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Lehi, Ut, Us

Plan and execute testing for the Ancestry Hints® user interface. Create automated tests in Java using TestNG and JUnit. Demonstrate product and work to resolve questions at RootsTech and other conferences. Observe user research interviews.Create learning content for international audience. Serve as subject matter expert for guided discoveries, collaborating across teams to ensure quality of delivered features.

Lehi, Ut, Us

Plan and execute testing for the Ancestry Hints® user interface. Create automated tests in Java using TestNG and JUnit. Demonstrate product and work to resolve questions at RootsTech and other conferences. Observe user research interviews.Create learning content for international audience. Serve as subject matter expert for guided discoveries, collaborating across teams to ensure quality of delivered features.

Lehi, Ut, Us

Plan and execute testing for the Search and Hints features. Create automated tests using TestNG and JUnit.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Create automated tests and page objects in Ruby / Rspec with Watir Webdriver for Rails payment systems at a busy tech startup. Manage and review pull requests in GitHub with continuous integration (CI) in Jenkins. Ensure code changes pass static code analysis in RuboCop and Brakeman.Coordinate biweekly sprint and weekly release testing. Organize test artifacts in TestRail to integrate with Jira and Jenkins.Mentor QA engineers in automated test design. Serve as subject matter expert for payments systems, assisting customer support staff and risk analysts by reproducing issues seen in production.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

Manage team of five senior and mid-level QA staff testing inventory management systems, including global IP address spaces and DNS, managed network services, trunk groups, and telephone numbers. Coordinate staff allocations and program schedules to meet business needs. Conduct testing of complex IP inventory systems, including automated testing of web applications and RESTful services using Selenium, FitNesse, RestFixture, and HP QuickTestPro.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

Accepted offer of employment after successful contract. Lead testing of inventory management systems, including global IP address spaces, trunk groups, and telephone numbers. Testing of emerging voice projects. Automated testing of web applications and RESTful services using Selenium, FitNesse, RestFixture, and HP QuickTestPro.

On contract to Level 3 Communications. Lead testing of IPAN IP address group inventory system. Testing of emerging voice projects.

Lead engineer for software quality and business analysis.Avtrak brings unsurpassed quality and value to corporate aircraft maintenance tracking, planning and management. Fast, easy to use and supported by qualified A&P/IA Compliance Specialists, Avtrak's web based systems are used, recognized, accepted and/or approved by most of the major corporate aircraft manufacturers. This acceptance, combined with Avtrak's compliance focus and competitive pricing, provides customers with the perfect solution for managing a mixed fleet of any size.

Denver, Co, Us

Built better software to assist educators and administrators in preparing Denver's students for success in life, work, civic responsibility, and higher education. Developed automated solutions for performance and functionality testing across multiple software projects.Led quality assurance efforts for the Principal Portal, which enables DPS principals and other academic staff to access, in one place, not only the latest information about their students, but also connect that information to historical information about individual students, develop trend data about specific groups of students, and analyze the effectiveness of particular programs, teachers, and interventions to inform future practices.

Served as volunteer board member for non-profit professional association supporting software test and quality professionals in the Denver area. Promoted local interaction among members and supported the exchange of information concerning software testing, quality assurance, and process improvement. Served as administrator for SQuAD's biennial conference in March 2011.

Westminster, Colorado, Us

Segment test lead for Direct Access Program, enabling sophisticated imagery customers to directly command DigitalGlobe satellites. Coordinated resource schedules to meet release deadlines. Developed test plans to ensure coverage of program requirements, applying resources to unit, system, and regression testing where needed. Presented to program office and vendor partners. Travelled to partner sites to supervise factory acceptance testing.Lead test engineer for collection feasibility systems. Performed mathematical analysis of complex satellite image collection algorithms in close cooperation with on-site and third-party development teams. Performed data validation and test data generation using complex SQL queries and scripts.Developed new regression test across collection planning and command generation systems. Created test data set and procedure list, using automation with FitNesse and Ruby to reduce execution time.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

- Test engineer for remote monitoring system collecting storage device errors by SNMP and proprietary communication protocols.- Install and administer TestDirector server for use by project team.- Develop automated test cases in WinRunner.

Westminster, Colorado, Us

- Lead engineer for satellite scheduling & tasking and customer front-end systems. - Worked with development and operations staff to define and verify requirements for each software release. Designed system test plans and procedures. Performed end-to-end regression testing, system acceptance testing, and unit testing, working with release cycles that had rapidly evolving requirements and schedules. Isolated problems and tracked software defects, enhancement requests, and test incidents in corporate change management system. Created and presented test reports for operational review board.- Developed program to test a complex system that included order entry and tracking, satellite tasking/commanding, data capture, data transmission, and production of imagery products. This program ensured the system was ready for the QuickBird 2 satellite launch in October 2001.- Created and managed test data for complex development and operational tests of satellite systems.

- Administered NT network and provided hardware, application, and e-mail support at an evolving startup company. Performed network migration from Novell Netware / GroupWise to Windows NT / Exchange servers.- Served as primary administrator for telephone system running Lucent Definity G3 switch and Intuity voice/fax messaging over multiple T-1 circuits. Designed and implemented automatic call distribution system for sales and customer services. Managed circuits and vendor relations for ISP and WAN services. Trained IS team members to perform routine adds and changes to telephone equipment.- Restructured telephone accounts and billing to save company $3,500 per month.

Falls Church, Va, Us

- Provided network and desktop support at DuPont client site. Administered Novell and AppleTalk networks and maintained legacy VMS equipment for manufacturing support. Supported Windows and Macintosh users running Novell GroupWise and Microsoft Office suite.- Installed and maintained twisted-pair and broadband cabling and equipment throughout large manufacturing site during Ethernet expansion.

Bs, Computer Science

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