A multimedia quality assurance specialist with skills in producing, ITV, ATVEF, audio-visual technologies, Internet technologies, and computer graphics

Experience with or expert in the following systems:

Personal TV appliances, DVR systems

Producing audio CDs, educational CD-ROMs, and websites

Creating and delivering ATVEF (TVML) content

Internet authoring, HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Interactive multimedia presentations

Software quality assurance

Creating and enhancing digital images

Electronic publishing

Digital audio, including recording engineering

Digital video, including broadcast TV

MIDI

Visual Studio .net

Installshield

MacOS, Windows & Red Hat

Quality Assurance Manager & Release Engineer - Vivaty

-        Responsible for creating a QA department and testing processes and version control

-        Administer proper source code control and procedures

-        Started and Managing the bug database

-        Writing release notes and installation procedure documentation

-        Building and writing installer software (installshield)

-        Created an automated build system

Quality Assurance Manager & Release Engineer - Sportvision

-        Responsible for creating a QA department and testing processes and version control

-        Testing the RaceF/X broadcast system

-        Created Perl and Bash scripts to help run the RaceF/X system

-        Testing, building, creating installers & releasing the Ften (yellow line in football) broadcast system

-        Testing a TV Telestrator system

-        Testing Pit Command Java applets

-        Administer proper source code control and procedures

-        Started and Managing the bug database

-        Writing release notes and installation procedure documentation

-        Building and installing software

Client Engineering: Technical Specialist - Microsoft's WebTV & UltimateTV

-        Responsible for creating guidelines, testing processes and Technical Notes

-        Managed and designed the QA Internal web sites

-        Taught others how to test: HTML, Style Sheets, JavaScript, DHTML, ATVEF, printing, audio (web & AC-3)
         graphics, video, and multimedia plug-ins like Flash, Beatnik

-        Helped to design MS Media Player for WebTV user interface, ATVEF user interface

Product Engineering Quality Assurance: QA Client Engineer - Microsoft's WebTV

-        Responsible for creating guidelines and testing processes

-        Tested the clients areas of: HTML, Style Sheets, JavaScript, DHTML, ATVEF, printing, audio (web & AC-3),
         graphics, video, and multimedia plug-ins like Flash, RealAudio, Beatnik

-        Highest bugs per day average for the whole division

Multimedia Integration Quality: MacOS 8.0 Team Lead - Apple Computer

-        Responsible for assigning team members work load

-        Responsible for creating guidelines and testing processes

-        Responsible for reporting team status and solving technical problems

-        Tested the multimedia aspects of the OS

-        Tested the compatibility with over 150 multimedia applications and hardware products with the OS

-        Used automated test tools and bug tracking databases

Multimedia Integration Quality: System 7.6 Test Lead - Apple Computer

-        Responsible for creating guidelines

-        Responsible for reporting team status and solving technical problems

-        Tested the multimedia aspects of the OS

-        Tested the compatibility with over 150 multimedia applications and hardware products with the OS

-        Used automated test tools and bug tracking databases

Multimedia Integration Quality: Copland Application Bring-Up Functional Lead - Apple Computer

-        Responsible for managing the MIQ new MacOS application bring-up team

-        Responsible for creating guidelines and testing processes

-        Tested the multimedia aspects of the OS

-        Tested the compatibility with multimedia applications with the OS

-        Used automated test tools and bug tracking databases

Multimedia Director - Zane Publishing

-        A manager in the team that built 150 Multimedia titles in one year

-        On the team that designed PowerCD 2.1 & Webster's New World Dictionary interface

-        Responsible for out sourcing of images and audio for digitization

-        On the team that beta-tested software, title content, and recommended improvements

-        Designing automation processes

-        Redesigned the image production department

-        Responsible for recommending and buying software for the Multimedia Section

Owner - Black Hat Records

-        Started an post modern Jazz label

-        Recording engineer

-        Handled promotion and release of the catalog

-        CDs have gotten international air play and reviews

Free-lance work creating multimedia presentation, digital publishing, soundtracks, videos, and websites

-        Technical advisor and webmaster for VantageLabs.com, 2003

-        Taught a digital audio class at Academy of Art College, 2002

-        Designed, built and maintain websites (most music groups)

-        Consultant for website design

-        Wrote soundtracks for websites (Flash animations)

-        Created digital images for Harold Gore Publishing

-        Created a catalog and advertisements for Pender's Music Company using desktop publishing skills

-        Consultant to Harold Gore Publishing and Cimarron Music and Productions

-        Notated Music for publishing

-        Helped to orchestrate music soundtracks for movies: Matter of Honor, pilot to El Mariachi 2 (became
         Desperado), and student films.

B.A. with honors from the University of North Texas, 1993

Completed a continuing education class in Basic C programming, 1994

Completed a continuing education class in First Line Management from Southern Methodist University, 1995

Graduated cum laude (GPA 3.54)

Won 2 Emmys for NASCAR on Fox 2004, 2005

Member of the Golden Key National Honor Society

Member of the Gamma Beta Phi Society

Received a competitive scholarship to attend UNT

Received Certificate of Merit from Boy Scouts of America

Released a Post-modern Jazz CD entitled an indefinite suspension of the possible from Black Hat Records

Released a Post-modern Jazz CD entitled The Is from Black Hat Records

Released an enhanced Jazz CD entitled Statements from Black Hat Records
Released a Jazz CD entitled Searching from Black Hat Records

Published by Cimarron Music and Productions

Professional musician that performs and records with orchestras and jazz bands

Professional classical composer

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