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Quality Assurance Manager

Location:
Wilson, NC, 27896
Posted:
May 13, 2010

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WILLIAM STULL

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Wilson, NC *****

H: 252-***-****

C: 812-***-****

abmtwm@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Over thirty years experience in implementation of full development life

cycle Software and Hardware Quality Assurance and Configuration Management

requirements in accordance with Federal, Military, AS9100, CMM/CMMI and

best commercial practices for Mission Critical applications. I have

successfully participated and managed programs in Software/Hardware Quality

Engineering and Configuration Management and Release Management.

I am very process oriented, self-starting, and adept at generating

process/procedures and ensuring their compliance. I have participated in

all phases of the development life cycle from requirement definition to

integration. I have successfully completed self-development programs in

Interaction Management and Situational Leadership. I have strong technical

skills, excellent writing skills and have produced numerous documentation

packages.

EDUCATION

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Southeast Missouri State

University, Cape Girardeau Missouri. Degree emphasis was in Computer

Science with a minor in Business Administration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEC 3/08/10 - 5/14/10

A consultant with Dibon Inc. contracted to NEC working a CMMI Level 2/3

certification specializing in QA and CM process areas, defining process

areas, writing process and procedure documentation and conducting PPQA

audits.

Kidde Aerospace & Defense 2/06 - 4/09

Senior Software Quality Engineer, key responsibilities included

participation in design and test readiness reviews, review of test plans

with signature authority, participation in CCBs, test activities, metrics

collection, C++ code walk-through's, IPT's, SDLC, audit of processes, and

products of ongoing projects with the objective of verifying their

conformance to approved project plans, DO-178B, MIL-STDs including 973,

ANSI/EIA-649, and established company standards, policies and procedures.

Starteam and Synergy CM tools. I was a certified ODR by the FAA.

Scientific Research Corporation, 1/05 - 1/06

I was the Product Quality Assurance Manager for SRC's Charleston SPAWAR

programs. I was a key participant in the SPAWAR CMMI certification.

Responsibilities included participating in design and test readiness

reviews, Metrics collection and analysis, CRM, functional audits of the key

process areas, PPQA, M&A, REQM. reporting directly to the USSOCOM Program

Manager.

Gambro HealthCare, 5/04 - 1/05

I was the Configuration Manager for the Nashville TN office. My main

responsibility was driving the SCCS to StarTeam conversion. I coordinated

conversion of current version control SCCS and Visual Source Safe based,

build and migration processes to StarTeam based practices and procedures. I

was also responsible for builds and migration of developmental changes.

Computer Sciences Corp, 6/03 - 5/04

Configuration Manager to Crane Naval surface Warfare Center for the

Tactical Software Department. Responsibilities included CMM/SEI III/IV

accreditation for the department, Quarterly Quality Review Audits and CM

assistance on the Target Hand-off Subsystem of the Target Location,

Designation and System StarTeam version control tools.

VeriSign 11/2002 - 2/2003

Contractor for Tully Group. Define and generate documentation detailing the

Configuration Engineering version control process and procedures for

VeriSign, also a StarTeam Administrator, responsible administration and

installation of StarTeam, version control and the migration of production

packages to customer servers. Interface with VeriSign development teams and

Quality Assurance. Applications are written in Java, VisualAge, Perl and

placed in StarTeam for version control.

Ahold 5/01 - 3/02

Sr. Configuration Administrator. Configuration Manager for PVCS VM

performing daily administration functions, responding to Trouble Tickets

and Change Request hourly, and knowledge of in-house customers' needs and

behaviors. Participated in a conversion effort from VM to Dimensions,

lifecycle definitions design, creation of HTML forms, and migration from VM

to Dimensions.

ADECCO, Contract Consultant - Birmingham, AL 12/00 - 5/01

Contracted to Accenture as Configuration Manager for BellSouth project.

Upgrade of the BellSouth ticketing/trouble system. Generated CM process

documentation and procedures, CMP, CR, variances, deviations and wavers. I

also was a member of the Program Management Office, and was the KPA

champion for SQA, SCM, and peer reviews for a CMM Level III effort. I

completed level II and III assessments audits, provided Lunch-an-Learn

training sessions for users.

MDI, Contract Consultant Greenville, SC 5/2000 - 12/00

NewSouth Communications, as Configuration Manager. Tools utilized were WCVS

for version control and WREQ and Clarify for Request and Bug Tracking data.

NewSouth provided telephone, communications, and data systems. The software

used was all web based. Applications are written in Java, VisualAge, Perl,

and Forte. Operating systems are Unix, Linux. Duties include maintenance

and training of the CM process, assisting in conversion process for

companies absorbed by NewSouth.

