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● Envision, Plan, establish, and maintain on-premise and cloud UiPath RPA infrastructure to facilitate large-scale, high-ROI digital transformation● Develop and evangelize an RPA citizen development program to increase automation scale● Hands-on solution architecture, automated process development, and component development● Help establish an RPA intake, selection, and prioritization process● Interview and mentor local and remote RPA team members resulting in high team performance● Lead process improvement, transformation, and automation initiatives to successful outcomes● UiPath, Jira, and Confluence administration● Create narrated instructional videos to facilitate consistent, repeatable training

● Spearheaded the RPA proof of concept and COE development at Life division● Reduce inefficiency, cost, and risk by collaborating with diverse stakeholders on transformational RPA initiatives● Help establish a divisional digital transformation road map● Help establish an RPA intake, selection, and prioritization process● Establish a digital operating model with metrics & dashboard to articulate progress and ROI● Hands-on RPA vendor selection, PoC, architecture, and low code robot development● Lead a team of RPA developers using UiPath● Evangelized RPA to other Pacific Life divisions● Interview, inspire, mentor, on-board, and develop team members● Plan, establish, and maintain UiPath RPA infrastructure in multiple environments● System administration (UiPath Orchestrator, TestRail, SharePoint, Jira, Jenkins, etc.)● Envision and produce innovative, time saving web apps, tools, and processes● Create narrated instructional videos to facilitate consistent, repeatable training

● Leadership of the Automation & Tools Engineering (SDET) team● Interview, inspire, mentor, and develop SDET, SQE & SQA team members● Robot Framework, Selenium, HP UFT/BPT test automation● Evangelize test automation & tool services through formal presentations and 1:1 interactions● Envision and produce innovative, time saving web apps, tools, and processes● Create high quality narrated instructional videos to facilitate consistent, repeatable trainingNotable Achievements● Produced rock solid, insightful, easy to interpret, CI-driven automated testing● Received Vision Pillar Award for “Innovative Products & Processes” from ECS president● Our innovative productivity tools & test automation saved ECS ~$3M per year

● Support ECS's overall vision & strategy by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of software quality assurance endeavors● Ask the right questions and provide innovative new solutions to ensure the right work is getting done as easily as possible● Interview, hire, and develop amazing testers● Automate wherever it makes sense to do so● Created a knowledge base to more effectively structure training/information resources● Produced, edited, and published narrated technical instructional videos to improve the efficiency & consistency of training and knowledge transfer within the group

Designed, coded (full stack), and tested customer facing HRIS web applications using Visual Studio (C# .NET/SQL Server).

● SQA lead for Yahoo Music Jukebox (similar to iTunes)● Wrote test plans, test cases● Planned and executed client/server tests● Directed, mentored, and coached junior testers● Leveraged Segue Silk for test automation● Used Visual Studio .NET / SQL Server to create a remote trigger & results repository for our automation● Developed training plan and supporting documents for QA new hires.

● Analyzed requirements to create relevant test cases & guidelines for IP-based Fax products● Used Visual Studio (C#, VB & SQL) to create & maintain an automated end to end testing tool which exercised the entire platform and sent failure alerts● Developed various system administation tools and a customer facing .NET web application.

● Designed, coded, and tested new features for legacy distance learning applications, per client requirements, using using MS Visual Studio 6, C++, MFC● Wrote and compiled application help files (RoboHelp)● Utilized PVCS for source code & release management.

● Lead SQA efforts on the "ShockMachine" Internet gaming platform at Macromedia● Interviewed, trained, and mentored a team of 6 multimedia/web QA testers● Performed extensive cross-platform (Mac & Windows) black box/white box testing on a flash based multimedia player & gaming application● Programmed automation tools to expedite test administration & workflow● Designed & maintained intranet training & knowledge sharing materials for the QA team

● Wrote & executed automated test scripts using a proprietary automation tool + AppleScript● Created a consistent employee on-boarding process● Enhanced the team's knowledge sharing tools & processes

● Lead multimedia testing efforts on 2nd generation Macintosh PowerPCs (7500, 8500, and 9500).● Interviewed, hired, trained, and directed an international team of 8 testers (US, Japan, Ireland).● Created the new hire training program used by all MIQ QA new hires● Analyzed requirements documents to create relevant test cases & guidelines● Performed complex testing of prototype Macintosh computers & operating systems to verify compatibility with 3rd party video, audio, CD-ROM, MIDI devices and software.

Multimedia integration testing on the 1st generation of PowerPC (6100, 7100, 8100). Tested prototype Macintosh computers & operating systems to verify compatibility with 3rd party video, audio, CD-ROM, MIDI devices and software.