Manager Engineer

Robert M. Foster

*************@*******.*** I 801-***-**** I linkedin.com/in/robertmatthewfoster

PLEASANT GROVE, UT

Summary

Business and technology manager with real-world experience in direction, management, software, and hardware engineering, in a variety of technologies including computing, storage, telecommunications, networking, robotics, automation.

Brought $50-$150M in contracts to IntelliServ within the last 2 years and developed the infrastructure to support those contracts successfully. Increased testing code coverage with fewer resources and reduced expenses, hardware, and waste through automation and virtualization.

Experienced at planning, execution, flexibility, and adaptation of the plan. Commitment to continuous improvement, growth, and learning. Have operated in many roles and seen many perspectives.

Diverse experience, from working on the US Navy’s “AEIGIS” weapons system and General Dynamic’s, F-16, “Fighting Falcon”, to enabling the CIA and NSA in making our national awareness more transparent through network forensics. Technologies that make us all safer and offer tools that enable wellness, healthier living, and better long, term outcomes.

Passionate about building solutions that make a difference, reduce customer costs, improve the corporate bottom-line and empower individuals to have more positive impact.

Skilled at digging deeper into tools, technologies and methods that allow people and processes to work together more effectively to increase revenue and provide more definitive results.

experience

IntelliServ (Provo, UT.) Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2019

Technical Training and Certification Program Manager

Built the training and certification program, team, and the processes used to maintain training and certification, including application networking and integration, testing and curriculum.

Served as, Global Manager Business Development, Manager of Test and Analysis, Business Development Manager - North America, Director of Engineering Development - Engineering Services, System Test Manager, and Automation System Test Engineer. Each of these positions gave me a unique perspective into testing, quality, management, and maintaining a P&L.

Drove successful adoption of network enabled drill pipe in the North Sea resulting in multiple contracts with a value of between $50-$150 million dollars.

Technologies Used

Virtualization, VPN, Satellite networks, SQL databases, Heterogeneous Operating systems, Interoperability, Automation, Testing, JIRA, SQL databases, Git repositories, Jenkins, Python, C#, C++, Sikuli image recognition, load balancing and L4 switches, network hubs and switches 1Gb. To 10Gb, operations, development, security, and security protocols.

Solera Networks (South Jordan, UT.) Nov. 2009 – Dec. 2010

Quality Assurance Engineer

Performance, functional testing, and automation for network forensics appliances. Implemented a full, quality management system

Technologies Used

1Gb – 10Gb. Networks, Network element and security identification, SQL Database creation, access, and use, Virtualization, Cloud based computing and storage, networking, SBC computing logic, Automation, Testing, Jenkins, Testlink, Mantis BT, MyBB, integration, scalability, reliability, high availability, security.

Quest Software (Lindon, UT.) Nov. 2007 – Oct. 2009

Quality Assurance Analyst IV

Automation and manual testing for an Active Directory snap-in that would manage Unix users on Unix/Linux distributions in an Agile testing and development environment.

Technologies Used

SunOS and UNIX System V to SUSE and Ubuntu, Agile and waterfall software development. 1Gb – 10Gb Networks, SQL Database creation, access, virtualization, Cloud based computing and storage, networking, automation, testing, integration, scalability, reliability, high availability, security.

Novell Inc. (Provo, UT.) Jan. 1995 – Oct. 2007

Software Engineer

Operated in a series of roles as needed. Focus on increased code coverage, decreased expenses, and more positive revenue paths. Simplification of the user experience.

Technologies Used

Virtualization, Cloud based computing and storage, Automation, Testing, Test Case Data Base, WinRunner, LoadRunner, custom built applications for testing, test user creation, operations, security, integration, scalability, reliability, high availability.

Skills

• Leadership, management, direction, knowledge sharing

• Computing platforms Unix, Linux, Windows, iOS, ESX(i), XEN virtualization

• Software development and software development life cycle methodologies

• Scripting languages including Python, VB, batch, and shell scripting

• AWS, Drive, GoDaddy, cloud and web services.

• Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, databases, creation, operation, and access via ODBC/JDBC

• Root cause analysis, methods, and application

• Application servers on Apache Tomcat®, IBM® WebSphere

• Complete network architecture, design, and connection methods

• Application of continuous improvement tools and methods

• Creative problem solving with economic consideration

• Customer service

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