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Santa Clara, Ca

Provided leadership in cross-functional teams, worked with engineers and managers to resolve blocking issues, tracked status across multiple, simultaneous software releases.Brought order to an ad hoc and poorly functioning scheduling process. Coordinated and drove the creation and successful execution of a rolling six month project plan that included hundreds of new features and bug fixes. Managed the fixing of bugs during the final, QA phase of software releases. Shortened the time between the discovery of a bug and its fix by vigilant tracking and improved interdepartmental communications.Owned software build process and release packaging. Drove improvements in the build infrastructure that eliminated persistent failures caused by concurrency errors. Improved collection and content of release notes.

Prepared for contingencies, tracked status of release project plans and worked with cross-functional teams to resolve blocking issues across a global development organization.Directed software testing and performance verification activities in a diverse and challenging hardware and software environment. Determined the readiness of release candidates in coordination with QA Organization based on agreed criteria.Analyzed “bug” fix rate from historical trends in order to estimate and plan for release milestones.Provided clear and consistent communication of release status to internal stakeholders and customers.Instrumental in ensuring pre-release code stability by orchestrating controlled delivery of concurrently developed new features and advocating for improved branching strategies.

Manufacturer of Customized Semiconductor Test Probe Boards, Livermore, CaliforniaDesigned and developed an application to track the status of custom probe boards through a cross-functional design process. Provided full visibility into in-progress and completed work.Created tools to analyze historical data and methods for relating production cycle time to factors of the design. Managers gained insight that improved schedule predictability.Worked closely with management assisting in review of design process bottlenecks. Supplied a clear statistical visualization of Team performance versus Product characteristics.

Lead software quality developer with specialized knowledge of semiconductor test equipment and applications. Developed automation scripts and frameworks, test plans, test harnesses, and test process tools.Created a web-based application that combined test repository, planning tool, result log, and real time reports of testing status. Resulted in significant reductions in test phase time and improved communications and team dynamics.

Developed curriculum for the primary training course. Taught electrical engineers how to program the company’s Automated Test Equipment (ATE) system to test digital and mixed signal integrated circuits.Designed, implemented and administered a Unix network for off-site training center.Continuously rated “Outstanding” by customers in class evaluations.