Summary:
Experienced Software Tester with five years of test automation/engineering
experience and recent graduate of the University of Colorado -Denver Business
School. 

Objective:
To transfer dedicated, proven, experience with ramping up quickly for test
projects and a recently expanded technical skill set related to web development,
networking, and system administration to a software testing project.

Skills:
•Test case automation using SilkTest and Winrunner
•High volume manual test case development
•Intermediate web development experience in a LAMP environment which includes
scripting in PHP and writing SQL statements
•Experience with Configuration management/version control applications and
Defect Tracking suites such as Track Record, and IBM’s CMVC.
•Experienced in performing: black-box, functional, system, regression,
component, configuration, compliance, compatibility, load, installation,
boundary, and negative testing.

Experience:
PERSONAL WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (Fall 2005 – CURRENT)
Reselling and providing dedicated web-hosting and intermediate scripting for
personal websites. Sites developed primarily in a Linux, Apache, MySQL, & PHP
environment (LAMP) environment. Responsibilities and skills include:
•Customizing hybrid PHP/Flash website templates for web-portals such as phpNuke
(sample work at: www.scoreboardphotography.com, www.slidergoalie.com)
•Manipulating SQL statements passed through code (as needed) for display.
•Developing comprehensive test cases, quickly, to support iterative testing of
site functionality as new features are implemented.

CIBER, INC. -BOULDER, CO
SOFTWARE TEST AUTOMATION SPECIALIST (AUGUST 2000 - DECEMBER 2002)
IBM/Kaiser Permanente Project – Health Care Clinical Information System
Test automation scripting using Borland’s SilkTest for regression, system, GUI,
and acceptance testing. 
•Assisted in the development of a SilkTest- based GUI test tool to reduce the
time needed to update other automated scripts between builds. 
•Developed scripts in SilkTest to simulate data population/extraction in patient
charts. 
•Using test failures to expand existing test scripts, test cases and test
plans.
•Developed additional test scenarios to achieve engagement objectives.
•Helped define methods by which to execute test scripts automatically.

QUALITY VECTORS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOFTWARE QUALITY SPECIALISTS -SAN JOSE, CA
SOFTWARE TESTER THEN SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER (APRIL 1997 – JULY 2000)
Infolio.com Project (a competitor of AvantGo) – Web Application
•Performed test engineering work and developed test cases on a web portal which
would “mobilize the web” for laptops, handheld PCs, and other mobile devices.
•Composed functional block diagrams, test case matrices (test tables), test
cases and test procedures for testing Web infrastructure and for testing mobile
device applications.

Recognition Systems’ “Handnet” Command Console – Biometric Security Device
Software test team lead for testing a command console to manage a network of
biometrics-based security devices. 
•Composed test scripts for installation, GUI, and load testing against the
application database.
•Composed functional block diagrams (permutation documents) to help identify use
cases to be tested.
•Recorded and reported testing metrics to the project manager.

Vadem’s Clio PDA Project –Handheld PC/PDA
•Performed functional testing of a Windows CE (H/PC Pro) platform, including:
operating system functions, device driver functions and applications functions.
Also performed regression testing from build to build.
•Performed compliance testing against Microsoft Windows CE logo compliance kits.

•Composed functional block diagrams and test case matrices (tables) for scoping
the test effort and creating test planning documents
•Entered Defects into Track Record; supported developers to follow defects to
closure.
Internal I.T. and Desktop Support Specialist
•Built and configured 3 Windows NT servers to support a small office LAN and a
software test lab, including troubleshooting of a Mylex RAID5 array
•Established NT file security and client security; implemented an incremental
tape backup system
•Built and configured 10 test lab client PCs and 9 business office PCs (Windows
95, 98 and NT clients)
•Maintained an IT asset database in  Microsoft Access
•Provided network and desktop service and support for lab clients and business
office clients

Education:
B.S. in Business Administration with emphasis on Information Systems
University of Colorado at Denver (August 2005 – December 2008)

A.A.S in Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Local Area
Networks
Front Range Community College – Westminster, CO (January 2003 – May 2005)

Platform Experience:
•Proficient with Win95, Win98, Win 2000, and WinXP on a user and administrative
level
•Basic command line experience with Linux 
•Exposure to Solaris Administration and shell scripting