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Dynamic professional career of 27+ years in Federal and commercial I.T. software quality assurance, testing in agile/scrum, process reengineering, CMMI process improvement/ appraisals, IV&V. Highlights of my extensive experience include: • Expertise in full life-cycle software quality assurance, process and product improvement, in agile/scrum, using leading methodologies including CMMI, ISO, ITIL, and Federal agency standards for GSA, EPA, NASD, DHS and the IRS. Experienced in small and large Federal/commercial programs with multiple projects, standards. • Adept at managing the SQA requirements for multiple projects, both process and product, over the life cycle: requirements, design & development, test or release & maintenance management. • Proven writing and editing skills with wide documentation experience, including QA Plans, QA Checklists, Audit Reports, Process Analyses, Risk Management, Design Documents, Test Plans and Reports, Release Plans, Gap Analyses, Appraisal Plans and Procedures, Lessons Learned, Benchmarking, Metrics Plans, user guides. • Experienced team player within small and large Federal and Commercial programs. Expert at enhancing compliance with standards. Example: at CSC for 3 years, managed QA for multiple projects’ processes and products, ensured compliance with all DHS/US Customs CMMI 2, 3 and DHS standards. Enabled that program to achieve CMMI levels 2 and 3. Able to deal with resistance to QA efforts with tact, diplomacy. • Software IV&V experience includes system testing, regression, backend, negative, and release/user testing. Example: at EDS, for NASD, performed IV&V testing of major regulatory systems, wrote test cases, scripts, reports, SQL/Unix; oversight of requirements, design, and test functions for CMMI level 2/3. • Certified and keeping current in the field: holds a CSQE from ASQ. ITIL v3 certified, and next plans to earn a CAPM followed by a PMP. Began a new graduate evening program at Johns Hopkins Shady Grove, for an M.S.IS