Added responsibilities included quality ownership for Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) features and end-to-end scenarios within Windows.• Developed test applications and test automations responsible for complete quality assurance for all ADFS interactions with the Web Application Proxy (WAP), verifying protocols (SAML-P, WS-Fed, OAuth) and scenarios involved in publishing federated line-of-business applications across the WAP, resulting in robust test coverage and re-usable library code for related test areas.• Drove investigation, analysis, test planning, and test execution spanning both the ADFS product and servicing teams to replace an incorrectly-implemented servicing release. The result was a prioritized, scaled work plan enabling the teams to efficiently split work, ensuring on-time, quality delivery to unblock customers.• Planned, coordinated, and executed a multi-team test effort delivering improvements around Sharepoint Online Federated sign-in. Deliverables included: corrected design assumptions resulting in a workable design; reconciled cross-team test priorities; creation of a joint-team test environment; joint-team test execution; and collection, aggregation, and publishing of results to stakeholders. Result was a rapid delivery of QA for a complex, multi-team set of changes to reduce login prompts for customers by more than 30%.• Analyzed, then re-developed or fixed 18 different stress test tools in the ADDS stress suite, resulting in more reliable stress test results.

Change in group and responsibilities to: quality assurance co-ownership of the Active Directory Migration Toolkit release for Windows Server 2008 R2 (ADMT v3.2); improvements to stress testing for Active Directory’s Directory Services (ADDS) and Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS) roles.• Analyzed and restructured the automated test environment construction for ADMT testing, adding flexibility and to streamline the construction process, resulting in 30% faster test cycles by reducing new environment build-out time.• Owned Security Development Lifecycle criteria execution for ADMT v3.2 – included rapid learning of toolset, execution tests and tools, and follow-through for issues – enabling the release-to-web (RTW).• Implemented new automated environment construction and execution of stress test runs for both ADDS and ADLDS, improving execution frequency by a factor of 3.

Expansion of responsibilities across multiple shipping components, including performance and reliability testing, and expansion of integration and scenario testing - during implementation and release phases of the Network Access Protection (NAP) project.• Delivered planning, design, and development of test tools and automated tests, providing complete QA for Microsoft's Host Credentials Authorization Protocol (HCAP) Server - the interoperation component between Microsoft's NAP and Cisco's Network Access Control (NAC) solutions. Resulted in early protocol feedback and corrections, as well as high-quality component delivery wherein 0 issues were identified in joint-company integration testing.• Defined, developed, and delivered customer use-case scenario testing (mix of automated and manual) of NAP solutions for Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and 802.1x (wired/wireless) enforcement, resulting in elimination of integration issues and delivery of high-quality scenario behaviors.• Developed automated performance test suite for the Health Registration Authority (HRA) server role in the IPSec NAP scenario. Uncovered, root-caused issues and verified fixes – resulting in an HRA throughput increase of 75%.• Recognized as NAP area expert: created and conducted demonstrations; hosted online Tech Chats; worked with partners and early-adopter customers – generating positive feedback, and earning a team award for “Leadership in Customer Connection”.• Authored "From the Experts" sidebars and was technical reviewer for Introducing Windows Server 2008, Chapter 10: “Network Access Protection” (ISBN: 978-0-7356-2421-4).• Planned and executed offshore transition of NAP test areas, completing on time and with positive feedback from the receiving team.

Quality Assurance owner through incubation and initial implementation of Network Access Protection (NAP); responsible for: specification feedback, implementation feedback; creating test plans around features and usage scenarios; and developing appropriate automation tools and tests.• Customized test tool code to simulate proposed DHCP NAP Enforcement functionality, resulting in critical routing considerations being included in the final design.• Defined and implemented automated tests for NAP sub-areas (DHCP enforcement; IP Security enforcement) – providing automated component verification, freeing the team to continue forward in other implementation areas.• Identified deficiencies, then implemented and tested fixes for the NAP SDK sample code, enabling partner teams and companies to start NAP component development via beta SDK releases.• Became recognized NAP area expert; created customer-facing demonstration environments used in several TechReady events, as well as the morning Keynote at TechEd Orlando 2005.

Responsible for testing the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server in Windows Server 2003, including: graphical and command-line configuration tools validation; protocol compliance testing; stress/performance testing and analysis; accessibility testing, issue identification, tracking, and verification.• Redesigned and created automation for the stress test lab to decrease human involvement and increase reliability of results – resulting in improved report quality and removing the need for a dedicated resource for lab management.• Authored various protocol validation tests – increasing automated test coverage and leading to increased product quality via issue identification and fix verification.• Took responsibility for maintenance and update implementation for the libraries and test suites used in DHCP Server testing – allowing reductions in team size while maintaining test coverage.• Increased skills and product knowledge, becoming the single test owner for all DHCP Server subcomponents for the release of Windows Server 2003.

(contract through HL Yoh)Responsible for testing and test automation for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server ‘Snap-In’ for managing Microsoft DHCP Servers through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).• Defined and automated tests for the Snap-In with Rational/Microsoft Visual Test - resulting in many product fixes, reduction of manual execution, and freeing of resources for other work.

Responsible for working with an employee mentor to identify an area of need, then develop a prototype application to fill the need.• Developed a prototype line-of-business application using Allaire ColdFusion to demonstrate how a consolidated ticketing and customer information system may increase call center representative call-handling efficiency.