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

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
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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

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

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.
• 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.
• Delivered high quality reports for project managers, development team and upper management
• Created presentations and demos to internal and external executives

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.