Fran Cahill

Fran Cahill

Senior Software Quality Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    SW Program Manager at Jaguar Land Rover

  • Education

    • University of Limerick

      1994 - 1998
      Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering Hons

      Joint degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. Mixed degree with a strong focus on mathematics along with SW process and SW coding (e,g, SQL, C & COBOL).

  • Experience

    • ChangingWorlds

      Feb 2004 - Jun 2008
      Senior Software Quality Engineer

      February 2004 – June 2008:Company: ChangingWorlds Ltd., Leopardstown, Dublin Job Title: Senior QA Engineer (July 2007 – June 2008) Software Quality Assurance Engineer (Feb 2005 - June 2007)• Supported in all areas of Software Development lifecycle from a QA viewpoint.• Setup, developed, and maintained lab for all load, stress, and performance testing.• Delivered customer support for all clients. Dealing with any issues that clients had and providing a solution to all sides• Assisted new hires to gain further understanding of all products and processes. Trained a QA team that was set up as art of company offshoring in Kuala Lumpur Show less

    • Intel Corporation

      Jun 2008 - Mar 2023
      Software Development Project Manager

      June 2008 – January 2023:Company: Intel Shannon Ltd., Co. Clare Job Title: Software Program Manager (April 2016 – January 2023) Software Quality Engineer (June 2008 – April 2016)• Provide Cross-functional and worldwide leadership to plan, execute, deliver support regular release cadence of Intel open-source projects with latest Intel and community features running on Intel Architecture• Coordinate cross all SW Program roles (e.g., Product Marketing, SW Architecture, Field support, Engineering Management, SW Developers, Test, Security, Documentation, SW Quality) to ensure Roles and Responsibilities are aligned across all participants for disciplined and timely execution• Plan, create, and deliver schedules while managing key vectors of resources, schedule, scope and quality • Gather, report all project status gathering, reporting, customer strategy coordination to project and organization executive level stakeholders• Facilitate ownership of backlog management for multiple projects while promoting and driving Agile methodologies across SW Engineering teams and project stakeholders• Lead role for initiation of open-source SW projects, market engagement and release support to drive market awareness for upstream and downstream adoption• Chair Risk Process sub-group and Risk Management champion for Business Unit Program Management Office (40+ Program Managers)• Chair team weekly team strategy meeting for PMs and provide next level people management coverage during holiday leave• Lead role for Technical Integration Leadership Team for training offerings and learning opportunities across Program Management Office• Coordinate Agile, SW Development, Tooling and SW Process definition and improvement initiatives with SW teams while working in SW Quality Engineer role. Show less

    • Jaguar Land Rover

      Mar 2023 - now
      SW Agile Program Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PMP - Project Management Professional

      Project Management Institute
      Nov 2017
    • American Society Quality Certified Software Quality Engineer

      ASQ - World Headquarters
      Jun 2011
    • PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®

      Project Management Institute
      Mar 2021
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