Brenda Parent

Experience

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  USMC

  Dec 1980 - Jan 2002

  USMC

   Earned United States Marine Corps Lead Training Certification; provided training to over 3,000 USMC staff and government employees in class sizes ranging from 5-50 students. As Lead Trainer carefully developed effective lesson plans and student handouts; customized course materials and reports for individual needs—information disseminated by delivering lectures, giving PowerPoint presentations, and using real time applications and guide books. Efficiently coordinated and successfully presented 10 customized training courses; it included careful selection of trainers, classroom setup, and managing itinerary. Duration of courses differed from 1 day to 1 week. Carefully assessed trainers’ performances, evaluated competency levels, and subsequently provided appraisal reports to the higher management.  Consistently performed well, admired by the management and awarded with several Letters of Appreciation, Certificates of Appreciation, and above all received the distinguished United States Marine Corps Achievement Medal. INFORMATION SUPPORT SYSTEM OPERATIONS CHIEFMarine Corps Recruiting Command 1989-2002Quantico, VA Persistently served the Corps and effectively contributed in providing IT support and training to personnel that sustain Corps’ combat operations; successfully managed the National Help Desk and supported over 500 users. As Subject Matter Expert, worked onsite at scattered locations with contractors, and provided helpful support. Show less

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  ISI

  Jan 2002 - Oct 2009

  Test Management

   Efficiently work as Requirements Manager with Subject Matter Experts; gather the needed information and process through Mercury Quality Center (web-based test management tool), and effectively manage and organize diverse activities.  As Test Manager, organize high-quality applications effectively, provide a consistent process for gathering requirements, planning and scheduling tests, analyzing results, and managing defects and issues through Mercury Test Director. While working as Operations Manager, competently handle the everyday operations of the Marine Corps Recruiting Information Support System; this comprises over 1,000 enlisted users. As Documentation Manager, carefully develop, update and maintain user manuals, online user instruction manuals, lesson plans and student handouts. Show less

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  SAIC

  Jun 2011 - now

  Test Manager

  Continues to excel as Test Lead on the DRRS-MC and JFRG programs. Has taking on more of a Test Manager role as her responsibilities expand. With close to $2M in ECP enhancements to test on DRRS-MC over the next year and another large prototype testing effort on JFRG in progress, She remains a favorite of the customer. She is an asset to each program and it appears to give the customer comfort that she is in charge of testing - that she will get the job done. This contributes to our goal on both programs - to have the customer's trust that we will deliver even under the most difficult circumstance. She always puts forth exceptional effort toward that end. During the past year, supported MCEITS TO2 (SOA) as our testing lead. Despite having to split her time between MCEITS and other projects, completed all of her tasks on or ahead of schedule. When she came onto the team, she quickly took charge of the testing efforts and was able to work completely independently. She led weekly test meetings with the government and built an outstanding rapport with the customers, quickly gaining their trust and respect. She became the expert on the HP Systinet product and developed and executed those entire test cases herself, while allocating the remaining test cases to other members of the team. Over the course of the project, she also helped to mentor one of the more junior engineers who did not have a background in testing. Generated all of the test artifacts for the TO, including test readiness briefs, software test plan, daily scorecards and the software test report. She also helped setup HPQC for use on this TO, worked with the engineers to teach them how to use it and tracked all issues using the tool. She was a key contributor to the overall success of our TO, culminating in successful GAT testing in August. I would welcome the chance to work with Brenda again in the future. Show less