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Chapel Hill, NC, US

New York, New York, US

New York, NY, US

• Worked with Client Solutions Architect team to define intake processes across Jira and Slack, in addition to processes for communicating client solutions to the front-end and back-end teams.
• Established a Working Group across Solutions Architecture, Product, and Engineering (back and front-end) for incoming Content Engineering feature work to transition from siloed work from teams to a full-stack focus.
• Worked with Solutions Architects and Product Owners to create technical briefs and create technical requirements in Jira, translating Product requirements to actionable technical direction for front and back-end.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Worked within the Cloud, Apps, Test, & Tooling organization to bridge communications between test and simulation focused teams.
• Worked closely with the Hardware in the Loop (HIL) team to provide test benches for all engineers to use.
• Worked with teams to expand our automation test coverage utilizing the HIL benches and integrating that testing further left in the build pipeline.

New York, NY, US

• Worked with engineering lead, outsourced engineers, QA, Product, and Design to maintain and update Hulu on Roku. Communicated across many other front-end and back-end teams at Disney working on Hulu in support of new.
• Acted as TPM for the Onboarding, Commerce, and Identity workstream for the Roku platform. This workstream provides updates relating to these areas of our supported apps (Hulu, Disney+, and Star+) and included constant.

New York, NY, US

• Communicated with QA, Product Owners, Program Management, and many other Back-End teams to ensure the Disney+ and Star+ Roku teams had what they needed in order to complete their work - acted as a servant leader and.
• Interfaced with our partners at Roku around our needs from the platform and within their firmware releases. Maintained awareness of our project releases, and submitted to their certification process. Maintained all.
• Project managed an experimental team of 12 cross-platform contract SDETs, along with engineering leads and Project Managers from each platform. Focused on improving product quality and automating testing of low level.

New York, NY, US

• Served as the main QA point of contact for complete app rewrites of Disney+, ESPN+, and NHL.tv on Playstation devices as we transitioned to our newly established Native Client Platform. Provided guidance around testing.
• Acted as QA Lead for Disney+ on Playstation 4 & 5 from the start of the project through extensive feature releases and territory expansions. I created hundreds of test cases based on user stories, worked with.
• Former QA Lead for NHL.tv apps on all supported connected devices. Oversaw testing of continuous updates, managed test cases/plans for use by multiple testers, and worked with our newly formed automation team to.

San Francisco, California, US

• Embedded QA on Wild Beyond.
• Created and implemented test suites for use by onsite and offsite testers.
• Worked with the Onboarding and Campaign pod designers and PM to ensure the best possible introduction to the game for players, as well as sustained, long-term interest.
• Developed some Objective-C skills to contribute to our automated test system and cut down manual test time.

Worked with fellow Conference Associates to ensure GDC ran smoothly and left the attendees satisfied with their experience.Attended as a CA in ‘12, ‘14, ‘15, ‘17, and ‘18.

Los Gatos, CA, US

• Projects:Dungeons & Dragons NeverwinterDungeons & Dragons Neverwinter PS4Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Modules 1-12Responsibilities:
• Acted as the main point of contact for the PS4 port, leading the testing efforts of a team of four in-house testers and liasing with a team of ten testers at our Publisher. This work involved TRC, performance, and.
• Assisted the QA Lead with developing the team, such as the effort to refactor our testing process to utilize a modified version of Scrum.
• Worked closely with the Systems team to test new features, such as new character classes, continuous combat balance updates, and the re-worked Mount System.
• Mentored and assisted new Game Testers, familiarizing them with the Cryptic Engine.
• Created and implemented modular Test Plans and Suites for upcoming content usable by many testers.

West Hollywood, CA, US

• Worked closely with content editors and the Video Producer to create daily content for Tested.com.
• Edited video content encompassing industry trade shows, maker profiles, product reviews, and large scale projects such as The Bay Lights.
• Maintained raw footage and identified necessary/relevant content for daily videos.
• Setup and operated audio, video, and lighting equipment for various video shoots.
• Provided planning and preparation support for on and off-site events/video shoots.

San Jose, California, US

• Setup and assisted livestreamed concerts at the Youtube campus.
• Provided support for equipment load in/out, audio/video equipment setup, audio equipment operation, and other tasks as required.
• Performed A/V installation and removal in numerous rooms at Google/Youtube.

Burlingame, CA, US

• Edited and prepped dialog scripts for delivery to clients as needed by WaveGroup.
• Provided general noise removal, vocal cleanup, quality assurance for line accuracy, and export to necessary formats.

Emeryville, CA, US

As a private tutor, I helped those in need to better understand course curriculum that I had already mastered.