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Work Background

Recuro HealthDirector of Software Engineering

Mar. 2023Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · Hybrid

Traive Director of Software Engineering

Apr. 2022 - Nov. 2022Minnesota, United States● Established development best practices, quality assurance process, release management, incident management, severity agreements, and tracking KPI's. ● Hiring and People Management of Engineering, QA, Architecture, and DevOps Departments. ● Initiated major cloud infrastructure changes and enhancements allowing for security, infrastructure as code (via Terraform), and scalability through a control tower approach in AWS. ● Decreased tooling and cloud infra cost by 25% through reserved and cost savings plans. ● Established FinOps practices and expanded usage reporting yielding exact product and development costs. ● Established Onboarding/Offboarding Process including enhanced security practices upon termination ● Enhanced internal communication platform by the consolidation of tooling and rebuilding company org layout ● Established quarterly performance review process including the development of a career framework to understand position levels and a promotion path

IcarioDirector of Software Engineering, Quality

Sep. 2021 - Apr. 2022Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States• Established development standards, quality assurance process, release management, production issue escalation process, and severity agreements. • Oversee performance and load testing scripts and discuss the detail and improvements with QA development. • Established an SDET mentorship program to train development or QA resources into SDET roles. • Responsible for Hiring, budget, and People management of the Engineering Department. • Expanded communication across Engineering, Design, Data, and Product for SDLC process, Best Practices, Development Standards, and QA Efforts.

IcarioData Engineering Manager

Apr. 2021 - Sep. 2021Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States• Enhanced and Admin Ubuntu Tableau Server. • Development and Maintenance of Data Engineering Monitoring, Alerting, and Metrics across Sumo Logic and AWS Services. • Development and Management of Fraud Prevention Tooling and Practices. • Responsible for Hiring and People management of Data Engineering Management.

Revel Health (Now Icario)Software Development Engineer in Test

Aug. 2020 - Apr. 2021Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States• Established Data Monitoring, Alerting, and Metrics across Sumo Logic and AWS Services. • Built and Implemented Artifact Repository Service (CodeArtifact) for hosting and management of internal private program packages. • Developed Test Plans, Knowledge Sharing Docs, and Program Requirement Docs. • Enhanced Continuous Integration Deployment Pipelines in Bitbucket. • Managed test responsibilities for all data workstreams. • Expanded existing Pytest system and integration test automation.

Stonecrop TechnologiesQA Tech Lead

Jan. 2020 - Jul. 2020• Maintained and Managed communication with Engineering, Design, Data, and Project Managers for SDLC process, Testing Best Practices, and QA Efforts. • Developed Test Plans, Knowledge Sharing Docs, and Program Requirement Docs. • Development, Management, and Maintenance of E2E Automated tests on Existing Web platform using Selenium and Java (TestNG + Maven). • Development, Architecture, and Maintenance of E2E Automated tests on iOS and Android native applications using Appium and Ruby (Cucumber/Gherkin). • Assist in development of user stories/acceptance criteria and ran regression efforts around releases. • Hiring and People management of QA Team. • Development of Continuous Integration Deployment Strategies and application in Gitlab CI/CD.

Stonecrop TechnologiesSenior QA Automation Engineer

Jul. 2019 - Jan. 2020Skills: Software Development · Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) · Test Driven Development · HTML · Project Management · QA Automation · Software Quality Assurance · Gherkin · Mentoring · Agile Project Management · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Java · Agile Application Development · Management · Testing · Leadership · Programming · Selenium · DevOps · Quality Assurance · Engineering Management · Cucumber · Test Planning · Infrastructure · Git · Continuous Integration · Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) · Software Testing · SQL · Continuous Delivery · Scrum · Test Automation · Data Engineering

When I WorkSenior QA Engineer

Mar. 2019 - Jul. 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota• Development, Architecture, and Maintenance of E2E Automated tests on Web platform using Watir (Selenium) and Ruby (Cucumber/Gherkin). • Development, Management, and Maintenance of E2E Automated tests on iOS and Android native applications using Appium and Ruby (Cucumber/Gherkin). • Assist in development of user stories/acceptance criteria and ran regression efforts around releases. • Development, Management, and Maintenance of Internal QA Web application tool using Python/Flask.

When I WorkQA Engineer

Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota- Develop Test Plans, Knowledge Sharing Docs, and Program Requirement Docs. - Development, Management, and Maintenance of E2E Automated tests on Web platform and Mobile platform using Ruby (cucumber)/Watir(selenium)/Appium. - Development, Management, and Maintenance of Internal QA Web application tool using Python/Flask. - Assist in management of BDD process and gherkin development.

