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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Areas of responsibility:Technology strategy and roadmap - identifying and implementing the right technologies to support the CountrPT's business goals, managing technical risks, and ensuring alignment with the our vision.Software development and architecture - ensuring that our software architecture is scalable, flexible, and robust, and that software development processes are efficient and effective.Data management - managing data collection, storage, and analysis, and ensuring data privacy and security.Leadership and team management - leading a strong technical team that can deliver high-quality products and services; motivating and inspiring team members, setting clear goals and expectations, and providing guidance and support to help team members achieve their objectives.

San Francisco, California, Us

Key Achievements:Migrated 100% of curated Engineering knowledge to a single document management system while simultaneously ensuring that older knowledge is either updated or archived.Increased engineer satisfaction by nearly 10% with the introduction of technical bootcamps and learning pathways across multiple role levels.Achieved a 95% satisfaction rate by rolling out training around AI concepts, empowering engineers with the knowledge required for agile and efficient AI operations.Improved document quality by 20% with the implementation of a simple rating tool across 3 dimensions that anyone throughout the organization was able to use.

Oakland, California, Us

Key Achievements:Leveled up the Engineering organization by rolling out targeted security training for over 600 Engineering Managers, engineers, and Product teams.Reduced the engineer time to first commit from 56 days to 39 days through the implementation of Engineering Bootcamps complete with well-defined success criteria.Achieved 97% satisfaction rate with the roll out of the Engineering Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) Program, which was deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our work.Improved sentiment by 30% with the implementation of the Organization Change Management Program, which ensured that technological changes were meticulously planned, implemented, and adopted by the appropriate users.

Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Key Achievements:Improved test coverage to nearly 80% within 1 year by collaborating with staff to assess and implement new automation tools, frameworks, and processes to continually improve our automation infrastructure.Led the creation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of our internal Engineering Onboarding Program, which helped over 400 new Engineering staff over 1.5 years onboard quickly and efficiently. Increased quality scores by 40% across the organization by implementing an in-house, metrics-based CK Quality Scorecard web app, which helped teams understand and act on quality issues as they happen.

Oakland, Ca, Us

Key Achievements:Through various process improvements we increased the capabilities of the QA team from delivering one mobile platform per month to two platforms per month, essentially doubling the capacity.Average test efficiency increased to nearly 95% before the start of the UAT phase with the implementation of targeted onboarding and continuous training.Led the creation and rollout of the Release QA Onboarding Program that helped reduce the ramp-up time from 3 weeks to 1 week.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Key Achievements:Improved test coverage from 30% to nearly 70% by driving continuous improvement and innovation in test methodologies, test automation, and test effectiveness for Second Life as well as our many games/applications (including hardware, web and mobile apps).Improved QA metrics by 30% with the implementation of the QA Metrics Platform that allowed all teams to view and act on quality issues in real time.Managed a large team of nearly 50 test and automation engineers as well as front-end/back-end engineers as well as multiple managers and quality leads.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Key Achievements:Worked with staff to create the Test Automation Framework leading to a decrease in manual testing by 30% in 3 months with projected reductions of 50% in 9 months. This also reduced the need for manual testers by 2.Optimized the Release Process to ensure continued and sustained builds and code releases to each test and production environments.Co-created the Agile IT Delivery Model to increase resource and project efficiency by nearly 20%.

South San Francisco, California, Us

Key Achievements:Architected the global post-merger systems integration, which included transitioning over 400 applications, migrating over 10T of email, all user and application data and provided multi-country user training within 2 months ensuring business continuity.Optimized the service model alignment by creating a global role identification process, standardizing hardware, software and services resulting in savings in excess of $1M and boosting productivity by up to 40%.Increased employee engagement and project delivery times by building and fortifying relationships with globally dispersed, cross-functional teams.Partnered with functional business units, developed a global Web Forms communication model and crafted a successful onboarding plan, streamlining the process from over 2 months to less than 10 days, in addition to receiving an 80% customer satisfaction rating.Provided for a 50% increase in efficiency by expanding the scope of Genentech’s support center to allow global 24/7 access for all employees resulting in a net reduction of over 10 minutes per transaction, yielding millions of dollars in savings.

South San Francisco, California, Us

Key Achievements:Defined and quantified each process within the SDLC, measuring quality at each interval resulting in a higher code quality with up to 1 less test cycle per project and a 30% reduction in defects.Authored an innovative cross-training initiative for engineers, exposing them to various business units and challenging them to expand their capabilities and created a start of the art testing and validation lab yielding over $50K in savings while creating greater levels of engagement by the engineering staff. Collaborated with business analysts, engineers and project managers to define and build use/test cases and requirements and utilize deep SDLC and application expertise to deliver high value software. Tested complex, corporate web sites and applications using a variety of tools and technologies.Managed external vendors for offshore testing, 3rd party application integrations, user communities for UAT.

Computer Science, Spanish

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Computer Science, Spanish

Certificate In Applied Business Process Management, Business Process Management

Software Test Techniques And Methodologies