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Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

Bellevue, WA, US

• Key Achievements: Member of the executive team that launched TVision and T-Mobile High-Speed Internet. TVision was a live streaming video service that was retired in 2021. T-Mobile High Speed Internet is the fastest.
• Validation of High-Speed Internet CPE Devices and Firmware Updates.
• Validation of App releases for modem and router management on iOS and Google handsets.
• Implemented an automated returns process to qualify physical Gateways returned by customers saving $16.8 million Annually.
• Created an API microservices solution that automatically creates tests based off swagger documentation saving 1,250 SDET hours in the first Quarter.
• Over 3000 API Tests running in CI/CD Pipelines reducing defect costs.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Responsible for leading 3 teams under Software QA with ~25 staff members
• Re-built QA Automation team with a focus on maintainable, sustainable, extendable solutions.
• Architected Web and Mobile Automation Frameworks leveraging Selenium and Appium supporting Starz.com, Android and iOS streaming apps.
• Architected Automation lab leveraging SauceLabs to execute tests against ~350 physical devices in the cloud
• Led the Load/performance testing against Starz.com utilizing AWS and Azure cloud agents to stress both origin and CDN servers for streaming performance.
• Led all Manual testing of STARZ and Pantaya OTT Mobile and 10 Foot platforms including iOS, Android, Web, XBox, ROKU, SamsungTV, AndroidTV, Kindle etc.

Santa Monica, California, US

Led a team of 8 System Test Engineers supporting internal applications and 3 customer facing streaming apps: Starz Play, Encore Play and MoviePlex Play. Quickly grew the team expanding scale and scope of the QA Department to include Automation and Software Configuration Management teams as described in the role of Director of Software Quality Control.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Responsible for the architecture and design of all Media-Operations systems including an internal Workflow-intensive, SOA based system hosted in a private cloud called Magnetar. Magnetar manages media content from.
• Architect and Team Lead for Magnetar Platform. Magnetar is a SOA based platform which allows rapid development and deployment of services and UI’s using consistent libraries, services and API’s.
• Integral team member of the Disaster Recovery initiative: o Designed options to the overall DR approach including active/active, active/passive and cloud based solutions o Identified hardware/software requirements at a.
• Designed and implemented a new security model built off of Microsoft Authorization Manager and ActiveDirectory utilizing the commanding pattern for UI accessibility.
• Designed and implemented improved messaging API’s leveraging ActiveMQ for service discovery and light-weight communication platform for services and UI’s
• Designed dynamic configuration of the WCF layer allowing quick deployment and reconfiguration of services in a live environment.

Dallas, Texas, US

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Monroe, LA, US

Dallas, US