Testing/QA Skills

• At Pegasus Solutions (2001) I developed unit and regression tests for a proprietary transaction processing system.
• At Autosoft Corporation/Brooks Automation (2000), I used test capture tools to test Java programs.
• In 1997 I completed training in "Requirements Based Testing" and am in the process of integrating the techniques into my personal process as well as seeking opportunities to engage in projects utilizing these techniques.
• At Motorola (1996-1997) I developed a number of C and C++ test drivers to do unit testing and integration testing of code that I was developing, and designed systems integration tests for the subsystems I was responsible for, and carried out regression tests written by other members of my team. I also designed, implemented, and tested acceptance tests for new GSM cellular phones.
• As an Independent Consultant (1996) I have done preliminary work to implement glass-box testing using GCT (General Coverage Tool) and to use Vermont Test to capture and replay test scenarios for a menu-driven DOS-based vertical market application, as well as using Lint and MemCheck to analyze code quality issues of same.
• At International GeoGraphics (1992-1993) I developed a number of shell scripts for quality assurance and testing. These included shell scripts to extract field edit definitions from data-entry form descriptions and to compare for consistency. I also wrote scripts to create test files, invoke production programs against the test files, and to compare the results to expectations.
• As part of an effort to develop an information database for the nonprofit organization AzPEN (1991), I wrote specifications for several C-language modules implementing abstract data types. Since the coding was intended to be done by relatively inexperienced volunteer programmers, a major part of the specifications consisted of a combination of C-language test drivers and UNIX test scripts to verify the proper operation of the modules.
• As Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Georgia (1986-1989) I taught graduate courses in Software Engineering, and in Software Defect Removal.
• As a Research Associate at Auburn University (1983-1986) I worked on a project sponsored by the Army to develop test-case generation tools for use in the testing of Command, Control, and Communications software. The project carried out various forms of "glass box" testing and instrumented the code to measure several different test-case coverage metrics.

Last updated: November 27, 2001; Version: 1.1