Samuel Elder Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Wa, Us

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Was the first QA automation engineer• Designed and implemented test framework from scratch • Tested Elixir/Rails application API/UI/Integration • Wrote feature test plans • Organized Testing Center of Excellence across teams• Organized TDD/BDD development approaches with dev team• Organized CI-CD planning with Dev-Ops, Implemented CI with github actions • Ramped up, mentored new hire • Cypress/Puppeteer/Jest/Github Actions/AWS/Localstack/Docker/Harness

Bellevue Wa

• Test computer vision AI products - Java/C++/Python EC2 S3 DynamoDB Postgres stack• Designed and implemented test framework and all architecture using Java/Maven/TestNG to validate AWS based micro-services based SaaS application• Automated refresh of local and test environment using Kubernetes, Docker and Localstack• Automated CI build solution application testing in Travis and created reporting feedback loop• Designed and automated integration and performance tests •… Show more • Test computer vision AI products - Java/C++/Python EC2 S3 DynamoDB Postgres stack• Designed and implemented test framework and all architecture using Java/Maven/TestNG to validate AWS based micro-services based SaaS application• Automated refresh of local and test environment using Kubernetes, Docker and Localstack• Automated CI build solution application testing in Travis and created reporting feedback loop• Designed and automated integration and performance tests • Created documentation for all test strategies in Confluence Show less

Remote

•BA focused on for " The Learning Album " employee training software •Worked with development team and POs to develop user stories •Implemented Gherkin/Cucumber BDD framework to allow POs and BAs to automate user stories •Participated in product design and planning meetings •Served as Scrum Master to guide team in migration products from internally hosted to AWS•Documented all project strategies in Confluence•Tested UI, UX , SSO, security, database, performance, API… Show more •BA focused on for " The Learning Album " employee training software •Worked with development team and POs to develop user stories •Implemented Gherkin/Cucumber BDD framework to allow POs and BAs to automate user stories •Participated in product design and planning meetings •Served as Scrum Master to guide team in migration products from internally hosted to AWS•Documented all project strategies in Confluence•Tested UI, UX , SSO, security, database, performance, API, integration and regression on 3 web based products JS/Ruby/Java/MySQL•Created test framework Java/Maven/Selenium/TestNG/Git •Designed and implemented CI strategy using Teamcity Show less

Kirkland. Wa.

International Dental Services helps people find reputable dental clinics abroad. • Established an international network of dental clinics• Hired localized marketing and legal teams in Thailand, United States and Mexico• Managed Google adwords, Facebook, and Instagram online marketing campaigns• Used data mining techniques to analyst trends and make predictions to balance funds• Hired sales team and managed payroll • Created high availability website and IP-phone… Show more International Dental Services helps people find reputable dental clinics abroad. • Established an international network of dental clinics• Hired localized marketing and legal teams in Thailand, United States and Mexico• Managed Google adwords, Facebook, and Instagram online marketing campaigns• Used data mining techniques to analyst trends and make predictions to balance funds• Hired sales team and managed payroll • Created high availability website and IP-phone system• Manage development team projects communicating vision and business requirements to developers and ensuring quality• Manage offshore developers in China• Designed and created original SEO website for the company using WordPress on a LAMP stack• Implementing Wordpress multisite network for management of SEM sites• Implemented Vtiger CRM, configured CRM workflows, created custom PHP modules and set up MySQL database scripts according to business requirements• Set up Twilio VOIP phone system including voice-mail, and phone-tree using AWS EC2 servers• Work directly with stakeholders including sales team and dentists• Meet with and give presentations to stakeholders to ensure continued funding • Designed and created test automation for our website using Selenium and JavaScript• Trained data processing team and sales team on Vtiger CRM• Created AWS new server instances and moved our physical servers to AWS• Delivered engagements within the constraints of schedule, features/functionality, and budget• Managed business resources, partners and/or customer resources and materials used to complete tasks in projects• Managed the engagement to deliver an integrated solution that composed of front end website, internal CRM, back-end database, VOIP phone system, finance module and all other aspects of the solution. Show less

Redmond Wa

SBG (Small Business Group) is a group of teams that function as small businesses within Microsoft, tasked with taking the best research ideas and bringing them to market. Our team was focused on 3D computer vision and telepresence products using AR and VR.• Designed and executed testing of computer vision V1 projects • Built and administered 3 labs for testing and demonstration of 3D computer vision projects• Delivered high quality reports for project managers, development team… Show more SBG (Small Business Group) is a group of teams that function as small businesses within Microsoft, tasked with taking the best research ideas and bringing them to market. Our team was focused on 3D computer vision and telepresence products using AR and VR.• Designed and executed testing of computer vision V1 projects • Built and administered 3 labs for testing and demonstration of 3D computer vision projects• Delivered high quality reports for project managers, development team and upper management• Created presentations and demos to internal and external executives• Served as Scrum Master for UI test team and Database test team • Designed UI automation testing using Selenium and C#• Served as Project Manager for Xbox One release Project Houston• Verified Limelight CDN consistencies against source changes • Managed Xbox external partner data ingestion pipeline• Wrote test tools using Python and C# Show less

Richmond, Virginia Area, Des Moines Iowa Area

Acted as first level support technician for Capital One corporate during Windows XP rolloverWrote step-by-step solutions for Clarify tracking database, all matrix consistently above 90%

Maintained departmental budget Maintained 1000 line telephone keys system with voicemailUpgraded all client machines, over 400 machines across entire schoolConfigured and maintained Redhat Linux servers using RAID5 Array. Converted network from IPX/SPX to TCP/IP, using Gbit over fiber.Administered Novell Netware and NT 4.11 and 5.0 servers, maintained tape back up