Experience

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  Star Lab, a Wind River Company

  • Huntsville, Alabama, United States

  • Quality Assurance Specialist

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Huntsville, Alabama, United States

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  Cambio Healthcare Systems

  • Linköping, Sweden

  • Quality Assurance Specialist

    • Apr 2019 - Dec 2021
    • Linköping, Sweden

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  Kaimetrix

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Senior Business Analyst

    • Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

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  Next Tier Concepts

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Senior Business Analyst

    • Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

    Cross-functional team member primarily focused on requirements analysis, user acceptance testing, and data quality management working on software managed on an O&M government contract.

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  Synapse Wireless, Inc.

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

    • Jun 2012 - Aug 2016
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

    Develop, execute, and automate test scripts against software (desktop and embedded) and hardware. Write and edit internal and customer-facing documentation, including application notes, user manuals, and data sheets. Train and mentor less senior staff. Develop sample applications (Python) for demonstrating use of our product. Design hardware testing jigs to facilitate automated testing of embedded firmware.

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  enGenius Consulting Group

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Quality Assurance Engineer

    • Apr 2011 - Jun 2012
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

    Develop and execute test scripts for desktop software that administered federal real estate holdings. Develop SQL reports against Oracle databases. Audit CMMI artifacts.

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  Synapse Wireless

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Design Engineer

    • Mar 2010 - Mar 2011
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

    Develop and execute tests against desktop and embedded software, and against hardware. Write and maintain customer-facing documentation, such as data sheets, user manuals, and tutorials.

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  DST Health Solutions

  • Birmingham, Alabama Area

  • Applications Analysis Consultant

    • Jul 1999 - Mar 2010
    • Birmingham, Alabama Area

    Administer internal tools, including HP Quality Center. Develop code demonstrating access to API to medical insurance processing software. Design integration of three legacy products to third-party Medicare enrollment and billing engine. Design customer-requested modifications to application based on requirements. Develop user interface to facilitate using the application. Refactor application to remove third-party dependencies. Create online and printed manuals and reference materials, including field- and screen-level documentation, as well as module-level procedural documentation. Develop and maintain Lotus Notes applications for design document management and for timecard management.

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  Randall-Reilly Publishing

  • Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

  • Associate Editor

    • Jul 1998 - Jul 1999
    • Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

    Research, write, and edit articles for business journals for the trucking industry.

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  Star-Banner

  • Ocala, Florida Area

  • Systems Editor

    • Aug 1990 - Jul 1998
    • Ocala, Florida Area

    Ensure daily newspaper gets out correct and on time. Maintain newsroom computer equipment. Train users on newsroom software. Fill in (at one time or another) for every position in the newsroom, editing and producing every section in the newspaper. Generate infographics. Produce news and feature photographs, on assignment and enterprise, for all sections of the newspaper.

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  Daily World

  • Opelousas, Louisiana

  • Photographer

    • Jan 1989 - Aug 1990
    • Opelousas, Louisiana

    Produce news and feature photographs, on assignment and enterprise, for all sections of the newspaper. Coordinate part-time photography staff. Generate infographics. Write daily personality profile.