Quality Assurance Software

Gregory M Pope CSQE, MBASoftware Quality Engineer

Gregory M. Pope, CSQE

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SUMMARY:

Over 40 years experience in the software industry from programmer to CEO. Hands on software practitioner, innovator, and project manager. An internationally recognized contributor to the software quality field. Has published numerous technical and management articles on software quality, and gives papers, seminars, consults, and lectures on request at the international level on software engineering, test, quality, and project management. Holds patents for test automation devices. Developer of structured testing methodologies.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Project Management, General Management, System Engineering, Technology Research and Development, Software Design, Software Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Software Safety, Software Security, Independent Consulting, Training Course development and delivery. Environments include Windows, Unix, Networks, C, C++, WinRunner. LoadRunner, eValid, Test Director, JUnit, klocworks k7, Source Forge, Subversion, Cenzic Hailstorm, McCabe Battlemap, Rational PureCov, QA Partner, Rational Requisite Pro, Cadre TeamWork, Ferret, Assembler, Fortran, Ada, RAD, TCL, Perl, Python, TSL, Reliability (Musa-Okimoto) and Fault Density Prediction (COQUALMO), Numerous Defect Tracking Tools.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - 1/22/02- Present

Software Quality Engineering Group Leader, Advanced Simulation and Computing Project Leader.

V&V SQE project lead for Advanced Simulation Computing currently leading group of six SQE’s to increase productivity and quality of simulation codes for world’s largest parallel supercomputers. Responsible for research, technology insertion, and proliferation of best practices. Estimation and measurement of code and process quality factors. Functional management of ten SQE’s assigned to LLNL projects (ASC, ARGUS, HEUTP). Consultant to various DHS projects, other NNSA Labs, and industry. Co-authorship of first LLNL Institutional Software Quality Assurance Implementation Plan. Support of LLNL software quality initiatives as required. Member and active participant in DOE Software Quality Assurance Subcommittee. Automated testing of DOE’s National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC). Testing of Master Oscillator Room for the National Ignition Facility.

Tescom-USA - 5/2000-10/2001

Director - US Western Region

After purchase of Azor by Tescom, responsible for P&L of SQA service delivery in US western region. High level consulting with selected clients to improve software development and testing process, software management, and project management process.

AZOR, INC. - 10/1993-5/2000

CEO/President

Founded and ran successful eCommerce testing company that provided products and services to leading companies in the software industry and numerous IT organizations. Products included Ferret Automated Software Test System and CodePlan Estimation Tool. Services included Outsourced Software Testing, Software Inspection, Testing, Management Seminars and Workshops, Process Improvement and Management Consulting, Y2K Compliance Testing. Managed 36 employees..

TIBURON SYSTEMS, INC. - 1986-1993

Director, Validation Technology

Director of commercial V&V division which provided automated tools and testing for clients such as Microsoft, Borland, and Apple computer. As Manager of Software Quality Assurance completed successful test and deployment of first Ada software for the U. S. Navy Mission Planning System for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program. System release followed immediately by Desert Storm where software was heavily utilized without incident. Invented and patented an automated testing tool which would eventually spin out to a separate company.

LITTON APPLIED TECHNOLOGY - 1985-1986

Director, Software and Simulation Engineering

Responsible for functional management of numerous domestic and international airborne radar warning receiver software products (ALR-74, ALR-67, ALR-68). Management of 81 software engineers and support personnel. Responsible for development methodology and productivity enhancement tools.

EM SYSTEMS, INC. - 1980-1985

Senior Technical Director.

Project management, system architect, system engineering, software development, and technical leadership, real time C /assembler programming and test on numerous ESM and ELINT systems; system engineer and designer of destroyer-based and submarine-based integrated ESM/ECM system, including antennas receivers, processors, chaff I/F, fire control I/F, DECM I/F, software and MMI.

ITT/DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION - 1978-1980

Software Manager.

Responsible for software program management of large telecommunications software contract (TTC-42). Managed 60 software engineers and had total schedule and budget responsibility for a $40 million program.

GENERAL INSTRUMENTS GSD - 1975-1978

Department Head

Development of radar warning and ESM systems for Navy LAMPS and P3 programs (ALR-66), Hellenic A.F., Morocco A.F., Fast Patrol Boat (SLR-21) and submarines (ULR-66, ULR-600), real-time assembly language programming on special purpose 24 bit EW processor (Pointer) hosted by Interdata 716, using FORTRAN IV Application programs. Managed ten software engineers. Program Manager for SLR-21 development program and sea trails at COSRIVDIV 1, San Diego.

DALMO VICTOR - 1974-1975

Section Head

Development of radar warning systems for U.S. Air Force, Israeli Air Force, Norwegian Air Force, including ALR-46, ALR-46A, ALR-67, ALR-69. Real-time assembly language programming for ROLM based systems with Data General Nova as host. Developed new binary search deinterleaver sorting algorithm (PRIDE) which resulted in an Air Force contract from WRALC and is still in use today.

KAMAN AEROSPACE - 1971-1973

Senior Engineer, Flight Test

For the U.S. Navy LAMPS Program, designed, maintained, and operated L Band PCM telemetry flight test data acquisition system and real-time software using PDP-8 and IBM DOS, DEC assembler and FORTRAN IV on IBM-360. Digital design of avionics instrumentation using TTL.

PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT - 1967-1971

Engineering Assistant, Experimental Test

Responsible for system maintenance and diagnostics of steady state data acquisition system used for jet engine testing (JT9D for Boeing 747). Used real-time assembler programming on Honeywell DDP-516, Xerox Sigma 5, and FORTRAN programming for Univac 1108, and IBM 360.

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLICATIONS:

M.B.A., Management, University of Phoenix, 1987

B.S., Connecticut State University, 1972

CSQE, ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer since 2003

Board of Directors, International Internet and Quality Week 1992-present.

United States Patent 5,335,342 Automated Software Testing System (Ferret), 4/2/1994

Member IEEE, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Keynote Speaker, Author

Received DOE Merrin Award for Best Paper 2003 DOE Software Quality Forum, Washington DC

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