Principal Product Test Engineer

• Apr 2022 - Present

Senior Product Test Engineer

• Jul 2019 - May 2022

Technical Team Leader, Watson Health

• Aug 2015 - Jul 2019

Team leader for Software Quality Assurance in Watson Health. Starting from scratch, developed and maintained a Selenium WebDriver framework with Java to automate hundreds of functional and system-level testcases. Worked in agile environment, with new releases delivered every 3 weeks. HIPPA and GxP certified.

Team Leader, IBM i Post-GA Test

• Mar 2010 - Jul 2015

Leader of a highly successful team responsible for resolving critical client situations, identifying and prioritizing test requirements, and executing tests that find critical issues. Collaborate with development and support leaders around the globe. Regularly present status and key findings to executives and staff members. Technical leader and implementer for IBM Rational tools.

Environment Architect, Customer System Test

• Mar 2009 - Feb 2010

Hands-on leader responsible for planning and setup of a large test environment. Coordinated usage of hardware between multiple test, development and support groups. Led hardware consolidation efforts resulting in higher utilization and reduced maintenance overhead. Able to tackle complex tasks and technologies, and teach others in an easy to understand manner.

Technical Lead, IBM Power Blades

• Jan 2007 - Feb 2009

Responsible for managing and testing IBM Power Blade environment during initial product launch. Installed and maintained dozens of virtualized server images across 40+ IBM Power blades. Owned all facets of test. Reported weekly status updates to management.

Technical Lead, iSCSI Integrated Servers

• Oct 2003 - Dec 2006

Led all phases of testing iSCSI-attached x86 servers to IBM i. Installed and maintained nearly two dozen x86 servers running Windows and Linux operating systems, including the initial launch of IBM BladeCenter. Performed all test responsibilities from requirements gathering, testcase creation and execution, defect tracking, and status reporting.

Technical Lead, Integrated xSeries Servers

• Jan 2002 - Sep 2003

Test owner of RIO-HSL attached xSeries servers to IBM i platform. Installed and maintained complex test environment with multiple operating systems (Windows, RHEL, SLES, IBM i). Collaborated with development to identify test focal areas and defect resolution.

Lotus Domino Database Developer and Tester

• Jan 2001 - Dec 2001

Developed and maintained multiple Lotus Domino applications. Utilized Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) to automate data transfers from DB2 to Lotus databases. Added features and modernized legacy applications. Added web interfaces to Lotus applications. Performed testing of Domino on IBM i.

Customer System Test Team Member

• Jun 2000 - Dec 2000

Computer Help Desk Consultant / Communications Technician / Faculty-Staff IT Consultant

• Aug 1996 - Jan 2000

Assisted students with technical issues on Windows and Mac pc's. Troubleshoot software, hardware errors, networking and printing errors. Installed phone, data and coaxial cable lines.Promoted to consultant role to assist faculty and staff members with technical issues. Assisted students with technical issues on Windows and Mac pc's. Troubleshoot software, hardware errors, networking and printing errors. Installed phone, data and coaxial cable lines.Promoted to consultant role to assist faculty and staff members with technical issues.