Joan Dempsey Email & Phone Number

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Wide Software Hands-on Experienced Engineer: Software/Systems Development Engineer, Software Test Planning, Execution, Release, Process Improvement, Configuration Management Lead, provide training/mentoring. Certified CMMI Associate, CMMI Level 3, 4 & 5 and AS9100 Revisions C & D, ISO9000/90001 experience, Six Sigma knowledgeable. Complex medical simulation software development for Medical Mission Planning.Avionics Mission Planning Systems.Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center support contractor.Leidos/Dynetics NASA Artemis contractor team member.Objective Simulation Framework (OSF) (MDA/BMDS)

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Huntsville, Al

Defining and documenting standard operating procedures and training for software development company.Steering Board Committee Member for a new start up.

Skaneateles, Ny

• Managed new product development release (software applications, real-time embedded, hardware) projects staffed with system architects, software developers, test engineers, software quality assurance engineers, field service engineers and regulatory, manufacturing, reliability, risk management engineers.• Led weekly status meetings• Led hardware validation of end-of-life replacement components.• Led “Lessons Learned” sessions and document key information for future projects.• Managed field issue changes and releases (determined level of effort, identified resources, timing and due dates).

Skaneateles, Ny

• Manage 35 software test engineers both on shore and off shore (hire, train, mentor, resolve issues, disciplinary actions, performance reviews) in smoke testing, integration, system, adhoc, performance and reliability software testing• Developed test plans, schedules, planned test equipment, test personnel resources and set up multi-located test labs (Skaneateles, NY / Beaverton, OR / India)• Simultaneously worked 3-6 projects & managed shared test resources• Report status & metrics 24x7 for on demand viewing• Lead monthly status presentations (test team, development team, stakeholder audiences)• Performed continuous process improvements while accomplishing deliverables: o Reduced development defect rates, decreased development cycles from 8 to 3 cycles, reduced test protocol defects, reduced test execution errors from 40% to 5%, decreased test review level of effort, increased customer product satisfaction o Test Automation • Assist Clinical Affair to verify clinical test procedures (procedures, workflows, code maturity)• Coordinate and assist Service to verify and validate newly developed installation process• Assist manufacturing in verifying newly development manufacturing processes• Lead daily scrum meetings reviewing status and prioritizing daily team work activities• Developed test plan, schedules, planned test equipment, personnel resources and set up multi-located test labs • Participated in requirement, architectural, design and test reviews• Lead a team of 35 through test planning, test case development, test procedure development, test readiness reviews, test execution, impact regression analysis on a complex client/server application with integration to medical devices• Stepped up to challenges with a positive attitude and good effectiveness. Accustomed to solving problems, breaking down progress barriers and working between cross functional groups.

Skaneateles, Ny

• Lead daily Agile scrum meetings reviewing status and prioritizing daily team work activities• Developed test plan, schedules, test equipment, test personnel resources and set up multi-located test labs from scratch• Participated in requirement, architectural, UI/UX and design reviews and test case, test procedure and test result reviews.• Led various sized test groups ranging from 1-35 test engineers multi-located through test case development, test protocol development, test readiness reviews, test execution (manual & automated), impact regression analysis on a complex client/server application and embedded real-time devices.• Analyzed requirements, executed tests (integration, system, performance/reliability, ad hoc testing and reviewed unit test results), developed automated scripts, wrote test protocols and test reports, mapped requirements to test procedures, wrote descriptive defects/issues, worked with developers in troubleshooting, worked with marketing, service/field engineers and clinical end users through Agile scrum sprints, acceptance testing and field clinical trial periods, and presented integration, system and performance/reliability test status. All projects were under configuration control with Software Quality Assurance oversight. Continuous development (nightly automated builds) and Agile environment.• Led test readiness reviews and final test result reviews.• Configuration Control Board Member (supported problem description, risk management assessment, software quality assurance, severity and priority from whole system perspective to assist with final bug decisions).• Interviewed and hired test personnel, resolved personnel issues, performed personnel performance appraisals.

Skaneateles Falls, Ny

• New product development integration and system test lead and test engineer on multiple projects including medical device (embedded systems) and client/server application software.• Developed integration and system test procedures, performed test execution, wrote test reports, wrote descriptive bug/issues, performed troubleshooting, coordinated and worked with developers on problem resolution, wrote and maintained requirements and test traceability matrices. Continuous development and Agile environment.• Worked with Software Quality Assurance in resolving deliverable issues.

Syracuse, New York Area

Completed and maintained test schedules, test plans, test cases, automated scripts, testing and test reporting on complex, workflow based, mission critical multi-tiered client/server applications and web applications systems. Successfully passed Software Quality Assurance audits.Actively participated in internal and customer external requirements and design review meetings. Kept requirement documents and requirements/test case traceability matrix up to date.Led and managed a dynamic test staff and reported frequent status. Flexible and sensitive to project management constraints.Communicated and coordinated with an outside project team to ensure system integration progresses between the two teams as smoothly as possible. Testing for this project was located at multiple sites and much planning was necessary for the various test phase transitions and security issues.Software Engineering Process Group board member for SRC’s software process improvement company-wide initiative. CMM Level 3 certification.

Marietta, Ga

Rational Apex / SQL / C / FORTRAN / Silicon Graphics (IRIX) / Sun Solaris (UNIX) / DEC VAX (VMS) / InterleafContract Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin, Marietta, GA Lockheed Martin products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world.Primarily developed air combat simulator software. Defined requirements, designed, coded, integration tested and system tested software.Secondarily involved with other small projects in defining user requirements and design, code and testing of SQL scripts and C programs used to extract data from the Common Threat Environment (CTE) database. On another small project, analyzed and converted EWIR database data and developed an input interface into a ground based radar simulator.