Quality Assurance

Ginger J. Wolnik

*** *. ******** **., *********, CA 94087

408-***-**** ******@******.**

Summary

Areas of Expertise: Quality Assurance and Testing

Black Box, White Box, GUI Automation Testing

Test Suite Automation, Software Maintenance

Compilers, Program Language Grammar and Parsing

Real-Time Programming, Simulation Programming

Technical Writing and Documentation

Software Background: C, C++, Java, Javascript, SQL, SilkTest, Perl, Unix shells, HTML, XML, make, Microprocessor Assembler, Fortran, AutoIt WinRunner, RCS and many other source code control tools.

Operating Systems: UNIX (AIX, HPUX, Solaris), Linux, DOS, Windows, Mac OSX

Professional Experience

5/2007 to present Sr. Software QA Engineer BMC Software, Sunnyvale, CA

Senior QA position in the BMC division formerly known as Remedy Software. Responsible for developing automated tests using Javascript, Perl and internal scripting software for product API’s. Performed installations and database configurations on Windows and various Unix platforms. Tested installation upgrades and backward compatibility. Worked with offshore team coordinating test run analysis and defect verification. Maintained project Sharepoint website.

8/2004 to 5/2007 Sr. Software QA Engineer Keynote Systems, San Mateo, CA

Senior position in test engineering. Responsible for developing automated tests using SilkTest, Perl and Bash. Used SQL extensively in test scripts to interface with databases. Silk Central used to manage SilkTests and also tests on Solaris and Linux platforms. Documented manual test steps and procedures. Wrote user manuals for internal Operations tools. Extensively revised and enhanced QA department website and documentation.

4/2004 to 8/2004 Product Validation Engineer Intel, Santa Clara, CA

Contract job in Product Validation. Testing compilers and Intel Threading Tools on various Windows and Linux platforms. Testing integration of Intel products with MSVS .NET on Windows. Translated OpenMP tests from C to Fortran. GUI test automation with AutoIt.

12/2003 to 5/2004 Continuing Education

Evening classes in GUI test automation under Windows (WinRunner, Silk.) QA classes sponsored by the Silicon Valley chapter of the American Society for Quality: Process Validation, ISO 9000, ISO 13485 and Design Control to comply with FDA 21CFR 820.30. Used home Mac OSX for personal programming use and joined the Apple Developer Connection for compiler and tool access.

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5/2000 to 10/2003 Sr. Software QA Engineer Silicon Graphics, Mtn. View, CA

Senior position in Compiler Quality Assurance. Wrote new tests for regressions, bug fixes and new features in the Fortran, C, and C++ compilers. Found and analyzed new bugs and filed detailed reports. Wrote test plans for new releases. Wrote shell scripts to assist running many test suites with various optimization options. Triaged test failures in optimized code built with the SGI compilers on Mips/Irix. Also ran tests suites with the Gnu and Intel compilers on IA32 and IA64 under Linux. Tracked test results and wrote summary reports for the whole QA team. Assisted with customer support for Beta releases.

Extensively updated department QA webpages with information about test suites, procedures, test results, and test machines. Created user documentation for the SGI test driver. Reviewed all compiler test suites and documented what state they were in for all the SGI compiler products.

Ported several test suites to use the SGI test driver by writing shell scripts. These included Fortran tests from Cray, Open Source C and C++ tests (e.g. Gnu tests for Exception Handling), and commercial suites from Perennial (CCVS and CVSA, including C99 tests).

Ran Java tests (JCK, Java 3D and demos that are part of Sun’s release) for Java 141.02 release in both classic and hotspot modes.

Used make to maintain builds and test suites. Used versioning system similar to CVS.

1988 to 2000 Software Designer Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA

(now a division of HP)

Senior position in Languages and Tools Quality Assurance. Maintained and improved test suites for Ada, C, C++, TAL (Tandem Application Language, used for embedded OS programming), CRE (Common Run-time Environment), and mixed language compatibility. Developed a new test library for embedded SQL support in TAL. Designed and developed tests for Tandem extensions to C and FORTRAN for NonStop (process pair) programming support. Developed a test driver environment checker and improved standard test report formats. Automated existing manual tests. Performed validation testing of the Tandem Ada compiler.

Wrote test plans and specifications conforming to ANSI/IEEE 829-1983 standard. Wrote extensive documentation for testware use and maintenance. Designed and developed tests and test drivers. Participated in code inspections and reviews in various roles, including moderator. Reviewed technical documents and manuals intended for customers. Prepared formal approvals for software releases. Developed the QA department website.

Supported the Languages and Tools section by providing utilities and formalizing procedures. Represented the section on an inter-departmental team, which defined testware development standards for Tandem. Trained new employees and contractors on Tandem QA procedures. Worked with development to improve QA awareness.

Education

B.S.E.E., majored in Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Illinois

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