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San Jose, California, Us

Developing high quality product lines through holistic system design and test automation with the NetApp Quality Organization. Performing product testing in all phases of the software development lifecycle for Element OS and HCI releases and patches. Writing and improving automation code for product security, networking, performance, log analysis, JIRA tracking, CICD build pipelines, and feature testing. Providing OS refresh change recommendations based on known defects and severity. Optimization of automation algorithms to reduce test cycle time and overall hardware requirements. Improvement of feature and test code to function optimally under diverse customer use cases. Releasing products that achieve over five nines of availability for system uptime.

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Revolutionizing the way the world uses the cloud with flash based memory arrays for the next generation data center. Providing quality engineered systems through testing and validation in the Release Quality Development group.

Providing ecommerce solutions, web hosting, web design, graphic design, video editing, audio recording, programming services, and consulting for clients. Development of proprietary algorithms with Python, C++, AJAX, Java, Javascript, MySQL, Node, React, and PHP. Desktop and iOS application design using Xcode.

Chicago, Il, Us

Regression test planning and feature testing for inflight internet, video, texting, and cell service while systems fly above 10,000 ft. Provided software and hardware quality assurance automation engineering in an Agile development environment. Created regression test suites for Linux hardware platforms programmed with Java, C++, BASH, and Python. Automated test algorithms for embedded avionics hardware and software platforms using BASH, Python, Selenium, and Sikuli script. Tested SSD and compact flash storage management. Executed statistical wireless network performance analysis using iperf, traffic control, and Wireshark on FAA certified streaming media servers and embedded devices. SOAP and REST API testing for Digital Rights Management (DRM), XML catalog parsing, hardware state communications, and web data services. Logged and maintained release test results for AS9100 conformance in VersionOne. GitHub source control.

Broomfield, Co, Us

Created test plans to ensure internet, cellular, and video services satisfied requirements for commercial airliners and private business jets. Wrote the first formal regression test plans for Gogo Vision media server and Gogo Text & Talk app that allowed WiFi and SIP based phone calls over satellite and cellular network bearers.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Reconstructed 3D models of buildings using GPS tagged aerial photography with 3DStudio Max for Bing Maps. Retextured and created models for more realistic renderings of 3D cities and landscapes through batch automation.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Programmed firmware tests operations in Perl for Hewlett Packard's Integrity Superdome 2 server racks. Created firmware test algorithms to ensure server hardware functionality and performance. Configured onboard microcontrollers in rack mounted servers to partition multiblade systems in a UNIX command line environment. Evaluated firmware test results and debugged errors in the code.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Taught Mechanics and Electromagnetics physics labs and recitation sections to engineering and science majors at Colorado State University. Graded graduate and undergraduate homework and exams.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Worked with the High Energy Physics group at Colorado State University for the T2K neutrino experiment. Programmed particle detector event reconstruction algorithms, created monte carlo simulations using Geant4, and used ROOT to perform statistical data analysis in a C++ based Linux command line environment for the near detector (ND280) of the T2K neutrino experiment in Japan. Created bash shell scripts for data screening and data mining on a Linux HPC cluster with Lustre file system. Ported existing 3D OpenGL event reconstruction rendering code to compile on Mac OS X, created node threading bash shell scripts for automation of batch computations, and presented findings. Attended international collaboration meetings.

Developed ray tracing and thermal solving physics routines in C++. Programmed bidirectional reflectance distribution function models for surface reflectance in a hyperspectral ray tracing and thermal solving algorithm. Optimized existing code to improve speed and accuracy. Made unit tests for physics simulations to ensure speed optimization and accuracy. Used MPI and developed shell scripts for batch computation on UNIX compute clusters. Created cloud cover models to make simulated cloud formations based on observational cloud data inputs. Performed statistical sensitivity analysis of thermal solvers. Programmed 3D data viewing application in C++ using OpenGL and QT. Provided security for Department of Defense testing.

Houghton, Mi, Us

Programmed PHP, MySQL, Java, Javascript, and HTML for the public website of the Chemistry Department at Michigan Technological University. Created a dynamically updating, database driven website for updating faculty publications and seminars with a custom content administration system.

Houghton, Mi, Us

Taught physics labs about waves, thermodynamics, and electrostatics to physics and engineering majors. Set up lab equipment, fixed broken equipment, and graded work.

High Energy Physics

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Physics

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