Patrick E. Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Kentucky

• Led the development and execution of manual and automated test scripts, with a primary focus on conducting functional, performance, and stress testing for web and client-server applications across medium to high complexity projects. • Identified and resolved issues in requirements, design specifications, story design, and product documentation. • Managed the design and development of manual and automated test flows. • Reviewed, summarized, and presented detailed analysis of findings. • Ensured the accuracy of defect documentation and facilitated problem resolution. • Responsible for all personnel management, counseling, interviewing, onboarding, and training for 30 Software Test Automation Engineers.• Worked with soft load box (SLB) Hardware-in-the-loop test systems and regression test suites, utilizing National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand, interfacing thru cDAQ hardware.• Performed embedded firmware quality verification and validation of GE Appliances.• Used LUA to define the parametrics for all GE appliances for use by the SLB, enabling it to mimic a myriad of appliance profiles during a single automation run.• Ensured that the automated regression test suite remained fully integrated into the Agile SDLC providing continuous unit, integration, and system level tests on daily firmware builds. • Designed and maintained scripts that enabled the test suite to execute automatically on the latest daily firmware builds, deposit results logs and test artifacts into corresponding directories, and email test results and summaries to stakeholders.

New Albany, Indiana

• Defined and implemented all manual and automated test methods for use by the developers.• Led the evaluation of several test automation tools, and the selection of the SmartBear suite for adoption and deployment throughout the company.• Created SoapUI projects to exercise Samtec’s large repository of APIs.• Acted as a representative of QA in the Agile/Scrum environment, embedding with teams to get them familiar with testing methodology including TFS Test Case design and execution.• Conducted QA Training for Scrum teams that did not have access to a QA engineer.• Reviewed product design documentation to ensure that requirements stated were correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.

San Francisco Bay Area (Remote)

• Created a testing harness for the internal 6connect API suite including managing encryption and decryption processes as part of the API security validation in PHP.• Created test case sets for each section of the software, clearly identifying objectives, test conditions/setup, input data requirements, input data sets, testing steps, and expected results.• Designed a flexible, maintainable UI test suite and large variety of test plans based on common use cases and incorrect use cases to establish that both success and failure conditions were handled correctly.• Accomplished initial automation via a set of Cron controlled shell scripts.

Louisville, Ky

• Responsible for supervising the planning, execution, and documentation of performance tests in multiple QA environments with LoadRunner.• Author of all IDE program QA Performance and Automation processes and procedures. • Assisted with the selection of testing tools used by the small-glass and mid-glass QA teams.• Designed and implemented a Sharepoint test intake form, driving multiple workflows, to automate all steps from test request thru test completion and reporting. Included in this was a repository that workgroups could use to search and retrieve the results of any test run in the past.• Supervised the day-to-day activities of five offshore and three local automation engineers.• STAR Award recipient for determining the root cause for excessive login times that had blocked the IDE initial go-live and for manually creating charts that brought clarity to several blocking issues.• ‘Site Incident’ Primary Responder. Primary:Medical, Backup: Environmental

Louisville, Ky

• Worked directly with departmental business customers and other SQMO staff to develop testing requirements, and set-up test plans. Executed those plans, working with QA staff in the department, ultimately letting them carry on the process independently.• Designed and implemented custom GUI interfaces for each department, to facilitate their test script organization, execution, and report tracking activities.• Set up and maintained a Corporate QTP license server.• Authored multiple video training courses, covering topics ranging from detailed QTP and LoadRunner test creation and execution to generalized courses on Humana’s Agile Test methodology.

Louisville, Ky

• Defined and implemented testing procedures and test tools used by HumanaOne.• Set up and deployed HP Quality Center for use by HumanaOne.• Based on information gleaned from research presented to IEEE, determined the appropriate number of Quality Center concurrent licenses to purchase to maximize availability for the least cost. • Designed and scripted an automated QTP controller that would execute multiple QTP scripts on multiple PCs, based on selections made on a central console. • Assisted with evaluation and adoption of Agile/SCRUM processes at HumanaOne. After conducting a pilot project in HumanaOne, gave presentations and evangelized until Humana adopted Agile as an alternative SDLC.• Co-led the evaluation of several Agile project management tools, and the selection of VersionOne for detailed evaluation, adoption, and deployment throughout the enterprise.• Supervised the day-to-day activities of two offshore QA engineers and five local QA engineers.

Louisville, Ky

• Responsible for all Go-Live deployment activities related to moving code from HumanaOne development environments to production. • Developed and deployed a tool to allow stake holders to monitor the exact state of the go-live process via a live dashboard that tracked each code package thru the night.

