Jeremy Devries Email & Phone Number

Cupertino, California, US

• Develop and foster a team of test engineers and a manager focusing primarily on WiFi features and driver functionality on macOS & iOS, as well as tvOS and watchOS platforms
• Schedule, plan, and manage testing effort for qualification of wireless features in all Mac hardware product lines, including tracking of test progress and executive status summary reporting
• Work closely with RF, HW and Product Design groups on new platform design and planning to ensure wireless performance is kept at forefront of design choices in current and future roadmap product lines
• Cross-organization coordination of test, automation and development strategies for new platforms and features

Cupertino, California, US

• Developed and fostered a team of test engineers and a manager focused primarily on WiFi features and driver functionality on macOS & iOS, as well as tvOS and watchOS platforms
• Was wireless lead for the adoption of Apple M1 Chip based platforms including bring-up and validation of WiFi 6 (11ax) features and functionality
• Scheduled, planned and managed testing effort for qualification of WiFi in all Mac hardware product lines, including tracking of test progress and executive status summary reporting
• Worked closely with RF and HW groups on new platform design and planning to ensure wireless performance was kept at forefront of design choices
• Defined development roadmaps, reviewed code (Python2.7/3, Objective C) and refined test methodologies used in test automation
• Worked on special projects with company-wide impact, including a focus on design, debugging, and troubleshooting in early, mid, and post prototyping phases

Cupertino, California, US

• Developed a team of test engineers focused primarily on WiFi features and driver functionality on macOS
• Scheduled, planned, and managed testing effort for qualification of WiFi in all Mac hardware product lines, including tracking of test progress and executive status summary reporting
• Worked with and managed several cross organizational Engineering and QA teams during all phases of software and hardware development cycle
• Defined development roadmaps, reviewed code (Perl, Bash, Python, Tcl) and refined test methodologies used in test automation
• Was key QA lead for many SW projects, such as AirDrop (first featured on macOS), AirPlay Screen Mirroring, and iCloud Keychain Syncing
• Lead QA Engineer responsible for VP and Executive demos of new WiFi features and special projects for macOS

Cupertino, California, US

• Member of a small, fast-paced team working to debug, root cause, and resolve complex customer wireless issues in the Apple product ecosystem
• Reproduced and debugged network configurations and deployment topologies, with a focus on 802.1X and 802.11 family of protocols
• Worked closely with engineering team to provide sufficient analysis to resolve issues within wireless SW/FW and/or network stack
• Provided insight into real-world/customer environments and deployments for new feature definition and re-evaluated current designs
• Interfaced with QA to provide new test cases and test suites to expand customer test scenarios

Durham, New Hampshire, US

• Coordinated all wireless testing efforts and scheduling involving Wi-Fi Pre-Certification and Conformance testing within the wireless consortium, with a focus on 802.11a/b/g/n/i/e
• Planned and executed development roadmaps, annual budgets, test suite development, training, and hiring
• Communicated and fostered relationships with current and new industry members, both remotely and face-to-face, relating to multiple technologies such as WLAN and VoIP-Sonus Certification Testing
• Created marketing documentation, white papers, case studies, and training materials
• Interfaced with members to customize test suites and leverage current testing capabilities to accommodate proprietary solutions
• Actively participated in the IEEE 802.11 Working Group and Wi-Fi Alliance annual member meetings

Durham, New Hampshire, US

• Wireless testing and development, with a focus on interoperability and Wi-Fi Pre-Certification
• Developed 802.11 a/b/g Infrastructure and Ad-hoc test suites, as well as various other test suites focusing on IEEE 802.11i Security, 802.1x Conformance, and SIP Conformance
• Tested 802.11a/b/g wireless chips with standard and custom MAC protocols throughout cycles of product development
• Extensive use of Azimuth Systems 800W Series Chasis, Juniper Odyssey Server and Clients, Ixia IxChariot Server, Cisco/Meetinghouse Aegis Server, and Devicescape Server

Ba, Philosophy, Computer Science Minor

Diploma