Scott Elliott Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Plan chess lessons as an after school activity at multiple sites in the greater Austin area for class sizes ranging from 13 to 22 students. Involves teaching students (mostly K-5) how the pieces move, and special rules such as check, checkmate, castling, pawn promotion, and en passant, and also basic tactics such as pins, skewers, forking, discovered check and strategic ideas like piece value, piece development, and very basic opening theory. Students play games with one another, usually a puzzle is provided sometimes challenging (such as "Find the smothered mate in 5 moves")

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas Area

Round Rock, Texas, Usa

Contract role as QA Validator of Third Party POS systems used in fuelling applications. Created and Analyzed wireshark traces to validate test cases. Creating Python scripts to automate analysis of log files. Managed configuration of two test beds. Set up simulators for dispensers, CATS, car wash, price sign and created documents where none previously existed. Tweaked poorly written test cases. Added new test cases to insure adequate coverage. Debugged problems found at partner and field sites. Wrote TFS failure reports. Created and maintained Kanban set of tasks

Austin, Texas As Of March 29, 2015

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cornell University FFP operations manager in Bangladesh, oversight of theday-to-day management of a $4 million agricultural development initiativeincluding the role of Cornell FFP treasurer.* Worked with local contractors and vendors to procure equipment and servicesincluding vehicles, furniture, and computer equipment.* Recruited and hired staff as needed to implement specific program objectives.* Managed travel and logistics for the FFP team of consulting scientists andanalysts.* Routine visits to FFP program field sites to oversee matters and plan events.* Worked with Bangladesh universities and government institutions including theBangladesh Rice Research Institute, the Wheat Research Center to organize joint projectsand training programs.* In close coordination with the Cornell University Program Directors, maintainance of relations with the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and Cornell University’slocal implementing partner, Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University.* Oversight of Excel-based quarterly financial reports and I advice toCornell University Program Directors on matters of program administration andimplementation. In their absence service as the Programrepresentative, reporting on follow-up action.* I have facilitated high-level official visits to our program sites in Dinajpur andFaridpur which included coordination with local and national media channels.* I have helped organize workshops agricultural extension officers giving a briefintroductory project overview often in the Bengali language as necessary..

Bangladesh

Developed medical advocacy program to assist poor families in accessing medicalservices and medicine.* Recruited new IMB workers and developed a network with Bangladeshi partners toaccomplish strategic objectives.* Prepared training materials and delivered training usually in Bangla.* Networked with Bangladeshi organizations and short-term contract workers toaccomplish strategic objectives.* Planned and coordinated the activities of volunteers coming on short trips, andprovided orientation materials and training* Supervised teams, prepared annual budgets, and submitted monthly activity reports.* Coordinated several disaster relief efforts which included cyclone relief in southernBangladesh, flood relief in northern Bangladesh, and relief for victims of fire forslums in Dhaka.* Developed Video and Power-point presentations in order to promote the work to raise funds from donors and to give existing donors reportsof how their funds were being used.* Wrote periodic newsletters from the field in order to keep donors and advocatesaware of and inspired by the work.* Implemented a new system to distribute information through a leading Bengalinewspaper and developed an SMS based system to communicate with recipientswith an Excel-based results tracking system.

Richardson, Texas

Development of test cases and test procedures to insure software met requirements, including functionality, regression, and load testing. Systems integration testing in hardware simulation lab, documenting of software trouble reports when software failed to meet requirements, Assistance to development engineers in debugging their software by replicating faults when possible and retesting code after revisions were made. Lead engineer for small team of software quality assurance engineers. QA engineer and software configuration manager for our sub-system for MCI’s1-800-COLLECT platform. Exposure to C++, OS/2, Unix, TCP/IP, and NetBios. Participation in ISO9000 certification process.

Lewisville, Texas

Coded, tested, and integrated 80386 assembly language software for built-in-test (BIT) softwareof DOD project and had a secret clearance. Participated in design reviews for my own and the software of others. Made testability recommendations to hardware engineers. Supervised another engineer who also wrote built-in-test software. Xenix was the SW development operating system.

Austin, Texas Area

Wrote test procedures for computer equipment used in naval platforms. Wrote program in DBASE language for tracking computer simulation lab inventory. Configured lab hardware by connecting cables as necessary.

Master'S Degree, Theology/Theological Studies

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Chess Club, Church College Choir