patrick a bohr slide show resume
DESCRIPTION
2007 Powerpoint slide show of my spring 2009 resumeTRANSCRIPT
- 1. Patrick A Bohr
Software Quality Assurance
System Integration Test
Functional and Feature Test
2. SUMMARY
Career Software Quality Assurance and Test expert with 15+ years
experience.
Have worked alone, in teams and led small groups.
Built a System Test group from scratch.
Managed the test group through transition periods.
Worked on compilers, operating systems, data bases, applications,
new systems and system integration test.
3. Summary - continued
Learned and developed processes, and tools to improve and solve
testing problems that were used in within the division and the
company.
Attended ongoing training 2-6 weeks/year throughout my career.
Inspect, review and verify documentation, requirements, product
plans, and code.
4. Summary - continued
Added new skills and insight through in-house and independent
reading and research.
Acted as a mentor and quality role model to new and transitioning
QA, test and development team members.
5. Experience
Hewlett Packard/Compaq/Tandem, Austin, TX
Started the System Integration Test group from scratch.
Developed the approaches, tools and methods for a multifaceted
approach to System and Integration Testing on Fault Tolerant to
High Availability Unix based platforms.
Developed a reputation for a unique and effective perspective in
all things related to quality across a broad set of features.
1990-2008
Encore/Nippon/Gould,
Plantation, FL
Designed, developed and implemented functional tests for :
Compilers
Databases
Operating systems
Applications
1984-1990
6. Experience - continued
Hewlett Packard/Compaq/Tandem, Austin, TX
Designed, developed and used dynamic sampling system and
application resource monitor tool, used to detect and isolate
resource problems leading up to serious system failures.
Designed, developed and implemented Remote Terminal Emulation load
drivers across Ethernet, async, sync, and Renet interfaces.
Developed and implemented test harness solutions for automated test
execution, failure detection and report generation. Used this
automation, and technician testers to transition System Test to
regression testing.
Developed System V version 4 application PerfMon tool for System
Test use.
Encore/Nippon/Gould, Plantation, FL
Demonstrated ability to apply sound knowledge to diverse
applications.
Converted manual systems to computerized systems.
Detail-minded with a good eye for balance and organization.
Competent in all phases of testing and quality assurance.
Developed schedules, resource allocation plans, and test
plans.
Administered Unix machines.
Installed and upgraded computer and network components.
Installed and tested new upgrade software releases as
requested.
Setup computer systems and related equipment.
7. Experience - continued
Hewlett Packard/Compaq/Tandem, Austin, TX
Isolated the Query By Example application interface design as
exceeding async baud capacity, saving the company $13 million in
French courts.
Designed a large generic system load scenario that continued to
find problems for almost a decade, as new features were integrated,
and created new failure paradigms that moved into the departments
feature test suites.
Adapted new telco customer scenarios and required feature stress
tests into new system test on the Dual Node Puma (DNP) Telco
sponsored platform (a high availability/fault tolerant hybrid Unix
platform.
Developed an interview strategy for quality concerns that made me
widely sought after for both QA and development hiring.
Performed interim group and project management tasks when employee
loss left management shorthanded.
Encore/Nippon/Gould, Plantation, FL
Setup computer systems and related equipment.
Programmed on-line, batch, and real-time systems.
Developed ideas for test automation, and system state
monitoring.
Earned a reputation as a valuable and cooperative coworker by:
being fair, honest, persistent and willing to help others when
needed; effectively resolving conflicts at appropriate times.
Easily establish rapport with people of all ages, cultures, and
beliefs.
8. Education
9. Skills
Compilers and languages :
10. SKILLS - continued
Operating Systems and environments
11. SKILLS - continued
Data Bases
12. SKILLS - continued
Applications
13. SKILLS - continued
Communications
14. SKILLS - continued
SCRIPTING
15. SKILLS - continued
Tools
16. SKILLS - continued
Methodologies
17. Activities And Interests
Honors and awards - TOPS (Tandem Outstanding Performers) inBoca
Raton, FL 1995 - awarded to the top 1-4% of employees based on peer
recommendation and management selection.
Reading, audio books and independent study self-improvement,
programming, Science & Sci-Fi, Business & Management
18. Activities and Interests
Hobbies and interests Travel, Theme Parks, Dogs, Gardening, Gaming,
Photography, Comedy, Inventions, History, Movies
Links and Memberships Recommendations, Linkedin, Plaxo,
Compaq-NonStop, Tandem_Alumni, Tandem_Group, TMFL, HP Alumni, UW
Alumni