Sam Carmichael Email & Phone Number

Sam Carmichael is a Senior Quality Engineer at Cricut. Colleagues describe him as "Sam is a highly intelligent and effective quality assurance analyst. He tests the boundaries of systems in creatively, both broadly and deeply. He is thorough, well-spoken, and well-written. He is a natural leader and provides ample documentation for his findings and is able to point developers in the right direction to solve issues that have been found as well as helps other analysts become more proficient. Sam takes on extra work outside his position and is a very creative thinker. He has offered to do Lunch and Learns, helped with implementing process, workflow, and documentation improvements, and is always willing to help make things work well in whatever way it takes. He has a good sense for the balance necessary between strong principles and effective productivity.", "'Extremely efficient' comes to mind when I think about Sam. I have spent the last few years working with Sam on various projects. His attention to detail while testing our software, provided a great deal of confidence in the final product. His dry sense of humor brought some levity during stressful days. Sam is a top performer in his field and wonderful person to work with.", and "For the past two years, I have had the privilege of managing Sam as our organization worked to expand and improve our Quality Assurance capabilities. Sam was instrumental in this initiative by bringing his vast knowledge of test methodologies and automation techniques to the development teams and the department as a whole. Sam is a very methodical thinker, constantly working to understand the "actual" need of our customers, and testing to those needs and beyond to insure the delivered product not only meets, but exceeds the requests of the sponsors and users. Sam is also a very self motivated individual. Often times, he'd find areas requiring improvement and ask to take the lead in making the change. He always eagerly took on all responsibilities and tasks when asked. As his manager, he'd often provide multiple possibilities to problems I'd want to address, and without hesitation, agree to take the lead or support as necessary. As he often says, "Quality is what I do," Sam is definitely a QUALITY employee and has been a valuable member of the Merrick Bank Organization and its Software Development team."