Engineer Visual Basic

Lawrence R. Kraft

Kent, Washington, USA

Phone: 206-***-****, Email: *.*****@*******.***

SUMMARY

Tenacious, customer-focused Quality Assurance Professional with extensive experience in the

computer software industry. Principal personal strengths include a passion for quality, strong work

ethic and maintaining a customer focus through all phases of software development lifecycle (SDLC).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Software Testing Writing Test Cases Document Reviews

Software Interpersonal Formal Inspections

Development Communication Cross-discipline

Writing Test Plans Documenting Bugs Collaboration

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

SQL Server 2008 Visual C# Visual Basic

SQL Queries ADO.Net Visual

SourceSafe

Visual Studio XML

Team System (VSTS) Product Studio

IIS 6

Visual Studio Source Depot

Windows 7

Team Foundation Server Windows Vista

(TFS) Windows XP

EXPERIENCE

MICROSOFT - Redmond, Washington 2000 - 2009

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER - Derived significant time savings for SQL database-centered testing

by automating creation of queries which detect and expose data changes in tables of interest.

Drove quality upstream through participation in specification reviews, formal inspections and test

automation. Supported creation of IT teams in India and China through extensive knowledge transfer

and participation in video teleconferences.

MICROSOFT (contract) - Issaquah, Washington 1999 - 2000

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER - Verified quality of back-end SQL databases through white-box testing

of stored procedures, schema verification and end-to-end tests combining UI-focused tests with

database-focused tests. Used and updated code for automating white box testing.

MICROSOFT (contract) - Issaquah, Washington 1996 - 1999

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER - Improved software quality by developing and executing test plans

and test cases, augmenting when appropriate with automation using Excel VBA, Access, Visual Test,

and T-SQL. Tested both front-end and back-end components of MS Reports, a three-tier decision

support reporting system that allows users to create ad-hoc queries against a number of different

datamarts using the same GUI for all of them. The client worked through a metadata layer on the

middle tier to pull data from numerous SQL Server databases on the third tier. The client wrote results

to Excel Pivot tables, flat Excel worksheets, and Access tables. Testing of middle tier covered stored

procedures, triggers, SQL Executive tasks and database schemas. Isolated and documented bugs.

Verified bug fixes. Verified the implementation of new features, based on functional and technical

specifications and based on widely accepted Windows programming practices.

SSI MICROAGE (contract) - Bellingham, Washington 1996

VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMER - Developed a front end to a SQL Server 6.0 database using

Remote Data Objects (RDO) in Visual Basic 4-32 bit under Windows 95. Assisted in design

enhancements for the application and for the database.

MICROSOFT (contract) - Bellevue, Washington 1995 - 1996

VISUAL BASIC SUPPORT ENGINEER - Analyzed and resolved programming problems for users of

Microsoft Visual Basic. Enhanced the supportability of Visual Basic by writing and reviewing articles

for the Microsoft Knowledgebase. Tested pre-release versions of Visual Basic and documented bugs

found.

EGGHEAD SOFTWARE - Issaquah, Washington 1993 - 1995

ASSOCIATE SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Streamlined the order placing process by assisting in the

design, development and testing of a Windows-based online ordering system called Egghead

Express. The product used a combination of Visual Basic and MS Access modules working in concert

with programs on Egghead's AS-400 and the General Electric Information Service (GEIS) network.

Earned certification (since expired) as a Lotus Notes Application Developer. Assisted in the design

and testing of another online ordering system, integrating Lotus Notes with Egghead's AS-400, as part

of a pilot program for AT&T Network Notes.

BORLAND INTERNATIONAL - Scotts Valley, California 1989 - 1992

ONLINE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR - Established and operated 10 forums on CompuServe,

providing services to more than 15,000 customers monthly. Improved efficiency by writing scripts and

script generating programs to automate time consuming online tasks. Reduced hands-on time

required for some activities from hours to minutes. Participated in the recruitment of 52 volunteer

workers, saving the company over $400,000 annually.

Designed, launched and operated over 10 forums on Compuserve and other online information

systems.

BORLAND INTERNATIONAL -Scotts Valley, California 1984 - 1989

TURBO PASCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER - Analyzed and solved customers'

programming problems over the phone by using my programming expertise and excellent

communication skills.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Western Washington University - Completed course work in Computer Science

Attended numerous seminars and test talks at Microsoft on various testing-related topics including C#

programming, SQL CLR, Advanced T-SQL, time management, testing Web-based applications,

localization, survey of test tools, and more.

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