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• Provided organizational and technical leadership to various software/firmware development projects including: test planning, test strategy, test resourcing, test estimation, and test results reporting, as well as.
• Software verification team lead for company’s newest flagship software supporting BD FACS Discover spectral imaging cell sorter product line.
• Software verification team lead for company’s benchtop cell sorter BD FACSMelody.
• Integrated remote test team in Ireland for verification of software for next generation genomic sequencing instrument.
• Managed firmware changes and verification that supported DAQ RoHS compliance.
• Firmware unit test lead for product development team working with a remote contract manufacturer in Colorado on a portable medical device BD FACSPresto.

• Established and managed firmware quality engineering function. Led test tool creation, test tool validation, and verification of all production firmware in development for BD Biosciences.
• Built, grew and retained an excellent Firmware Verification and Test team which included up to 8 Verification Engineers, 1 Development Engineer for test tool development.
• Defined firmware quality engineering processes and integration into the Global Product Development System.
• Led the verification and test in the successful launch of multiple versions of Cytometer Management System firmware for BD Biosciences’ flagship software platform BD FACSuite.

San Jose, California, United States

• In previous years established and managed software quality engineering function. Returned to Lead verification of all production software in development for BD Biosciences.
• Led software test automation, manual verification, and testing processes for all production software in development. Much of this software still supports BD Biosciences clinical and research flow cytometer instrument.
• Facilitated the Process Design Committee in the creation of the Global Product Development System for the Cell Analysis business unit.