Stephen Rutledge Email & Phone Number

Remote

Manual and Automated Testing: Skilled in executing thorough manual tests and developing automated test scripts, particularly with Eggplant.OCR Functionality: Specialized in leveraging Eggplant's OCR capabilities for accurate text recognition and validation in automated testing.Sensetalk Scripting: Proficient in writing and optimizing Sensetalk scripts for.

Remote

Designed and executed manual and automated test cases for web and mobile applications, ensuring thorough coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.Developed and maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Python, reducing regression testing time by 50%.Executed manual and automated tests, reported defects, and worked with.

Sacramento, California Area

Worked in an Agile/Scrum environment using Team Foundation and MicrosoftTest for test case tracking and managing tasks during sprints.Designed and deployed physical and virtual SaaS, Platform as a Service in cloud environments rolled out using Jenkins and Armada.Developed powershell scripts for automated deployment and delivery of software services.Used.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked directly with customers to resolve issues with Digital Safe Supervisor, an SaaS/big data software archival indexing/monitoring and retrieval system used by large banks and finance companies for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.Worked as a technical architect for department’s server infrastructure, consulting with business units to determine needs, and.

Folsom

• Project Manager for effort to reduce touchpad cost through use of emerging technologies.
• Supported ecosystem development team on subjective testing for various projects, created technical framework for assisting in evaluating touch systems using custom test tools, technical appraisals of multitouch.
• Intel Management Engine (ME) - Drove Intel Folsom effort for training in debugging the management engine. Wrote several training modules which were used in a global training effort. Low-level (oscilloscope) debug of.
• Miscellanous Testing and Software development - Executed WHCK testing for evaluation of touch based systems, Used ITAP and JTAG with Stardebug for debugging issues reported by ODMs. Worked on validating software script.
• Reviewed documentation on NFC implementation in Management Engine in order to understand how do debug problems

Folsom

• Drove validation efforts for Intel’s iOS and Android applications for Solid State Drives, Desktop Boards and Desktop Processors
• Responsible for coordinating with software engineers on build/release schedule and driving issues to closure
• Developed SQL queries and incorporated them into Perl scripts in order to automate testing of various back end databases.
• Designed and implemented functional validation test plans and test guidelines for the touch system firmware and software for the Kno Uno and Duo an Ubuntu Linux based device
• Responsible for configuring all test machines for use with Linux on a tablet which utilized an AMD Tegra processor
• Responsible for executing all manual test cases from BAT, to automated tests located in Test Runner

Cupertino, CA

• Beginning with zero headcount, I recruited, hired, trained, maintained and mentored a staff of 5 engineers as the Firmware Quality Assurance Team for the Human Input Device group, building this group from the ground.
• Responsible for setting goals for each team member, and meeting with them on a weekly basis in order to evaluate progress.
• Reviewed all test documentation in order to analyze risk and report to cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Conducted first article inspection on all firmware parts coming from the factory in order to verify functionality and that quality standards are met
• Drove yearly review process on each team member and responsible for recommending employee for raises based on previous year’s performance
• Helped drive schedule creation, set deadlines, and meeting project dates for all HID Device firmware projects

• Drove testing for all HID device firmware projects including USB displays, mice, keyboards, trackpads, USB video cameras, IR receivers, multitouch and Bluetooth input devices
• Created automation scripts in Perl and utilized shell scripting to use with command line utilities to automate testing and reporting of development firmware issues
• Carried primary responsibility company-wide for testing displays for compliance with published VESA specifications including EDID and DDC verification on DVI and DisplayPort displays
• Designed and implemented test tools in C and Cocoa for display projects and Bluetooth mice and keyboards. Examples of some tools I wrote
• Wrote test tool in C/C++ with a Cocoa wrapper for Bluetooth devices which automated the process to delete keys from the host and device, and would reset the host to a default state in order to begin setup. Responsible.
• Worked on Cinema Displays to verify that High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) detection functioned correctly with HDCP signal generator.

• Walked through installation process of SmartMesh software.
• Commented on documentation
• Evaluated network performance with various placements of motes.

Fremont, CA

• Worked on qualification for Tioman ATA device hot swapping driver and software interface for use in Windows 98.
• Created specification and development schedule for data backup utility to be used with hot swappable ATA drives
• Travelled to customer facilities in order to debug issues in vendor hardware before they were shipped to customers
• Worked with customers such as Iomega, NEC and IBM in order to debug issues at customer sites to meet their individual engineering schedules.

Cupertino, CA

• Responsible testing the GeoPort Telecom modem, a software modem which combined a driver for the adapter hardware with a GUI interface for faxes, data communications and voicemail
• Wrote up bug reports into Radar database, and regressed issues as they were fixed
• Created tests to compare GeoPort modem speed performance vs. industry modems.
• Responsible for building and maintaining PC configurations for ongoing tests

Bachelor'S Degree

Activities and Societies: Marching Band, Volleyball, Photography, Scuba Diving, SwimmingBachelor's Degree

Certificate, Computer Programming

C Programming, Perl, Python, Unix System administration

Education record

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Bachelor'S Degree, A

Activities and Societies: Marching band

Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications, Certification