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Bellingham, Washington

• Designed, developed, and tested award-winning games for mobile and casual gaming markets: Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Mac
• Successfully released iOS, Android, and desktop apps with over 2 million downloads
• Managed remote teams across geographic locations and time zones
• Budgeted and tracked all company and client development costs: budgets ranged from $2,500 to $120,000
• Consistently released on-time and on-budget releases
• Developed strategic business plans: technology selection, marketing position, products to be developed, and timelines

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed 1,000+ test cases and comprehensive plans encompassing areas such as rights, compatibility, billing, power-ups, search, enterprise, and more
• Wrote test plans, test cases, and automation specs to verify AI integration
• Mastered AI prompts to develop testing data to test AI accuracy
• Proactively communicated testing progress regularly with engineers alerting them of high-risk issues needing immediate review
• Wrote clear and concise bugs with detailed steps and included expected outcomes
• Collaborated closely with Software Developers Engineers Test (SDET) to identify 60+ core features for Playwright tests

Salt Lake City, UT

• Overall, maintained the app on a day to day basis and implemented new features
• Released “Clear Path” version 1.0 and all subsequent releases in a PHP/MySQL and.Net environment utilizing Amazon Web Servers
• Tested and verified all major features before releasing to production servers
• Met with stakeholders, internal users and customers to create feature list
• Wireframed all functionality and flow for review and implementation
• Responded to users’ questions or problems found in the app

Palo Alto, California

• Managed all phases of web site development, including technical planning, implementation, and testing
• Led discovery, design, and documentation for core site functionality, including registration/authentication, search, user rights management, video uploading and playback, standards correlations and browsing
• Directed engineering and quality assurance processes for site releases
• Tracked and optimized production schedules based on task-level project plans
• Created translation process and implementation to provide the site’s user interface in multiple languages, including Hindi and Sinhala
• Wrote process documents ranging from release checklist to internal tools

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

• Created overall specification for consistent user experience across books
• Specified interactivity for each page of the book
• Documented and checked all assets
• Trained each animator and author how to prepare their work for the iPad
• Wrote and / or reviewed all on-line documentation for iTunes
• Promoted an atmosphere of partnership with the artists and authorsProducts: Philippe's Wish; Who Am I?; Bally the Balloon Dog; Bobo the Baby Elephant; It's About Life; Anna the Rose Princess; The Dog Detectives; Hopus.

Redmond, Washington

• Project Management
• Produced award-winning software and web sites for a variety of platforms including Windows, Macintosh, LAN, and the Internet for the School and Consumer markets
• Managed large teams of 20 plus employees and contractors located world wide in multiple time zones
• Budgeted and tracked internal and external project development costs ranging from $100,000 to 2 million dollars
• Negotiated contracts with educators, sound studios, voice talent, and writers
• Excellent record of shipped products on time and within budget

Fremont, California

• Produced educational software on time, within budget, with high quality standards
• Quality Assurance Supervisor and QA Lead
• Conducted employee reviews for eight direct reports
• Co-wrote, reviewed, and edited scripts for all major and minor characters
• Developed and maintained project schedules and budgets: projects ranged from 6 – 15 employees with budgets of $25,000 - $250,000
• Planned and reviewed technical design and schedule with team leads and staff

Ba, History

Private Pilot License