Andy Berry Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Lead of team of Engineers in making test structures for PCIe testing equipment.

Austin, Texas Area

Testing the Teledyne analyzer and generator products for Ethernet and Fiber Channel. Setting up complex scenarios to ensure all functions work on these amazingly cool products that support jamming and packet debugging. Trying to find bugs on these Analyzers/Generators before the customers do and also going through a huge list of functions that each of these products support. So, I am testing at the max of all protocols since customers are using our products to test their maximums, i.e. 100 Gig Ethernet, 32G FC, with wire-speed traffic along with multiple other internal protocol level assignments setup. The products I test with also support and are the leader in the PCIe market (~80% market share).

Austin, Texas Area

Writing python scripts to automate testing for SSD drivers.

Austin, Texas Area

• Lead highly skilled engineers in the ground up creation of a testing group, including test plans, cases and strategy to test new high end SSD NVMe technology and prepare this highly complicated technology for enterprise consumption. Learned how to build these Linux based systems so that we could measure IOPS and reliability which we fed into the production and hardening of the product.• Block storage systems implementation and testing using RDMA over converged ethernet, using Mongo db and NVMesh. Took Raid volumes (targets, clients, etc.) verified their speed and performance outclassed competition and then added in reliability testing, ex. drive pulls, mirroring, loading new SW in NIC cards, etc.

Austin, Tx.

• Managed groups and administered schedules across national and international boundaries to produce switches/routers from beginning to end including features, protos, testing, etc. Products won the International communications award and red dot awards.• Won 3 consecutive yearly prestigious Dell Champion Awards for individual accomplishment. • Built and managed a great team for an Ethernet Switching/Routing project (code named the X-series switch) which was created completely from scratch. Presented to Michael Dell who gave high kudos. Architected new features, planned and redesigned the technical specs necessary and continued overseeing the resources to hit all milestones. Switch now outsells similar Dell products.• Continually configured various switches for multiple features (i.e. dot1x security, STP, Multicast, OSPF, etc.) to assist customers in debugging complex topologies and help them understand their problems. Some problems turned out to be misconfiguration errors and others needed a new bug created (and then pushed to the test team for better coverage).

• Took on many additional initiatives, including industry standard CLI investigation and efforts (spanning across multiple vendors), executed several patents into our products (5 so far), performed QA process analysis and improvements, and the creation of the System Test charter, which were all accomplished in parallel with other responsibilities. (More patents mentioned below.)• Design and create technical specs so that new feature requirements can perform seamlessly with existing Layer 2/3 features (i.e. STP, DHCP, 802.1x, Multicast, LLDP, etc.). Added several proprietary features to our networking products so that Dell customers have the benefit of a feature rich and better-together solution.• Help cross-functional teams better understand networking concepts and command variances (Layer 2/Layer 3) and use highly effective communication skills to engage other engineers to improve knowledge and quality across groups.

Austin, Texas Area

• Technically, organizationally and decisively led a team of expert software engineers (which became the System Test Team) in the creation of test strategies, test plans and verification of complex feature functionality, network interoperability and layer 2/layer 3 switching architecture based on customer topology data. • Contributed to the enormous success of multiple network switch products (ex. 3750E, 3750, 3550, 2950) and services including IPv4 features, stackable switching, VoIP functions, various topologies and routing protocols, core/distribution/access features, etc., by using my experience and skills to increase the quality and value of the entire system, from software to hardware by writing bugs, defining better processes and explaining interoperability. • Previous to switch/router testing, was a leader in the design and test of new ADSL and SDSL systems (DSLAMs), including Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). Organized team efforts and budgets to best accomplish highly aggressive deadlines and very stringent standards for the successful deployment of these IT products. • Well versed in writing test cases and test plans (developing strategies) to ensure Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), reach, data throughput, frequency overlap and other requirements specified by the standards (ITU, ANSI, IEEE, etc.).

• Directed and supervised the entire test team to deliver a network entity, Home Location Register (HLR), into the Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) for large customers (BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, etc.). • Verified SS7 and TCAP transport mechanisms and became a focal point and a basis for knowledge concerning the complex aspects of SS7 networks, IS41 protocols and telecom variances. • Built strong customer relationships and performed intense interoperability testing with network traffic to observe and convey necessary software changes to ensure functionality needs were met. • Developed an intricate test automation application, including front end GUIs (using Tcl and Perl), for protocol verification and bug reporting. • Extremely proficient in using test tools, protocol analyzers, simulators, test repositories, configuration management, writing test scripts, devising test plans, communicating, consulting individuals, testing to requirements, and meeting stringent timelines.

• Designed and coded (using C and a proprietary interpreted language) a PBX simulator consisting of large components to automate internal testing of a digital phone. • Devised test strategy and automation programs to handle ISDN voice, data, and analog adapters, along with the layer 2 and 3 communication protocols involved. • Worked with numerous ISDN telephony devices to ensure LAP-B and LAP-D interfaces.

• Designed and developed large application programs (using REXX) so that each engineer could track and report their work better. • Also enhanced and updated existing VM tools, including execs, menus, and databases to increase efficiency and productivity. • Taught classes involving computer Operating Systems and programming use.

• Designed, coded (using C and Assembly), and tested software for highly complex digital telecommunication exchanges using SS7 signaling. • Participated in creating new ways of implementing ISDN protocols and networks into existing telephone systems (ISUP). • Responsible for several products within the whole system through the complete design phase, including function testing and release. • Consistently met highly aggressive deadlines while maintaining excellent quality. • First, valuable, out of college experience in designing and coding modules within a UNIX environment.

Bs, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: ACM

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science