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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

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Hood River, Or

Guided an 11-person test team comprised of Software Quality Assurance engineers and quality assurance technicians. Delivered business value through effective test management and administration of exiting testing technologies and systems. Supported 8+ development projects. Designed and executed new test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scenarios. Proactively coached team members and audited findings for improvement. Coordinated communication between QA and Development to release projects on time and budget. Key Achievements:Reduced testing time by 25% and significantly decreased test duplication by designing a Flight Safety Test strategy based on employing ‘Risk Driven Testing’ and formalized Scenario Testing. Collaborated with cross-functional development teams to optimize test coverage as the Software QA Lead for the high-profile Royal Netherlands Navy Drone project.Presented key data insights to clients and internal stakeholders.Led a process improvement team focusing on defining company-wide best practices and methodologies for software development and SQA.Spearheaded test case execution as the QA lead for the complex U.S. Marines, NAVAIR Command - RQ-21 Blackjack UAV project.

Camas, Wa

Spearheaded all SQA process improvements. Performed data mining using JIRA, SQL and Zephyr. Presented customized reports on quality metrics to executive leaders. Oversaw test case executions and monitored status dashboards. Determined the best QA tools for functional, performance, and automated testing approaches. Developed defect reporting standards used to troubleshoot product failures and identify root cause. Tested the Sharp CloudPortal product (AWS back-end with web, IOS, and Android access). Inventor with 8 issued US software patents. Executed 60 disclosure filings per year as the Intellectual Property Lead. Key Achievement:Saved $400,000 in project costs through implementation of effective process controls. Remotely managed an 8-person India-based SQA team for two years, testing embedded software. Performed as software quality lead for the Sharp INTELLOS(TM) Autonomous Unmanned Security Vehicle project. Performed as software test engineer for the AWS/Web based Sharp Cloud Portal Office product, with Android and IOS clients.Developed The Project Manager’s Handbook to communicate testing methodologies and key elements of the software development lifecycle using language easily understood by project management teams. Created The Metrics Workbook as a reference guide to educate project mangers and SQA managers on the numerous metrics data available for their use.

Spokane, Wa

As the senior software process architect for the lab. I coordinated and led all R&D process including audits and was the process representative at the group and corporate levels. I lead the effort to evaluate our R&D lifecycle and associated processes, for purposes of introducing process improvement, which would lead to reducing our product's time to market.Led all R&D software process development and improvement efforts, and in-house audits. Led the effort to evaluate the R&D life cycle and processes to reduce product time to market.Led code and design reviews. Performed root cause analysis of the defects found.Developed SCM strategies and plans for all of the development projects.

Boulder, Co

In-house tools developer and senior SCM administrator. After 6 months I was promoted to manager of my groupManaged the team that supported the SCM, Document management and the Build systems.Managed internal tool development in support of product development.Managed all of the on-site labs, and the budgets for the labs.Involved in the ISO 9001 Tickit implementation.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Database Theory Concentration

Associate Of Applied Science, Electronics Engineering, Technology