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Renton, WA, US

Seattle, Washington

Seattle, WA

Redmond, WA

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Analyzed, then re-developed or fixed 18 different stress test tools in the ADDS stress suite, resulting in more reliable stress test results.

Redmond, WA

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Redmond, WA

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).

Redmond, WA

• 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.
• 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.

Redmond, WA

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Redmond, WA

• (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.

Everett, WA

• 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.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science (C.S.)

Associate Of Arts (A.A.)