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Laurel, Maryland, Us

Produced core concept for band, recruited/interviewed band members and drafted LLC bylaws to include: copyright of music, song and performance royalties, membership/equipment responsibilities and procedures for dissolving band.Directed band marketing to include: social media presence, website design creativity, band merchandise and local venue outreach.Negotiated compensation structure with local venues and organized stage design and equipment setup.Managed all pre-production including audio mixing and lead singer of band responsible for creation of 14 original songs.Performed live at multiple venues including Springfield’s PrideFest (+4,000 attendees), ArtsFest (+10,000 attendees) and interviewed by Springfield Newsleader and 417Magazine.https://www.funktankmusic.com

Galveston, Texas, Us

Led the automated software and API integration testing efforts for the personal and commercial lines of business for the Strategic Projects Quality Assurance teams. Improved quality and reliability for software managing primary lines of business for +$3 billion in revenue. Designed, developed and tested integration solutions in an agile environment to resolve production problems. Implemented automated test frameworks and strategies using Visual Studio’s Coded UI modules, Tosca’s automation testing tools and trained other analysts on best testing practices. Collaborated with other teams to triage and troubleshoot live production, development and business changes that would impact ongoing automated testing efforts.

Galveston, Texas, Us

Manually tested billing system, commercial and personal lines insurance, and client data management software.Worked with business analysts to determine software requirements, software development teams to validate and troubleshoot software defects, maintained software releases for multiple projects and software builds.Responsible for the creation, documentation and resolution of software defects and bugs.

Galveston, Texas, Us

Provided remote software support for American National’s insurance agents using technical and troubleshooting skills to solve complex software and hardware problems.Researched and documented software defects to provide developers and analysts with quality information for software improvement and help determine software bugs.

Arlington, Va, Us

Tested Radar Sensor Unit Control software on various platforms for the Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (MSTAR).Generated software development plans and software test descriptions for the MSTAR project.Tested software on various armored vehicle platforms the for the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) and the Forward Observer System (FOS).Developed a new GUI specification for the Mission Equipment Software Manager project.

Arlington, Va, Us

Designed and created web application training lessons using Adobe Captivate.Designed web templates and websites for the Integrated Defense Systems – Information Technology department.