Hugh Latimer Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston

Versatile and collaborative professional excellent problem solving, and critical thinking skills. Possess solid understanding of Program Management methodologies and product lifecycle in Agile/Scrum and Waterfall environments. Strong leadership skills gained from many years of experience. Build strong relationships with development and cross-functional.

Burlington, Massachusetts

• Led team of 35+ QA Engineers in software, hardware, and firmware testing of SPARC/Solaris mid-range enterprise servers. Teams were local, remote, and off-shore.
• Delivered release of Time-to-Market server in 12 months (vs. normal 18 - 24 months) by strategically leading project for QA Director.
• Shipped 10+ platforms successfully by meeting deadlines through careful planning and resource allocation. Adapted schedule and resources to meet late schedule and feature changes.
• Shortened test time 25% and decreased resources 15% by leveraging existing tests and eliminating duplication across local and partner test teams.
• Received 2 Sun Microsystems Quality Awards for leading the hiring process for a new QA Manager and on-boarding the new Manager and traveling to remote offices to train QA teams on the impact and test strategy of a new.
• Developed and maintained test strategies and QA Best Practices

Chelmsford, MA / Burlington, MA

• Performed testing on hardware, software, and firmware. Testing including integration testing, smoke testing, acceptance testing, functional testing, system testing, feature testing, regression testing, and validation.
• Writing clear defect reports with steps to reproduce for bugs found. Track defects to closure and test for verification.
• Write test cases and participate in test case reviews.
• Minimized QA and Software Engineering Teams’ ramp-up time when a new supported OS was introduced by researching and scheduling training for 30 engineers on Red Hat Linux.
• Simplified regression testing by providing guidance and leadership to team developing automated tests.
• Shortened test time by 30% by implementing X-Runner GUI tests after researching available GUI tests, attending training and building 1st early prototypes.