Project Manager Quality Assurance

Jason M. Weil

415-***-****, ***********@*****.***

PROFILE

Project Manager / Quality Assurance Management / Marketing Management

Streamlining operations, process improvement, exceptional interpersonal

skills, public speaking / presentations

Decisive, goal and results-oriented professional with a strong focus on

possibilities and creativity. Background includes several years managing a

wide range of projects working in the personal development, IT, and

software industries as well as a decade of working with clients one on one

and in group settings. Experienced in disambiguation of requirements;

analyzing, writing, reviewing product specifications; as well as

identifying areas for process improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS

< Strategic Project Leadership / Logistics

< Client Relations with exceptional Interpersonal, Organizational and

Communication Skills

< Budget Planning and Cost Control Development

< Process Improvement Leadership; Creating Quality and Process Change

Initiatives

< Proposal Development and enhancement

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Languages Visual Basic, C#, C++, Java, Oracle, SQL, PHP, UML, XTML, HTML

Databases SQL, SQL Server 2008

Applications MS Project, MS Office 2010, Word, Excel, Access,

PowerPoint, Visio

Systems Windows XP Professional, 2000, 2003, Vista, Windows 7,

VSS, TFS, Subversion

EXPERIENCE

MadCap Software 2006-Present

Leading, award-winning, software provider of technical communication tools

for content development, delivery and management.

Project Manager 2008-Present

. Simultaneously project managed MadCap's full product suite of 7 products

through 3 full development life-cycles.

. Reporting to the Director of R&D and CEO; I worked with the Research and

development, QA, I.T., Marketing, Sales and Operations departments to

successfully deploy all products on time and within budget.

. Using an agile based methodology with multiple builds daily, I project

managed a team of 11 (6 SW developers and 5 QA), from initial project

discovery to project launch.

. Created detailed deployment schedules including project deliverables and

agreed upon success criteria.

. Ensured appropriate resources were dedicated to meet/exceed project

expectations.

. Managed day-to-day request from the internal team and external customers

while still enforcing the deployment schedule, resource allocations and

time budgets.

. Produced detailed project plans and customer-facing solutions.

. Technologies used included: Microsoft

Project,Subversion,TFS,.Net,C#,Javascript,XML,HTML,CSS,SQL Server

2008,Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows Server, and Mac OS, Iphone, Android,

Palm, and blackverry phones.

. Reviewed overall project status with management and customers on a

regular basis, via email, conference calls or in-person meetings as

needed.

Results: Successful deployment or all products on time and within budget.

MadCap's Software Increased Q1 2011 Revenues By 41% Year-Over-Year, won

patent for structure Bar Technology In XML-Based Madcap Flare Publishing

Software, and won the 16th Annual TechAmaerica High Tech Award in the

Software Category

7 Projects included:

1. Madcap Flare- a top professional content authoring tool used by

technical writers and documentation specialists to create, manage, and

publish content for both print, online, and mobile documentation.

2. Madcap Feedback Server- a powerful reporting tool that allows content

publishers to monitor, analyze and improve their content based on web-

based user feedback, comments, ratings, and detailed statistical

reporting.

3. MadCap Lingo- the industry's first fully-integrated translation

environment tool (TEnT) and authoring solution.

4. Madcap Contributor-an editor for subject matter experts outside the

document management team to edit and review topics, make annotations,

and update content with an easy-to-use interface.

5. MadCap Mimic- an easy-to-use software simulation and multimedia tool

that lets you create fully interactive movies, simulations,

presentations, and tutorials of software or systems.

6. MadCap Capture- lets you easily capture anything that is displayed on

your computer screen, as an editable image.

7. MadCap Analyzer- a powerful analytic tool used to find critical issues

immediately, such as missing content or broken links, and technical

issues such as unused style sheets or images that can be removed from

projects.

Quality Assurance Engineer 2006-2008

Report to the Director of Research & Development. Responsible for defining

the product strategy for all of MadCap's family of localization,

translation and authoring software. Develop and implement software product

requirements, test plans and test cases.

. Interfaced with senior management and marketing to define project scope,

goals and deliverables, resource management and product specifications;

Result: Increased company profitability by 36%.

. Designed and implemented testing strategies, timelines and reports;

Result: Ensured products met the requirements and specifications prior to

release; wrote proposals for future versions of the software.

. Improved process management, communication and organizational structure;

Result: Increased efficiency and reduced redundancy.

. Successfully released 7 products / yr on time and within budget.

. Designed and implemented testing strategies, timeline, and reports

ensuring products met the requirements and specifications prior to their

release in addition to writing proposals for future versions of the

software.

. Web-testing across multiple browsers verifying consistency of all output

types against expected results.

. Performed full functionality testing of Mobile-Web output, verifying UI

against screen shots and functionality against specifications, also

verifying XML code after client data was converted upon import.

. Data Portal testing: tested CHS call, feedback service and data tracking

of software verifying client data was transferred and stored correctly in

SQL Server database.

. Integration testing, system testing, black/white box testing and smoke

testing of new builds, verifying the stability for commencement of full

functionality testing.

. Cross platform testing: verifying consistency of data outputs across a

variety of platforms prior to release.

Project Walk, Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Specialist 2004-2006

Menifee Valley Athletic Club, Personal Trainer / Physical Therapy Exercise

Specialist 2003-2004

PART-TIME / AFTER HOURS

Musivation Int'l., LLC(Weekends, concurrent with above position.) 2010

Small, internationally-recognized provider of Self Help and Personal

Development products and services.

Interactive Project Manager

. Report to the Owner. Research marketing viability; generate marketing

ideas; provide discriminative resource assessment. Build credibility,

establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at

multiple levels. Utilize SEO, SEM and various internet networking

marketing strategies to increase company viability.

. Project managed development of web based promotional / marketing material

to reintroduce the product line. Technologies used to implement this

solution included Roxio Creator, Photoshop, and Youtube. Team Size: 4 (1

Video Crew Personnel, 1 Developer, 1 Web Designer, and 1 Administrative

Assistant). Project Duration: 8 months.

Results: Successful deployment of video marketing on social networks,

email blast, and company website, securing new customers and clients.

. Directed redesign and launch of company website. Technologies used to

implement this solution included Dreamweaver, Photoshop, HTML, Java,

Javascript. Team Size: 2 Web Developers. Project Duration: 1 month.

Results: Secured new customer / clients and increased company profits by

50%.

. I coached, mentored, and led personnel on multiple projects; Result:

Increased productivity of work force.

Satori Sciences, Inc. (Part-time, weekend position simultaneous with above

jobs) 2009-2010

Company specializes in marketing and presenting Professional Business

seminars.

Marketing Project Manager

Reported to the Vice President. Responsible for providing management

assistance for the marketing and sales departments. Provided Project

support in Strategic and Business Planning, network operations and

organization.

. Planned, organized, coordinated professional development seminars;

launched three marketing campaigns; Result: Increased seminar

attendance 25%.

. Designed targeted advertising based on demographics; made arrangements

with resources to assure timely arrival of marketing materials;

Result: Increased seminar attendance and venue success.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Springfield College, Springfield, MA, Applied Exercise

Science 2003

Certificate of Core Competencies, Coleman College, San Diego, CA, Computer

Information Systems 2009

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