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As hands on technical manager, I was responsible for functional, performance and stress testing of the Simdesk World Wide Server. I was also responsible for functional, performance and stress testing of the email solution. I directed and coordinated setup and operation of 6 complete testing environments which included WWS, Email Imap/Smtp, Web, Mobile, Key, Administration and Provisioning servers. Designed, and operated automated test programs written in combinations of Perl, Tcl and Shell scripts that simulated thousands of simulated users. Designed and implemented a suite of CGI-based sanity test to verify servers are ready for testing.As a direct supervisor, I was responsible for employee evaluations and reviews, advising employees, maintaining staffing and equipment schedules, and employee interviews and selections.As technical manager, I provided software test plans, reports and graphs. I worked with development managers to certify products for release to production.

Senior Product Developer: Responsible for conception, prototype, functional and design specification, implementation and development testing and certification of products. Provided training and technical support to QA, Sales, Marketing and Customer Support personnel. Products and projects include: Patrol For Actual Web Response Timer (Technical Lead). Patrol for Internet Services for NT, W2K, Solaris and Linux. (Integration Coordinator). Patrol SafePassage for NT, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and Linux

Senior Quality Assurance Representative: Responsible for testing and certification of R&D software products. Provided training and technical support to QA, Sales, Marketing and Customer Support personnel. Products and projects include: Patrol for Internet Services for NT, W2K, Solaris and Linux. Patrol SafePassage for HP Praesidium Virtual Vault. Patrol CGI Server for NT, Sun Solaris, HP Unix, SGI, IBM AIX, and Dec Unix. Lead Quality Assurance Representative: Provided test procedures, test plans and test schedules for the Patrol CGI Server and Patrol SafePassage standalone products. In addition to hands on testing duties, developed the following in-house utilities: Perl QA Test Automation interface to Webstone and the Patrol CGI Server Administration Web Server Perl Build Automation for supported Unix and NT platforms. Included an automated interface to Microsoft Visual Source Safe. Perl CGI Conformance Test Scripts. Maintained a internal product web site.

Chief Technical Officer Research and analysis of technologies for inclusion in current and future software products. Technical liaison between management and development. Provided marketing development requests and requirement specifications. Project Product ManagerProvided project direction, coordination and consultation for major accounts. Invented Member-typical and Group-typical machine interface screens in the AccessPoint product. Designed, implemented, and tested all AccessPoint system screens, application example screens, and example databases. Updated (re-wrote) and converted all product documentation including Users Guides and Reference Guides to HTML format for Internet/Intranet access. Performed web-master and ftp-master duties for the corporate web site www.accessware.com.

Product Documentation Manager Provided content and production of Users Manuals, Commercial Documentation, Product Specifications. Responsible for Demonstrations and Demonstration Systems, Systems Administration, Training, Testing, Technical Support, Product Production, Product Price Lists and Part Numbers, and Engineering Policies and Procedures. Prepared and conducted factory and customer site training courses. Designed, implemented, and tested all AccessPoint system screens, application example screens, and example databases. Senior External Design Engineer Responsible for Software Requirements specifications for both product and customer requested custom projects.

A major aerospace subcontractor to NASA Senior Engineer: Responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of a personal computer based data acquisition system. Provided loop sheet drawings, cabling diagrams, system block diagrams, system documentation, real-time data analysis, cost and scheduling functions. Project work included: Department of Defense - Solar Array Test Project NASA - Lunar Pilot Plant Study NASA - Mars Rover Sample Return Project

A major instrumentation and control systems manufacturer Principal Project Manager/Engineer: Responsible for customized data collection and control (SCADA) system projects. Coordinated engineers, drafting personnel, and provided customer interface. Also responsible for generation, tracking, and control of the project budget and schedule. Projects included: Continental Pipeline (CONOCO) - Glacier Pipeline System Shell Pectin - Syrian Pipeline System Providence Gas - Rhode Island Pipeline System Ecopetrol - Oil and Gas Production Fields - Colombia Texaco - Offshore Production Platforms - Louisiana

A small systems company specializing in the manufacture of SCADA systems Systems and Projects Manager/Engineer: Responsible for systems engineering and design of customized data collection and control (SCADA) system projects, which included: Union Pacific Railroad - Fuel Management System N & W Railroad - Fuel Management System Corpus Christi Oil - Offshore Production Platforms - Texas Amerada Hess - Production Field Monitor System Xral - Salt Dome Hydrocarbon Products Storage

A large engineering and construction company specializing in Offshore and Onshore Oil and Gas Production Facilities Senior Instrument and Control Systems Engineer: Responsible for electronic, pneumatic and computer instrumentation, control and safety systems. Specified and performed sizing calculations for control and safety-relief valves, provided spares analysis, maintenance and training recommendations. Project involvement included: Aramco - Marjan and Zuluf GOSP Gulf Cabenda - Offshore Production Platform Aramco - Jubail Metering System

Responsible for control system design and instrumentation including interface requirements and coordination for microprocessor systems, minicomputer systems, and programmable controller based plant control systems. Designed logic diagrams, field instrumentation installation and connection diagrams, and graphic mimic panels. Performed conceptual designs, studies and proposals. Provided SCADA system engineering functions including defining customer requirements, conceptual design, specifications, vendor selection, project management, installation, startup coordination, acceptance testing, and operator training. Projects included: Mobil Oil - Coal Mine - Wyoming Lone Star Steel - Automation/Expansion Aramco - Sulfur Material Handling City of Houston - Water Flow South Texas Pipeline - Ethylene and Propylene Corpus Christi Petrochemical Co. - Feed Stocks Pipelines Champlin Refinery - Feed Stocks Pipeline

TMS-1000 and TMS1100 MicroprocessorA large semiconductor and electronics systems manufacturer Microprocessor Application Engineer: Responsible for customer specification, design, programming, and implementation of single chip computer applications. Performed assembly language programming of TI-960 minicomputers and TMS-1000/1100 microprocessors. Projects included: Regency Electronics - Programmable Scanning Radio Bearcat - Scanning Radio Controller TI-990 Computer - Simulation Panel TI MicroTerminal - Design and Programming Litton - Microwave Oven Controller TI Video Games - Prototype Design and Programming Bally - Pinball Machine Controller Prototype British Aircraft Co. - Guided Missile Circuit Card Tester

Mission Control SystemsA major aerospace subcontractor to NASA Systems Engineer: Responsible for the design and implementation of custom computer interface circuits and applications. Provided digital logic design for high-speed real-time telemetry data interfaces circuits to mainframe computers, including IBM, Univac, and Control Data Corporation. Projects included: NASA - Digital Remote Communications Controller Design and Prototype NASA - Inter-Memory Exchange System Design Upgrades NASA - Memory Character Vector Generator Upgrades NASA - Earth Resources Downlink Data Processing

Command Module SimulationA major aerospace subcontractor to NASA Systems Engineer: Responsible for math model design, analysis and generation and resultant software programming modifications to the Command Module spacecraft simulator used of astronaut training. Specialized on the electrical control and sequential logic control subsystems of the spacecraft. Projects included: NASA - Apollo/Soyuz Docking Module Analysis and Software Simulation NASA - Apollo/Soyuz Command Module Mission Software Modifications NASA - Sky Lab 3 Command Module Mission Software Modifications