Seattle: Experienced QA Manager seeks employment C++ WinCE
Pierre Stromberg
Snohomish, Kirkland, Redmond, and Bellevue areas of Seattle, Washington.
Available immediately and excellent referrals provided upon request.
See http://w3.cablespeed.com/~pierres/resume.html for full resume.
Objective
Seeking challenging positions in program management or quality assurance
management
within the software development industry.
Technical Experience
Familiarity with C, C++ (Visual Studio 6.0 and EVT for Windows CE), COM,
Visual Test, HTML
Working experience with Windows CE 3.0 including system internals
Microsoft Platform Builder 3.1 and Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools
Microsoft Platform Builder 4.0 beta
Development experience with embedded hardware boards (including SH3, SH4,
MIPS R4300, SA1100)
Office 2000 and Project 2000
Windows 2000 Professional
Internet Information Server, including W3, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP services
Internet search service technologies
User familiarity with Palm OS 3.0 (3COM Palm III)
Familiar with popular Windows CE diagnostic tools including CodeSnitch
Management Experience
Over 12 years experience in the software development process at both large
and small firms.
Professional experience with headcount procurement, interview processes,
hiring, and review
systems.
Long term experience with product planning, schedule development, and
milestone tracking.
Experienced with key tools required to achieve software milestones
including source code
control, bug tracking, test harnesses, and build processes.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Employment History
Entrek Software, Incorporated
QA Manager
August 1999 to January 2002
Managed a group of test engineers and programmers in a Windows CE tools
development
environment. Defined test documentation and test cases, managed
responsibilities of
software design engineers in test, set schedules, tracked progress,
provided timely
status reports to clients. Coordinated activities with development
groups.
Interviewed and sought out new candidates for test, development, program
management,
and marketing. Investigated potential new contracts and conferred with
marketing.
Spearheaded hardware acquisitions and drove development of an automated
test harness.
Developed and executed tests for various Windows CE hardware platforms
using C++ in a
diversified embedded environment. Reviewed marketing materials and design
specifications.
Microsoft Corporation
Technical Lead/SDE
December 1996 to July 1999
Provided software test engineering for the Server Applications group, with
emphasis
on indexing and search engines. Develop C++/COM based test applications
for searching
HTML, text, and Office 97/2000 based documents. Also managed
implementation of test
case management system and the usage of Windows 2000 Server and Exchange
within the
development group. Delivered group presentations on Windows 2000 Server,
Exchange
setup and configuration, as well as test case management system. Conducted
scalability
testing on multiprocessor servers running SMTP, POP3, and IMAP services.
Examined test
runs and provided performance analysis results to development and program
management.
Developed automated performance monitoring system for real time results
via HTML tables.
Led several contractors in a test effort for MMC based and web client
based
administration tools for SMTP, POP3, and IMAP services for Internet
Information Server
4.0 and MCIS 2.0. Wrote test plans.
Microsoft Corporation
Software Test Engineer
July 1992 to November 1996
Provided software testing for a variety of products in the Business
Systems Division.
Tested Remote Access Software Autodial component for Windows NT 4.0.
Developed diagnostic
tool for autodial tests. Implemented Visual Test scripts for RAS client
UI. Previous
projects included testing LAN Manager 2.2 to Windows NT 3.1 migration
utilities, and
NetWare client services for NT 3.5. Participated in stress testing Windows
NT 3.5 release
for entire LAN Test group. Developed and implemented test plans for NT RAS
UI for Release
4.0. Developed and implemented test plans for NT 3.5 domain controller
netlogon test
group. Provided test coverage for netlogon testing in a mixed NT3.1 and NT
3.5 environment
over multiple segments and routers using all three major protocols
including slow links,
RAS, DHCP, and WINS.
Microsoft Corporation
Software Builder
February 1989 to July 1992
Provided software build support for the OS/2 2.0 joint development project
with IBM
Corporation. Helped coordinate daily build schedule and development among
three
geographical sites spread across eight time zones. Helped develop
automated tools to
increase efficiency. Built the OS/2 1.3 project, and Windows Libraries for
OS/2. Upon
joining the LAN Manager group, began building RAS and LAN Manager 2.2a.
Provided
developer support during project cycles.
HandS Corporation
Software Developer
January 1988 to July 1988
Used C programming language in a 16-bit Windows environment to develop GUI
interfaces
and printing code for a Windows version of Microsoft Project. Maintained
and enhanced
PERT charting code.
F/X Northwest
Systems Administrator
July 1987 to January 1988
Supported and served as systems administrator for a networked Symbolics
workstation
environment utilizing 3D graphics animation for the television industry.
Performed
nightly backups, operating system updates, patches, and other related
tasks.
Education
Manhattan College B.S., Computer Science June 1986
References available upon request