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  • About me

    Senior Manager at Nestlé Purina North America

  • Education

    • Triton College

      1978 - 1980
      AS Secondary Education

      Activities and Societies: Earned Associate of Science degree in Secondary Education (Mathematics) with secondary in Chemistry.

    • U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology

      1988 - 1990
      MS Operations Research

      Activities and Societies: Earned Masters of Science degree in the Strategic and Tactical Sciences program at the School of Engineering, studying decision science via mathematical optimization methods.

    • Northeastern Illinois University

      1980 - 1982
      BA Mathematics

      Activities and Societies: Earned Bachelor of Arts degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics, with secondaries in Chemistry and Computer Science.

  • Experience

    • United States Air Force

      Jan 1983 - Dec 1999
      Major

      446th Strategic Missile Squadron, 321st Strategic Missile WingAir Force Institute of TechnologyHQ, Strategic Air CommandUS Strategic CommandAir Force Communications Agency

    • Georgia Pacific

      Mar 2000 - Nov 2000
      Process Engineer

      Responsible for industrial safety and workers compensation at a corrugated box facility.

    • Anheuser-Busch

      Nov 2000 - Mar 2005
      Test Lead

    • Save-A-Lot

      Mar 2005 - Jan 2007
      Quality Assurance Release Manager

      Led a team of six quality assurance analysts performing testing of various back-end systems supporting wholesale, retail, and warehousing systems.

    • Clearwire

      Jan 2007 - Mar 2009
      Release Manager

      Responsible for implementing and executing ITIL release and configuration management processes. Also led the testing team.

    • Nestlé Purina North America

      Mar 2009 - May 2018

      Lead a team of 22 software testers engaged in manual and automated application testing in a number of technologies including .net, SAP, Java, Business Objects, eCommerce, and others. Also leading the operation and improvement of our information security management system (ISMS) to maintain our ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification.

      • Test Manager & ISMS Lead

        Jun 2013 - May 2018

      • Regression Test Coordinator

        Mar 2009 - Jun 2013

    • IT at Nestlé North America

      May 2018 - Aug 2020
      Compliance Manager

      Liaison between Nestle Purina North America and Nestle IT North America for cybersecurity and compliance efforts/activities. Build and maintain relationships between IT organization and business partners. ISMS Lead and accountable for ISO 27001 certification.

    • Nestlé Purina North America

      Aug 2020 - now
      Sr. Manager, Digital Product Quality Assurance (DPQA)

      As part of the Nestle Enterprise Digital team, the Digital Product Quality Assurance (DPQA) a team of 28 professionals with a diverse set of responsibilities. The software testing team is responsible for assuring the functionality and user experience of Purina's consumer-facing digital properties, including eCommerce, Petfinder, consumer IoT systems, Purina's brand sites, and a variety of mobile applications.. The roles team is also responsible for managing the access of Purina's end users for SAP and a host of local applications. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence

      ASQ

    • Certified Quality Technician

      ASQ

    • Duolingo Spanish Fluency: Elementary (Estimated)

      Duolingo
      Oct 2016
      View certificate certificate

    • Certified Quality Associate

      ASQ

    • Certified Quality Software Engineer

      ASQ

    • Certified Quality Engineer

      ASQ