MDI, Contract Consultant Greenville, SC 11/99 - 5/00

AIMCO, Apartment Investment and Management Company. Manager of the support

groups. This included Quality Assurance and Test, CRM, Configuration

Management, and the

Technical Publications groups for a PeopleSoft based application. I

supervised eight team members. Responsibilities were knowledge of

customers' needs and behaviors in order to develop stronger relationships,

the generation and definition of the policies and procedures for

Quality/Test and Configuration Management and publication to the Intranet.

Applications were PeopleSoft based, also the responsibility for cost

accounting, scheduling, education and training for the group members and

quarterly evaluations.

L-3 Communications St Petersburg, FL 11/98 - 11/99

Quality Engineer and Configuration Manager. The product was a 3D x-ray

explosive detection baggage scanner for the FAA. Responsibilities included

Quality Assurance, CRM, Configuration Management, Documentation Management,

and Radiation Control Officer. Development was in C++ on DEC Alpha

workstations linked to PCs By Exceed. CM tools used were RAZOR and Visual

Source Safe for version control. Supervised 1 Documentation Clerk and 1

Test person. Responsibilities included version control, generation of

documentation, Safety, and conformance to state requirements.

Butler Technology Solutions - Atlanta, GA 7/98 - 11/98

As a contractor, I was the PVCS/Configuration Manager for MCI WorldCom in

Atlanta. Responsibilities included restructuring PVCS, maintained 3

baselines, complete all promotions and builds, assist developers in use of

PVCS. I generated a CM plan and user manual for the PVCS configuration and

supervised the migration from a RCS system to PVCS. PVCS platform was UNIX,

on an AIX/RS-6000.

ALLTEL Information Systems, Atlanta, GA 5/98 - 7/98

Contractor/Supervisor for Release Control Group

Supervised 5 team members. Managed software via PVCS for real-time

applications support of GTE Wireless software. Managed release

coordination, builds for phased promotion levels and delivery to customer

for production applications.

Computer Sciences Corp, Nashville, TN 12/97 - 5/98

Quality Assurance Manager for CSC who had formed a partnership with CNA

Life and together purchased a French software house that has marketed a

software package for the European markets. The plan was to reuse and update

the application and produce a worldwide application. The application was

Oracle and PROLOG based, and we were using Mercury WinRunner for automated

testing. I was the Quality Engineer for the program.

Harris Information Systems Division - Melbourne, FL 11/86 - 12/97

Quality Engineer for Test Range programs.

I provided QE support for Decimomannu Air Combat Maneuvering

Instrumentation Upgrade (DACMI), Goldwater Range Measurement and Debriefing

System (GRMDS), and the Next

Generation Target Control System (NGTCS) Range Modernization programs. All

3 programs involve multi-service aircraft targeting operations. Performed

audits at vendors and subcontractors for contract and ISO/CMM compliance.

Supervised 1 Hardware Quality Engineer and 2 Quality Control Inspectors.

Member of the Quality Assurance team working the ROCC (Range Operations

Control System) program that was being developed at the Cape Canaveral Air

Force Station. During the development phase, I was responsible for 4 CSCIs

totaling over 350k lines of code. Assumed the position of Lead Software QE

responsible for the System Test phase of the ROCC programs (over 1.4

million lines of code and $450 million). As the program entered the

maintenance phase I became the Quality Assurance Manager. Leadership

responsibilities include functioning as QE Hardware and Software lead,

interfacing with Software Configuration Management, Test engineering, Air

Force Quality, and the on-site customer. By the end of the program, I added

the position of Hardware Configuration Manager to my duties. Responsible

for cost accounting, long term planning and schedule support, reporting

status and resolving potential problems, failure analysis and reporting

system, corrective action, and BOE generation for contract modifications.

As the Quality Manager, supervised 5 Quality Engineers and 4 Quality

Control Inspectors. Received two recognition awards while working on the

ROCC program for exceeding responsibilities.

Quality Engineer for a complex FEMA program. Conducted vendor surveys and

first article inspections, participated in design walkthroughs, CCBs, ERBs,

PCA/FCAs and site installations, corrective and failure reporting process.

Participated in the delivery of a communication system consisting of

multiple vehicles for each site. In my capacity as a Hardware QE, I served

as the MRB (Material Review Board) including the disposition of hardware

and receiving discrepancies, inspected equipment at the vendors (i.e.

trucks, and fully equipped shelters) including vendor PCAs prior to

shipment to Harris. Reviewed drawing changes, processed Hardware and

Software and work orders. Performed audits at vendors and subcontractors

for contract and ISO/CMM compliance. In addition to my hardware QE duties,

I was responsible for review of Software specifications, evaluating

preliminary coding design, review of code, review of test procedures,

design documents, and witnessing test.



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