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San Jose, Ca, Us

- NVMe/eSSD Firmware Verification & Validation Test (Grey Box Testing)- PCIe and Storage Protocol Analysis- Storage Performance Benchmarking- Identified Improvements to Test Processes and Methodologies- Identified Python automation script defects and provided sample code resolution- Configured, Analyzed and Debug Python REST Automation Infrastructure- Captured and analyzed NVMe protocol trace and identified compliance violations- Captured and analyzed data to generate error reports with initial assessments- Analyzed complex data storage configurations to determine the points of failureTechnical Expertise:• NVMe / NVMe-MI / SR-IOV / Fibre Channel / PCIe / SAS / SATA / UEFI• Jenkins / TestLink / TestRail Automation• LeCroy / Agilent PCIe Compliance• LeCroy PCIe Script Analysis• UNH-IOL Compliance / Interop• Microsoft WHQL• Hands-on Experience in C, Python and UNIX Script• Oakgate SVF Test Platform• Linux / Solaris / Windows• Networking / TCP/IP• Failure Analysis• HP ALM / Polarion ALM / JIRA / Bugzilla

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Palo Alto, California, Us

Provided transitional duties to facilitate the consolidation of R&D Engineering Test Planning, Monitoring and Control processes to offshore teams following the acquisition of Emulex by Avago (now Broadcom Limited).Technical Expertise:• Fibre Channel/SCSI• FCode/BIOS/UEFI • I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)• Failure Analysis• HP ALM / Quality CenterUsage, and development (APIs, Workflows and DB Schema) • Bugzilla / JIRA• POLARION ALM

- Saved more than $16.8M in yearly engineering costs by steering and integrating multiple worldwide, cross-functional technical engineering teams to an organizational unification venture chartered by VP of engineering- Reduced test and evaluation schedule by 30% by implementing a system which integrated overlapping test validation and verification efforts throughout the engineering organization.- Increased test coverage and test automation by developing and introducing repeatable, scalable process and methodology across the QA organization consisting of better utilization of an industry standard requirement and test case repository (HP’s Quality Center / Application Lifecycle Management (ALM))- Pioneered and established Quality Center / ALM methodology that linked business, marketing, and engineering requirements to test goals and defect management providing vertically integrated project management on an organizational level.- Managed hardware, firmware and software integration projects for quality assurance, design verification and Oracle Fibre Channel OEM validation- Identified technical opportunities and recommend programs in the areas of product development, cost reduction, reliability, and manufacturability- Participated in early stages of product definition to ensure consistent approaches in the technical design across projects/programs and in keeping with market requirements- Responsible for auditing quality control measures to ensure engineering test teams use correct standards and operational definitions- Responsible for communicating the business impact of defects discovered during engineering quality assurance to affected stakeholders- Served as a key member on corporate-wide Quality Council (STePS). Recognized for key engineering participant in Test Unification and Training programsTechnical Expertise:• Fibre Channel/SCSI• FCode/BIOS/UEFI • I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)• SQL• Visual Basic• Failure Analysis• HP ALM / Quality Center / JIRA

- Performed 100% of OEM Validation for sole customer (Sequent Computer Systems) which led to Fibre Channel market acceptance. During this time of growth Emulex was recognized as the “fastest growing company” in all of Orange County, CA- Executed 100% of UNIX (50% of Windows) Engineering Verification of Fibre Channel product- Recruited and mentored new engineers; resolved internal and external technical support challenges- Initiated Design Verification and Validation activities for Oracle Fibre Channel OEM acceptance on SPARC and x86 under Solaris Operating System- Developed close professional relationships with System Engineering, Development Engineering and Marketing by providing product training and consultation- Prepared status, technical, and management reports as needed for product releases and updatesTechnical Expertise:• Storage / SAN• Fibre Channel• Performance Benchmark• Test Automation• UNIX• Protocol Analyzer & Error Generator

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