Terry G. Akey
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Objective: Position with a firm needing the expertise of a
Principle Quality Assurance Engineer
Experience Summary
Hardware Virtualization Web Acceleration products, NetApp Class filers,
iSCSI, GSM wireless, IBM200i, Cisco 5420, ISCSI Initiator
mode, Emulex fibre channel hba, FCoE hba, iSCSI target
mode hba, Brocade, Broadcom, switches. Aruba 3200, 3400 and
3600 model controllers, W92,105,124,125 Access Points,
McData Fibre Channel Switches. Nortel firewalls, dhcp
servers.
NetCom Smartbits 2000, 6000 series, IxiaLoad, IxiaNetwork, W&G DA30 and Domino
CheckPoint Firewall, Nortel 450
Gigabit Switch, Dell PowerConnect 5000,6000,7000 8000,9000
Cisco 2509, 4006, 7000, 8000 Layer
2/3 Switch Routers.
Equallogic 4000, 5000, 6000 series
Storage arrays. Compellent NAS storage arrays. Nortel
Networks 4500 VPN, 3COM 2000, 3000, 4900, 5000, 6000,7000
and 9000 product line of layer2/layer3 switches. Intel
4000, 5000, 6000 series layer 2/3 switch/router products.
Software Microsoft Hyper-V, Ubuntu, Zen,
VMware virtualization software, Windows, XP, Win08,
4.0,Linux, SUSE,
Redhat.Win2000, Win2003 Advanced Server, WinServer08, Vista
HP: Openview ; DEC:
Clearvision, HBAnywhere, MG-Soft. IXLoad, IxNetwork, IxExplorer.
Test Center. ANVL standards
compliance layer 2 and layer 3 tester. SQL, Selenium WebDriver,
Selenium IDE, JMeter, REST,
XML-RPC
Protocols IPV6, L2TP, IPSEC, VOIP, GTP, MAPI,
iSCSI, ClearCase, CIFS, HTTPS, HTTP,
SNMP, TCP/IP, NETBEUI, IPX/SPX
802.2 802.3, 802.5, IP PATH Discovery, DHCP, LDAP,
CHAP, ISCSI, OSPF, BGP, RIP,
LLDP, CDP, MSTP, RSTP, STP, LACP, FCoE, DCBx, LLDP
Employment History
Sept. 2012 Principle QA Automation Engineer,
Intel, Calabasas CA.
To
Present Developing automation for the Intel
Switch product line. Suites include performance
and load test scripts in Perl,
python, tcl.
Verify features of layer 2/3,
snmp management v2,and v3. Stress and performance of the
Layer 2/3 Switch product line.
Functionality and verify proper feature operations
through manual test cases then
automate. Create test plans through white/black box
testing.
Jan, 2011 Mgr Principle Sustaining Engineering,
Dell Computer, Round Rock, TX.
To
Sept. 2012 Responsible for PowerConnect Line of
1/10/40 gig layer 3 Switches, routers and WIFI
Controller AP product. Broadcom,
Brocade based product team of 8 members
Wan/Lan testing of ipv4/ipv6
networks and routing protocols. Equallogic iSCSI storage
Arrays and controllers.
Maintain customer satisfaction and resolve customer issues
Relating to switches and storage
. Responsible for budget, resource allocation and
Equipment procurement. Bug
patch and new feature releases testing and posting.
Responsible for wireless
networks controllers and Access Point configuration, testing
Single and dual channel
performance. 3rd party switches, routers and storage networks,
FCOE, MSTP, RSTP,VOIP, Fibre
Channel, OSPF, IPV4/IPV6 networks and associated
Link Aggregation trunks. Layer
3 switch models 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000
Series associated features and
test plans and deployment reviews.
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Employment History Cont.
Nov, 2009 Principle QA Engineer, Netbuster Corp.
Athol Ma.
To
Jan, 2011 Responsible for Wan/Lan testing of
ipv4/ipv6 video security cameras on wide area
Networks. Bandwidth
measurements, Performance testing, load testing of Video, audio
feature testing, impediments to
the Wan with PacketStorm.
Performance measurements,
network bandwidth measurements,
Camera bandwidth utilization.
Responsible for ipv4 data ONU functionality, SNMP
management and configuration,
Vlans stress and performance testing for a 1/10 gigabit
fiber optic passive Ethernet
Device for cable companies.
Aug, 2008 Principle QA Engineer, Certeon, Burlington Ma.
