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Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for leading the design, development, documentation, testing, and troubleshooting of new and existing enterprise SaaS products.

Portland, Or

• Directly managed a staff of 15 test engineers for distributed cluster caching technology that was productize for the enterprise storage market.• Created test automation infrastructure that supports driving tests across a cluster of servers on Linux, VMWare, and Windows platforms.• Established automated regression testing process at check in, daily, and weekly intervals. • Set a culture of quality and test automation.• Managed test and development labs. Ordered equipment… Show more • Directly managed a staff of 15 test engineers for distributed cluster caching technology that was productize for the enterprise storage market.• Created test automation infrastructure that supports driving tests across a cluster of servers on Linux, VMWare, and Windows platforms.• Established automated regression testing process at check in, daily, and weekly intervals. • Set a culture of quality and test automation.• Managed test and development labs. Ordered equipment aligned to project needs and budget, and ensured lab users had the hardware they needed.• Integrated the test team into the Agile scrum process. Provided a process for user story, test planning, test automation, and execution that fit the needs of the sprint teams and management. Show less

Beaverton, Or

• Directly managed a staff of 11 development and QA engineers that designed, implemented, and tested data archiving features for a cluster storage tier.• Created, staffed, and managed a sustaining engineering team that produced patches, features, and maintenance releases for division products. This included all requirements, development, QA and documentation.• Provided project management and QA for hardware/software product bundles and custom features and enhancements.

Beaverton, Or

• Managed the worldwide Polyserve customer support organization. • Provided customer quality data to R&D. Drove the development of fixes and enhancements with engineering teams.

Beaverton, Or

• Managed QA department (15 engineers) for a systems/storage startup developing enterprise-class cluster file system technology and solutions. • Grew the initial QA team from 5 to 15 engineers; defined and established the test planning and execution process for the team including balancing automation development with manual testing; drove the completion of releases via defect reviews, fix prioritizations, and risk analysis.• Created and defined the charter of a Compatibility Lab team… Show more • Managed QA department (15 engineers) for a systems/storage startup developing enterprise-class cluster file system technology and solutions. • Grew the initial QA team from 5 to 15 engineers; defined and established the test planning and execution process for the team including balancing automation development with manual testing; drove the completion of releases via defect reviews, fix prioritizations, and risk analysis.• Created and defined the charter of a Compatibility Lab team responsible for testing Polyserve products with other ecosystem products (OS, drivers, applications, etc.) to ensure proper operation for customers.• Defined and staffed the build and integration function within the Polyserve R&D organization. This included the automation of daily builds, smoke tests, and product installations to ensure the QA team stayed current on product builds. Show less

Beaverton, Or

• Managed QA department (17 engineers) for a telecommunications startup developing a next generation voice/data switch. • Ensured the quality of four major product releases. • Formed and staffed a SW build and integration test team to drive up the stability and functionality of the product code line. • Developed the strategy and development model for an automated test system. This system increased the quality of new code and shortened the overall test cycle.