Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
ARLEIGH M. MOVITZ
Campbell, CA 95008-5335
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arleigh
STRENGTHS & EXPERIENCE
Applications and Tools development and testing: Blackbox testing. Design, test, produce and present
documentation and training materials; User Interface design, participate in numerous user-interface studies.
Consistently generate majority of bug and enhancement reports within department.
Website development: Set up, design, implement, test and maintain websites for varied small business, non-profit,
and government clients. HTML and Javascript coding, Analog and digital photography, Photoshop, graphic design,
sound processing, user interface and user experience. Liaison between ISPs and clients.
Technical writing and website development: Write, illustrate and maintain publications, technical reference
documents, manuals, promotions and websites.
Programming and applications: HTML, Fortran, Basic; also Visual Basic, Javascript, C++, UNIX. Currently learning
Python. Proficient in numerous Macintosh and Windows applications, including font development, bug tracking,
word processing, spreadsheet, email, internet, web browser and authoring, graphics, multimedia, communications,
diagnostics and repair.
Graphic design and artwork: Create icons, splash screens, and info-windows for software tools, applications,
system extensions, games, web pages. Produce artwork and photography for t-shirts, presentations, promotions,
posters, e-mail forms, websites, CDs jackets for internal and event attendee distribution.
Font Research & Development : Develop, test, proof (functionally and esthetically) TrueType, Intellifont, Ikarus and
Adobe fonts for Macintosh, Windows and Agfa platforms. Research expanding the capabilities of TrueType
typography. Technical liaison to contractors. Investigate web-based internet on-line font distribution and marketing
systems. Advise legal department on font pirating issues. Idea for reuse and expansion of an existing font as a multi-
language system font saved approximately $100,000 in development and localization costs.
Multilingual Font development and testing: Produce and test roman and non-roman alphabet fonts for:
MacOS operating systems (System 7 through OS8.6; domestic and localized versions);
In-house rapid-prototype applications;
Bundled applications (eWorld, QuickTime);
Shrink wrap products for retail sales (Apple Font Pack, Language Kits);
Specialize in one-time and unusual projects and fonts (i.e. dingbat, symbol fonts)
Technical Support: Set up, maintain and repair hardware, software, networks, servers for in-house use and
developer training events. Administrate local servers, archive and source control. Telephone technical support
problem solving and software debugging.
Training: Produce training materials for font designers and developer training events. Create and maintain
technical instructional material distributed through QA division. Present tools and teach students at developer
training events worldwide. Manage college computer labs; supervise student assistants; thesis advisor. Teach
college-level courses in Computer Graphics. Orient and train new employees.
Health & Safety: Volunteer Firefighter, Emergency Response Team Building Captain (Apple & Palm), Certified
Hazmat Specialist and medical First Responder; Ergonomics advisor, Health & Safety site inspector, Safety Committee
member. Confined space entry, air and water quality monitoring, lockout/tagout, etc.
Operations & Maintenance: responsible for construction, operation and maintenance of remediation systems for
treating industrially contaminated groundwater, including electrical, plumbing, mechanical, chemical treatment
systems, computer PLC and security systems; forklift operation.
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WORK HISTORY
FREELANCE WEBSITE DEVELOPER 1999 current
Clients include (partial list ):
Santa Clara County Fire Department (http://www.sccfd.org) (Merit and Outstanding Service Awards)
Novo Artists, Inc. (http://www.novoartists.com)
Arleen Auger Memorial Fund (http://www.arleen-auger-memorial-fund.org)
Stevie Lindh Design (http://www.stevielindhdesign.com)
The Sea Strands (http://www.theseastrands.com)
Palm Springs Opera Guild (http://www.palmspringsoperaguild.com )
Hope Services (http://www.hopeservices-jobs.org)
Cali Entertainment (http://www.calientertainment.com )
Walters Consulting (http://www.waltersconsulting.com)
Campbell s Rescue 25 Restoration Project (http://www.campbell-rescue-25.com)
PLANTRONICS, INC., Santa Cruz, CA 2009 2010
Quality Assurance Technician (Contract)
Authoring and executing blackbox test suites for Office Communications products with VOIP, headsets, and
cellphones. Failure analysis, competitive testing and analysis, report authoring and editing.
PALM, INC., Sunnyvale, CA 2005 2007
Software Test Engineer
Blackbox testing of Treo smartphone messaging, browser and Point-of-Interest applications, and PDF
viewer on the Foleo. Generated over 1000 bug reports and 2000 test cases. Some whitebox testing.
LOCUS TECHNOLOGIES, Mountain View, CA 1999 2002
Engineering Technician
Website Development & Maintenance, Health & Safety, Operations & Maintenance
APPLE COMPUTER INC., Cupertino, CA 1990 1998
Font Development Engineer, Font/Tools Group
AGFA-COMPUGRAPHIC, Wilmington, MA 1986 1990
CAD Type Designer, Type Division
EDUCATION
FOOTHILL COLLEGE/DE ANZA COLLEGE, Los Altos Hills/Cupertino, CA 1998 1999
3.8 GPA
C++; HTML/Website Development; Javascript; UNIX; Visual Basic
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree. Emphasis in Computer Graphics.
Also Industrial and Package Design, Illustration. First prize, package design competition.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC., Cupertino, CA
Management Preparation; Worldwide Quality Engineering (awarded best in class)
Human Interface Design; Network Technology
Hazard Communications; Evacuation Coordinator
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA
Mechanical Engineering program.
President, Flying Club.
Internship: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Cambridge, MA, Fortran programmer.
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PUBLICATIONS & INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION
Photograph in online book about Firefighters (Learning A-Z, Inc.), 2009
Photograph in Fundamentals of Fire Fighting Skills, National Fire Protection Association/International Association
of Fire Chiefs, (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.), Mar 2008
Photograph in Earth Structures (It s About Time, div. of Herff Jones, Inc.), 2007
Photography for article in Weekly Reader, 1st Grade Edition, Oct 2004, Week 2.
Provide material, technical reference and assistance for Campbell Historical Museum fire department
historical exhibit, 2003-2007.
Photography for article in American Fire Journal, Sep 2001.
Photography and text for Public Education brochures, class and presentation material, annual reports, and
yearbook, Santa Clara County Fire Department.
Author of 120 page Apple TrueType Font Quality Specification (fonts.apple.com).
ACHIEVEMENTS, ACTIVITIES & CERTIFICATIONS
California Certified Volunteer Firefighter, Santa Clara County Fire Department, 1999 present (Cert. 2007)
Santa Clara County Fire Department Outstanding Service Award for Public Education, 2002.
Santa Clara County Fire Department Award of Merit (for website), 2001.
Santa Clara County Fire Department Volunteer Division Executive Board Alternative Representative, 2008
Santa Clara County Fire Department Volunteer Division Executive Board Secretary, 2011
Hazmat Technician/Specialist 1A-1G certification in compliance with 29 CFR 1910.120(q), 2003-present.
Hazmat First Responder Awareness (2000 present) and First Responder Operational, 2003-present.
HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response) certification in compliance with
29 CFR 1910.120(e), 1999 present.
Confined Space Rescue Awareness (2009)
Forklift Operator certification in compliance with 29 CFR 1910.178, 1999 present.
Emergency Response/CPR for the Professional Responder, American Red Cross.
President, Board of Directors, Sunnyoaks Townhome Association, 1996 2002, 2008-2011; Secretary 1995, 2011-2012.
Responsible for the operation of a 22-unit association with a $63,000 annual budget.
Volunteer, Santa Cruz SPCA (2011)
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