SYSTEM TEST and SOFTWARE ENGINEER with significant experience in business systems. These systems include meters and mailing machines, manifest systems, and inserters.
Experience
2005 — Now
2005 — Now
Wrote VISIO flowcharting based on coding of print head software of Pitney Bowes meter.
Made modifications to code in print head software in order to add on greater functionality as required by US Marketing and even European Markets. Then built the print head software adding a signing of it for security purposes before releasing it. System tested the results before sending it to the department of system test. Used Clearcase as the form of configuration management of the software.
1998 — 2004
1998 — 2004
Project: DM meter software
Environment: C/C++, Hitachi Super H Risc family target processor and other proprietary hardware, Windows (development and documentation), custom development tools; Wrote, module and system tested the software process for initializing the meter hardware and software at the customer site, once assembled from the out of box state for PHOENIX, a meter mailing machine.
Led the aggressive project for entry of the Spark meter into the China market. Added major software functionally to the US meter in order to create the China meter. Wrote, built, integration and system tested the software. Fixed faults. Released on time for the customer.
Designed and wrote the report subsystem for the Spark meter. This is where reports from the meter could be generated using the print head of the Spark.
Programmed the Spark's printer software with an interpreter language by making modifications to existing code, in order to add greater functionality to the base software.
Wrote wrapper functions to obtain CMOS variables for all programmers.
1993 — 1998
1993 — 1998
F400 Table Top Inserter, Integra scale and Paragon
Environment: Intel's 8051 and other proprietary hardware, Windows documentation.
Black Box system tested the Table Top Inserter, the F400, after reviewing the new functionality stated in the specification and with the designers, for a five year period.
Updated the test case list from three pages to 1500 to 2000 test cases over a 2-3 year period. Ran subsets of test cases for specific customers in mind.
Explained the test cases and trained and supervised another employee to run the test cases.
Black Box system tested the Integra scale, a family of five scales for different customer usages. Wrote fault reports and in them explained how functionality should be implemented due to past knowledge and experience with scales.
Black box system tested the complex scale, manifest, accounting meter and mailing machine, PARAGON, doing system test/rates testing as well as overall testing of the machine.
1988 — 1993
1988 — 1993
1988 — 1993
Project: Various meters, manifest systems, label printer, and reliability tests for meters
Environment: C/C++, Intel's family of microprocessors and various other processors as well as other proprietary hardware, Windows documentation.
. Wrote test plans, test case lists, schedules, white box and black box tested the systems,wrote fault reports, summary reports and final reports on the meters and manifest systems. Stated whether the product passed qualification or not.
System tested 4 meters and 2 manifest systems within a given timeframe based on above documentation. Also did testing on the PARAGON, a meter, mailing machine,accounting system based on the DMM.
Reliability tested the A900 meter to determine if over time, there was accounting without printing or printing without accounting of the meter. System tested new tool that verified the functionality of the meter as well as the timing and the configuration of the reliability test.
Wrote driver for label printer in a reliability test and supervised operators during the test. Kept records and reported to two managers on status of project.
Education
UNH
MS
1993 — 1998
ITT
Telephony and Engineering
1983 — 1984
Western Connecticut State University
BA
1978 — 1983