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ScholasticSenior Quality Engineer
Nov. 2023- Lead QA Engineer for the Assessment to Instruction (A2i) digital platform - Appointed the QE representative on the Scholastic Artificial Intelligence Working Group, leading AI efforts at the company - Recruited and hired QA/QE team, trained team on the A2i platform and mentored junior QE engineers to becoming meaningful contributors to the team within the first month of employment - Developed automated and manual test suites for the A2i platform and community products - Lead testing planning and test execution for both internal and production releases - Drove performance test planning for the A2i product and associated assessments - Delivered integration test planning and test execution - Internship and Associate program mentor
ScholasticSoftware Engineer
Sep. 2022
HikiStartup Consultant
Jan. 2021 - Aug. 2023- Provided product, UX, business development, and quality engineering support on a part-time basis for a startup team creating a dating app for the Autistic community - Supported CEO in fundraising efforts, hiring (software developer, UX/UI designer, UX researcher, social media management) - Sourced Mobot automated testing, wrote test and use cases for testing efforts, met monthly with Mobot team for calibration, supported developers in preparing and sending builds for testing - Lead testing efforts for both iOS and Android apps, supported internationalization efforts - Supported the effort to set up Intercom for user support, authored help desk articles, responded to user technical issues and actioned new feature development as a result of user input
Learning OvationsSenior Quality Engineer
Mar. 2020 - Sep. 2022- Sole QE team member, built all quality processes and practices from scratch - Created technical product documentation for product offerings - Manual test creation, test planning, automation test writing (Selenium) - Supported the creation of 3 new product offerings during the Covid quarantine for at-home learning
OriginateSenior Product Quality Manager
May. 2016 - Mar. 2020Southern CaliforniaQuality team co-leader, managing and mentoring junior employees. Responsible for instituting and maintaining a high standard of quality on agile software products spanning multiple industries including; reinsurance, real estate, multimedia and television, IT infrastructure, artificial intelligence, commercial trucking, and education. Responsibilities include: -Working with partners to identify best practices from the start of a project by writing quality plans and documenting processes. -Conducting quality assessments and identifying delivery risks -Creating a testing strategy to include: feature/user acceptance testing, regression testing, smoke testing, penetration testing, load and performance testing, and release testing. -Resident TestRail subject matter expert, creating test cases for manual and automated testing -Experience leading quality teams of 5+ testers and automation engineers to identify critical workflows and automate critical features -Extremely Proficient with: JIRA, Trello, Github, TestRail, Google Drive, device testing, browser testing, feature acceptance testing, regression testing, release management, risk identification and management. -Proficient with: Selenium IDE, Cucumber/Gherkin, Postman
Two Bit CircusLearning Engineer
Jul. 2014 - Apr. 2016Los Angeles, California-Technical Curriculum Developer: Co-developed STEAM-focused curriculum and technical learning content for internal and external stakeholders. Curricular content includes topics such as programming, game design, electronics, and sound. -Professional Learning Developer/Facilitator: Co-developed STEAM professional learning for formal and informal educators. Professional learning trainings present STEAM as an integrated framework for learning, STEAM from a policy and practice perspective, and included a rapid prototyping session where educators apply the STEAM framework to the process of inventing multi-player games. -Internship Program Coordinator: Developed a new internship program that focused on skill building and professional development for undergraduate and graduate students, recruit candidates from top academic institutions, manage the application process, conduct interviews, make hiring decisions, and conduct professional learning trainings. -Field Trip Coordinator/Facilitator: Coordinate field trips for various schools to visit the Two Bit Circus workshop. Facilitate learning experiences for students while onsite, presenting hands-on opportunitites for both student and educators to interact with the game design process and be inspired by real-world applications of skills learned in the classroom. -Grant Writer: Successfully co-authored two grants totaling $150,000 for STEAM-related programs and products. -Publications: Co-Author of “Two Bit Circus and the Future of Entertainment”, published by academic publisher Springer Publications in 2015. Solely authored the chapter “Swinging from Digital Playgrounds”, on the future of tech-enabled education. -Community Builder: Responsible for building engaged communities for Two Bit Circus’ educational products and events through relationship building with schools, universities, companies, community groups, museums, homeschooling groups, nonprofits and other local stakeholders.
West Virginia University College of LawResearch Assistant
May. 2012 - Aug. 2012Morgantown, WVPatent law research assistant for Dr. Sean Tu. Responsible for data cleaning, data coding, and worked on various patent-related projects.
Katherine Bomkamp International, LLCCEO
Oct. 2011 - Jun. 2014Morgantown, WVManage the product development process for the Pain Free Socket, a holistic prosthetic device that has the potential to eliminate phantom limb pain.
West Virginia UniversityExecutive Advisor on Innovation
Jan. 2011 - May. 2014Morgantown, WVServed as the executive administration's Advisor on Innovation. Worked to enact policies, programs, and legislation to help West Virginia University be as innovative as possible. Program managed WVU's involvement as a Special Awards Organization for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) as a recruiting practice.
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