Manager Project
Resume:
Kathy Logan
Portland, Oregon **214
************@*******.***
Relevant Work Experience:
Engineering Manager
Flashlight Engineering
October 2009 – present
Portland, OR
• Plan and manage both the development and testing of multiple mobile (iPad) and cable industry-related, customer-driven projects, as well as internal projects
• Create project plans, test plans, gather estimates, schedule work
• Create and maintain meaningful sets of data-based metrics for customers
• Utilize agile methodologies and lead daily scrums
• On multiple projects, implemented nightly builds and nightly test automation that is fully automated from build creation to test execution, including results reporting
• Built a new software QA department in 2009, including hiring a new team of exceptional developers-in-test and a build engineer; implemented team processes/guidelines, selected and set up defect database and test case management systems
• Implemented company-wide standards and definitions for project milestones in 2010
Director of QA
Elemental Technologies
January 2009 – May 2009
Portland, OR
• Created QA team processes, standards, guidelines, metrics, and defect workflows
• Wrote test plans and test cases for multiple concurrent products
• Implemented nightly builds and new nightly test automation (GUI black box and white box) for all four product lines
• Executed test cases and logged defects
• Managed the white and black box testing efforts of engineers testing HD video applications (English and localized) for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh
• Created customer support processes and workflows
Software QA Manager
Ambric, Inc.
March 2007 – November 2008 (99% of employees were laid off on 11/14/08)
Beaverton, OR
• Built a brand-new software validation department, team processes, guidelines, defect database, test plans, and a senior team of 10+ developer-level test engineers, build engineers, and release engineers
• Implemented a set of automated regression tests for the nightly builds
• Worked with VP of Software and Development Managers to manage company product roadmap and product requirements
• Managed the testing efforts of Ambric’s HD video applications and a software toolchain (debugger, assembler, compiler, simulators, and place and route tools) utilizing Agile software development methods
• Created metrics, estimates, schedules, budgets, equipment needs requests, build and release guidelines, milestones, and project plans
Software QA Lead - IPDC Project
Daimler Trucks North America (Consultant through Meridian)
September 2006 – March 2007 (Also 2003–2005 – see below)
Portland, OR & Stuttgart, Germany
• Managed the software QA team for the Freightliner operational unit of the multi-national Daimler Chrysler IPDC project
• Collected and published test case progress and defect-related metrics
• Derived test cases for web application testing from business requirements, UML specs, use cases, and user stories
• Improved project-wide test execution methods, test case creation workflows, software development planning, and defect management
• Scheduled, hired, and allocated test engineers for the local OU
• Assisted with project planning and executed black box test cases remotely from Portland and on-site in Germany
• Logged and verified defects in TWB and Test Director
Software Validation Manager
Stexar Corporation
November 2005 – August 2006 (Stexar closed on 8/15/06)
Beaverton, OR
• Built a new software validation department, team processes, guidelines, defect database, and embedded systems QA team from the ground up
• Recruited, interviewed, hired, and mentored a senior team of developer-level white-box test engineers
• Managed the testing efforts of engineers testing audio and video APIs for an SDK, a software toolchain, and an extensive set of drivers
• Selected, updated, and published test and development progress metrics
• Created estimates, schedules, budgets, requirements and project plans
• Selected software testing, code coverage, and system diagnostics tools
Software QA Lead – SpecPro21 Project
Daimler Trucks North America(Consultant through Comsys)
April 2003 – June 2005
Portland, OR
• Recruited and led a team of 15 QA Engineers through 4 major releases of Freightliner’s custom truck specification software, related mainframe, web applications, and data sets
• Determined estimates, resource plans, test plans, and scheduling for multiple concurrent projects
• Tracked project deliverables and testing progress using metrics
• Directed a test case creation project involving writing 1200+ manual test scripts, and a new automation framework that included 300+ new automation scripts
• Facilitated daily bug scrub meetings and managed the defect database
• Transitioned the QA team to begin using RUP
• Executed test cases and logged defects
QA Manager
Digital Blue, a division of Prime Entertainment (as an Independent Consultant)
June 2002 – March 2003
Portland, OR
• Worked directly with the CTO and VP of Product Engineering to build a brand-new QA department, processes, defect database, and lab
• Managed the QA efforts of engineers testing rebranded versions of acquired Intel Play toys (see previous work experience); directed driver and software testing of a new Mac version of the QX3 microscope
• Managed product requirements and created estimates, schedules, test and defect metrics, and project plans
• Built test computers, ghosted test systems, and created non-native images
• Executed test cases and logged defects
QA Test Lead/Lead Systems Analyst
The Regence Group (Consultant through ProDX)
April 2001 – June 2002
Portland, OR
• Wrote, edited, and interpreted usage scenarios, and specifications to build solid requirements, and write test plans and test cases to verify Facets, IDC, BAP, ePlan, and related Crystal reports
• Led bug scrub meetings
• Managed and trained testers
• Utilized the Rational Unified Process (RUP), executed test cases and logged defects in Rational ClearQuest, and used the Rational Test Suite to enter requirements, write and execute tests, and log test results
Lead QA Engineer/Integration Engineer
Intel Smart Toy Lab (Contracted through Intersoft, Inc.)
May 2000 – April 2001
Portland, OR
• Wrote test plans and test cases to test both English and localized computer peripherals, drivers, firmware, and computer software utilizing functional specifications
• Managed and trained testers
• Executed test cases and tracked and regressed defects
• Troubleshot and resolved hardware and software problems
• Built test images
• Edited English, German, and other localized Help and ReadMe files
Senior Field Service Coordinator
Siemens Medical Systems
July 1998 – December 1999
Greensboro, NC
• Performed pre-conversion SAP testing and data analysis
• Built and troubleshot networked computer systems
• Assisted with all aspects of the SAP conversion in May of 1999 (UAT and go-live testing, bug reporting, and production support testing)
• Audited, billed, and invoiced field service reports
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, August 1996
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
3.91 cumulative GPA out of a maximum of 4.0
Double major - German and English literature
Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Rational University (“Regence Certified” in RUP and Rational Test Suite/Studio), May 2001
Hillsboro, OR
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