Creating Software Development Lessons for Large Client Attempting to Transition Non-STEM Workers to Entry Level Programming Jobs

Coaching students at the Tutoring and Academic Assistance Center in Math and Computer Science classes (~30 courses represented)

• Trained four new test engineers in last six months of job• Wrote two new test automation frameworks• Delivered three new Public Records Content Sets (received recognition awards for two of them)• Delivered several new/redesigned features including Entity Snapping and Workflow Gating• Promoted Continuous Integration (CI) and Agile Project Methodology (APM)• Gathered requirements through collaborative conversations between technical experts and customer representatives, and transformed them into automated tests

CUSTOMER FIELD OPERATIONS (CFO) BASELINE COORDINATOR 2008-2011 • Reduced Regression Cycle Time from six to two weeks• Delivered Customer-Facing Software Releases for multiple baselines and products• Redesigned Automated Test Suites to be Customer RelevantAUTOMATION TEST ENGINEER 1999-2008 • Wrote CI infrastructure software for Production Controller Development Team• Served as a change agent from traditional waterfall methods to APM• Designed new test architecture so suites could be expressed in a common framework translatable to Excel, XML or a database. Delivered training on this to development, testing, and offshore groups• Trained college students on software development testing environment and software system, then managed work on test automation enhancement over two months

• Published 2nd edition of Exxon Casing and Tubing Manual• Taught week-long classes transferring the associated technology • Synthesized non-linear finite element analyses and full-scale physical tests to determine the performance of critical components• Performed and presented root cause analyses of several critical oil well failures in environments ranging from permafrost to > 100 miles offshore