Timothy Stevens Email & Phone Number

Manager of Systems

Munich, De

Multidisciplinary lead role focused on the success of end-to-end unit, product, integration, system and compliance testing of Siemens next-generation embedded building controller platform. As Firmware Global Test Lead, I am responsible for test resources located in the US, India and Switzerland. Accomplishments:- Project planning and reporting- Requirements management- Data analysis and modeling- Specification and process authoring/creation- Agile test development methodologies- User story creation and sizing- Issue and risk evaluation/management- Statistical and trend analysis- Relationship building and coordination- Test innovation leadershipAccomplishments include the release and BACnet Test Laboratories (BTL) certification of the initial hardware/software platform and two subsequent updates. To date, QA excellence contributed by my team has helped our project maintain a defect containment rate of 100% of critical and major issues. Our automation test coverage still sits at over 90%, enabling a high degree of on-demand, consistent testing and analysis. When the entire test suite is run, over 60,000 individual points are checked for proper functionality. We use a number of test automation technologies and concepts ranging from build server automation through exploratory and scenario investigation. I enjoy my lead role because of the diverse nature of my duties. Having a big-picture perspective while contributing to the individual roles allows me to act purposefully, be effective and achieve success. When not serving as a global lead, I personally compliance test BACnet devices for various engineering products and manage the process and interaction with external compliance test laboratories. I am also a member of ASHRAE's BACnet Protocol 135.1 working group.

Munich, De

Multidisciplinary lead role focused on system and compliance testing of Siemens building control devices. Duties include:- Requirements management- Specification analysis- Test planning, design and authoring- Issue troubleshooting and analysis- Lab construction and administration- Test execution- Developer interactionKey focus on process improvements and innovative approaches to testing and development issues. Secondary focus on operations management topics within engineering development and testing.

Munich, De

Migrated from part-time technical authoring and contributor to full-time product testing, and later system testing. Each advancement brought more responsibility and greater involvement within projects. Duties included:- Content development for help systems, network and PC products- "Specials" work (core product adaptation for customers)- Lab implementation (design, construction and troubleshooting). Commissioned three labs that included multiple stations, protocols, configurations and equipment- Requirements analysis and tracing- Test case design and authoring- Network analysis, performance and usage- Domain administration, policies and procedures- Product test management for firmware and software (individual devices or families), - System test management for networked hardware and software (large scale systems and device families)- BACnet protocol compliance testing, external certification lab management and liaison- Increased leadership roles within teams and projects.Key focus on process improvements, operations management and providing innovative approaches to overcome technological issues.

Mba, Business Administration And Management

B.S. Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems