Software QA Engineer

James L. Kinoshita

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Apporto (full-time remote)

(January 2022 - Jun 2023)

Senior QA Contract Engineer

Tested Windows and MacOS-based VM management web application (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.); Tested middleware for AWS-based & Azure-based VMs, plus Mac Stadium; Creating, updating, and running tests in Testrail; submit issues found during testing in JIRA; Extensive documentation of releases, test environment, and company terminology in Google Docs and Confluence Previous Experience...

Authentic8, Mountain View & Redwood City, CA

(June 2015 - November 2022)

Senior QA Engineer

(July 2017 - October 2021)

Tested Windows and MacOS-based native browser client application and browser-based (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) web application;

Tested custom and third-party integrated browser extensions on Firefox and Chrome; Tested on VirtualBox, VMWare Workstation, and Azure-based VMs; Creating, updating, and running automated tests in Sikuli (written in Jython); some experience with Selenium; QA subject matter expert for SAML/SSO login authentication scenarios (ADFS, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, Ping, SSOE, etc.) QA Contract Engineer

(June 2015 - July 2017)

Tester for secure, cloud-based browser and platform-specific client applications; produced support docs, created and updated test cases;

Creating, updating, and running automated tests in Sikuli (written in Jython) Sportvision, Mountain View, CA & Fremont, CA

(July 2005 - April 2015)

Lead QA Engineer

Primary tester for broadcast Football software and effects; produced support docs, test cases, and quality requirements; Heavily involved in build and release management of various application and utility software; used Visual Build Pro, Jenkins, Python, and in-house tools; knowledgeable with Microsoft Visual Studio development environment and build issues

(dependency issues, enabling debug file generation, resource issues, static libraries vs. DLLs, etc.) primarily with C++ and .NET; Tested and supported various products and software for other sports-related data management (Baseball PitchFX, Motorsports RaceFX, and NFL TrackFX), data production (PitchFX), and effects (PitchFX and TrackFX). MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIENCE

Experience with JIRA; used Bugzilla and several in-house defect tracking systems. Experience with Testlink, Testrail, and some Zephyr (JIRA extension). Experience reading and modifying Javascript, Lua, and Python code. General programming knowledge of C, some C++ and C# (basic process flow, operators, basic structures, etc.); Visual Studio development environments (through 2019); source code management and repository systems (Git, Subversion, CVS, Perforce, Source Depot, etc.). Familiar with Visual Basic scripting and and Python. Familiar with Unix-based interpreted scripting or shell languages (perl, sh, bash, csh, zsh) and AppleScript on the Macintosh. Proficient in HTML/Javascript authoring (CSS, HTML, JQuery, XHTML); good working knowledge of WWW (http, ftp, news, etc.); able to implement a variety of cgi handlers (perl). Extensive knowledge of MediaWiki-based wikis and wiki markup; significant knowledge of similar software such as Confluence

(near WYSIWYG) and PMWiki (more basic wiki type).

Familiar with agile development scrum process including kanban. Knowledge of professional broadcast TV formats (analog, SDI; formats: 480i/p, 720p, 1080i/p; frame rates: 23.98hz, 29.97hz, 50hz, 59.94hz, etc.), and technologies (keying and keyers, RP-188 and time encoders, cross-converters, down- converters, up- converters, video capture cards, etc.).

EDUCATION

Intro to Visual Basic, Microsoft one-day course, SVC - Mountain View, CA Intro to Postscript (Basic Postscript Programming), Acquired Knowledge two-day course, La Jolla, CA Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA Graduated with Honors in the Major and College Honors. REFERENCES: AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Updated April 13, 2024.

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