STEPHEN C. JONES

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TO MAKE SOFTWARE BETTER

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BS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

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SELF STUDY, FORMAL UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVEL COURSEWORK AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, ONLINE

COURSE WORK. CONTINUING EDUCATION ON COMMUNICATIONS AND SALES.

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ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES: SOFTWARE ENGINEER/QA ENGINEER(2005 - 2012)

MENTORED AND TRAINED DEVELOPERS AND TESTERS IN QUALITY METHODOLOGIES, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT,

AND GAME DEVELOPMENT. MANAGED AND PARTICIPATED IN DEBUGGING AND TESTING EFFORTS. DEFINED

PROCESSES. DETERMINED WHEN THE SOFTWARE WAS READY FOR RELEASE TO THE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT.

FORESTEXPRESS: SENIOR QA ENGINEER(2001)

MENTORED AND TRAINED DEVELOPERS AND TESTERS IN QUALITY METHODOLOGIES. MANAGED AND PARTICIPATED

IN TESTING EFFORTS, DEFINED PROCESSES. DETERMINED SOFTWARE RELEASES.

ONLINE INSIGHT: LEAD QA ENGINEER(2000)

MENTORED AND TRAINED TESTERS. MANAGED AND PARTICIPATED IN TESTING EFFORTS. DEFINED PROCESSES.

FACILITATED INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION.

AUTOTRADER.COM: SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER(1999)

SCHEDULED, PLANNED, IMPLEMENTED, MANAGED, AND PARTICIPATED IN TESTING EFFORTS. DEFINED

PROCESSES. INTERVIEWED, TRAINED, AND SUPERVISED TESTERS.

BTSQUARED.COM: LEAD QA ENGINEER(1998)

CREATED THE QA DEPARTMENT AS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM DEVELOPMENT. INTERVIEWED TESTERS.

PLANNED, COORDINATED, MANAGED, AND PARTICIPATED IN TESTING EFFORTS. DESIGNED AND DOCUMENTED

PROCESSES.

LANIER WORLDWIDE, INC.: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER(1996-1998)

PLANNED, SCHEDULED, IMPLEMENTED, MANAGED AND PARTICIPATED IN TESTING EFFORTS. GATHERED AND

ANALYSED REQUIREMENTS. PROVIDED PROCESS ANALYSIS AND DEFINITION. INTERVIEWED AND MENTORED

TESTERS.

NORDSON CORPORATION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER(1993-1996)

CREATED INITIAL QA GROUP. GATHERED AND ANALYSED REQUIREMENTS. PRODUCT PLANNING AND ANALYSIS.

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ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES

SLOT MACHINE GAMES

WROTE AND TESTED ABOUT 30 GAMES IN C. WROTE GAME MATH SIMULATIONS IN C. WROTE GAME

GENERATION SOFTWARE IN LISP ON EMACS. WROTE AUTOMATED GAME TESTS USING THE GNU DEBUGGER

SCRIPTING LANGUAGE. TESTED AND RELEASED ABOUT 150 GAMES. CODE RISK ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPMENT

TEAM. TRAINED NEW TESTERS AND DEVELOPERS. LEAD IN VIDEO STEPPER GROUP.

FOREST EXPRESS

B2B MARKETPLACE FOR TIMBER AND RECYCLING WEBSITE

MANAGED QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE RECYCLING AND TIMBER B2B PROJECTS, AS A SUBJECT MATTER

EXPERT. AUTOMATED THE GENERATION OF TEST CASES USING PERL. AUTOMATED TESTING USING JUNIT AND

HTTPUNIT. USED REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP TEST PLANS.

ONLINE INSIGHT

EARLY CUSTOMER INSIGHT/RECOMMENDATION ENGINE SOFTWARE (PRECISION CHOICE, PRECISION RESEARCH, AND

PRECISION INSIGHT)

TRAINED ENGINEERS IN THE USE OF TRACEABILITY MATRICES AND CODE REVIEWS. IMPLEMENTED TEST DRIVERS

USING JAVA AND PERL. BUG TRACKING AND VERIFICATION. WHITE BOX TEST PLANNING, SCHEDULING, AND

IMPLEMENTATION.

