Teresa Kessler Email and Phone Number

System test of embedded and windows based public transportation server/client applications including proprietary interfaces and J1708/J1587, J1939 protocols. Develop test automation utilizing TCL/Tk and SmartBear Test Complete. Perform system deployments and customer acceptance test both on site and remotely. Maintain test environment including all test servers and SQL DB.

Senior Staff Engineer, Technical Windows Mobile Test Object Lead (2009 to 2010)Primary assignment was test planning and verification of the Board Support Package of a Windows Mobile product line. Developed test plans / procedures / reports and participated in project milestone reviews. Interfaced with Microsoft team to synchronize Hopper and Logo Test Kit (LTK) results. Coordinated early LTK testing to achieve certification.Senior Staff Engineer, OSE Functional Test Lead (2006 to 2009)Played both technical leadership and key contributor roles in cross-functional teams that integrated new applications into existing SEMC product lines. Responsible for test planning, test environment setup and verification on OMA PoC 1.0 (SIP) and Widgets (Weather, RSS Ticker, Stock Ticker) application teams. Created test estimates, test plans, test specs for function test of applications utilizing critical chain methodology. Responsible for tracking and test reporting both internally within development unit and externally to main project utilizing Mercury Quality Center. Responsible for test environment incorporating internal and external test tools (Ericsson OMARS, Celtius, IMS test tool) and production PoC servers for IOT (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens). Evaluated OMA GCF test suites/equipment and provided feedback to vendors.  Coordinated tools integration to support automation of performance, stress and long duration test suites.Senior Staff Engineer, OSE System Test Lead (2005 to 2006)Responsible for system test planning and verification of multiple cell phone projects. Led a team of 30 testers jointly shared between several phone projects.Engineer IV, Feasibility Study Test Lead, Sonim PoC 1.0 (2004 to 2005)Worked on cross-functional team prototyping new concept and integrating 3rd party PoC product to SEMC products.Engineer IV, Test Engineer (2001 to 2004) System Test of embedded phone applications with focus on automation and test efficiency.

ERICSSON – RTP, NC 1998 to 2001Engineer IV, Ericsson Digital Wireless Office Systems (DWOS) (1998 to 2001)Test Automation Leader within DWOS verification department, delivering TDMA indoor private wireless solutions to global operators and enterprises.  Developed and reviewed test plans, and specifications. Leadership roles in subprojects of system test activities such as Negative Test, Regression Test. Developed TCL/TK software to fully automate a regression test package, including call generation of fixed and mobile traffic and automation of complex end user telephony features.  Provided mentoring and training on automation framework to the test staff. Developed a tool in Visual Basic to replace a global test result tracking tool as a part of a cost saving effort. Tool loaded the test documents in their native format (MS Word) and allowed the individual test engineers to record their test case results in a central database. ERICSSON – Dallas, TX 1988 to 1998Ericsson Early Experience • Function Test of residential subscriber services on AXE-10 application software.• Installation Test and onsite provisioning of AXE-10 Digital Switches• Technical Leader of the group responsible for verification of software patches for AXE systems in the USA• System Tester for AXE 10 projects which delivered products for the US Local, Tandem and Gateway product lines.