Burness Ansell

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Highlands Ranch, CO

80126

US

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Software

Test/QA Engineer Resume

#4382079

OBJECTIVE To provide expertise

in Software Testing and QA analysis in a dynamic

company.

TARGET

JOB Desired Job

Type Employee,

Contract

Desired

Status: Full-Time

Salary: 50 USD Per

Hour

Site

Location: No

Preference

Description of my

perfect job:

* Team Lead or part of a team of testers

* Startup

position in establishing a Test team or environment, procedures, etc.

*

Flexible, able to work from home on occasion

* Plenty of time to be

with family

* Minimal travel (negotiable)

* Salary negotiable -

$35-$50/hour or $75K-$100K Annual

Career

Level: Mid Career (2+ years

of experience)

Date of

Availability: Immediately

TARGET

COMPANY Company

Size: Medium (100 -

999)

Category: Computers,

Software

Description of my

ideal company:

Medium to Large, excellent benefits package, close

to home. Dynamic, growing. Internet based or leading edge engineering as

well. Must have total upper mgmt support for test and QA. Plenty of

recognition. Plenty of room for independence and innovation. Team

oriented.

TARGET

LOCATIONS Relocate: No

US-CO-Denver US-CO-Denver

South

WORK

STATUS US I am authorized to

work in this country for any employer.

EXPERIENCE 2/2000 -

9/2000 E*thos Solutions,

Inc. Englewood,

CO

Consultant

Software Test/Quality

Assurance Lead -

(Contract) Sprint Paranet - Working directly with

Development department writing and executing test plans for three

E-Commerce Internet customers providing testing and QA, technical, and

documentation expertise in testing the web-based applications from a user

perspective (black box), as well as load, and systems testing/integration.

Also performed error tracking and resolution functions and IV&V tasks

for the e-commerce projects. Contract completed

(9/00)

6/1998 -

1/2000 Cotelligent,

Inc. Englewood,

CO

Software Quality

Engineer/Y2K Test Engineer

(Contract) Micromedex,

Inc. - Perform software, hardware, operating system validation and testing

for Year 2000 compliance. Work directly for QA/CM department writing and

executing test plans for medical software products and operating systems

on which the software is run. Black box testing of product software as

well as in-house OTS software applications.

4/1997 -

6/1998 Systems Research

Group Colorado Springs,

CO

Systems/Software

Engineer - Software Quality Engin

(Contract) COBE,

(Contract) Fischer Imaging (SQE) - Perform verification, validation, Y2K

validation, and testing of COTS and in-house developed software

applications for the MIS department developing system requirements, design

specifications, test plans and procedures in accordance with FDA

compliance regulations.

(Contract) Gambro Healthcare (R&D - Quality

Test Engineer) - Perform embedded software and hardware testing,

validation, and evaluation for a new dialysis machine working in the

Nephrology Laboratory.

9/1985 -

1/1997 Lockheed Martin

Aerospace Denver,

CO

Systems

Engineer

Mars Global Surveyor

Project (Spacecraft Test Laboratory) -

Spacecraft Test Engineer -

Conducted spacecraft software verification and validation simulations

working in the MGS spacecraft test lab. Developed and tested hardware and

software commands before actual spacecraft testing. Developed and executed

test plans and procedures prior to spacecraft implementation.

Titan IV

Launch Vehicle Program (Scientific Software) - Software Engineer

-

Provided software support for the Titan IV Day of Launch Upper

Atmospheric Winds project. Provided software maintenance, support, coding,

documentation, and testing of new and legacy software tools for various

Titan IV disciplines.

Titan IV Launch Vehicle Program (Flight

Mechanics) - Systems Engineer -

Range Safety Group Chief Demographer

and software manager. Conducted Hazards, Tumbling Turn, Near Pad, 3-Sigma

dispersion, and Flight Plan Approval analyses. Provided software

maintenance and development for various Titan IV missions.

Kinetic

Energy Weapon Program (Treaty Compliance) - Systems Engineer -

Treaty

Compliant Testing - Determined KEW mission compliance with the 1972

Antiballistic Missile Treaty (SALT I). Analyzed KEW system effectiveness

and ABM Treaty compliance for various system scenarios. Contributed to

systems analysis and interpretations of ABM Treaty as related to the KEW

program.

2/1984 -

6/1985 Delex Systems,

Inc Vienna,

VA

Systems

Analyst

Assisted with

analysis, documentation, and programming of a U.S. Navy Harpoon Missile

simulation training system. Wrote and documented a company-wide contracts

data management program.

