- Led a team of 10-12 SDETs in developing automated test framework and tests using python and Selenium.- Drove initiative to reduce testing from 2 hours to 15 minutes with no loss of test coverage by writing more focused customer scenario tests, using AWS Codebuild and Github Actions.- Re-planned ongoing feature development to ensure delivery of product to external regulatory agencies by due date- Lead adoption of Cypress as the main testing tool resulting in a reduction of front-end test time by 90%.- Utilized Datadog to simplify integration for all backend services reducing company spend on logging by 85%.- Led companywide project for migrating test execution from Jenkins to GitHub Actions and AWS.- Developed process for clearing out test data from development environments reducing data storage by 95%.- Increased API performance and reduced load on MongoDB through optimization of queries.

- Built a new team of 5-7 engineers owning the entire "Product upgrade" feature.- Led a team to develop a product upgrade microservice using Agile methodologies in Python.- Increased testing coverage for product upgrades by implementing continuous Jenkins-based testing of different aspects of upgrades.- Implemented pre-release testing designed to track upgrade performance improvements and degradation.- Designed a customer facing upgrade matrix and put together a unified process for company use.- Accomplished cleanup of legacy repositories to ensure clean execution of code analysis tools.- Simplified setup tools for each developer resulting in 80% time reduction in setup for each engineer.- Created organization wide training materials for product upgrades

- Managed a team with 10 direct reports.- Created a test automation lab with multiple test stands, replicating existing real world customer scenarios.- Implemented department wide training program for QA engineers to improve test coverage and project time estimates.- Developed automated tools for testing payments using real time programmable chip cards and pin pads.- Created new TFS templates for defects that match the flows of bugs in QA and engineering teams.- Replaced existing outdated undocumented software release processes with new company wide TFS ticket-based request and tracking system.- Modernized DevOps tools and introduced Chef, Artifactory to the company tools portfolio.- Streamlined creation of product OS Images, replacing a manual process with scripted chef recipes.- Developed company-wide tools for HW troubleshooting and diagnostics.- Improved product quality and company reputation by performing stress tests and providing QA metrics that exposed major quality and stability issues.

- Successfully released 3 versions of Linux-based Dell FluidFS NAS appliance, leading the project from initial collaboration with Exanet (later to be acquired by Dell) through product release.- Lead designer for test automation framework for testing CIFS/NFS permissions.- Reduced release test time from 4 months to 7 days by automating setup, deployment and execution of tests.- Trained a team of 8 QA engineers to write automated tests in Bash, Powershell, CS-Script- Led a team of engineers through the release of the next generation of Dell PowerVault NX1950, NX400, NX3200 and NX3300 Windows NAS appliances.- Responsible for project schedule, working across teams to ensure on-time product releases.- Developed technical plans and specifications for Windows NAS on Dell VRTX all-in-one clustered appliance.- Discovered and successfully investigated a data loss issue with an approximately 0.0002% rate of occurrence, leading to a quick successful resolution.