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Minneapolis, MN, US

Publishing, production, mixing, mastering, and recording of unique media experiences.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

* Responsible for growing, tending to, and caring for an engineering team of 5-8 engineers* Lead team through core technology expansions and pivots: Angular to React; App Engine to Cloud Run; Cloudflare, AWS, Supabase, and Netlify* Implemented the Engineer Roundtable, a monthly engineering-focused gathering highlighting company and client wins and.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

* Established Test Automation standards and tests using Playwright* Established GitHub Actions-based Pipelines to support projects within GCP* Implemented performance and accessibility compliance monitoring sing Lighthouse tests* Steered organization technical decisions as part of the Senior Engineering team* Identified common deployment pain points.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Providing internal and customer support for product offerings in AWS, proprietary infrastructure, and various other cloud providers.* Primary client support contact for over 100 clients* Key decision maker for architecture decisions for in-house platform migration from data center to cloud* Subject matter specialist and key engineer for in-house content.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Developing transformative, interactive experiences, alongside the best coworkers and leadership.* Key Maintainer for in-house CMS, Commerce, and Rewards system supporting up to 4 million user accounts* Supported Minnesota State Lottery through years of service on in-house systems in datacenters to proprietary solutions within GovCloud* Migrated clients.

Minneapolis, MN, US

San Francisco, CA, US

• Administered IGDA.org website content using WordPress, Drupal, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Created BSD shell scripts to automate the acquisition of Drupal user IDs and assess their membership status for Special Interest Group and Chapter elections
• Analyzed, recommended, and administered election services for 2011 Board of Directors election
• Advised and started the transition to new web tech for future deployment
• Awarded one of three IGDA MVP Awards at GDC 2011

Plymouth, MN, US

• QA Manager | General Duties | Destineer Games/MacSoft
• Shipped over 100 titles on 8 platforms, adhering to software requirements by licensors and first-party publishing partners while maintaining a compliance rate that bested the industry by 10 percent
• Led a team of individuals in user acceptance and black box testing, focused on reporting functional and compliance defects for international development partners
• Managed the QA process during the entire Software Development Life Cycle, from initial design feedback to mastering of submission images
• Assessed and documented project and department performance, progress, and risks
• Improved department workflow by implementing open-source project management solutions and automating routine tasks

Plymouth, MN, US

• Led teams of testers in manual testing on console, PC, and Mac OS X products
• Advocated for change requests that improved motion and touch control in final products
• Performed manual testing of functional, design, and first-party compliance requirements
• Reviewed and edited string tables for new and localized titles for context, grammar, and spelling
• Created test plans to ensure project and compliance requirements were satisfied

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• QA Manager | Breach (XBLA and PC) | Released 1/26/11
• Led multi-shift, multi-location test efforts between development and QA sites to provide daily feedback on new builds, features and regressions
• Coordinated offshore resources for localization, compliance and hardware compatibility testing
• Implemented Google Apps, test plans and custom tools to improve QA team performance, maximize test coverage and expedite feedback to development team
• Communicated directly with Account and Release managers at Microsoft to provide timely updates and negotiated waivers on compliance items

• Assessed and estimated testing requirements and schedules for iOS software
• Tested iOS software and logged defects, clearly and concisely for offshore development teams
• Analyzed Facebook and Apple App Store guidelines and policies to ensure compliance

Manager in charge of retail sales, inventory management, computer software and hardware purchases, technical support for customers, staffing of employees, and customer amplifier and instrument repair.

Mcp, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

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