Carl Schmitt Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, US

Intel Product Assurance & Security (IPAS) - Incident Response Engineering (IRE)

Santa Clara, California, US

• Data Platforms Group (DPG) - Datacenter Platform Engineering & Architecture (DPEA)
• Architected & drove the implementation of the process lifecycle & engineering response for the Intel Platform Update (IPU) program. The IPU delivers key security & functional updates across 7+ years of Intel Client.
• Managed a diverse team of validation architects and execution leads responsible for platform validation of high end desktop, big core programs, and key customer co-validation engagements.

Santa Clara, California, US

• (Client Computing Group (CCG) – Windows System Integration & Validation (WSIV))
• Automation Architect & Product Owner for all WSIV automation development requirements and served as primary interface into the Windows Dev Ops (WDO) organization.
• Partnered with Windows Dev Ops to implement a highly scalable automated IFWI & Windows OS flashing solution that resulted in manual effort reduction of 1 contingent worker per program with an estimated savings of.
• Ideated and implemented a solution to enable a 1:3 ratio between Host & SUT for IFWI flashing and DPMO cycling which resulted in a 50% reduction in capital expenditures without requiring updates to existing automation.
• Successfully drove a cross-team effort to align WSIV on a single solution for DPMO Sx Cycling encompassing E2E execution, deployment, reporting, functional validation capabilities, and alignment with the new Unified.

Santa Clara, California, US

• (Client Computing Group – (CCG))
• Responsible for E2E quality and validation of a virtual shopping solution developed in partnership with a multi-billion-dollar online retailer and comprised of a client Windows application, Intel Real Sense camera, a.
• Architected an E2E continuous integration loop including builds, deployment, unit test execution, system level tests, and reporting utilizing Jenkins, Nunit, SpecFlow, and C# developed content which reduced build and.
• Established SW engineering best practices for the ISV & partners which included a tiered build & release process and unit testing requirements that resolved chronic issues with broken builds. Drove in debuggability.
• Led the technical aspects of several partner & customer user experience research events collecting crucial user feedback and data which was leveraged to improve product accuracy and overall user experience.

Redmond, Washington, US

• (Operating Systems Group - Mobile Shell (MOBS) - Windows 10)
• Owned the quality assurance (QA) of Windows Mobile Shell Personalization feature which allows for users to customize many aspects of their mobile devices.
• Drove QA from customer perspective into feature design, testability, code review, customer measures, & telemetry in agile/scrum environment.
• Implemented telemetry instrumentation in C/C++ for the Mobile Shell Personalization feature to support initial Scenario Measures.
• Accessibility Subject Matter Expert (SME) for MOBS team responsible for driving accessibility across the organizations feature set and educating team about accessibility.(Windows User Experience (UEX) - Settings.
• Co-architected & co-developed the PC Setting UI Automation Framework utilizing C# & POM/LFM design pattern. Drove adoption across Windows & partner teams resulting in 35+ developers utilizing the framework.

Redmond, Washington, US

• (Windows Fundamentals Division - Diagnosis Test Team - Windows Vista & 7)
• Founding lead for the Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure (WDI) team. Successfully built a strong team from the ground up by recruiting, interviewing, hiring & enabling the team’s vision while maintaining 90% retention.
• Architected the testing & automation strategy implemented by the team which lead to 80%+ code coverage for the framework & generated several tools which partner teams leveraged.
• Drove extensive cross-group engagement with partner teams across the entire Windows Organization which ensured the 25+ in-box troubleshooters were developed with high quality & were well tested.
• Reported product, bug glide & test status for the organization to Windows VPs & Test Directors. Identified & mitigated top issues to remain on ship schedule.
• As the charter for Diagnosis Team expanded I also led the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) team & owned QA for several troubleshooters implemented for WDI.

Redmond, Washington, US

• (Windows Core OS Division -- Windows Mobile Computing Test Team - Windows 2000, XP & Vista)
• Test lead for the Windows Mobile Computing, Bluetooth, Secure Digital, & Microsoft Reliability Service test teams. Managed a team of up to 20+ employees including management of managers.
• Successfully built strong teams from the ground up by recruiting & hiring talented
• Coached, mentored & developed careers, aiding growth & increasing scope of directs influence on product quality, and enabling positive working environment.
• Represented QA from customer perspective in all product lifecycle aspects from feature design requirements, testability, code reviews, bug triage, & signoff through product release in waterfall environment.
• Developed dynamic reports & drove product, bug & test status for the team to Test Directors & Windows Central Ship Room.

Redmond, Washington, US

• (Windows Core OS Division -- Windows Mobile Computing Test Team - Windows 2000 & XP)
• Owned test planning, automation, & validation across multiple bus drivers as Plug & Play support was first added to the Windows NT code base.
• Interfaced with on-site OEM & IHV partners regarding issues on prototype hardware. Dramatically increased the number of software/hardware bugs fixed in development thus reducing need for post launch updates.
• Designed & developed Hot Plug Device Test Engine which leveraged Plug & Play APIs allowing for test devices to be hot plugged in & tests automatically launched which reduced manual effort by 25%.
• Authored new hire documentation & training materials which resulted in 50% reduction in on-boarding time.

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Electrical And Electronics Engineering