Kevin Locke

Experience

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  P.C.E Computing

  Jun 2007 - Oct 2011

  Computer Support Technician

  • Worked with personal computers, company networks, building and maintaining servers.• Helped build and set up a network for an office with two new servers to allow employees to connect to a financial software and file sharing • Included Active Directory deployment• Setting up & installing CCTV networks

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  Nintendo

  Mar 2008 - Dec 2012

  QA Engineer (Contract)

  Software and product testing engineer which required a solid understanding of QA best practices and methodologies.• Creation, tracking, and regression of trouble / bug reports• Documentation and on-going support for continuing evolution of a multi-project test plan• Assisted with multiple on-going projects at different stages of the development process.

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  TEK Systems

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2013

  SDET - Microsoft

  SDET (Contract) – Bing.com/webmaster team• Programming selenium tests in C# for automation tests• Wrote program to run tests on a set schedule• Wrote API documentation to be published on MSDN• Setting up test cases and plans for current and future projects• Responsible for bug tracking, creation, and regression, as well as maintaining and executing against test passes and suites• Working closely with multiple project teams to assist with bug tracking and triage process

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  Microsoft

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  STE

  • Bug Management, manual testing, setup and manage test environments. • Verifying, Resolving, Opening, and closing bugs found by manual or automation tests. • Managing bug database with product studio & TFS.• Working with and coordinating an off shore team of testers.• Localization

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  TEKsystems

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  QAE

  • QAE, (July 2013 - current). Manual testing of ad placements for both mobile devices and across a matrix of web browsers.• Finding bugs & various issues as well as reporting and logging these issues were part of my main daily tasks.• Use Firebug to help determine issues with different ads on amazon.• I have helped some with some training of new contract workers on our team to learn our process and procedures for testing and documenting work.• Helped other teams with new feature testing for the frameworks we use to test our daily ads.• Tasks were done on a wide range of devices & environments.• Testing on new hardware & software.• Updating of software and devices for our testing purposes to stay current. Show less

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  NanoString Technologies, Inc.

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2024

  • Software Development Engineer III

    Jun 2022 - Oct 2024

  • Software Development Engineer II

    Aug 2019 - Jun 2022

  • Software Development Engineer

    Aug 2017 - Jun 2022

  • Software Test Engineer

    Jun 2014 - Jun 2022

  • Software Development Engineer in Test

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2017
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  Bruker Spatial Biology

  Oct 2024 - now

  Software Engineer III