Consulting to Netacent Inc on the Data Station testing platform.

• Established and manage software test group staff, infrastructure and budget.• Partner with project management in establishing project schedules, milestones, methodologies and resource requirements.• Train, mentor and manage activities of technical, non-technical and consultant test staff.• Established organization best practices and policies (508 accessibility compliance, etc.).• Implemented Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 & Test Manager 2010 test environment.• Designed and developed Java UI automation framework capable of testing Windows, DOS, Unix and Mainframe applications, utilizing the MIT developed Sikuli automation library.• Designed and developed suite of use-friendly test case and defect management web applications in ASP.Net, utilizing the Team Foundation Server 2010 API

• Developed and executed detailed software test plans and scripts based on development specifications, customer feedback, best practices and personal experience.• Presented PerformancePoint 2008 at Microsoft Tech Ready 2007 convention, provided hands-on training and demonstrations at the 2009 Microsoft Business Intelligence conference.• Received formal training in “customer-centric” software design principles.

• Lead the localization testing of all ProClarity products within agile development environment, working closely with an remote localization development team.• Lead sustained engineering (hotfix) test team within agile development environment, ensuring service packs, hotfixes and emergency updates met strict quality standards.• Implemented automated regression test framework built on Test Complete by AutomatedQA.• Developed and executed detailed test plans consisting of manual and automated test scenarios.• Implemented VMware ESX virtualization product stack.

• Lead team of 3 junior tester engineers in performing the final testing and signoff of the Academic Accelerator software package.• Provided detailed quality metrics and status reports to project management.

• Co-lead team of 10+ driver and performance testers within HP Personal LaserJet group.• Lead offsite team of 10+ localization driver testers within HP Personal LaserJet group.• Collaborated with HP project management and developers to ensure printers shipped on-time and exceeded quality benchmarks.• Assisted in establishment of a localized driver automation team, which culminated in the implementation of a robust, automated localization test platform, providing exponentially increased regression test efficiency passed on to HP in lower managed service costs.

Managed Boise, Idaho based HPUX servers, responsible for hosting several large-scale web applications.