Edward Wong

**** ********* **** ***** *****, CA *5051 408-***-**** acwpfj@r.postjobfree.com

QA / Engineering/Program Manager

Experienced Manager directing the quality assurance, testing, development, program management and delivery of Network Security products. Expansive background working in various startup environments and successfully delivering multiple networking releases and new products to market. Customer-focused with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Career Overview

Hands-on manager with proven success building, developing, motivating and leading high-performing QA teams including onsite, remote and offshore teams located in the US and India.

Program managed multiple product releases across different cross functional teams from Product Management, Engineering, QA, Manufacturing, and Support.

Experienced in the entire QA testing cycle including functional, automation, regression, scalability and performance testing.

Expertise in the full software development lifecycle from product requirements, development, testing and delivery to post-release support, maintenance and customer management.

Released multiple generations of both hardware and software product lines according to schedule and budget by successfully determining priorities, scheduling work, and meeting critical deadlines.

Recognized for developing and implementing new test processes, methods and tools that increase productivity, enhance product quality and improve efficiency.

Core Competencies

Quality Assurance & Management Program Management Testing & Test Automations Product Development

Network Security Product Management & Release Test Tools & Methodologies Process Improvements

Professional Experience

Intel Security/McAfee (Inturvert Networks), Santa Clara, CA Apr 2001- Apr 2015

Director QA

Oversaw all QA and testing for McAfee’s NSP product which is a Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solution offering a variety of IPS features on inline appliances ranging from 100Mbps to 40Gbps and Virtual IPS application images.

Build and lead the QA organization and team from the ground up; grew the team to include a group of QA Engineers in the US and India that supported the Network Security product line along with the release of multiple hardware/software products.

Instrumental member of the management team that grew Intruvert Networks from a startup to being acquired by McAfee and then Intel.

Help develop and deliver a $260M network product line that is currently rated as one of the top IPS products in the market.

Ensure the successful, timely and quality delivery of all products and releases by overseeing the entire product lifecycle from marketing requirements, engineering design and development to QA testing, documentation, manufacturing, product release and customer support.

Gather and produce quality metrics for each release to measure testing results and review test metrics to gauge the product release progress and to identify areas of improvement during the release cycle.

Develop and implement testing system improvements and integrate new QA processes and tools to enhance product validation, improve the engineering process and increase efficiency.

CoSine Communications Inc., Redwood City, CA Dec 1998- Mar 2001

Director of IPSX QA Engineering

Directed all QA Engineering for a company that provided a network-based VPN solution that included routing protocols, ATM, dial-up services, IPSec and Firewall applications while offering a wide variety of interfaces from Ethernet, DS3, E3, OC3 and POS.

Led a QA team that built the test environment for the Cosine IPSX product line; oversaw the design and execution of a complex testing environment to test and validate the ISPX VPN product line.

Optimized the test environment to support rapid product growth and developed, modified and enhanced testing processes and methods on a continuous basis which resulted in increased productivity and efficiency.

Participated in all aspects of the QA process from test plan design, development and execution through the final review of the software release and the Document Control system.

I-Cube Inc., Campbell, CA Apr 1995 – Dec 1998

Director of Software Engineering

Led a software engineering group of up to ten staff for a startup company that provided all of the software development products within I-Cube. Oversaw the design, development and delivery of two main product lines: The I-Cube Fast Ethernet SwitchSets and the Programmable Switch Interconnect Device (PSID)/Digital Crosspoint Switches (DCS).

Directed the development of switch BIOS routines for the Fast Ethernet SwitchSet, which featured the LS family of Fast Ethernet Chips.

Developed software modules including a switch monitoring routine and third-party network management tools package that included a TCP/IP stack, Telnet, SNMP, VLAN, Spanning Tree and RMON modules.

Managed the development of software products for the PSID/DCS family of devices; utilized batch and interactive programming capabilities through JTAG and configuration ports for test vector development, user programming, and embedded switching control.

nCHIP Inc., San Jose, CA May 1990 – Apr 1995

Design /CAD Manager / Senior CAD Engineer

Supported all the multichip modules (MCM) development projects as manager of the nCHIP Design and CAD group. Utilized multiple CAD design tools for design input, analysis, routing, layout, data output, wafer fabrication and manufacturing assembly.

Worked with external customers on design and fictional specifications, electrical analysis, physical layout, data extraction and wafer mask generation of the MCM product to meet each customer’s requirements.

CADAM/PCAD Inc., San Jose, CA

Product Development Manager / Senior Software Engineer

Oversaw the management and development of PCAD System Utility programs including netlist packaging and extraction, DRC, ECO, NLC, and hardcopy output and system interfaces.

Managed a team of five engineers, and collaborated with Marketing and Technical Support groups to define, develop and support multiple product lines.

Trilogy Systems Corporation, Cupertino CA

DA /CAD Engineer

Developed software using the Trilogy Layout Design Verification System, which included Physical Design Layout, Design Rule Verification and Mask Data Generation.

Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, CA

Associate Engineer

Designed and developed software tape transfer and verification utility software using VAX Fortran and Macro language.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer and Informational Sciences - University of Florida

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