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Duo was acquired by Cisco in October 2018.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Duo was acquired by Cisco in October 2018.I just help to fill quality gaps in the products that I work with. You got problems? I help solve them.Currently using Selenium with Python. More to come.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Help share knowledge and experiences of those in the QA space with others.

I'll use a variety of technologies to achieve the needed result. Some technical, some old school (People skills). Recognized as a QA Leader at SureId. Known for cross-team collaboration at multiple levels. Yes, we are an Agile environment.Key technologies I'm using at SureId.- C#- Powershell- TeamCity- Octopus Deploy- MSMQ/CQRS- Azure- Load/Performance TestingA few of the projects that I've worked on.Create and maintain deploys that use a combination of TeamCity and Octopus for CI and non CI environments for multiple projects. - Rapidgate DataCenter - Rapidgate Premeier - Rapidgate WaiversCreate and maintain a variety of test tooling that makes the every day life of technical staff at SureId easier. - Created new test automation frameworks from scratch to support existing software initiatives. + C# with Teststack.White to test Windows Presentation Foundations apps + C# to workaround data-aging issues - Created new test automation frameworks from scratch to support new software initiatives. + C# with Selenium to test a web front end + C# to test a Web API to support system to system communication + C# to validate the database (field level testing) supporting everything above. + Powershell to support deployment to Azure environments in the CI environment. - Functional/Load testing SureId proprietary architecture + Full regression testing of an Azure based Message Queue solution to handle business logic. + Created custom load tests from scratch using C# using the .Net Threading and Tasks + Isolated memory leaks + Confirmed the bug fixes at over 30 messages a second sustained over 3 days of non-stop traffic delivery.Valued member of the hiring committee.- Involved with hiring concerns on Rapidgate (legacy product) and SureId (greenfield development) sides of the house.- Active member of the committee hiring Engineering Directors and Engineering Managers

Westminster, Colorado, Us

Point person. Responsible for all aspects of the quality assurance role for multiple agile teams including the architecture team (Portico and A-teams), 4Projects integration, and V6 integration efforts. Operated with minimal supervision with a fast moving teams with multiple, variable responsibilities. Juggled varying resourcing needs against malleable requirements. Directed day to day activities of QA members of the scrum teams. Member of the technical leadership team. Observer with the QA Automation team. Worked with team members in the United Kingdom and multiple remote locations throughout the United States. Planned automated test activities against the current projects. Mentor. Teaching junior members of QA staff as they progress through their professional careers.

Portland, Or, Us

I am responsible for all things QA @ Compli. This includes the following responsibilities- Defining QA process within Compli's implementation of Scrum.- Overseeing and coordinating work of near-shore QA staff.- Design and implementation an automated testing framework based on Ruby/Watir.- Management of bug reports and the bug triage process- QA point person on all releases at Compli- Interface with internal stakeholders on upcoming releases.- Creation and execution of test plans, test scripts, functional/acceptance/load testing- Routing of customer cases thru R&D.- Directing the work of junior QA engineers- Mentoring junior QA team members in the profession of Quality Assurance.- Mentoring junior QA team members in learning Ruby skills.- Mentoring junior QA team members in learning C# skills.Strengths:- QA planning & project management- Strong Communicator- Automated testing- Team building

Portland, Or, Us

Held the following responsibilities - Management of bug reports and the bug triage process - QA point person on all releases at CompliKnowledgeable in testing - Web applications (including those using AJAX) - Web services - API testing - 3rd party interfaces - Applications using MS SQL Server - IIS configurationStrengths: - QA planning & project management - Automated testing

Lowell, Ma, Us

As a senior member of the QA team, I accomplished the following while at Unicru (now Kronos)Automation Team LeadSuccessfully scoped, planned, and executed on plans to update the automated testing tools used at Unicru.- Went from coordinate based test tool to SilkTest- Went from a difficult to maintain load tool to Segue SilkPerformer.- Tools brought on board in 2004 are still in wide use today.- Test suites have been expanded and are relied upon by current QA team members.QA Lead on Smartmatch- Responsible for the entire Smart Match project.- Interfaced directly with all team members- Tested a .Net application running against an Oracle DB.Sr. SQA Engineer on Unicru - Salaried Solution- Load tested Unicru BizTalk implementation- Functional testing of various aspects of the Salaried Solution- Training of QA team members on the underlying SQL DB in use.

Boston (Westboro), MASWBD was bought by InfoSpace in early 2004.Lead on AOLAutomation Team Lead