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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Area

A Software Development & Management Company performing Software Release Management responsibilities in an Agile methodology environment supporting software suite, Viewpoint Construction Software.• Manage QA teams and release lockdown process for on premise, mobile and several cloud offerings of Viewpoint product suites• Developed and implementing a VMware solution to continuous integration• Ecosystem Integration QA - Vista, CI, MFM, VPC, VFC, MyVPApps releases to RTM• Developed new processes to improve team member efficiency from daily builds to automation• Manage QA test lab providing additional development and QA infrastructure resources• Develop automation infrastructure needed to evolve with technology and Viewpoint velocity• Certified Viewpoint Vista Software as Microsoft Partner Network reducing MS EA fees• Managing customer support escalation to resolve product customer relations• Certified Scrum Master contributing with presentations and management leadership• Mentor/Train Viewpoint employees in Software Development Lifecycle methodology and ALM solutions• QA CSTE certified and instructs internal classes to prepare for exam and improve QA practices and methodology

Jones Farm, Hilsboro, Or

• Testing on pre and post-production Intel, Dell, HP, Supermicro, Sun, Cisco, IBM, NEC, Fujitsu and rack-mounted, blade, and standalone server and desktop systems.• Network testing and evaluation using Netperf, Spirent Test Center, Ixia Chariot, Wireshark, Finisar Network Analyzers, and other analysis tools to validate and replicate customer issues.• Operating Systems installed on servers include SUSE SLES/SLED 10.x and 11.x, Red Hat 5.x and 6.x, 7x, Ubuntu 10.x and 11.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/R2/12 in addition to Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 & 8 client desktop systems.• Monitoring of lab Intranet using a Raritan Paragon KVM system, deployment of installations with RIS and PXE servers, troubleshooting 1/10GB fiber channels on Cisco Catalyst 6500-E systems.• Networking and storage testing on various SAN and NAS devices including EqualLogic, NetApp, and SMC. Storage testing consists of FCoE and iSCSI with additional testing on VMWare ESX and Hyper-V, SR-IOV on KVM for RHEL 5.5, 5.7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and Citrix XenServer 6.0 RC1.• Testing on server platforms includes daily or hourly, hardware/software/firmware updates for driver builds, patches, EEPROMs, and testing tools in DOS/UEFI environments.

Lead test engineer developing black/white box procedures completing specification life cycleAgile testing environment working closely with sw and hw development engineersSCRUM team contributor managing BLI’s, story points, and tasks for ISO 9000 complianceAttend daily SCRUM meetings for status updates, goals, and current issues with developmentUnix, Linux, Win, Mac testing performed includes Win 7, OS X 10.6Responsible to benchmark and update daily firmware components, driver network testing client/server/virtual. SDLC analysis with engineers and project managersTeam member assisting worldwide automation implementationManage communications with 30 local and global testers assessing revolving business needsSuccessfully communicating and delegating time on projects with global team members

Managed team for an online Real Estate auction communityResponsible for buying FSBO Real Estate and bring acreage to the online retail market syndicating to over 50 marketing avenues Manage / synchronize 100+ websites capturing an online presencePerformed year end financial records, creating balance sheet bi-yearly

Bsb/Is, Business - Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Bachelors Degree Completed - GPA: 3.83 / 4.0

Aas, Computer Programming Degree

Activities and Societies: Completed Associates Degree - GPA: 3.40 / 4.0