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Manage a portfolio of data connectivity products including Enterprise Relational DBs, SaaS, NoSQL, Cloud, and Big DataEvaluate business and technical requirements and competitor products to develop product roadmaps and decide features, functionality, and product architecture for B2B and B2C data access clientsDrive product direction and lead design decisions across Product Management, Engineering, Customer Support, QA and Documentation teamsCoordinate Agile methodologies among cross functional, globally distributed engineering teams for continuous releases of both new products and existing product maintenanceLead customer-facing presentations and user requirements gathering, and serve as technical interface between enterprise clients and Product/Development teams.

- Responsible for multiple product suites and millions of QA tests for data integration APIs in relational and cloud data sources - Led team in performing all patch QA functions, including running the regression test suite and releasing driver bug fixes, supporting multiple product suites with relational and cloud data sources.- Trained, developed, and mentored QA Team, transferring in-depth knowledge of product portfolio; QA test environment, test suite, and processes; and test output interpretation

- Advanced to one of two principal QA engineers on a QA team of 14, serving as primary interface with development team on testing and debugging issues for data connectivity software and multiple APIs. - Wrote and executed QA tests for existing data connector and integration products, new product features, and new product releases in an Agile software development environment. Analyzed test results and updated code to fix bugs- Extensive experience with database wire protocol APIs as well as ODBC and JDBC specifications

- Investigated, researched, and resolved a range of technical issues, from basic connectivity to application and driver code debugging- Promoted through technical support roles of increasing scope to serve as primary technical support contact for key high-touch customers and handled escalated technical support issues for global technical support team of 20+ engineers across the U.S., Europe, and Japan. - Primary technical support resource for company’s top customers, including Microsoft, Oracle, Informatica, Microstrategy and Home Depot