Verum Digital llcOwner / Developer

Oct. 2016Minneapolis, Minnesota · Remote- Development, Management, and Maintenance of Custom Modules and Web Applications - Development of UX and Graphic Design of physical and digital elements. - Manages development responsibilities and budget for client projects

When I WorkSr. Quality Assurance Analyst

Aug. 2016 - Apr. 2018Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area• Maintain communication with Engineering and Project Managers for SDLC process, Testing Best Practices, and QA Efforts. • Manage test responsibilities on Core Workstream. • Develop Test Plans, Knowledge Sharing Docs, and Program Requirement Docs. • Assist in development of user stories/acceptance criteria and ran regression efforts around releases.

LeadpagesTest Lead

May. 2016 - Jul. 2016Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area- Management of Development Deployment Pipelines and Deployment Versions. - Maintained communication with Technical Project Managers for SDLC process, Testing Best Practices, and QA Efforts. - Managed test responsibilities on Automation Workstream.

LeadpagesQA Analyst

Jun. 2015 - May. 2016Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area- Assist in the development of user stories/acceptance criteria and ran regression efforts around releases. - Developed Test Plans, Knowledge Sharing Docs, and Program Requirement Docs. - Development of E2E Automated tests using JavaScript (Protractor) and Python (robotframework).

Robert Half TechnologySoftware QA Analyst

Jul. 2014 - Jun. 2015Downtown MinneapolisRobert Half Tech SPS Specialist. Contracts: Olson - Software QA Analyst - Develop Test Cases based on Use-Case and Business Rule Documentation through JIRA Agile Development and Kanban Task Management Boards. - Maintain communication with developers and Clients per project bases. - Filled active senior/lead role on web and mobile testing projects leading team of 4 through regression process of pre-production. - White-Box and Black-Box testing on Web and Mobile Applications. RedBrick Health - Data QA Analyst - Navigate SQL databases for data verification. - Maintain communication with Data and Business analysts per task bases. - Develop SQL Queries and Templates per task bases. - Testing: Back-End Data (SQL). GreenTree Servicing - QA/SQL Dev - Navigate SQL databases for data verification. - Maintain communication with Conversion analysts per Script Definitions and Tasks. - Develop SQL Queries per task bases. - Testing: SQL Scripts.

Krames StayWellSoftware QA Engineer

Jun. 2014 - Jul. 2014Eagan, MN- Develop Test Cases based on Program Changes and Requirements Documentation. - Maintain communication with developers per project bases. - Develop and maintain automation solutions using Telerik. - Active lead on Load Testing solutions.

BI WORLDWIDEQA Analyst

Feb. 2014 - Jun. 2014Edina, Minnesota- Develop Test Plans based on Business Documentation and Requirements. - Communicated with Business Analysts and Technical Analysts following project details and testing results. - Navigate databases for data verification and program functionality.

KorTerra, Inc.Software Support Analyst

Sep. 2013 - Dec. 2013Chanhassen, MN- Provide customer service to clients and service software issues. - Work with my team to translate client cases and find solutions to issues. - Develop batch files for process flow of builds. - Develop test plans for new executables.

Team OrbitTech Manager / PR and Design Manager

Apr. 2013 - Oct. 2013Remotehttp://www.orbit.gg/ - Communicated with eSports Teams and Site Members - Developed site, apparel, and graphic designs - Managed Community Forums and eSports Streaming - Programmed updates for site management

NintendoNOA QA

Jan. 2013 - Apr. 2013Northfield, MN- Nintendo 3DS Software Testing directly with developers (Monster Games) - Worked with developers to communicate and translate software issues. - Communicated with off-site developers in Japan for further localization testing.

Silent Storm StudiosOwner / Developer

Nov. 2012 - Sep. 2015Hopkins, MN- Plan and manage current strategies to drive intended game design results. - Work with my team to translate the project initiatives and deadlines on Jira. - Develop Web, 3D, Graphic Design, and User Interface Designs. - Develop test plans and translates objectives and deadlines on Jira.

ActivisionMicrosoft TRG QA

Apr. 2012 - Nov. 2012Eden Prairie, MN- Testing Legal Violations and Certifications for Microsoft Video Games. - Manage competing priorities and time constraints when testing multiple titles. - Identified and documented detailed instruction and scope of issues and debug information in PMS.