Experience

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  Software ag

  Jan 1995 - Feb 1997

  Software engineer

  •Team Lead for Y2K compliance project 5 people. •Scripting done Natural language for Y2K project. •Developed a team web page to report reports for projects and links to post educational material.•Driven to push team to meet and beat deadlines for project completion dates.•Wrote procedures for analyzing out date variances; accelerating reporting by 80 percent.

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  Qwest communications

  Mar 1997 - Feb 1999

  Qa mgr

  •Application Tester - Establish and implement a program for testing verifying and validating that the application meets requirements. •Conduct testing to confirm that the design or execution of a system tool or configuration item meets specs. Document the results of testing provide the report to project teams and present the results. •Provide system integration and acceptance test support as required for finical compensation software.•Monitor overall application development to ensure quality of details and meeting of deliverables.•Understanding the database (relation among tables, SQL, data lookup, simple data updates etc.)•Detailed planning for execution of new modules/ scope changes.•Understanding the online environment: familiar with reports and their functionality; security access issues; what data related to what module; how to find valid search criteria; adjustments ‘relationships.’•Understanding necessary documentation (approach document, impact analysis, planning / execution budget estimates etc.)•Update test Condition tracking DB Planning of the new releases and testing requirements. Show less

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  Requisite technology

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Director

  •Managed QA team of 25 Engineers, focused on eMerge™ a Content Management System •Partial List of Clients: SAP, Oracle, Cyberlynx, Mitsui & Co, LTD., iCG Commerce, Kodak, Kraft•Hired and trained QA/Build/Release team. Created department from scratch.•Evaluated and established bugtracking system and revision control, and performed company wide trainings. Built out infrastructure software development process, including requirements based test planning, automation strategy.•Managed and reported on quality, stability and scalability, for web-based java application to support on-line catalogs management and support tools for use by customers and on live portals. •Commended by Senior Management for revising performance reviews and strategic plans for each employee•Increased quality in product from 60% to 89% based on defect removal efficiency stats.•Successfully implemented a “key action word” methodology for automation that achieved 70% coverage in the product and was reusable. Show less

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  Mcdata

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Senior corporate quality mgr.

  •Responsible for setting and monitoring Corporate Quality Plans specific to software and firmware releases.•Reporting status to executive team and partners (IBM, EMC, STK).•Directed software division (located in Santa Clara) through audits and training on quality management system to ensure compliance with ISO 9001:2000 standard. Software department was added to McDATA certificate October 2005.•Created and implemented Quality Procedure and Work Instructions for Software/ Firmware that are incorporated into the Product Lifecycle Process.•Six Sigma team member with a goal to compress Software Release Process. The result of the initiative was the elimination of one week to help expedite time to market for released products and remove inefficiencies.•Commended by customers at IBM and EMC for developing metrics framework for quality requirements not previously available.•Developed and implemented “Change Control Board” to control defects and standardize process flow.•Established “Quality Goals Initiative” that led Software team to release product with 80% fewer faults than any recent software release. Show less

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  Ihs

  Feb 2006 - Dec 2015

  Director

  • Directed Global SQA quality assurance staff. (+120 employees in multiple locations and multiple countries.)•Managed large software testing projects ranging from $1 - $30 million.•Led the implementation/ adoption of Visual Studio Team System 2010 for test, task and defect management for all software development groups throughout the company.•Implemented Offshore testing to augment internal resources (Kiev, Budapest, India, China)

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  Primeritus financial services, inc

  Feb 2016 - now

  Qa director