David Rygh Email & Phone Number

Cypress, Tx, Us

16700 Huffmeister Rd. Cypress Texas 77429

Houston, Texas

Lead Engineer managing Microsoft driver signing and certification for StoreOnce Tape products. Delivered Microsoft certified drivers for all of StoreOnce Tape drive and Tape library products.• Provided program management for Tape product smart components consistently delivering projects on time and within budget.• Performed testing and debugging for smart components ensuring functionality was in compliance with customer specifications.• Served as liaison between Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise to resolve and negotiate issues which resulted in successful driver certifications.

Houston, Texas

Lead Engineer for One Button Disaster Recovery solution (OBDR) and Protect Your Data project. Tested ProLiant server platforms, host bus adapters, standalone tape drives, tape automation libraries, and applicable operating systems.• Streamlined solution testing to maximize the utilization of people and material resources achieving 80% efficiency improvement which reduced test lab space by 50% with no effect on quality• Delivered support for ProLiant servers, to include OBDR, Tape, Tape Library and all applicable backup software, resulting in successful on time product launches.• Led sustaining testing of Linear Tape File System (LTFS) StoreOpen software utilizing Ultrium tape drives resulting in the certification with new hardware platforms, host buss adapters and operating systems.• Served as primary liaison between company and vendors to test products and ensure functionality met company expectations.• Documented and supplied product testing information and content that enabled communication team to develop white papers and technical documentation.• Managed Direct Attach Tape Interoperability (IOP) program responsible for testing tape drives and tape libraries supported on HP-Storage hardware and software. • Created and managed test plans that enabled the identification and resolution of production issues prior to product release. • Worked with applicable program team to track progress updates for resolving issues identified during testing and verified testing which ensured effective resolution was in place prior to closing.• Trained and monitored testing performance of contract engineers supporting Direct Attach tape and tape automation consistently delivering on all quarterly deliverables.

Hewlett Packard Houston, Texas

Wide Area Test – Configured tested and qualified desktop and storage modules. Established and implemented a variety of test plans within the qualification process.• Interfaced daily with PC Storage Development engineering to ensure a timely resolution of product issues resulting in on time product qualifications.• Utilized various software packages to test and verify compatibility between different platforms, removable storage products and software packages.

Houston, Texas

PC Storage Development – Evaluated and qualified removable storage modules, ensuring supplied devices met specifications from Platform Project Team for new products including entire desktop lines, rolling out approximately 7 million units per year for consumer, commercial, and workstation groups. • Established and implemented a variety of tests within the evaluation process. Device performance, interface compatibility, timing, command compliance, and operating system compatibility were evaluated and documented.• Interfaced with Compaq factories and/or suppliers during the problem identification phase, helping ensure a timely resolution of product issues.• Supported as many as 7 different product suppliers during qualifications.• Performed up to 8 DVD/CD ROM drive qualifications per year. • Promoted from EE Technician II.

Certificate, Electronics

Certificate in Electronics Technology, United Electronics Institute

Certificate, Electricity And Electronics

Certificate in Electrical Wiring/Electronics Technology, Livingston Vocational Center