To
Nov, 2009 Responsible for virtualized web
accelerator product with MS Hyper-V and VMware,
Ubuntu and Zen Linux kernel
based virtualization software for web accelerating the
Following protocols https,
http, cifs and mapi. Responsible for stress, performance,
Cli, web management, snmp
mibs for development and testing, bug tracking and
Resolution. Carrier class
network web acceleration from central office to remote office,
Testing. Python automation
regression, Responsible for Remote Office protocol testing
With initiator and Targets
from NetApp, Equal Logic, IBM, Cisco, HP 3Par, EMC.
Ixia Test Equipment, for
protocol testing, Stress and functionality feature testing.
Test plans development and
implementation, Windows and Linux, SUSE,
RedHat and SLES platforms.
Responsible for IPV6 and 10 gig, Qualification,
Performance, stress and
automated regression test suite. With perl, tcl and python,
WinRunner, Load Runner and
IXIA test harness. Project Test plan development
Responsible for QA testing of
Gigabit Nic, Solaris, SUSE, SLES, NT, XP, Vista
Win2000, Win2003, Win08
software. Performance, Stress of Layer 2 - 7.
Sept, 2000 Principle QA Engineer, EMULEX Corp,
Bolton Ma.
To
Aug, 2008 Responsible for iSCSI IPV6 Target with 3rd party vendors
For development and testing,bug tracking and resolution of
Carrier class network
storage products leading an offshore team in India of Linux
Development and QA teams to
provide software fixes and testing cycles and features
And regression automation.
OnTap OS feature testing. Python automation regression.
Responsible for ISCSI
protocol testing with initiator and Targets from NetApp, IBM,
Cisco, HP, 3Par, EMC.
Smartbits, and Ixia Test Equipment for performance, Stress
And functionality and
feature testing.
Test plans development and
implementation allocating offshore resources to ensure
Project remains on schedule
till completion of Windows and Linux, SUSE,
RedHat and SLES platforms
drivers.
Responsible for IPV6 and 10
gig, FcoE 8gig/10gig products,
Qualification, performance,
stress and automated regression test suites
With Perl, tcl and python,
WinRunner, Load Runner and smartbits test harness
Project Test plan
development., 2gig, 4gig and 8 gig Fibre Channel Adapters
Project Manager, EMULEX Corp, Bolton Ma
Responsible for Project
Management of iSCSI IPV6 target, Solaris, SUSE, SLES, NT, XP, Vista
Win2000, Win2003, Win08
various hardware, network drivers. Performance, Stress
Of Layer 2 - Layer 7.
Compliance testing IOL, Gigabit conformance, SNMP
Project Test Plan
development and implementation.
Sept, 1999 Senior Software QA Engineer, Nortel
Networks, Boxborough Ma
To
Jan, 2001 Responsible for QA testing of 4500 VPN
Router Fast Ethernet,
T1, T3, OSPF, IPSEC, L2TP
protocols, Stress, Performance, Project
Test Plan development for GSN
wireless Mobile High Speed Internet
Gateway/Firewall device for
GGSN network.
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Feb, 1999 Senior Software QA Engineer, 3COM
Corporation, Boxborough, MA
To
Sept, 1999 Responsible for QA testing of ATM, Fast
Ethernet,
Gigabit, Ethernet, Fddi and
Token Ring of switches, routers.
Performance and stress testing
as well as Inter-operability of 3COM product line.
Feb, 1998 Manager, Customer Support
Engineering, 3COM Corporation, Marlboro, MA
To
Feb, 1999 Management Responsible World wide
corporate support for offshore world wide engineering
support team for ATM, Token
Ring, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit core network product line
of
switches and routers. Budget
control, Allocation of Resources and vendor support
resolution status
for a Customer Support
organization. With team of 10 engineers resolving customer
problems world
wide level 3 support with
England, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands.
January, 1995 Senior SW QA Engineer, Digital Equipment
Corp., Littleton MA
To
Feb, 1998 Responsible for QA testing of ATM,
Fast Ethernet, FDDI, and
Token Ring platforms, Remote
Access Routers and hub switching
Products (Risc-based Ethernet
switch, Token Ring,FDDI).Designed
And implemented test plans for
performance, stress, Novell TMS
Driver certification, and W&G
DA30 performance tools.
Developed NetCom Smartbits
10MB, 100MB and 1GB testing for
Performance packet
loss/latency, and various modes of
bridge/router operation.
November, 1994 Senior Software QA Engineer, UB Networks, Inc.,
Andover, MA.
To
December, 1995 Responsible for QA testing of ATM, Fast
Ethernet, FDDI, and Token Ring Platforms,
Remote Access Routers, and hub
switching products (Risc-based Ethernet switch, Token Ring,
FDDI. Designed and
implemented test plans for performance, stress, Novell TMS
Driver
Certification, and W&G DA30
performance tools for various RFC-2544 and RFC 2889
protocols.
