Manager Quality Assurance

David F. G. Silvan

**** *. ***** **

Renton, WA *8055

TEL: 253-***-****

E-mail: ******@*****.***

Objective

As a Release Program Manager, I am self-motivated to make improvements in

the release processes, improve customer satisfaction, and decrease costs.

My deep insight to software and Internet technologies, after more than 7

years of managing release processes and 13 years of having personally

developed and tested a wide assortment of corporate web applications, and

after having programmed in over 18 different software languages using a

variety of software development methods, will be a true asset to your Team.

Professional Experience

Release Manager and Manager of Quality Assurance, eNom & Demand Media,

March 2003 - March 2009

Release manager for code changes being migrated from staging environments

to production environments, for over 12 different web applications in an

agile environment.

Managed servers and maintenance across 3 environments in multiple server

farms of 10+ servers, with great flexibility and detail-oriented

documentation, including server setup, software updates, and relocation.

Defined and documented corporate release standards and practices

Re-architected engineering software development process using Team

Foundation Server (TFS) for 200+ developers, testers, managers, and support

personnel to remediate identified deficiencies by auditors in change

control processes.

Trained employees on new TFS system, including Source Control, Bug

Tracking, Builds, etc. to create more efficient teamwork

Configured and maintained TFS servers, processes, and systems.

Coached, mentored, and managed geographically disperse QA teams, working

in conjunction with differing development groups

Built a software quality assurance team and served as lead, manager, and

director and worked with a wide variety of Internet properties, such as

YouStart.com, GardenGuides.com, GolfLinks.com, eNom.com,

RegistrarStats.com, eHow.com, and many more

Mentored 3 different QA Leads

Hands-on work in Black box testing, Functional testing, UAT, Unit Testing,

and White-box testing

Self-motivated to triage bugs as a primary responder to issues ranging over

a dozen web applications and API

Programmed web services and web applications for over a dozen sites,

including web service based API, eNom.com, access.com, registrarstats.com,

enom.TV, and more

Contractor, Robert Half Technology, Jan 2003 - March 2003

. Designed SQL relational database system for Verizon Wireless

Owner of Advanced Computing Professionals, Contracts with Microsoft and

other clients, Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

. Executed daily builds, ran daily BVTs, and released the builds to

production for Microsoft's internal http://infoweb product catalog

. Participated in the development of Microsoft's Internal Knowledge

Management system (http://infoweb) involving ASP/SQL/XML publishing

systems, scripting, dynamic data capture, etc.

. Enhanced the McKinstry, Co. Intranet by completing an Equipment Rental

Tracking Intranet application, plus modifications to HR, Project, and

Proposal applications, serving as both primary developer and project

manager (SQL, ASP, XSLT, COM, Crystal Reports, etc.).

. Built an Intranet system for processing project leads, client tracking,

and proposal submission for a startup named Radixos, LLC using SQL, ASP,

Crystal Reports, and more

. Setup and Managed an IIS 5.0 web server, SQL 7 server, SQL 2000 server,

Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and VSS 6.0 server

. Served as Development Lead for a 2 to 5 person development team on many

different projects

. Served as a Project Lead on the development of a Microsoft Intranet

knowledge management site (http://competition)

. Wrote a variety of Functional, Design, and Technical Specifications

. Built publishing system and multimedia client application using ASP, SQL,

DHTML, Scripting, HTML, and XML for Microsoft for a quarterly produced

CD/DVD set by the name of QIC

. Actively participated in project planning and project management

. Wrote a Visual Basic application for migrating files and meta-data from a

SQL database and file share into a Sharepoint Server, using XML as the

migration protocol

Independent Contractor, Microsoft, July 1998 - Dec 1999

. Assisted in maintaining an IIS 5.0 web server, and SQL 7 server

. Developed DHTML, Scripting, and HTML code for a website on the Microsoft

BizApps convention CD

. Developed ASP templates for a web based publishing system

. Setup ASP driven multi-database (SQL and Access) synchronization

. Programmed parts of the Microsoft.com site for client (JavaScript) and

server (ASP).

. Participated in development of an Intranet based dynamic (ASP/SQL)

quarterly publication system of a CD/DVD set, known as Microsoft's

SalesKit

Contractor, Meridian Partners for Microsoft, Oct 1997 - June 1998

. Created the Microsoft Intranet site http://asg and redesigned the

http://jaws and http://ecuworks sites.

. Assisted with the web development for the media rich, Platform ToolKit

Internal, Partner, and Customer websites

. Programmed using extensive DHTML, ASP, VBScript, ADO, IPOServer Objects

and Index Server Objects

. Employed ActiveX objects, JavaScript, ADSI, CDF, CDX, ADO, Site Server

Search, CDO, in server and client side web programming.

. Setup and maintained an IIS 4.0 web server

. Maintained a Visual Source Safe 5.0 Server in conjunction with websites

Webmaster, Wade Cook Seminars, June 1996 - Sept 1997

. Served as a Webmaster, website designer (200+ pages) and Netscape web

server engineer for Wade Cook Seminars (700,000+ daily hits)

. Created the subscription based Wealth Information Network website and

trained the department involved in its maintenance and functionality

(W.I.N. grossed over $5 million in sales in one year's time)

. Setup strategic partnerships with over 15 stock information delivery

websites and corporations for data delivery and services for W.I.N.

. Setup a subscription based email news service using both a list server

and a list server emulator.

. Created the Nifty-Fifty website

. Created the Lighthouse Publishing Group, Inc. website

. Setup and administered a variety of versions of the Netscape Enterprise

web server and a Microsoft FTP server

. Setup a Real Audio Server

Educational Background

University of Washington, Computer Science and Mathematics.

Trained by Neudesic in SCRUM

Currently enrolled in the UW online Project Management Certification

program

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