Engineer Quality Assurance

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SAUL GOLSHAN

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LOS ANGELES, CA 90049

PHONE: 510-***-****

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SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Design ~ Development ~ Automation

EDUCATION

B.A., Mathematics, UC Berkeley, August 2006. (GPA: 3.2)

Certificate in Accounting, UCLA Extension. (29 Units Completed.) (GPA: 4.0)

QUALIFICATIONS

Languages: Perl, C++, VBA, Java, batch/shell scripting. Source

Control: Perforce

Databases: MS SQL Server (2000/2005). Perl::DBI.

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux (Red Hat), Mac OS, AIX, NetWare.

Quality Assurance: Black-box and white-box testing across multiple

platforms (VMware).

Expertise: Object-oriented and procedural programming; regular

expressions; data structures; algorithm/complexity analysis. Data analysis

and Excel automation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SQA ENGINEER

SYMANTEC CORPORATION (Contract Position)

Nov 09 - Present

Culver City, CA

Creating various automation tools using Perl, VBA, and batch scripting.

Building, certifying, and releasing anti-virus definitions to the public

server for customer downloads.

Fully responsible for last-minute testing of Symantec content before they

reach customers.

Blackbox testing of Symantec anti-virus products across 300+ VMware

components.

VBA DEVELOPER

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (Temporary Assignment)

Jul 09 - Nov 09

Culver City, CA

VBA automation of various quality control procedures. Optimized existing

procedures for faster processing.

Wrote a C++ program automating various check number requests.

REPORTING ANALYST

MAUI TOYS, INC. (Temporary Assignment)

Mar 09 - Jun 09

Los Angeles, CA

Sales reporting; revenue forecasting; cost analysis.

Accomplishments :

Successfully implemented a new Access database tracking customer quotes.

Created a data extraction Macro using VBA.

ACCOUNTING CLERK

FONALITY, INC.

Apr 08 - Jan 09

Culver City, CA

Financial Reporting : Creating various revenue reports. Calculating sales

commissions for a team of over 30 sales representatives. Investigating

credit card chargeback cases; recommending new ways to avoid future

chargebacks.

Accomplishments :

Introduction of a new customer return process. Increased the effectiveness

of existing internal controls.

CATEGORY ANALYST

POWER BUYING DEALERS, INC.

Nov 07 - Feb 08

Torrance, CA

Data analysis of market data for pricing trends and category profitability.

Managed over 250 retailer accounts. Advised member retailers on proper

pricing of tobacco products. Worked with various tobacco vendor partners to

increase market share and category profitability.

SECURITIES TRADER

SELF-EMPLOYED

Dec 06 - Sept 07

Berkeley, CA

Managed over $30,000 worth of assets (stocks and options). Technical

analysis of various securities.

Keywords: math, oop, ood, object-oriented design, algorithms, debugging,

debug, debugger, STL, CPAN.

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