Quality Control Assurance

ALEX PADILLA

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SUMMARY

Software quality assurance specialist experienced in internal auditing,

factory acceptance testing and defect detection. Skilled in establishing

preventive and corrective action processes, full lifecycle auditing, black

box testing, and software configuration management. Strong points are

identifying areas for improvement, creative and effective solutions to

problems, and building cooperative relationships.

Software Lifecycle ISO 9001 Certification Test Procedures

Process Development Internal Auditing Software QA

Process Training Configuration Management Leadership

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Census Bureau, Culver City, CA

4/2010 - 7/2010

Enumerator. Responsibilities include visiting and retrieving census

information from households that didn't respond to the original census

questionnaire. Performed QA on completed questionnaires, verifying

integrity.

Alpine Electronics Research of America, Inc., Torrance, CA

2005-2009

Software Process Auditor. Responsibilities included internal auditing and

developing processes. Company became ISO 9001-2000 certified in 2007.

Alpine specializes in mobile multimedia entertainment.

. Conducted 165 internal process audits that resulted in 84 corrective

actions and 28 process refinements to tools used and employee work

practices. Led over 20 engineers in remedying myriad quality issues.

. Drafted 25 checklists that were subsequently used in internal auditing.

. Developed end user requirements for a software tool used to record

auditing information.

. Gathered corrective and preventive action data, and also created

statistical graphs for both analysis and 5 company Quality Management

Reviews and also developed QMS process employee training material.

ARINC Inc., Marina del Rey, CA

1996-2005

Software Engineer. Responsibilities included software testing, internal

auditing, and configuration management. ARINC designed light rail transit

control systems.

. Developed 200 test procedures based on software and hardware

requirements. Performed testing for project's ongoing quality control,

and product demonstrations for customer inspections.

. Drafted, peer reviewed, and approved over 50 procedure document artifacts

created for quality control.

. Designed, developed, and maintained the software defect tracking tool.

Prepared software releases when scheduled or requested by a software

development group.

RELATED SKILLS

C, CMMI, HTML, UNIX

CERTIFICATIONS

ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Certification (1994, 1997 and 2000)

Quality Auditing for Improved Supplier Performance Certificate (2008)

EDUCATION

California State University at Los Angeles

Bachelors of Science, Computer Science

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