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Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Tucson, Az, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Collaborated with globally distributed teams to successfully plan, execute, and document verification and validation of DO-178B/C requirement based software applications. • Lead small groups in target environment test efforts of specific software functionality, including educating teammates in functionality, tools, environment, and strategies.• Trained new team members in testing tools and best practices, providing work instructions and other forms of education (demos, presentations, etc). • Created target tests for application software loaded onto ECU/APUs with a focus on M1553 and RS422 bus protocol, non-volatile memory interfaces, and user configurable APIs. • Specialized in test environment configurations, requirements, and tooling resulting in better ways to automate testing and reduced troubleshooting and test development efforts. • Performed analysis of software requirements to identify current test coverage, testing methods, and estimated hours of effort, quickly becoming a focal point for multiple areas of functionality. • Successfully met all deadlines of assigned test efforts, including target based and code inspection based testing, often completing early with less effort. • Documented details of defects using JIRA; worked with developers to identify root causes. • Participated in software test and requirement reviews to ensure quality.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Collaborated in an Agile/Scrum environment to successfully plan, execute, and document development and test of new software functionality in monthly iterations. • Performed routine execution, maintenance, and enhancement of the team’s regression test case suite. Successfully reduced the amount of time to execute and attain results of a regression run from several business days to less than 5 hours. • Championed system administration of remote Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) test systems, including storage media, code level, and security considerations. • Transformed the team’s testing framework by migrating the test workspace from VM Linux to Unix, and incorporating modern development tools such as Git and Jenkins. • Trained and mentored new team members in function verification testing processes and best practices, MVS storage fundamentals, the tools and systems used by the team, and the product developed by the team.• Innovated with cross-disciplinary teams to solve outstanding business problems including the design and prototyping of a Python Django web application.

River Falls, Wisconsin, Us

• Maintained excel spreadsheets to track church-wide information, liturgical involvement, and distribution to parishioners.• Designed and implemented a GUI using Visual Basic to streamline maintenance and access to excel spreadsheets containing important church parishioner information. • Answered any parishioner questions on site or over phone pertaining to church-wide events, registrations, donations, etc.• Assisted Newman Center staff in hosting church events including outreach, setup, and volunteer coordination.

Tucson, Arizona, Us

• Tutored students in fundamental concepts of C/C++ programming including file I/O, string manipulation, memory management, and basic data structures. • Provided verbal and visual explanations to convey important coding concepts, such as the inner workings of a doubly linked list and how memory leaks occur.• Guided students through code debugging, leading students to identify the source of each bug independently and reinforcing best practices to help reduce future issues. • Promoted student independence by directing students to various coding resources for future reference.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

• Handled data entry on behalf of Chief Financial Officer, including mastering invoice software, preparing subcontract documentation and payments, and ensuring proper filing of all company documents. • Prepared and automated spreadsheets to assist Project Managers in documenting and tracking project details. • Accompanied Project Managers into field for project inspections, focusing on documenting custom requests that were to be implemented.