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Columbia, Maryland, Us

Columbia, Maryland, Us

Rochester, Ny, Us

- Manage the software quality team. Lead software testing, quality metrics, process efficiency, and test automation. - Develop and execute test plans & procedures to identify software problems and assist with root cause. Drive resolution for quality issues. - Coordinate quality efforts for three product lines. Work closely with product line teams as relates to software quality and customer usage. Participate in portfolio and design meetings. - Build and maintain testing tools and environments. - Maintain quality assurance processes and standard operating procedures. Recommend and implement policies for compliance with software quality standards. Create and document traceability matrices.

♦ Software and system testing of Clinical Chemistry equipment. Working with a team of Software/Hardware Test Engineers on all aspects of Software Verification and Validation activities related to master computer upgrades. Responsibilities also include developing test procedures and test data notebooks.RESULT – Successfully completed 7 Vitros Automation related projects in 4 years ♦ Implemented and managed JIRA defect tracking for enGen project team and their external vendor. Administrated over members, procedures, & conflicts.RESULT – JIRA successfully assisted in 3 projects.♦ Identified multiple areas for automation and software tools to be implemented. RESULT - Efforts successfully simplified processes and testing time.

Rochester, New York, Us

♦ Managed quality for the digital still and video camera products. Areas include image/video/audio quality, firmware user interface, software & ecosystem interactions, and international regulatory compliance.RESULT – Successfully commercialized over 120 cameras, in over 6 years.♦ Led a team of software quality engineers to thoroughly & efficiently validate consumer cameras, within schedule & budget bounds. Work very closely with partners in Japan & China, as well as several other factory locations.RESULT – Seamless coordination of multiple teams from develop, design, prototype, & validation to mass produce of a $100M capture portfolio.♦ Coordinated very closely with designers of HW, UI & XD to re-enforce the best experience for the consumer. Technical lead & support to Marketing, communications, and service/support divisions.RESULT – Maintained legacy of Kodak usability synonymous with “Simple” & “Ease of Use”.♦ Integrated JIRA defect tracking to Capture Team. Administrated over members, procedures, & conflicts.RESULT – Seamless integration within 3 months for multiple vendors & multiple QA teams. Following our examples, the JIRA instance was later adopted by several other Kodak business units.♦ Traveled to Asia to help recover a $3M 2011 project, suffering multiple critical variability & performance issues. Joined a cross-functional team to diagnose & determine design compromises for efficient schedule recovery.RESULT – Within 10 days, resolution plan implemented & now selling successfully on Amazon.

Administrate over the Test and Service Departments, for this manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic systems. - Administrate over the Test and Service Departments, for this manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic systems. Maintain direct reporting functions to the President. Generate and enforce the testing and repairing schedules for simultaneously running projects. - Working with Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to furnish truly reliable systems, which isolate the electronics and storage media from the effects of shock and vibration; provide higher compliance power supplies; control the thermal environment; limit harmful EMI/EMC; and protect against fungus, sand/dust, humidity, rain, and salt fog. - Key areas of responsibility include maintaining a trustworthy relationship with all customers; overseeing the generation of procedures for COTS testing; writing and evaluating User's and Operations Manuals, FAT and ATP documents; departmental budgeting and cost control; managing a team of trained test and repair technicians; scheduling Customer Returns; technical support; statistical analysis of failures.

Ms, Information Technology

Bs, Computer Engineering

Engineering