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Kent, Wa, Us

University Park, Pa, Us

• Performed fundamental research into combustion behavior of solid and liquid propellants at pressures between 500 - 45,000 psi. During this research, obtained the first direct-observations of supercritical nitromethane combustion.• Enhanced numerical combustion models to better predict unique supercritical behaviors.• Created FEA models to predict non-linear deformation and failure points of pressure vessel windows.• Designed and built extensive mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and data collection systems to support research.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Planned and executed test suites for novel HAN-based monopropellant injectors using cold-flow and hot-fire testing.• Designed and characterized a plain-orifice style injector to baseline prototype injector performance.• Coded an extensive LabVIEW environment to automate all aspects of test execution and data collection.• Coded an extensive LabVIEW environment to automate all aspects of test execution and data collection.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Designed unique paraffin-based fuel blends for SARP’s 2016/17 hybrid sounding rocket.• Researched paraffin wax fuel and additives to meet regression and combustion stability requirements using published research and extensive sub-scale testing.• Modeled theoretical performance of fuel compositions using NASA CEA program.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Supported projects: RAM Accelerator ProjectHigh-Pressure Detonation ProjectResponsibilities:• Collected and analyzed test data using LabVIEW, MATLAB, and Excel • Manufactured custom hardware and projectiles for experiments• Repaired test sensors and cabling• Updated SOLIDWORKS drawings for lab equipment

London, Gb

Woodwind musician for Seattle-area musical theaters. Performed in 47 productions during this time with 700+ performances.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsibilities:Oversaw the studio’s Test/QA team – defined budgets, staffing levels, and test strategies to meet business needs across multiple concurrent major releases and between multiple countries. Developed partnerships with leaders across the division and external vendors to achieve business goals. Attracted, grew, and retained high performing talent. Notable activities:Revolutionized the studio’s Test strategy: - Moved from a manual testing approach, to a technical and automated testing approach. - Integrated Test into all development teams, across all phases of production. - Drove creation of automated BVT and Functional testing systemsThese changes improved product quality, reduced the Test team’s staffing numbers by 20%, reduced full test pass times by 50%, and reduced overall test spend.Created a method of very accurately predicting technical debt in a product, allowing the studio to optimize their development and shut-down schedules. Organized the Test Managers across multiple internal game studios to facilitate sharing of information and best practices across the groups. Products Shipped – Forza Motorsport 3; Forza Motorsport 4; Forza Horizon; Forza Motorsport 5Other:Speaker at the 2012 Game Developers Conference – Using Technical Testers to Increase Quality and Reduce Costs in Game Development.Article published in Jan 2010 on GameCareerGuide.com – Acing the Test Interview: The Must-Have QA Skills They Never Taught You.Guest lecturer in Nov 2009 at Dickinson State University on Software and Game Development topics.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsibilities: Responsible for all Test aspects for multiple concurrent out-of-cycle and Win7 features including the Origami Experience suite and the One Laptop Per Child project. Collaborated with Development, Program Managers, and Design partners to drive product direction. Created overall test plans for out-of-cycle features. Mentored junior developer and test leads on the team. Drove recruiting efforts for all test leads in the group. Notable activities: Created cross-group virtual teams for both test automation and test process collaboration to increase visibility and impact of member testers. These groups eventually led to unification of process and coding standards among all member teams. Products Shipped - Origami Experience v2

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsibilities: Responsible for all Test work for the Software Platform team, including strategy, test automation, tools, and infrastructure. Drove engineering excellence practices for both Development and Test. Wrote test automation in C#. Managed full-time and vendor testers. In addition to my job as the team’s test lead, I also acted as team’s Release Manager – created production schedules, set bug bars, drove work toward published dates, and supervised final releases. Notable activities: Hired on as an individual tester and built the org to a 5-person Test team within the first 2 years to dramatically improve the team’s code quality and cadence.Drove adoption and utilization of source code management and bug tracking applications across the team. Implemented common development practices such as code reviews and milestone-based development. Drove implementation of automated BVTs for all products and reduced test time for monthly security releases by 75% through automation.Designed and drove development of a web-based app to manage the team’s 150+ test servers. This allowed the team to reduce hardware spend by 50% as servers could be shared instead of being dedicated to individual employees. Products Shipped – Datacenter software deployment tools for Win2K3, IIS, and SQL; Monthly security patch tools.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsibilities: Tested X.400 and Routing features for Exchange Server 2000 and 2003. Tested email filtering, access control, and threat reduction features for Exchange Server 2007. Wrote test specs for new features and assisted Development and Program Management in feature design. Designed and coded automated tests in C# and VBScript. Drove execution of feature-level test and automation goals. Primary customer advocacy for design discussions. Notable activities: Led cross-product test collaboration between MSN and Exchange to provide anti-spam features for the Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 products, including the Intelligent Message Filter. Project lead for maintaining the team’s Exchange topology installation and test automation infrastructure.Products Shipped – Exchange 2000 SP1, SP2, and SP3; Exchange 2003 RTM and SP1; Intelligent Message Filter

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Responsibilities: Researched and implemented new messaging related technologies. Programmed email-based applications to support business needs. Worked with a team to design, build, and maintain company-wide e-mail infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange and proprietary Unix-based mail systems. Coordinated worldwide rollout of upgrades and patches. Provided technical guidance to both local and international messaging administrators. Notable activities: Designed and implemented company-wide email content filtering solution. Defined server installation standards and developed MS-DOS based install scripts to automate server installation and optimization. Taught classes in programming Outlook Forms.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management Information Systems