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• Led software development for company’s next generation ‘state of the art’ technologies. Project included 3 software teams with 35+ developers, with total market size of $6B.• Modified internal Scaled Agile Framework processes to align with FDA regulations allowing for clinical, Cyber, HFE and other areas to perform required studies within software development timeline.• Developed plans, created estimates, and assigned resources to ensure on-time, and on-spec delivery of software commitments.• Worked with teams to create project roadmap based on Epics and User Stories. Roadmap became baseline for reporting to upper management and tracking both status of project and velocity of the teams.

• Led 8 software development teams across 2 sites (onshore and offshore) in a major rewrite/re-release of the latest Electrophysiology software with expected annual revenue of $350M+ in a market expected to grow 13%+ (2021 President’s award winner for this effort)• Collaborated with leadership team to transition Software organization from Waterfall methodologies to Agile methodologies.• Program Manager for software maintenance release. Led cross-functional team that included Regulatory, DA, Computer Systems, Software, Test, QE, manufacturing and Tech Pubs.• Collaborated with special ‘field action team’ to quickly identify and resolve an urgent field issue and distribute fix to customers within FDA regulations. Received 2020 President’s award for this effort.

• Led software development and maintenance of emulators for Electrophysiology lab. Established processes and tools including Jira project, perforce streams and depots, requirements and tests in test tool, and document control system.• Created requirements, UML design, use cases and project plan for development of new Software Emulator that mimics the functionality of a medical device.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Led offshore team of 10+ in the development of new automated tests, refactoring of existing automated tests, and test maintenance.• Collaborated with Principal Engineer to refactor existing automation framework using Object Oriented design for better maintainability, re-use of code, and accelerated automated test development.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Provided shelter and care to foster kids between the ages of 0 to 3.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Managed group of 5-8 Software Test Automation Engineers and Interns in the development and maintenance of automated tests. • Refactored 300+ automated tests to create common functions/workflows, minimizing code duplication. • Collaborated on development of requirements for web-based test automation reporting system (dashboard) that provided real-time information on automated tests and allowed for better detection of failure points within software.• Provided timely feedback to developers when new failures were introduced during software development phase allowing issues to be dispositioned in days rather than months.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Led automation team in building up the number of automated tests from 22 to over 320. In one release, these tests covered 70% of the testing, cutting 2 to 4 weeks from project timeline. • Collaborated with Computer Systems Group (DevOps) to ensure automated tests were run nightly on multiple machines, allowing for instant feedback on status of the software.• Developed process for performing technical reviews on automated tests to ensure compliance with FDA.

• Developed test automation scripts with C# .Net.• Created test plans for FDA regulated implantable Medical Device.

Minnetonka, Minnesota, Us

• Partnered with software developer to design and implement performance testing tool for client server system, allowing organization set baseline performance and determine number of clients that could be used with the new system. • Developed process for analyzing manual test cases to allow for better prioritization for automation efforts• Developed testing tool using C# to analyze requirements and look on file system to determine if the correct files had been loaded onto the system during the installation process saving manual testing time.

St. Louis Park, Mn., Us

• Developed and executed test plans for Medical Imaging software using various imaging modalities such as CT, MRI, etc.• Performed load testing of client server setup using DICOM files and images simulating a hospital PACS system.• Analyzed new Test Management system and worked to implement system within organization.

Brea, California, Us

• Developed, documented, and ran software test plans for complex Immunoassay & Diagnostic medical systems. Responsible for testing: Diagnostics, Error Detections, Quality Control, Maintenance.• Worked with Marketing to create customer workflow test(s) designed to detect issues with software prior to product release.

Duluth, Mn, Us

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• Supervised manufacturing teams, providing leadership and overseeing production on paper-machines.• Worked on various machines, including running a complex production plant.

Bachelor Of Arts Degree, Cis

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