Developed NetCom,Smartbits
10MB and 100MB, 4MB and 16MB token ring testing for
Performance, packet
loss/latency, and various modes of bridge/router features
and protocols.
January, 1994 QA Certification Engineer (F1 Corp.) Shiva
Corp Burlington, .
To
November, 1994 Quality Assurance testing of Shiva Remote
Router products on Novell and MS-Windows platforms
Including Windows 95, for dial-in,
dial-out, and net-net OS Platforms. Ran performance,
stress,
Novell TMS Driver and
Microsoft Certification. Also ran interoperability testing
on the following:
Xtalk,, ProComm, WinComm,
Lexis/Nexis, and other communications applications.
February, 1985 Manager SW QA Engineering, NetbusterCorp, Athol
Ma. MA.
To
March, 1994 Provided Contract services to several companies
on Government contracts such as MIT-Lincoln
Labs, BBN and TRW Hansom Field
Airorce Base for various networking design, QA SW/HW
Testing and World Wide
Technical customer support and certification services of
multi-router
Multi-protocol, bridge and
PDN network configurations. Services included support
engineering
And SW and protocol testing
for installed customer base using Novell, Ungerman/Bass,
DECNET, Pathworks, Banyan,
Wellfleet, Cisco, and CrossCom networks for
Such companies' as3Com, Cisco,
Digital, NEC, UngerMann-Bass.
Education
Jan, 2011 PC8024 10gig switching and
routing
Jan,2011 PC7048 1gig/10gig switching
and routing
Jan, 2011 Optics Standards
Feb, 2011 Spanning Tree modes and
configurations
Feb, 2011 OSPF Routing
Feb, 2011 IPV6 Basics
Mar, 2011 Layer 3 Technologies
Mar, 2011 Switch Security
Mar, 2011 Virtual Lans
Apr, 2011 Link Aggregation
Apr, 2011 Cisco 5020 Admin and Management
May, 2011 Switch Administration and
Management
May, 2011 iSCSI Technology
May, 2011 PowerConnect Wireless
May, 2011 Cisco 3030 Admin and Management
May, 2011 Equallogic Storage Arrays
June, 2008 Python Automated scripting
Language
Feb, 2008 Global Knowledge IPV6 Protocol
June 2007 Medusa Fibre Channel Protocol
Dec, 2005 Introduction to FCP Protocol
Feb, 2005 Cisco ICND Class
Dec, 2004 Cisco BSCI Class
Oct, 2004 Cisco BCMSN Class
Jan 2001 SmartBits TCL Programing
June.,1999 Netbuilder Routing,.: Marlboro
Ma.
July,.1999 CoreBuilder 9000 Cell
Operation.Marlboro Ma.
Apr,.1999 CoreBuilder 9000 Cell
Routing,; Marlboro Ma.
Nov.,1998 CoreBuilder 9000 Packet
Operation.Marlboro Ma.
June.;1998 Layer 3 Switching. ;Marlboro
Ma.
Mar.;1998 3900,9300 Gigabit Ethernet
.:Marlboro Ma.
Oct., 1996 Learning Tree, Littleton, and
MA.: ATM Operation
Dec., 1995 Learning Tree, Littleton, MA.:
LAN Troubleshooting
Nov., 1995 Learning Tree, Littleton, MA.:
Protocol Analysis
Apr., 1995 NetCom Smartbits, Littleton,
MA.: Operation of Smartbits
Jan., 1995 W&G DA-30, Andover, MA.:
Operation of DA-30
Nov., 1994 Cisco Systems, Andover, MA.:
Routers/Remote Access, and Networking Fundamentals
Nov., 1994 Hewlett Packard, Burlington
MA: Openview Network Node Manager HP Platforms
Dec., 1993 Hewlett Packard, Burlington
MA: Openview Network Manager HP Platforms Sun Platforms
Sept, 1993 UB Networks, Andover, MA.:
Netdirector 2.0 for UNIX, and OS
Dec., 1993 Wellfleet Billerica MA:
Customer Maintenance Training
July, 1993 American Research Group, San
Francisco CA: Hands on Interworking Bridges & Routers.
Apr., 1993 American Research Group,
Washington D.C.: Hands-On lnternetworking with TCP/IP
Nov..1992 Learning Tree, Boston, MA:
Hands-on Novell Networking Course
Sept.1992 Learning Tree, Boston MA:
Computer Network Architectures and Protocols
Oct.-1991 Drake Technologies Inc.,
Dallas TX: Netware 286 Administration, 286 Advanced Admin
Oct.-1991 Netware Technical Support,
Data Communication and Netware 386 Update
2004 - 06 Fitchburg State College -
Computer Science BSCS Degree Program
1986 - 88 Mt Wachusett Community
College - Computer Science.
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