Specializing in Luxury and Ultra-Luxury Cruise Travel Planning.

Founded VeriGuide after experiencing a travel industry safety deficiency that could be solved with technology. As the Chief Everything Officer, I am responsible for all aspects of company management. Everything including project/product development, testing, sales and marketing and contractor management.

Quality Assurance Engineer, KAYAK Software Corp.• Responsible for complete UI testing of the flights vertical. Analyzed results andvalidated functionality of new features of the flights meta-search product and airlineticket booking system.• Researched data feed price and availability accuracy issues from various providers.• Reporting and Verification of bug fixes for bi-weekly releases and occasionalemergency off-cycle releases that cover the 14+ int’l websites that… Show more Quality Assurance Engineer, KAYAK Software Corp.• Responsible for complete UI testing of the flights vertical. Analyzed results andvalidated functionality of new features of the flights meta-search product and airlineticket booking system.• Researched data feed price and availability accuracy issues from various providers.• Reporting and Verification of bug fixes for bi-weekly releases and occasionalemergency off-cycle releases that cover the 14+ int’l websites that KAYAK deploys.• Create test plans that cover various test scenarios and cases for over 200 differentbooking providers and airlines as well as RailEurope and Eurostar.• Assisted team members with testing of Hotels, Cars, Cruises, and Vacation verticals.• Responsible for testing the first deployment of the iPad Responsive Web Design for theKAYAK mobile site. Show less

• Managed a team of 5 QA engineers on ITA’s RES project, a standalone airlinereservation system that replaces the mainframe/legacy systems.• Partnered with Dir. and VP of Engineering to ensure timely release scheduledmaintenance and software release upgrades.• Report to VP Quality Assurance, all management responsibilities and administration,employee matters, and weekly software testing update reports.• Liaison between cross-functional teams of developers, QA, CRM… Show more • Managed a team of 5 QA engineers on ITA’s RES project, a standalone airlinereservation system that replaces the mainframe/legacy systems.• Partnered with Dir. and VP of Engineering to ensure timely release scheduledmaintenance and software release upgrades.• Report to VP Quality Assurance, all management responsibilities and administration,employee matters, and weekly software testing update reports.• Liaison between cross-functional teams of developers, QA, CRM, Business Analystsand Marketing/Sales teams.• Represented the company at numerous domestic and international IATA and ATPCoworking groups for system, governmental, tax and tariff changes within the airlineindustry.• Extensive knowledge in all aspects of the travel industry.• Working abilities with Sabre, Apollo/Galileo, Worldspan GDS’s.• Research and communicate software defects to developers.• Update all bugs in associated bug tracking database and verified that issues weresuccessfully resolved after being reported as fixed.• Tested over 650 individual worldwide country tax codes and YQ/YR surcharges developed for accurate total airfare pricing.• Represented ITA at domestic and international marketing trade shows with CEO and VP Marketing. Show less

• Instrumental in the shipment of Biztravel.com’s first version of bizReservations v1.0;an award winning Internet eCommerce travel web site that enables a user to plan,reserve, and purchase flights, car rentals and hotel reservations.• Feature testing and planning for bizReservations from detailed development test plans.• Compatibility and functionality testing of bizReservations using multiple versions ofthe following browsers; MS Internet Explorer, Netscape… Show more • Instrumental in the shipment of Biztravel.com’s first version of bizReservations v1.0;an award winning Internet eCommerce travel web site that enables a user to plan,reserve, and purchase flights, car rentals and hotel reservations.• Feature testing and planning for bizReservations from detailed development test plans.• Compatibility and functionality testing of bizReservations using multiple versions ofthe following browsers; MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator/Communicator,America Online and Opera.• Recorded detailed test results and bugs in Lotus Notes database.• Verified and retested bug fixes.• Authored detailed QA test plans and procedures for GUI, feature, stress, andcompatibility tests. Show less