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Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for testing web based application running on Tomcat web server and using a Postgres or MS SQL database. Test automation is written in Java using IntelliJ IDEA. UI automation uses the Selenium WebDriver. Review and debug test failures from automated runs in TeamCity. Contribute to monthly sprint planning by providing feedback on design document and giving test cost estimations. Work to improve UI test reliability by identifying “random” failures and providing fixes in our automation libraries.Achievement Highlights:• Experience with IntelliJ IDEA, Java, Selenium WebDriver and continuous integration using TeamCity.• Test owner of several different projects. Responsible for creating test plan, test automation, buddy testing and QA sign-off of the project.• Currently working on a project that will spin up trial instances of LabKey software in AWS. Wrote test automation to validate a REST api that creates a ubuntu instance in AWS. Used Postman to do manual testing of the api.• Writing test automation to validate a LabKey server in AWS is not impacted by WAF settings. • Implemented test automation libraries used by different teams. Test automation runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.• Perform code reviews of test automation scripts and libraries. • Generate daily test run reports and do initial investigation into test failures using test log reports and call stack information. Fix test automation issues in test libraries and test scripts.• Wrote some simple Python script using Boto3 to clean up orphaned AMI images.

Redmond, Wa

Led a team of 5 SDETs in testing the Sysdev Portal, a public-facing website for hardware manufacturers working with Microsoft on Windows. Worked closely with Development and Program Management (PM) counterparts to define new features, products, schedules, and priorities, and communicate schedule to senior management, partners and customers. Coordinated testing with other partner teams in Microsoft. Assisted with test execution and automation when necessary.Achievement Highlights:• Drove site reliability from low 80s to 97% and Web Service/API reliability from 90 to 99.9%, boosting customer satisfaction, reducing support calls, and helping team morale.• Identified hardware requirements and coordinated the migration of the portal from inferior “in house” servers to globally distributed data centers.• Drove the weekly “ship room” and managed monthly release cadence using Agile methodology. • Gave weekly status reports to upper management, tracked trends, ensured compliance with schedule, and meeting monthly cadence. Achieved high accuracy with deadline-driven focus.• Implemented UI test automation to validate site localization. • Implemented “Tester of the Month” program to celebrate outstanding work.

Redmond, Wa

Played a leading role in testing email functionality for Microsoft CRM (later called Dynamics), its integration with Outlook, MIME parser, and automated email systems. Achievement Highlights:• Earned a patent award for inventing a novel way to track emails from CRM to customer. • Working with one other person, built a UI automation library to create an object model wrapper for the CRM product. The innovation was later adopted by the entire team to improve test automation development. • Increased productivity of test team by eliminating need for individuals to write support libraries, made test automation more uniform and easier to develop.

Redmond, Wa

Led three separate test team leaders each managing three or four SDETs tasked with the original testing for the first version of .NET Framework. Oversaw the testing of SOAP, System.Diagnostics and networking features in Visual Studio .NET using APIs/.NET interfaces. Created test plans and developed test automation working closely with developers and Program Manager peers. Achievement Highlights:• Ensured adherence to schedules for an on-time product launch. • Contributed to the creation of a robust reliable .NET Framework product which did not require hotfixes after it was released. Code still in use today.

Redmond, Wa

Led the team responsible for contributing to the quality of the user experience for users of Internet Explorer 4 (IE4), specifically by ensuring that IE4’s object model conformed with Netscape Navigator standards. Created the test team’s schedule, authored test plans, determined testing methodology in collaboration with development peers.Achievement Highlights:• Contributed to the creation of a more dynamic and lightweight IE4, the first Microsoft browser to overtake Netscape’s domination of browser market.• Boosted the compatibility of IE4 with Mozilla standards by comparing pages that didn’t render the same, and then deconstructing the code to determine and correct the issue. Validation was done through a series of automated test cases and exercising real world sites.• Developed individuals on the team, helping their goal-setting, and advancing their growth.

Denver, Co

Developer of a PoS system commissioned by Mac Tools; professional trainer for VB certification classes.

Certificate, Android App Development

Nine month long certification program focusing on App development for the Android platform. Program progressed from the basics "hello.

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

Activities and Societies: ACM