Louisville, Ky

DS Test Lab Manager• Maintained a Windows test environment that included the installation and management of 79 rack mounted production emulation servers.• Developed policies and procedures for testing environment access by UPS Technology Personnel.• Performed backups and maintained disaster recovery images with Altiris.NAS Migration Team (Project completed significantly under budget and under time)• Performed migration of data and users from Novell and Windows NT4 systems to Active Directory in a Windows 2000 enterprise wide migration.• Verified 100% data integrity after each migration evolution.• Conducted onsite customer management on a daily basis.Citrix Support Specialist• Identified systems requirements for packaging and testing of applications and application suites, wrote application compatibility scripts and Citrix installation scripts utilizing multiple application scripting/packaging technologies.• Developed and documented procedures to be used by IS technicians to install Citrix packages into the UPS production farms.• Provided extensive customization of the Citrix N-Fuse web portal for UPS.• Installed Windows 2000 and 2003 on numerous VMWare servers to simulate production environments for Citrix Package Development.

Louisville, Ky

• Directed and coordinated work of others to develop, test, install, and modify COTS programs to operate within the Financial Systems environment.• Wrote detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.• Reviewed computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations, to determine if requested program or program change was possible within existing systems.• Prepared workflow charts and diagrams to specify in detail the operations performed by equipment and computer programs and operations performed by personnel when interacting with them in the network.• Conducted studies pertaining to development of new information systems to meet current and projected needs.• Planned and prepared technical reports, memoranda, and instructional manuals as documentation of program development.• Assisted computer programmers in resolution of work problems related to flow/UML charts, project specifications, and programming defects.• Provided on-call support for production applications.

Louisville, Ky

• Formalized testing policies, test plan designs and all test development procedures for use by the Quality Assurance department. • Set up a multi-browser, multi-OS test lab.• Assisted in the development of Project Management and Software System Life Cycle methodologies for the FARIS Software Development team.• Developed and implemented testing procedures and test tools used by FARIS Software Engineers.• Edited product description, software design, and user manuals for all products produced by FARIS.• Authored a UI Design manual that standardized the look and feel of all software produced.

Reston, Va

• Wrote and implemented test plans, test cases, and automated testing procedures for multiple web-based projects.• Refined, validated, and executed black box, grey box, and white box test scripts.• Performed automated load testing with WebLoad and Mercury LoadRunner.• Carried out automated regression testing with Mercury WinRunner.• Compiled functional decompositions for clients.• Used PVCS Tracker for test maintenance and defect tracking.• Tested fixes, enhancements, and modifications to existing code for promotion into production.• Worked with developers to ensure requested functionality met intended requirements.

Upper Marlboro, Md

• Managed a staff of three bench engineers and two field service technicians.• Coordinated the simultaneous construction of an average of 350 Build-To-Order desktop computers per week.• Assigned field service technicians to specific repair tasks.• Assigned and tracked workload using an in-house ticket system for break-fix and warranty repairs.• Certified Printer Service Engineer (HP, Brother, & Compaq).

Falls Church, Va

• Responsible for all purchasing for a computer store and repair center.• Certified Field Service Engineer (PC & Mac).• Managed a staff of four field service technicians.

Production Controller – Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, SC• Designed, implemented, and administered a material management program that tracked the funding and material ordering for over 1150 individual projects among 65 government agencies.Assistant Site Manager – Bureau of Personnel, SDS (PERS1033), Washington, DC • Managed a staff of 27 software engineers.• Work focused on converting Legacy COBOL code to ADAElectrical/Motor Repair Work Center Supervisor – USS Ranger (CV 61), San Diego, CA• Managed a staff of 19 electrical engineers.• Participated in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.Damage Control Work Center Supervisor – USS J. F. Kennedy (CVS 67), Norfolk, VA• Managed a staff of three damage control specialists.

Mclean, Va

West Union EMS, Doddridge Co WV - FirefighterHarrison Co Bureau of Fire and Rescue, Clarksburg WV - EMT/C & Paramedic traineeWorked at The Capitol Children's Museum, in Washington, DC, assisting with the design and build-out of an interactive exhibit on communications.Ran the Repair/Product delivery & installation department at The Computer Store(TCS) in downtown Washington, DC.Worked at The Mitre Corp for a summer as an Intern.Worked at OSI designing a key management and access system for use at high security facilities.Worked summers at the standards... McDonalds, Genos(KFC), Roy Rogers, and Pizza Hut.

Master Of Science, Software Systems Engineering - Concentration On Man-Machine Interface Testing

Coursework included Internet Interface Design, Software Testing Methodology, Software Requirements Analysis, Formal Methods of Testing.

Bscis, Information Systems

Associate Of Science - As, Computer Science

Attended, Major: Computer Science

Attended, Major: Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Joined Alpha Phi Omega Assisted in the installation of the schools first computer (a PDP11-40) Assisted.