Joel Sanda Email & Phone Number

United States

Alamosa, Co, Us

Colorado, United States

Software Quality Consultant. Creating and implementing Software Quality Assurance Plan for Sierra Space in support of the Orbital Reef Space Station. Responsible for creating quality assurance framework to test and certify all aspect of flight software on a low earth orbit commercial space station. This framework automates much of an agile SDLC to ensure traceability and testing at the system, sub-system, and object-level for space station operations. Responsible for assuring day-to-day software quality assurance activities comply with certification authority requirements. Worked very closely with Release Management to ensure SDLC workflows were amendable to an automated CI/CD flow and automated software testing.• DO-178C Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification• NASA NPR-7150.2D NASA Software Engineering Requirements• NASA STD 8719.13 NASA Software Safety Standard• NASA STD 8739.8 Software Assurance and Software Safety Standard• IEEE 730-2002 IEEE Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans

Centennial, Colorado, United States

Wrote and executed SQA Plan for ULA used on the Vulcan Centaur (heavy launch vehicle), Atlas V Starliner (launch vehicle and spacecraft), and NASA’s SLS Orion (super heavy-lift vehicle and spacecraft). This framework ensures compliance with NASA Software Engineering Requirements, NASA Software Assurance Standard, and AS9100 aerospace standards.• Automated launch vehicle telemetry verification (reduced review time from days to minutes)• Automated analysis of verification coverage from terminal count to spacecraft separation• Automated assurance of traceability from requirement to build artifact• Automated assurance of Code Development Checklists for all flight software code• Presented program-level metrics to internal stakeholders and NASA • Mentored Software Quality Engineers in agile testing practices• Mentored Software Quality Engineers eligible for SQA Lead position• Co-wrote the ULA Next Generation Software Development Plan to NASA standards• Created Jira workflows to support traceability, reviews, risk mitigation, and NASA compliance

Denver, Colorado, United States

Managed group of five software engineers making production code changes in an online application subject to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversight. Responsible for directing Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance, and Customer Support during post-release activities.• Triaged and completed an average of eighty fixes per month• Managed post-release customer escalations, defect triage, and risk identification• Managed on-premises and off-shore software engineers• Created technical typology for software changes to expedite defect fixes• Managed company’s annual SEC-audits• Managed special projects for merger and acquisition for parent company

Denver, Colorado, United States

Created quality assurance department, implemented company-wide agile methodology, and matured defect discovery rate from 45% to a 90% average. Created Release Management department and matured company from two releases per year to four major releases and weekly updates. Managed software quality engineers, release management, and product owners.• Wrote and implemented SQA Test plan to meet SEC requirements • Created Frequency/Severity scale to triage software defects• Created Feature/Function typology to categorize software risks and organize releases• Managed product owners, scrum masters, release management, and quality engineers• Streamlined transition from User Story to Test Case so tests were written before code commits• Created Jira workflows in support of traceability, reviews, risk profiling, and SEC compliance• Reduced time of annual SEC review from 10 days to four hours• Created method to repurpose User Stories as Test Cases and User Documentation• Managed testing partnerships with strategic customers• Created full automated test coverage of server-side code• Created build certification procedure for SEC- and customer-compliance requirements

Denver, Colorado, United States

Managed Software Quality Assurance, Release Management, and User Documentation groups. • Integrated 13 Cisco divisions’ requirements into releases of XMPP server• Vetted and formally accepted regression tests from divisions contributing XMM source code• Created nightly build tests with automated distribution of results to source code contributors• Created method to repurpose User Stories as Test Cases and User Documentation

Denver, Colorado, United States

Managed software quality assurance department and implemented agile in software engineering group.• Created company’s first automated regression tests and nightly build tests• Managed testing partnerships with strategic Wall Street customers • Integrated automated regression tests into nightly builds and automated defect creation• Managed gcov-measured test coverage from zero to 80%• Ensured accessibility of XMPP desktop chat client for Windows• Managed automated testing framework of all core XMPP specifications

Denver, Colorado, United States

Hired as SQA Engineer and integrated two separate SQA groups into one and managed both. Worked as webmaster creating university online education websites. Product Managed company’s code overhaul for compliance with Section 508 accessibility requirements. Represented company for four years at conferences and in strategic partnerships aligned with accessibility initiatives.• Created company’s first automated test suites for all client-facing websites• Created and maintained company’s CSS library for all GUIs in product suite• Managed creation of automated tool for rapid customer portal creation in sale’s cycle• Product manager for W3C’s WCAG product compliance (customer-facing SaaS software)• Named as inventor on two patents related to accessibility and human/technology interfaces

Master Of Science - Ms, Sociology

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Sociology

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, Student Newspaper