Consulting

•	Presented at RoboCon2025 about how to deal with running massive numbers of tests with data driven Parallel testcases (automatically generated automated tests from a requirement model).
•	Investigating using Generative-AI to simplify automating test cases

Test Automation Architect

Calian IT & Cyber Solutions

•	Automated Hardware and Software configuration tests as part of DevOps Pipeline in a hardened secure server environment.  
•	Combined multiple Windows and Linux tools test results into a single report.
•	Tested System-of-Systems System Integration in a Secret Controlled Goods Program environment (CGP clearance)
•	Automated deployment of Windows and Linux VMs using Ansible and VMWare

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

•	Provided Test Automation guidance across 4 projects, which used Web, MS Dynamics, and Windows based applications
•	Mentored testers to adopt Combinatorial Testcase generation using requirement models to test Export certificates. They generated over 3000 data driven testcases.
•	Parallel execution reduced 1 test suite from1 week manual testing to 50 minutes.
•	Automated multiple Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) different websites
•	Dynamically generated testcases based on the results of previous testcases, which were immediately executed.
•	Configured Azure Pipelines to run automated tests Nightly and at end of Release builds.  
•	Extended a Page Object Library to allow individual tests to control both web AND windows applications. 
•	Used Test Driven Development (TDD) to replace test framework architecture without incident.
•	Enhanced automation error handling and customized report generation. Added “continuable” failures so tests could find invalid values yet not fail until the test completed.
•	Created Natural Language test framework (i.e. executable manual testcases) so testcases written by manual testers were executable.
•	Led conversion of English testcases to French to reuse the same test code and data, which also supported different server configurations.
•	Lead semi-formal automated tool evaluation which led to project switching from Pytest to Robot Framework for end-to-end test automation.
•	Guided test community to choose Keyword based automation as the easiest way to leverage their existing testing skills and product knowledge while taking advantage of more behavior based (BDD) techniques.
•	Adopted Agile/Scrum development process using Azure DevOps to manage creation of test code and tools.
•	Gave demos, information and training sessions to share knowledge internally and with other groups.
•	Provided guidance on test automation best practices, patterns, to develop robust, maintainable, extendable test suites

Test Automation Advisor

• Test automation of web based Learning Management System, using Behavior Driven Design (BDD) based on JUnit, JBehave and Serenity frameworks.  
• Management of Verification team, and upgrading processes to match client organization’s changing needs
• Provided guidance on test automation best practices, patterns, and developing maintainable, extendable test suites (i.e. developing test automation like code)
• As Project Manager for a remote team spread across Ontario, successfully upgraded a Rwandan charity's complex accounting system from spreadsheets to professional accounting system.
• Performed security analysis to improve Rwandan charity's data and network security infrastructure with a focus on simplicity.

Test Architect, Project Manager, Developer

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

• Created Test Automation Strategy to migrate manual testing to automation based on the input of Global Affairs testing community
• Chose Robot Framework as the best choice to meet their product and security requirements after evaluation of commercial and open source test automation frameworks
• Performed trial focused on hardest to automate problems (legacy IE, SAP portal, email and PDF forms, etc.), across multiple browsers, in a secure environment

Kylowave Inc.

Kylowave provides turnkey solutions to the Engineering Education market in the field of power systems, renewable energy, robotics, control systems, internet of things (IOT), as well as advanced fast prototyping of embedded products in Industry. http://kylowaveeducation.com/

• Member of Executive team
• Worked with customers (professors) to ensure the customers’ customers (students) were successful.

• Project managed successful software and hardware delivery from initial design, through manufacture, to delivery to customer and customer support 

• Designed Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) in Python/PyQt and Java/Eclipse to integrate with our embedded system, as well as FPGA tools (Matlab and Xylinx).
• One application visualized sensor data in real-time (~300 configurable fields, 1700 values per second).  Students did not need any training!

• Created high performance embedded C++ libraries to simplify energy conversion based on an Atmel/Arduino environment.

Project Manager, Software/Test Architect, and Customer Support.

Carleton University

• Researched server security authentication for iPhone application, as well as System Testing
• Teaching Assistant for Computer Organization course and Engineering Ethics
• Represented Systems and Computer Engineer department in the Graduate Academic Caucus
• Prepared Marketing Strategy for start-up company in the Lead To Win program
• Thesis demonstrated where to look for information (data) concurrency problems in Business Process Models (BPM)

Masters Studies

Ottawa area

• Approved as a Senior Network Security Analyst for Public Sector projects, Secret clearance
• Provided Wired/Wireless Network layout, Security Analysis, Web performance analysis, Access Control and OS hardening e.g. Used historical web records to successfully show performance problems with websites were related to past design changes and suggested design improvements

Network Security Analyst / Web Developer

Nortel: Global Operations

Provided engineering guidelines of OAM server capacities for UMTS and CDMA Core customers, Customer performance requirements to R&D, as well as: 
• Created measurement tools to gather metrics from live servers without impacting performance
• Provided training and tools for Verification groups to detect performance problems earlier
• Worked with Customer Support to investigate unusual customer problems 
• Reduced formal alarm database analysis from 1 month to 1 week.

Performance Engineer

Nortel: Carrier OAMS

For framework which provided common Security, Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Fault Management components, as well as common applications for the Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) of Nortel products.
• Provided performance analysis for internal customers
• Provided scalability requirements for Design
• Supported Design and Verification test automation tools 
• Successfully encouraged Design to automate designer testing
• Team provided 1st line support for Design to Verification, Load-build and Early Availability customer groups
• Led team which reduced load-build from one week to 2.5 hours

Manager: Scalability Testing, System Integration, Tools, and User Support (DevOps)

Managed development and sustaining of  Preside (INM) Application Management, Distributed Application Framework (based on CORBA), Orbix support, and managed another team in Vancouver sustaining the Graphical Network Browser. 
• Led several “tiger” teams to solve Nortel customer issues.
• Drove Runtime Robustness Initiative
• Involved in Test Automation Initiative and Improved Logging Initiative.

Product Manager / Design Manager

•	Directed verification of base software for the next generation of Nortel IP Routing Software, portable across multiple embedded platforms and operating systems (e.g. VxWorks, Chorus, etc). 
•	Managed the creation and support of the development and test environments, both desktop and lab, as well as customer support, demos, and documentation.

Verification Manager / Infrastructure Manager  (DevOps)

Founded group that worked with development and verification groups throughout the corporation applying best practices in testing. Some examples:
• Automated testing of web-based applications. 
• Reduced 3 week task to 1 week
• Automatically generated automated tests for call processing features. 
• Reduced 700 TCs to 130
• Deployed code coverage tools in embedded (firmware) projects with severe memory and performance restrictions.

Consultant / Manager: Test Acceleration

I love to make things faster! From software development and test time, to system performance, to helping customers get things done in less time.

Experienced in all stages of the SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) from initial business kickoff, to working with customers to design a product, coding, verification, release management, customer support, and end of life closeout.

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