Project Manager Engineer

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

A position in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering fields that

offers the opportunity to utilize and enhance my skills, abilities and

knowledge in the area of System or Regulatory testing.

EDUCATION

Marquette University. Milwaukee, Wisconsin -

BSEE, 1985

DeVry Institute of Technology. Chicago, Illinois

- BSEET, 1979

SOFTWARE PROFIENCIES

GW-basic, HP basic, HP-VEE, Lab View, MS Visual Basic, Word, Excel, Access,

AUTOCAD, SQL Server, Professional Write, UNIX, UNIX Shell, C, Visio, Power

Point, HP Quality Center

IBM (Infinite Computer Solutions) Indianapolis,

IN 8/11 to 11/13

Test Planner / Test Engineer

. Duties included managing testing, writing the Test Plans, Test

Scripts, and performing the tests.

. Working with test teams in India and in the U.S. on the evaluation of

new software loads in systems supporting the telecommunication

systems.

. Reviewed and analyzed AT&T's product and project documentation

including requirements, scenarios, and schedules to develop draft High

Level Test Strategies (HLTS) in Business Voice Internet Protocol

(BVoIP), AT&T Virtual Packet Network (AVPN), Ethernet, Management

Internet Service (MIS) and other products.

. Analyzed system and subsystem diagrams to determine test efforts

impacting applications for projects and programs

. Developed HLTS's to define the project scope, requirements,

limitations, assumptions, dependencies, risks, milestone schedules and

test efforts.

. Participated in AT&T and IBM project team meetings reviews and

assessments and presentation of HLTS's prior to the projects being

transitioned to IBM test teams for test execution.

Technicolor (CDI) Indianapolis,

Indiana 12/04 to 8/11

EMC Compliance Engineer 10/10 - 8/11

. Local subject matter expert on FCC and International compliance

matters.

. Responsible for conducting radiated and conducted emissions and

immunity testing of equipment and generating the official test

reports, certifications, and site attenuations.

. Maintain and operate a GTEM chamber, screen rooms and a 3 meter open

area test site.

Software System Test - 12/04 - 10/10

. Duties included managing testing, writing the Test Plans, Test

Scripts, and performing the tests.

. Writing scripts for the ATAS (Automated Testing Analysis System) to

automate the testing of the Satellite boxes and record the results.

. Testing locally and at the customer's site in California.

AT&T Consumer Products Indianapolis,

Indiana 1/79 - 12/04

Test Project Manager- 10/97 - 12/04

. Duties include writing the Test Plans, Test Scripts, and Test

Specification, working with the field or lab personal to setup the

environment, and perform the testing in the lab and real network.

. Release 3 & 6 of CVoIP (Consumer Voice over Internet Protocol) in the

lab and field

. 5ESS Edge Switch Access to the West PrePaid Card Platform (ESAW)

. CLD (Consumer Long Distance) Adjunct Testing (Personalized

Announcements Release 11&14)

. Provided lab support for CSMS, TMP and ITN connectivity

Regulatory Testing 5/92 - 10/97

. Team member with the Corporate AT&T EMC Committee & local FCC subject

matter expert on FCC matters.

. Responsible for conducting radiated and emission testing of equipment

and generating the official FCC test reports, certifications, and site

attenuations.

. Designed immunity test systems implementing TEM and GTEM chambers for

internal and external compliance testing. Maintain and operate an

anechoic chamber and an open area test site.

VSCS Hardware Design 4/91 - 1/92

. Responsible for the hardware design of the two-wire analog trunk

interface for the Voice Switching and Control System (VSCS), a high

reliability voice switching system prototype based on the 5ESS Switch

for the Federal Aviation Administration Air Route Traffic Control

Centers.

. Schematic capture of design using SYSCAD.

Regulatory Testing 12/85 - 12/90

. Worked on a team with the Corporate EMC Committee on the rewrite of

FCC Part 15 and MP-4.

. Expanded knowledge of Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) allowed me

to make significant improvements in the test methodology and layout of

the testing chamber.

. Designed and directed construction of an antenna tower and remote

controls for use inside of the anechoic chamber.

. Coordinated the VDE (FCC equivalent in Germany) testing of the 630 MTG

terminals. Traveled to test houses in Wisconsin and California to

perform testing which resulted in the certification of the terminal.

System Test 1/79 -12/85

. Responsibilities included electrical evaluation of terminals,

printers, and keyboards. Testing included timing signals, software

functionality, electrostatic discharge, and scan code verification of

keyboards.

. Generated software to interface sound equipment to a computer that

increased testing efficiency of over 50%.

. Other testing involved environmental tests like drop, vibration,

sound, storage temp/hum, operational temp/hum, and performance tests

on equipment.

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