• Updating firmware/BIOS• Installing & testing various operating systems including Windows (2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2 & Hyper-V, CentOS, RHEL 6.5 & 7, SLES 11 & 12, Ubuntu 13 & 14)• Driver installations & updates

• Inventory control• Installation of Android OS onto mobile platforms (cell phone/tablet) and performance/power testing• Worldwide shipping of inventory

• New Product Introduction• Created PowerPoint instruction documents to guide builders through a system build• Created test instruction documents to guide test team through system verification process prior to shipping• Hardware support• Troubleshoot customer systems and replace parts as needed

• Hardware Verification/Memory Validation Lab• Performed hardware verification tasks using oscilloscopes & DMMs to verify functionality of new products.• Soldered test points onto boards, and occasionally changed parts.• Validated memory parts on new platforms.April 2008 – October 2008 Construction/Validation Technician Volt Corporation (Intel contract)• Volume Client Electrical Validation Lab (VCEV)• Built, helped design, and ordered parts for platform test rack for group.• Performed volume MCH validation testing for desktop platforms and documented results• Created drawings using Microsoft Visio.• Experienced with Allegro Free Viewer

• Memory Validation Lab • Updated BIOS & firmware on new server platforms • Windows operating systems, including:• Installing Microsoft operating systems • Configuring networks • Adding and updating drivers • Installing test suite applications• Microsoft applications: • Word –test plans and test procedures• Excel –reports, analyze test data, and track validation progress • Access – created inventory database • Self taught creation of relational databases and VBA programming• Climatics (temperature) testing for new server platforms • Configured peer to peer static networks with clients outside chamber to test NIC• Dynamics testing to make sure the product can withstand the rigors of shipping• Reliability (MTBF) testing to gather MTBF data• Thermal shock testing to look for bad solder joints or chip weaknesses that would impact the manufacturing process• Power cycling testing to ensure platforms would boot reliably• Memory module testing in a temperature oven to validate vendor memory modules would work with the server platform under stress conditions• Lab Management:• Supply ordering• Tracking of lab measurement equipment for calibration purposes• Administration of lab server and inventory database• Assigned bench space for projects• Cleanup and organizational leader• Experience with measurement tools:• Ability to read and interpret schematic diagrams and block diagrams.• Documented test processes/profiles, and created processes/standards for tests such as power cycling• Documented test results in notebooks and reports. • Platform Validation Lab • Installed, configured and tested various add-in cards for Windows, Red Hat and SuSE Linux:• Video cards • Fiber channel drives• External SCSI drive bays• USB controllers• SCSI hard drive controllers• RAID cards • Pro 100b and Pro1000 network cards• SCSI hard drives• SATA hard drives• Installed/configured networks, installed/updated drivers in Red Hat and SuSE Linux