SilkTest.
• Managed multiple teams of Test Analysts and Engineers at customer sites in the area while still leading the business.
• Developed the requirements and automated test systems to test Gas Measurement systems for compliance to USA and Canadian corrected gas flow for computation of price. These systems were used on the Alaska and Canadian pipelines.
• Developed the requirements for testing the systems that monitored bulk chemical farms. These systems were embedded systems running dos with communication via modem to Pcs.
• Developed the requirements and tests for a Zero-Inventory Electrical Motors manufacturing plant.

Manager of Electronic Controls Support Equipment

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed 250 employees; four separate General Electric sites, with some employees on site at customer’s locations worldwide while leading the organization in marketing, engineering, and manufacturing of automated test systems to internal and external customers. Increased sales by a factor of five, over a three-year period through focused marketing and sales. There was no increase of personnel during this growth; this being accomplished through restructuring for efficiency.
• Led the organization in continuous improvement processes with JAD sessions, which included Marketing, Engineering and Manufacturing which led to splitting the organization into product lines, and focused on reducing overhead for the entire organization. I was able to reduce the overhead rate structure for my organization from 234% down to 28%.
• Using Six Sigma techniques, implemented system improvements in manufacturing, resulting in decreasing manufacturing time by 50% and significantly increasing the profit margin. By implementing Statistical Process Control training for the total factory, we increased production yield, from 50% to 80%, across total production of both old and new electronic controls in two years. The new electronic controls were averaging 95% first run yield.
• Negotiated with the government representatives on site, to be part of the continuous improvement efforts, and to use the group as a model in improving production.
• Due to these efforts the Fort Wayne Electronic controls plant went from a three shift, seven day operation to a two shift, five day operation.
• International sales trips made to Japan, several Mideast and European Countries while working with United States Military, Foreign Military and commercial customers.
• Developed the test requirements and automated tests to test the the F101 Jet Engine Electronic Control, the F110 Jet Engine Electronic Control, the Stealth Bomber Jet Engine Electronic Control, the CFM56 Electronic Control and the Fighter Helicopter Electronic Control.