Sandra Kane Email & Phone Number

Round Rock, Texas, Us

I play a key role supporting quality initiatives through data analysis and reporting. I analyze and provide statistical support for the Data Protection Division products and prepare reports for use in business planning and analysis. I develop and use advanced database technologies and data visualization tools, and leverage Dell EMC’s Business Data Lake to uncover emerging trends, develop and refine code, and deliver analytical consulting and advisory services. I design queries, investigate data patterns, and perform data forensics to enable strategic planning and decision making for Data Protection products.

Austin, Texas, Us

Managed group of 20 engineers and managers responsible for testing SPARC servers, including system firmware, operating system, and hardware features. Coordinated efforts of partner teams to ensure broad coverage of system features. Defined quality engineering schedule and system allocation needs. Drove group initiatives to enhance test coverage, develop and automate tests, and find bugs proactively.- Drove initiative to review customer-reported bugs and identify and close gaps in test coverage, improving product quality over the course of 3 generations of product.- Developed comprehensive library of reusable routines, a dozen automated test suites with hundreds of test cases, and plan for continuous integration of new tests in 2 years by building cohesive team after hiring 4 recent college graduates, partnering with experienced engineers, and setting aggressive goal to review, improve, and expand automated tests.- Defined report format for monthly reviews with senior management, enabling fact-based decision making throughout product development life cycle.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Managed group of 17 engineers and managers responsible for testing Sun systems software, including device drivers, system administration tools, and optional peripherals. Supported 15 projects per year. Assisted test leads with project planning. Collaborated with software and hardware development managers to provide appropriate test support. - Reduced department capital and expense budget 50% by conducting annual and quarterly reviews and equipment sharing agreements with co-located groups.- Reduced hardware prototype requests 40% by defining hardware sharing guidelines and procedures.- Eliminated broken firmware builds and ensured builds passed basic integration test prior to distribution by designing and implementing “System Integration Validation”.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Project Lead for test development projects for device drivers, system testing of new Sun workstations, and testing new Solaris/SunOS releases on new and old Sun hardware platforms. Developed test plans for testing Unix-based Solaris on old platforms and for testing new workstations. Worked closely with both hardware and software engineers on test of new products.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Lead a team of test engineers on the System and Network Administration test projects. Wrote test plans for new applications and developed plans for automating existing manual tests.

Managed the product test and quality assurance group. Monitored software problem reporting and tracking system. Defined release criteria and ensured adherence to criteria. Determined major and minor release schedules. Allocated resources to projects.In addition, actively participated in product strategy sessions and suggested corporate quality improvement actions.

Defined test plans and tested development version of IntelliCAPP, Computer-Aided Process Planning software. Planned all quality activities for a custom software project.

Managed a software test group with responsibility for testing of PrimeDesign, a mechanical design application, and PrimeControl, an engineering data management application.

Managed a software test group with responsibility for testing the platform and system software for the UNIX-based CADDStation. Acted as Technical Resource for UNIX, hardware/software, and testing methodology.

Tested system software and application packages, system software installation and system administration tools.

Bs, Computer Science

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