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California, United States

Los Angeles, California, US

Woodland Hills, CA, US

Dallas, Texas, US

Owned all aspects of testing services delivery and solutions design. Responsible for a team of 450 test engineers, managers, automation engineers, trainers, support staff, as well as delivery managers and the IT in Pune India. Reported to the CEO.Institutionalized detailed metric gathering and analysis leading to a 15% increase in estimating.

Responsible for maintaining, establishing, and enhancing the quality processes across Z2, including the day-to-day management of a mixed team of full-time and contract analysts, leads and SDET’s working on multiple simultaneous projects in the “freemium’ mobile gaming space. Reported to the V.P. of Operations

Burbank, CA, US

Established structured processes for workflow, issue escalation, and interfacing with internal and external stakeholders. Implemented closed-loop quality programs built on data analytics, pattern monitoring, metrics, QA quality control measures and coaching. Strengthened cross-department leadership and built cohesive Director level communication pipeline.

Burbank, CA, US

Built WB Games publishing group from the ground up. Established all QA processes and policies for functional testing and first party compliance, QA workflow, inter-discipline communication and escalation, milestone acceptance processes, and quality standards for WBIE (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment). Direct manual and semi-automated testing.

Seattle, Washingtom, US

Managed testing efforts of a mixed team of QA Analysts and QA Development Engineers. Architected automation solutions, thin-client applications, and structured BVT’s in an MMO environment. Introduced metrics and metric gathering protocols and used trending data to drive Agile-managed feature deliverables.

Redmond, Washington, US

Lead the QA effort on one of the most successful PC franchises of all time (Zoo Tycoon) innovating on use of “main campus” tools in MGSArchitected and deployed an automated BVT and build distribution systems through combined efforts of QA Analysts and Test Development Engineers

Redwood City, CA, US

Helped build first onsite full QA team at Maitland FL location. Managed testing efforts of QA Leads, Production Assistants, and QA Analysts.Established QA facility protocolsInstituted new issue tracking system, issue work flow, and communication work flowRefined tester hiring practices and standardsIntroduced robust metric collection and reporting.

US

Oversaw all aspects of testing effort on multiple PC titles, including Test Casing, Test Planning, Performance, Compatibility, Usability, and Localization Managed efforts of mixed team of QA Analysts, QA Engineers and Junior QA Leads Helped to improve department automation processes and lead the Innovation Steering Committee. Additional contributions.

US

Black / Gray / White Box Testing on numerous PC titles Use of directed scripting systems to supplement testing effort. Additional contributions included: production art, junior level game design, and beta coordination.