Building automation solutions to more effectively manage small business and enhance one’s work-life balance. My current focus is on the Internet Sales Administrator Project (ISAP). An automated system that manages the sales, ordering, communication, and supervision of products through multiple online marketplaces. ISAP will employee both traditional rule-based expert system and contemporary machine learning techniques; open-source software; and OS-level virtualization.

Servant-leader supporting multiple Scrum teams delivering high-availability storage systems. Reinforcing the values and practices of Scrum by coaching, administrating, and collaborating.- Engaged as a Scrum Master helping cut time to market in half.- Assisted in the division transition from Waterfall to Scrum methodology as a member of a consulting team providing guidelines, best practices, and solutions unique to the company. - Identified, recommended, and initiated changes to development processes to align with agile methodologies resulting in less defect slippage and more on-time delivery.- Provided one-on-one Scrum introduction to new on-boarding developers prompting more efficient transition to the teams

Developed and supported test automation applications for Product Certification and OEM customer test teams. Collaborated with users to determine application requirements and drove project development cycle. Facilitated weekly project status meetings. Organized, tracked, and reported project status through MS-Project and Microsoft Office Outlook tasks.- Developed company’s first 3rd generation test tool for testing LSI’s RAID storage system hardware and firmware.- Authored one and co-authored four invention disclosures as a result of the implementation of automated tools.

Defined test cases to verify the functionality of embedded array software features at the functional, exception, and stress level. Designed, document and execute test cases. Trained student assistants to execute and maintain test cases. - Installed system to automate the installation of operating systems and patch levels for lab host systems. Expedited host setup and configuration for all test engineers.- Implemented system to centralize the management and serial access to lab array controllers. System widen the scope of the engineering department’s test automation capabilities.

Engaged in pre- and post-sales OEM customer technical support of RAID storage systems. Supported the integration of LSI storage systems to other equipment manufacture servers. Managed the identification, recreation, and verification of software defects in the host RAID manager application and storage system controller firmware.- Improved relationship with OEM customers to drive resolution of on-going integration problems.- Provided technical support contributions that resulted in OEM to exceed product volume forecasts, making the account the highest revenue OEM for the year.OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCESoftware Developer, THORN Americas, Inc., Wichita, KansasSoftware Developer, PFS, a Division of PepsiCo, Inc., Wichita, Kansas Operations Manager, Sound Electronics, a Division of Evan Lee Enterprises LLC, Augusta, KansasTest Engineering Technician, NCR Manufacturing & Engineering, Wichita, KansasCustomer Engineer, IBM, Topeka, Kansas