Steven Pratt Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Scotts Valley, Ca

Create and manage project schedules for current, maintenance, and third party compatibility projectsProvide regular reports on project and schedule status and issuesAttend PS project meetings as Engineering representative, including meetings with customerProvide sizing and technical input for pre-sales engagements and Statement-of-Work reviewsUse Perl and Python to create internal tools to facilitate and expedite debugging and increase test coverageDesign or provide input for automation frameworks for team members to implementSupport internal and external consumers on products when issues ariseTrain company employees and clients on company offeringsWorked with HR on job descriptions, job requirements and postings, interviewing new hiresSet performance objectives, work and validate objectives with team, and write reviews for team Release Manager-- Ensures all requirements are met for releasing software including updated documentation, coordinating with external teams to prepare for the training, release, duplication (if required), installation, soak period of the software and related feedback channel. Communicates with all teams regarding availability and content of release.Trained in Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, Kanban

Santa Clara, Ca

Recipient of company’s Excellence, Team, and PRIDE awards.• Presented company’s automation strategy at Mercury Interactive User Conference.• Created EWF-based application to demonstrate product features for the EWF Developer Conference.QA Team Manager, September 2000 – January 2005• Responsible for hiring and training team members for the Electronic Workforce (EWF) QA Core team• Set performance objectives, work and validate objectives with team, and write reviews for team staff• Provide team project schedule, project, and team member status to the Senior QA manager• Review design specification, schedule, and bug reports with the development managers• Represent the QA department at the cross-functional Release Team to decide on project schedule and content• Release Manager -- Ensures all requirements are met for releasing software including updated documentation, coordinating with external teams to prepare for the training, release, duplication (if required), installation, soak period of the software and related feedback channel. Communicates with all teams regarding availability and content of release.

• Team Lead for multiple products, features, and components• Create testing schedules based on feature list and content changes for the EWF project cycles• Create test guidelines, test cases, and training material for EWF• Responsible for design, development, and internal training of company’s WinRunner deployment for automated acceptance and regression testing

Sunnyvale, Ca

Team Lead for OneWorld Next Generation multi-function, network-based communication appliance• Set up the network QA lab, from floor plan, lab equipment, budgeting, to interviewing and hiring project staff.• Create Test Plan, test guidelines, and other QA test documentation• Represent QA in project cross-functional meeting to provide schedule and product design input• Black box test the product on the UI and functional level• Technical review the product’s user manualTechnical Lead for NewsCatcher pager product• Provide technical testing guideline and execution of all aspects of testing• Train QA staff and cross-functional project members, support set-up and trouble-shooting for product demo and press releases• Coordinate between Global Village and the corporate partner during product development and product launch• Perform field-test with PageNET paging services • Write and filter bugs, communicate bugs to developers for hardware, firmware and software issuesTeam Lead for PowerPort PC Card Cellular Kit• Provide test guidelines and QA documentation• Coordinate with other cross-functional team members to improve the product definition• Test all aspects of the product throughout all development phases• Coordinate with third-party vendors supplying components for project.QA Engineer, level I, January 1995 - April 1996Team Lead for PowerPort PC Card product• Interview and build the QA team• Set up the equipment for this project• Test product from development through release, and provide technical support for Customer Satisfaction personnel• Provide all QA documents and post-mortem report