Engineer Developer

Location:

Pullman, WA

Posted:

October 15, 2012

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Adam Christian

****@*************.*******://www.adamchristian.com

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Advanced skills

- JavaScript/CSS/DOM/XUL/XPCOM

- Dojo, Prototype, Fleegix, JQuery, YUI : JavaScript frameworks

- Django, Pylons: Web Frameworks

- Windmill, Selenium, Watir, Watin, Mozmill: Testing Frameworks

- Flash/Flex/AS3

Solid foundation skills

- PHP, Python, wxPython, C, C++, C#

- Database programming (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL)

- Photoshop, GIMP

- HCI concepts, user observation and analysis

- Software testing methodology

- SVN, CVS, Perforce, Git

Learning

- CouchDB, Node.js

Forgotten, but once used

- LISP, ML, VB, ASM, PerlEXPERIENCE

JavaScript Architect, Sauce Labs. March 2010Current

Building cloud based test automation services, improving Windmill, Selenium and working

on Flex/Flash test automation solutions.

Automation Architect/Manager, Slide Inc. July 2008March 2010

Lead the company wide effort to adopt test automation into Slide QA. Built an automated

testing system using Windmill, Mozmill, Testmill, Hudson, and VMWare to manage testing

resources, interact with the source repositories, run automated tests against different

staging environments and branches, and report results.

Also, lead a team of up to 8 QA Engineers of both in house and outsourced resources

writing automated test cases. Act as a communication bridge between them and in house

QA/Development/IT, provide them with tools and manage goals ensuring efficiency and

performance as well as reviewing tests ensuring the quality.

Played a major role in many release cycles for both Windmill and Mozmill open source

projects, and created a test case management server called Testmill to tie all of the

reporting and management resources together for fast test analysis and debugging.

During my time at Slide I also worked on FunSpace doing JavaScript and Python

development, and SuperPocus doing Flash/Flex development, when needed.

Software Engineer (Web Developer), Rearden Commerce. Jan 08July08

Client side development of universal widgets for the Rearden Personal Assistant.

Maintaining JavaScript organization, coding standards, Framework usage and performance.

Cross browser compatibility, bug i**xing, active involvement in client side architecture

and planning.

QA Development Engineer, Open Source Applications Foundation. 20072008

Know the internals and insure the quality of all front end functionality in the Chandler

Server.

Interface with developers, release managers and QA in order to ensure smooth releases.

Develop JSON/Python and JavaScript tests to automate release cycles.

Maintain Chandler Server instances for automated testing, and QA Sessions.

Chandler and Cosmo Testing and Automation

http://chandler.osafoundation.org, http://cosmo.osafoundation.org

Windmill co-founder, developer http://www.getwindmill.com

Project was founded at OSAF by myself and Mikeal Rogers.

Designed to provide end to end functional web UI testing of any web application.

My primary responsibilities include JavaScript IDE, and Core interaction with the

Browsers.

QA Contractor, Open Source Applications Foundation. 20062007

Python tool development for automated testing using JSON-RPC, CMP.

Contributions to the Selenium Core (Web Testing Framework) enhancing AJAX testing

functionality.

Contributions to the Broadsword testing Framework. (testrunner, stress testing

)

Web Developer, Center for Teaching, Learning and Technologies (Washington State

University). 20022006

Developed network trafi**c analysis tools in PHP/MySQL/CRON to interface with network

switches.

Extensive PHP/BASH scripting for log parsing and graph generation.

Development and Migration of ofi**ce management software i**nally named Acquisitions.NET.

(C#.NET)

WIKI Migration tools, for converting HTML documentation to WIKI markup (versions: Perl,

C#)

Management application used by the Computer Science College for accreditation, named

CSAB.NET.

ContractWeb Developer, Netpaths.net. 19992002

Development of dynamic features such as shopping carts and forums from scratch in PHP and

ASP6.

Web design for the following: racecenter.com, lostpetnet.com,.com, tsan.net, mokajoe.com

etc.

Teacher & Network Administrator, Teach The Teachers ( Microsoft and Compaq ). 1998 2001

Installation and coni**guration of hardware, software and networking for conference

attendees.

Classroom style instruction of Microsoft Ofi**ce, Front Page, Dream Weaver, and Adobe

Photoshop.

Interaction and presentation to groups of K-12 school teachers.

Running active directory and web hosing for all i**nal web projects.

Extensive trouble shooting of network, software and PC hardware.

EDUCATION

Washington State University, Pullman, Washington B.A Computer Science

Washington State University, Pullman, Washington B.A Business Administration

PERSONAL

Hobbies

I am a NAUI certii**ed SCUBA diver, avid mountaineer, skier and sailor. I spent most of

my life exploring the Northwest National Forests and Puget Sound. Growing up I played

eight years of premier soccer and a ninth year as a freshman in college. I now play for

fun on Bay Area teams to keep i**t. I try to keep my blog updated at adamchristian.com, so

my family and friends can follow my adventures.

Travel

I have spent a summer in Australia volunteering at wildlife refuges and conservation

parks, diving on the barrier reef and repelling off the cliffs of the Blue Mountains. I

also spent a summer in Iceland exploring the mid atlantic rift, and the volcanoes of

Vestmannaeyjar. My most recent excursion was to the Scottish Highland Way where I explored

the castles, towns and distilleries.

Music

I have played electric and acoustic guitar for 10 years, and like to keep up on my

tablature reading and song libraries. I was inspired by seeing Eric Johnson and Joe

Satriani in concert in Spokane Washington.

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