Engineer Manager

Alexander Lazer

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alex-lazer/16/8a6/995

OBJECTIVE: Position in Software QA to utilize my experience and background.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Extensive experience in SW Quality Assurance with Mobile, Web and Desktop Apps, Consumer Electronics, Multimedia, Digital/Analog Video, Audio and Graphic APIs.

Hands-on knowledge of wide variety of Mobile Devices, SW and HW platforms. Real Time Embedded OS, low end Device Drivers on Windows, Apple Mac, Linux and IBM Mainframe.

Deep understanding of all phases of SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and test development, starting from Product Specification, creating test plans, testing, troubleshooting, end user training and Customer Support.

Proven ability to work under severe time pressure in multi-project environment, work both as a team member and a team lead responsible for on-time product release into production.

California Certified Teacher for Software QA and PC applications (1995)

Systems: Android, iOS, Windows, MAC, LINUX, Palm, WinCE, ThreadX, VxWorks, VM/CMS, Cygwin.

Environments: ATSC/NTSC/DVB/ARIB, QAM-256/64, H.264, IPTV, DLNA, MM Core, Tornado, VMware, Eclipse.

Hardware: iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, ROKU, HDTV and STB Platforms, DVR/PVR, Streamers, Video/Audio Signal/Pattern Generators (FLUKE, LEADER, Quantum Data, Shibasoku, Chroma), Adapters.

Automation/SW: Cygwin, TeraTerm Macros, BBT RT AV-150.

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

Apple Inc., Sunnyvale, CA – Senior QA Engineer 6/16-3/17

Audio and Black Box System QA in Field Diagnostics Tools & System Engineering.

Performed daily positive and negative testing of iOS builds against complete Apple Diagnostic Applications

Ran Python smoke test scripts to verify integrity of iOS daily builds.

Performed subjective Audio quality verification of iPhones.

Health Gorilla, Sunnyvale, CA – QA Manager 6/15-5/16

Hands-on leading remote QA Team to test and certify incremental builds of Health Gorilla EMR Application to connect doctors, vendors, and patients within a single, secure healthcare platform.

Supervised and coordinated team effort to execute testing on Mobile (iOS and Android) and multi-Web platforms.

Conducted Functional, Regression, UX and other tests on cross-platform environment

Google Inc. (Chromecast), Mountain View, CA – Lead Software QA Test Engineer 6/13-1/15

Hands-on leading QA Test Group to test and certify various partner’s Mobile and Web Video and Unity Games Applications such as YouTube, Netflix, Google Play, Pandora, Hulu+, HBOGO, Twitch and more.

Cross Platform Mobile testing of Chromecast Device using various iOS and Android phones and tablets utilizing debugging tools such as MAC OS Xcode and Android ADB. Cross Platform Web testing of Chromecast setting applications on Windows Explorer and Google Chrome on Windows, Mac and Chromebook.

Created, modified and maintained Test Suites, Test Cases and other testing related documentation. Compiled test result reports.

Conducted Functional, Regression, Localization, UX and Longevity Stress testing of Partners and Chromecast applications in various WiFi and connected environments and conditions.

Worked with Engineering, Marketing and Product groups as well as QA Management to improve testing process and ensure comprehensive testing coverage.

Roku Inc, San Jose, CA - Senior Mobile Software QA Engineer 8/12-5/13

Tested the Mobile Application for ‘Play On Roku’ channel, allowing streaming photos, music and video from personal mobile device to the TV through Roku Player.

Used various iOS and Android mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android Tablets and Phones.

Designed and maintained Test Plans, Test Cases according to Product Development Specification and industry standards.

Fanhattan, San Jose, CA - Senior Mobile Software QA Engineer 12/11-8/12

Performed testing of Fanhattan Application, a new digital entertainment discovery service to help users to navigate the premium digital content sources to browse all the best TV and Movies entertainment.

Used iOS and Android based devices, including iPhone, iPad, Video iPod, Kindle Fire, Xoom, and Smart TV.

Designed and maintained Test Plans, Test Cases according to Product Development Specification and industry standards.