2/1982 -

11/1996 U.S. Naval

Reserves Denver,

CO

Lieutenant

(Honorable Discharge)

-

Naval Intelligence Officer - Served in several units as an imagery

interpretation analyst (FICPAC) and strategic intelligence analyst

(NORAD), performing various imagery/ photogrammetric/ cartographic

analyses and intelligence assessments of both tactical and strategic

importance.

1/1981 -

3/1982 Virginia

Tech Blacksburg,

VA

Physics Lab

Technician

Taught Observational

Astronomy courses for Physics Department. In charge of running and

maintaining the school s observatory and 14 inch research

telescope.

EDUCATION 1996 Object Oriented

Analysis US-CO-Denver

Professional

One week professional

overview on OOA while at Lockheed Martin

1996 SQL for the

Client/Server Environment US-CO-Denver

Professional

One week overview on

SQL while at Lockheed Martin

10/1989 University of Southern

California US-California-Los

Angeles

Master's

Degree

Master of Science in

Systems Management

1986 Systems

Engineering US-CO-Denver

Professional

Lockheed Martin

Aerospace course in Systems Engineering.

1985 Systems Engineering

Fundamentals US-CO-Denver

Professional

Lockheed Martin

Aerospace course in Systems Engineering.

8/1984 Control Data

Institute US-VA-Arlington

Certification

Computer Programming

and Operations Certificate

9/1982 Aviation Officer

Candidate School US-FL-Pensacola

Professional

Aviation Officer

Candidate - Received Reserve Officer commission as Ensign in U.S. Navy in

preparation for attending Naval Flight

School

3/1982 Virginia Polytechnic

Institute & State University US-VA-Blacksburg

Bachelor's

Degree

Bachelor of Arts -

History

AFFILIATIONS 2/1995 -

Present Rocky Mountain Radio

League (RMRL) Member, Astronomy Net

Control

2/1995 -

Present American Radio Relay

League (ARRL) Life Member, Volunteer

Examiner

7/1994 -

Present Tripoli Rocketry

Association, Inc. Member

9/1991 -

Present Jefco Aeromod lers

Club Board

Member

5/1990 -

Present International

Association for Astronomical Studies COO, Director

Aerospace Technologies

5/1990 -

Present Explorer Post

2268 Post

Advisor

1/1986 -

Present Charles C. Gates

Planetarium (DMNH) Volunteer

9/1977 -

Present Institute of

Electrical and Electronic Engineers Member

SKILLS Skill

Name Skill

Level Last

Used Experience

Amateur Extra Class

FCC Amateur Radio Operator Expert Currently

used 5

years

UNIX Expert 1 year ago 8

years

HTML Intermediate Currently

used 3

years

FORTRAN Expert +4 years ago 15

years

C Beginner +4 years ago 1

years

RSW e-Test

Suite Beginner Currently

used 0

years

Microsoft Office

Applications Expert Currently

used 15

years

REFERENCES Robert A.

Corwin Lockheed

Martin Senior

Engineer

Phone

Number: (303)

977-9861

Email

Address: abpqw2@r.postjobfree.com

Reference

Type: Professional

Alisa

Mitchell Cotelligent

Phone

Number: (303)

741-3232

Email

Address: abpqw2@r.postjobfree.com

Reference

Type: Professional

Michael

Watson

Phone

Number: (303)

290-3620

Email

Address: abpqw2@r.postjobfree.com

Reference

Type: Personal

Todd

Euler

Phone

Number: (303)

246-6235

Email

Address: abpqw2@r.postjobfree.com

Reference

Type: Professional

Jim

Moravec Denver Public

Schools Physical Sciences

Teacher

Phone

Number: (303)

964-2820

Email

Address: abpqw2@r.postjobfree.com

Reference

Type: Personal

Casey

Morelock Ethos Solutions,

Inc. Technical

Recruiter

Phone

Number: (303)

694-2595

Email

Address: abpqw2@r.postjobfree.com

Reference

Type: Professional

ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION Computer Systems: UNIX

based systems - RS6000, HP9000, DG, SCO, VAX

PC systems - Windows 95,

Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, DOS, Macintosh systems, CDC 4680

mainframe, Sun, and HP workstations

PC/Mac Software: Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Filemaker Pro, CAD, Photoshop, Netscape, Internet Explorer,

Access, various graphics packages.

International Association

for Astronomical Studies (IAAS) - Chief Operating Officer, Director of

Aerospace Technologies providing technical expertise and training in

astronomy, astronautics, aerospace engineering, high power rocketry, and

HF/VHF radio communications for junior high and high school

students.

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