AUTOTRADER.COM

AUTOTRADER WEBSITE

TRAINED DEVELOPERS AND TESTERS IN REQUIREMENTS TRACEABILITY AND CODE REVIEWS. ASSISTED IN JAVA

CODE REFACTORING AND REVERSE ENGINEERING TO HELP REDUCE THE LEVEL OF CODE MAINTENANCE DEBT AND

TO INCREASE ROBUSTNESS(STABILITY) OF CODE. REVIEWED CODE. MANAGED AND PARTICIPATED IN TESTING

EFFORTS ON WEBSITE AND VARIOUS INTERNAL TOOLS.

BTSQUARED.COM

PRODUCT ORDER CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR COMPLEX CUSTOMIZABLE PRODUCTS (EG. HELICOPTERS)

CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED TEST PLANS FOR A SOFTWARE PACKAGE KNOWN AS A CONFIGURATOR.

IMPLEMENTED AND SUPERVISED THE UTILIZATION OF TEST DRIVERS FOR THIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE WRITTEN IN

DELPHI, VISUAL BASIC, AND C++. CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED THE TEST PLANS FOR A WEB ENABLED

VERSION OF THE CONFIGURATOR. REVIEWED UML MODELS, EXPLAINED SUBTLETIES OF THE CODE BEING

GENERATED TO THE MODELERS. SUPERVISED COMPANY WIDE TESTING OF PRODUCTS. TRAINED TESTERS IN

FORMAL METHODOLOGIES. REVIEWED VISUAL BASIC. MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOPERS ON IMPROVING

ROBUSTNESS AND CORRECTNESS OF THE CODE. REVIEWED THE USER INTERFACE DESIGNS AND MADE

RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COMPLETENESS OF THE DESIGN.

LANIER WORLDWIDE, INC.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEMS

ARRIVED ON PROJECT AS QA TECHNICAL LEAD ON AN IMAGING SOFTWARE PROJECT THAT WAS SIX MONTHS

PAST ITS DELIVERY DATE AND SIX MONTHS FROM COMPLETION. CREATED A SKILLED FOUR MEMBER TEST TEAM

TO PERFORM ON THE PROJECT. THE TEAM WAS USED AS A MODEL FOR LATER PROJECTS. INTERFACED WITH THE

DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND COMPLETED THE PROJECT IN 3+ MONTHS. PERFORMED MAINTENANCE CODING ON A

VOICE PRODUCT WRITTEN IN C++ USING WINDOW'S MFC. CORRECTED WEAKNESSES IN THE CODE BROUGHT

ON BY THE ADDITION OF FEATURES OVER THE PRODUCTS LIFE-CYCLE. MAPPED THE BUILD PROCESS FOR A

PRODUCT AND MADE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ELIMINATED THE LOSS OF CODE FIXES. DEFINED THE

FORMAL PROCESSES (BASED ON SEI'S SW-CMM AND WEINBERG'S SOFTWARE SUBCULTURE PATTERNS)

FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

NORDSON CORPORATION

SOFTWARE TO MANAGE AND CONTROL SPECIALIZED ADHESIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NONWOVEN

BASED PRODUCTS.

DOCUMENTED THE SOFTWARE AND QA GROUPS TO REACH ISO 9000 CERTIFICATION. CODING MAINTENANCE

FOR EMBEDDED SOFTWARE WRITTEN IN C. CREATED A SOFTWARE PACKAGE WRITTEN IN VISUAL BASIC

ENABLING FIELD ENGINEERS TO DOWNLOAD AND SAVE SETTINGS FROM THE GLUE GUN CONTROLLER. DESIGNED

ASPECTS OF THE SOFTWARE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER PRODUCTS. CREATED TOOL

- PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM (BASED ON THE ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM) THAT ENABLED THE

SALES DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND CLARITY OF CUSTOMER ORDERS. INTRODUCED

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT (USING PVCS) AND FORMAL TESTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP (USING

BASIC CODE ANALYSIS, MICROSOFT TEST, AND EARLY CODE INSTRUMENTATION TOOLS).

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