• Led test initiatives for REST API-driven warehouse fulfillment microservices, ensuring seamless integrationwith fleets of Autonomous Mobile Robots operating within a high-velocity e-commerce ecosystem• Developed custom internal tools using TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, and React to simulate workflows• Built scalable microservices for synthetic monitoring with Golang, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes• Developed and integrated software observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana) and workflows (n8n)to identify and resolve issues, streamline system performance and reduce downtime• Contributed to the development of best practices by publishing scripts and guides for querying PostgreSQL

• Published VR experiences and mobile games on the Amazon (Android) Appstore and the iOS App Store• Authored multiple technical guides on Node.js development and published them on the Kindle platform• Wrote articles on hardware (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, NVIDIA) and software (JavaScript, Kubernetes, WebXR)• Served as a tech editor for Packt Publishing and Kodeco, reviewing and refining game development contentBook Projects• Unity Games by Tutorials (Tech Editor, Ray Wenderlich)• Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginners Guide (1st Edition) (Tech Editor, Packt Publishing)• Learning Game AI Programming with Lua (Tech Editor, Packt Publishing)• How to Design and Create Node.js Modules (Author)• How to Create and Publish Node.js Packages (Author)

2012 – 2015. Principal Software QA Engineer• Spearheaded testing efforts for UPMC’s healthcare Web app, driving quality and reliability initiatives• Developed test automation frameworks for microservices, using Cucumber (BDD) and Ruby on Rails• Built and executed automated Web app and database test suites using Selenium, JUnit, Java and Maven• Designed and deployed load performance testing infrastructure using Jenkins, LoadUI and Apache JMeter

• Automated testing of Web and iOS apps in an Agile environment using Selenium, Java and JUnit • Worked with DevOps to setup Jenkins jobs for CI builds, testing, and deployment

• Created Android build, Web application and test jobs in Hudson (Jenkins)• Wrote JUnit Web Service tests that were driven through Maven profiles• Created Apache JMeter remote distributed tests for verifying Web Service performance• Attended Agile daily stand-ups, biweekly sprint planning and retrospective meetings

• Tested an advertising exchange (ad) server in a CI/CD environment• Developed and ran automated unit tests on RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Mac OS X• Worked with internal departments to tape, edit, and host training videos• Maintained documentation and training materials on an internal Wiki (Twiki)