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Together with leadership peers, building out best in class Engineering organization from talent development, coaching and mentorship to recruiting, onboarding and retention. Strategic planning and organizational structure primary focus with ownership for product quality and best practices.Mentored all Engineering hiring managers and led recruiting and.

Greater Boston Area

Built Quality Engineering organization from the ground up, including recruitment and development of talent, with a commitment to diverse and inclusive teams and culture. Defined and rolled out release management definitions and best practices. Established methodology for manual, automated and performance testing. Identified quality gaps and continue to.

Leveraged leadership experience to consult with multiple teams and individuals on human resources management, organizational strategy, process development and implementation, best practices for hiring and on-boarding new team members, crisis management, team building, corporate culture initiatives and executive coaching. Special focus and expertise on.

After consulting with BMF's CEO for many years, joined team to help make the Healthcare 2.0 vision a reality. Participated in fundraising, shareholder management and communications, strategic vision and daily operations. Managed cap table and set up a voting trust to further streamline BMF's position. Engaged in anticipatory planning for facilities.

Brought in to support the development, test and launch for v2.0 of LiveData's flagship healthcare software, PeriOp Planner. Wrote and helped to implement best practices for issue reporting and workflow. Worked with a small team, involved in cross-functional collaboration to ensure overall quality of the product, including installation, database, smoke.

Single dedicated QA resource at this cutting edge start-up company working on improving the email user experience.

During my tenure the company grew from 20 employees to over 500, and my organization grew from 3 to 70 resources, encompassing 5 different disciplines (QA, Test Automation, Documentation, Technical Support and Training). ITA was acquired by Google in 2011.

iXL was a consulting firm whose mission was to combine strategic thinking, creativity and technological expertise, to design and build powerful, meaningful Internet solutions. While there, managed resources and tracked progress across a portfolio of projects, supervised senior/lead team members and mentored junior members, participated in project planning.

Greater Boston Area

Worked for the AutEx Group within Thomson Financial (now Thomson Reuters). QA lead for new internet product, AutEx InterActive, and first web version of AutEx software, AutEx+ Web. Wrote, executed and updated test cases for multiple projects. Used SQL queries and UNIX to test database and view log files. Identified test case failures and worked with.

Solely responsible for daily operation of start-up internet company. Managed human resources; including new hire orientation, payroll and termination procedures. Coordinated all real estate issues, provided facilities management and space planning. As part of QA, executed manual test plans, identified and tested software problems. Participated in simulated.

Planned and implemented over 30 regional events annually. Hired, trained and supervised staff. Created volunteer training handbook. Recruited, trained and advised 30 member Student Alumni Association. Organized Reunion Weekend, the University’s largest annual alumni event that attracts over 1,200 people. Coordination of event included training and.