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Greater Los Angeles, California, United States

Manages the QA compatibility and certification groups interfacing with 1st and 3rd parties such as Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Apple, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AMD to ensure all Blizzard games function on PC, Mac, Consoles, and Mobile platforms and are compliant with 1st party guidelines and requirements.Projects worked on: Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Warcraft.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Lead the compatibility team, interfacing with 1st and 3rd parties such as Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AMD to ensure all Blizzard games function on PC, Mac, Consoles, and Mobile platforms. Projects worked on: World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Overwatch

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Manage the technical requirements group, working with first parties, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to ensure games met first party requirements. Oversee the network, audio and PC compatibility labs. Lead the mobile submission group interfacing with Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and developers to launch and maintain our mobile games. Develop the vision.

Quebec, Canada

Oversaw the QA test effort from beginning to end. Managed test leads and created development plans for key talent. Created and managed the QA budget and test plans. Specialized in mobile testing (Android, Kindle, iOS) and working with external and outsourced groups. Coordinated with production and communicated risks to executive leadership.* Created the.

Quebec, Canada

Supervised the creation of test plans and budgets. Organized staffing and resources between dozens of projects. Developed key performance indicators to track efficiency and made improvements for the department. Acted as a liaison between the producer, developers, other QA support groups and outsourced testing. Programmed internal testing tools.* Fully took.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Created and executed QA test plans for AAA titles and managed test teams of up to 75 testers. Created processes to improve testing efficiency.* Created the test procedures for Activision’s first attempt into hardware testing, successfully launching Guitar Hero 3 and the Guitar Hero Franchise.Completed Titles: Transformers War for Cybertron, Activision.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Executed the test plan and supervised the day to day tasks on the test floor for 5-20 testers. Found bugs and enter them in a Database. Conducted Requirement (TRG/TCR) testing for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.Completed Titles: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Tony Hawk Proving Ground, Transformers: The Game, Shrek the Third, GUN, Tony Hawk Project 8.