Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor of Science from UC Riverside
I studied at the University of California at Riverside. When I first enrolled, my chosen major was Biomedical Sciences. I found the rote memorization to be rather bland and after a year, I looked for a more creative and expressive course curriculum. Computer Science fit me perfectly as it was the right mix of challenge, creativity and expression.- 10 years Experience working with Windows/Linux/Solaris operating systems
- Experience with many programming languages such as C, C++, Java, as well as the web application development technologies, PHP, DHTHL plus many more.
Expansive Knowledge
C, C++, Java, JavaScript, J2EE, JUnit, Ant, Struts framework, make, JBoss, Tomcat, SQL, Struts, XML, XSLT, HTML, TiddlyWiki, Ruby, Rails, CSS, PHP, PHP Nuke, Post Nuke, Install Shield, Eclipse, JBuilder, WebSphere Application Developer, Rational Application Developer, CVS, Bugzilla, Citrix Technologies, Wordpress, Macromedia, Flash, Adobe Premiere, DivX, Eclipse- Very strong with automated testing techniques, Agile, XP, test driven and quality assurance in all stages of the software development life-cycle
- Ability to work in a team environment, as well as independently
Work History
Software Lifecycle Group, LLC
Technology Consultant|Systems Engineer & Admin|Web Designer
San Diego, CA
2005 - Present
This was a consulting position for the start up company. This consultation was primarily concerned with sales force automation of critical tasks related to the sales cycle. SLG is a reseller of solutions and services for Parasoft Corporation.
My primary function was to provide the company with the technology necessary to ensure maximum yield of the sales force's customer account activities.
This involved an open source roll out of various software systems. Also to the mix some new breed technology was added to the mix to improve general computer usage. The implementation has been successfully orchestrated on a shoestring budget yet is constructed in such a way which allows primary functions to scale with the company growth.
Roles and Responsibilities
Technology Consultant
- Trained company computer users on proper system work flow to reduce time loss by automating repetitive tasks.
- Gathered the requirements for an inter-company collaborative technology solution
- Company Wiki
- Document sharing
- Screen sharing
- Improved sales work flow with a state of customer relationship management system
Systems Engineer
System Administrator
Web Designer
- Designed and coded theLifeCycle Group website
- Setup automated test framework for website revisions
- Planned and implemented source control strategy
Parasoft Corporation
Systems Engineer
San Diego, CA
1997 - 2005
While employed with Parasoft from 1995 until 2005, I achieved many successes for the company, the most visible being Jtest which has become Parasoft's flagship product. Being employed by a single software company for this period of time allowed me the opportunity to work with all aspects and phases of the software life cycle.
Roles and Responsibilities
Professional Services Management
- Managed and trained support personnel including all aspects of the support infrastructure for Jtest
- Onsite deployment, setup and troubleshooting of issues in the product
- Managed customer accounts
Technical Support Management
- Defined processes for issue life-cycle
- Resolved technical issues
Solutions and Field Sales Engineer
- Evaluated and implemented ITsystems to decrease issue resolution time
- Performed technical demos and presentations of product to potential customer
- Conducted proof of concepts at several companies that led to purchase orders
- Identified issues with the product and communicated frequently the development group
Software Development
- Designed, implemented and developed integral parts of Jtest, an award winning automated testing tool, for Java.
- Created professional installers, using Install Shield for Parasoft’s products shipped to market.
- Implemented and designed a C++ overloaded function resolution module for a proprietary parser
- Worked on code for a full Java parser front end for a rule analysis engine for Jtest
- Coded native API for the Jtest virtual machine (a clean room implementation of the JVM)
- Prototyped Struts based web-application used in a Parasoft company partnership with Xystus
Software Quality Engineer
- SQE Manager for first automated development-testing tool for java
- Trained others on the to employ black box, white box and regression testing to fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Cisco, Amex, Fidelity, Lockheed Martin and Wells Fargo
- Designed test plans and acceptance procedures for the released products
- Implemented test Harnesses for Java and C code
- Designed, coded and maintained the nightly build scripts