David Larsen

Experience

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  REAL NETWORKS

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2008

  Software Test Engineer 3

  REAL NETWORKS – Seattle, WA (contracted thru Compucom)• Tested Several Web Entertainment delivery initiatives for EUK (Woolworth’s), KJP, TelMex.• Set up test boxes with Ghost imaging for clean installations for first run test scenarios.• BREW client testing for Video On Demand to a wide variety of Verizon affiliated cell phones.• Created a tracking and management system for 80+ cellphone inventory and 20 phone lines. • Assembled and managed resources for the project (cables, chargers, drivers, test sig files, phone numbers, etc).• Wrote process documentation for build installs to phones and other processes.• Tools and duties included: BREW AppLoader, Simulator, QPST, DMU Key Resets, PuTTy, WinSCP, enabled test bits. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

  STE 3

  • Mobile wireless for Win 8.• Laptops, Faraday cages, • Windows Test Technology • WLAN chip and driver testing

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  Microsoft

  Apr 2011 - Mar 2015

  STE 2

  • Executed tests for Microsoft Windows 10. • Primary responsibility was to triage failure reports aggregated via Triage Explorer, a feature of WTT.• Regularly rated as the highest performer on the team with the Triage Explorer tool.• Scheduled suites of automated test passes for WTT via TReX.• Monitored all of the runs that I started.• Triaged hung machines, build breaks, and then notified stakeholders. • Generate regular reports and otherwise aid PG’s.• Dialog with Devs about issues and apply fixes as needed.• Responsible for hundreds of bugs that were discovered and logged.• Experience with Phuket VM manager. Show less

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  Amazon

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  QA Engineer

  QA EngineerOctober 21, 2015 through December 31, 2015• Quality Assurance tested of various ads on Amazon.com website and in the Amazon app for iOS and Android devices including iPhones, iPads and Samsung tablets, Fire Phone, mini-tablets, Kindles, and various e-ink devices. • Experience with JIRA.

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  Starbucks IT

  Feb 2016 - May 2016

  IT Support Specialist

  • Virtual Network Computer (VNCed) into Back Office PCs at Starbucks coffeeshops in North America (US and Canada), and configured IP addresses, gateway, and subnet masks for Epson Cup Labeler printers.• Interviewed store managers and determined the fate of their inventory items. Questions such as, "do devices listed in the inventory actually exist in the store? If so why aren’t they online and in use?"• Removed “ghost” devices from the store inventory so they could stop paying for lease and maintenance fees. • Troubleshot existing devices to get them back online. Show less

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  Washington Alliance of Technical Workers

  Jul 2016 - now

  Office Management

  WASHINGTON ALLIANCE OF TECHNICAL WORKERS – Bothell, WA Office ManagementJuly 19, 2016 through Present• Review financial documentation for fraud, error and relevance. • Serve as Secretary at regular meetings and keep minutes.• Recruiting agent.• Distribute regular reports among officers.

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  Q Analysts

  Oct 2018 - now

  Information Technology Contractor

  IT contractor, related to software testing. I can’t discuss specifics.