Michael Spencer Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

As a Senior QA Manager, my current responsibilities include overseeing a cross-functional team through several releases of the Dolby cinema technologies. This includes the line of products related to Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision in the cinema space. As a QA Manager my responsibilities include resourcing and mentoring staff of cross functional teams through several releases of the Dolby cinema products. As a QA lead accomplished successful releases of Dolby technologies by leading team members in San Francisco as well as remote teams in Beijing and Poland using both waterfall and Agile Scrum methods.• Crafted test plans for projects and products by reviewing marketing requirements and development specifications• Collaborate with development teams to identify strategic test areas of new platform software and hardware • Leverage development teams and product managers to identify and resolve issues related to the functionality of software/hardware• Participate in establishing testing requirements and performance goals of the test cycles• Facilitate the design and maintenance of strategic test configurations for projects

As a Test Engineer for the QA team, responsibilities included writing and executing test cases toward the release of the Dolby Decoder series using the Agile testing method. Responsibilities include analyzing the quality of decoded broadcast audio-video transport stream formats such as IP, ASI, SDI, AES, in MPEG-2, H.264 SD and HD. Operating third-party editing systems and tools such as Adobe Premiere, OmniTek and DekTec applications to generate testing assets, simulated client material and workflows using the various Dolby audio formats.Designed strategic test configurations and test cases for the Dolby DP568 Decoder product- Worked with Dolby development team to identify and resolve issues related to the functionality of the Dolby DP568 Decoder- Worked with Team Lead to establish testing requirements and performance goals of the test cycles

Accomplished several release cycles at Omneon testing their Media Servers and Applications. Responsibilities included the configuration and maintenance of the QA test environments, testing the video and audio quality for a broad number of production formats including XDCAM HD, DV, DV50, DVCProHD, MPEG-2 SD and HD, H.264 and more. Learned and operated third-party editing systems such as FinalCut Pro and AVID to test complete customer workflows.• Served as the QA Lead on new High Definition MediaPort, responsible for researching and identifying new test tools and testing techniques to meet customer needs resulting in $6M in revenue for the company• Generated several internal API test scripts to assist in the automated test efforts for several products resulting in condensing the test schedules for several test cycles• Updated and executed regression test plans for the Media Server Team resulting in test cases containing new customer workflows and other third-party software• Worked closely with Lab Manager in qualifying the HD and SD signal flow to validate the credibility of the QA test environment

As a Systems Engineer, responsibilities included generating specifications and support the evaluation and the integration of Harris software products.• Served as the technical point of contact for one of the media transport software applications • Worked closely with the product line manager and customers to develop and clarify the market needs and trends to correctly target new feature implementation while meeting release deadlines• Responsible for writing of more than 300 system use case requirements and specifications for the life cycle of the product• Working with engineering development groups and QA to ensure product implementation meets the technical and business specifications• Responsible for maintaining requirements and specifications using the IBM Rational RequisitePro tool• Responsible for authoring tutorial PowerPoint presentations for clients and Customer Support demonstrations

Experienced in using both the waterfall and iterative methodologies as a Quality Assurance Engineer; completing several Harris Automation software product releases as an SQA Lead. Responsibilities included integrating various media delivery systems with the Harris applications to accurately simulate customer workflows within a broadcast environment to test video frame accuracy, metadata, and audio integrity.• Worked closely with developers to clearly communicate, log and identify defects, feature implementations and product functionality• Accomplished at developing project schedules using the Microsoft Project application to keep track of goals, deadlines and resources• Wrote detailed test plans and other test related documentation for test methods and processes associated with the Harris software products using the Rational Unified Process• Designed over 500 test cases for testing several of the Harris products throughout their release test cycles• Responsible for mapping test cases to their associated requirements using the IBM Rational Test Studio tools• Maintained and documented test environments during various projects for the Project Teams using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and the Microsoft VISIO program• Generated test metrics for projects using both Microsoft Excel and Rational Test Manager • Created PowerPoint slides when required for formal management presentations

Skilled telecine assistant, film colorist and editor assistant at one of the leading post production facilities in Northern California.• Responsible for executing film to tape transfers including film dailies and final color and tape to tape transfers• Worked closely with colorist and clients to perform final color using the Da Vinci color correction system• Assisted and performed film transfer for dailies and select transfers• Performed keycode and timecode window layoffs the Evertz Keykode systems• Generated detailed EDLs and logs for the film transfers using Flex files, and the TLC Information System• Maintained the URSA film transport system and other suite equipment• Responsibilities also included assisting editors for the AVID and Quantel non-linear editing suites• Executed tape duplication to various tape formats (with and without TC windows)• Performed Quality Control for broadcast chroma and audio levels using Tektronix waveform monitors

Served as a Technical Director for live and live-on-tape studio productions recorded at the ITN facilities.• Duties included performing as the Technical Operator for live studio feeds, satellite and fiber transmissions and recordings for ITN clients• Assisted as editor on VNR packages for various out-of-town clients• Performed in other various studio positions, including Camera Operator, Audio Engineer, Floor Manager, CG Operator and Lighting• Functioned as a Master Control /TD operator for the Discovery Channel Australia/New Zealand using an Odetics Automation System