Zoran (CSR, Oak Technology, Teralogic), Sunnyvale, CA - Staff SQA Engineer, Group Manager 2/01-11/11

Hands-On Group Manager with responsibilities to design, create and maintain Test Plans, Test Cases and other QA documentation.

Performed manual and automated testing of Digital TV, for HDTV, Digital and Analog Video capture, Audio andGraphic APIs on VxWorks, ThreadX, VMware and Linux. This includes testing of:

- Front End for US (NTSC/ATSC), European (PAL/DVB-T) and Japanese (NTSC/ARIB) BC standards using Streamers and Signal Generators. Verified decoding quality of MPEG and H.264 Video and Audio samples.

- HD and SD Video compliance and Audio for AC3, AAC formats, Dolby Audio, Down-mixing and Splitting.

- HDMI, YPbPr (Component), CVBS, USB, DLNA/DMP/DMR, IPTV (Netflix, VUDU, etc), PVR/DVR.

Provided problem detecting, isolation, documenting. Worked closely with developers to discuss severity/priority of

found defects, enhancement requests and review test plans and test cases to achieve most efficient process.

Worked concurrently on multiple products under severe time pressure.

Built and maintained Software QA Lab - Professional Video/Audio Signal Generators, TV feeds, DirecTV, Comcast

Cable STBs, QAM Cable, BD and HD DVD Players, Game consoles and more.

Conducted Certification Projects for Dolby Audio, HDMI, Netflix, VUDU and other products and Applications.

The SocialNet.com, Mountain View, CA - Senior Software QA Engineer, Lead 11/99-02/01

Designed and executed Test Plans and Test Cases for SocialNet.com Web Based Social Portal.

Responsible for Functional and System testing on multiple PC and Apple MAC (OS7) platforms and WebTV.

Symyx Technologies, Santa Clara, CA - Senior Software QA Engineer 09/98-11/99

Tested in-house Software Applications (Library Studio, Librarian, ChemInventory, ChemReceiving, etc), to store and visualize data from chemical experiments into Oracle database.

Created Test Planes and Test Procedures, conducted testing, bug detecting and tracking using StarTeam 4.0.

The Windward Group, Los Gatos, CA - Senior Software QA Engineer, Team Lead 04/96-09/98

QA Lead for multiple Software QA projects. Tested and assigned tasks for SQA engineers for:

- AccessPoint, Two-Line Pager hand-held device to send and receive messages, news, and updates.- PALM Pilot, First and Second versions of the Palm Application, applets and Internet support.

- Goodcompany.com, web based social application on PC and Apple MAC platforms.

- Genesis Utilities Information Application (Itron inc., GUIA), Oracle DB based.- QTVR Movie Player (Apple Computers Inc., QTVR 1.03/1.04/2.0/2.1/3.0), Multimedia product for variety of Quick Time VR movie compressions and codec standards.

Santa Clara Adult Educational Options, Santa Clara, CA - Instructor SQA and Applications 11/95-07/99

Evening time and Saturday class instructor for Software QA and computer applications.

Cornerstone Imaging, Inc., San Jose, CA - Software QA Engineer 12/93-04/96

Responsibilities included Video Device Drivers testing of ImageAccel line of products starting from Alpha to final certification. Coordinate testing activities of a group of Engineers and Technicians. Prepared, modified, and compiled Test Plans, Problem Reports, Test Matrices, and Bug-Tracking Documentation.

Provided key input for ISO 9000 Certification Project. Performed System Level Testing/Troubleshooting of variety Display/Adapter Cards combinations, including Hardware/Software setup and Display timing verification, CMOS setup, EEPROM and VIDEO BIOS testing.

IBM, Mtn. View Development Center, CA, SQA Engineer 10/90-12/93

Tested the Multimedia Programming Language (AVA/2), and other tools of "IBM UltiMedia Tools Series" (available since September 93). This included design of test matrices, coding and implementation of test cases for major supported Audio, Video, Image formats and Fonts.

EDUCATION:

MS, Electronic Engineering (Telephony), National Telecommunication Academy, Odessa, Ukraine.

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