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Brandon Perkins

Computer Science graduate with MSc in Information Science from University of North Carolina. Currently working as Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Red Hat.

Headline: Engineer
Website: http://www.google.com/profiles/bdperkin
Location: Raleigh / Durham, NC
Groups: Linking Raleigh, NC
Interested in: Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Trading services
Schools: University of North Carolina System - Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina System - Charlotte

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Red Hat
Position: Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Time period: June 2009 - Present
Description: Software Quality Assurance Lead for Red Hat Systems Management Products.

Employer: Red Hat
Position: Supervisor, Quality Assurance
Time period: August 2008 - June 2009
Description: Quality Assurance Supervisor for Red Hat Management Products.

Employer: Red Hat
Position: Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Time period: March 2006 - August 2008
Description: Software Quality Assurance Lead for Red Hat Management Products

Employer: TIBCO Software
Position: Software Quality Assurance Lead for XML Technology Products
Time period: March 2005 - March 2006
Description: In charge of the Chapel Hill (XML Technology Products) Quality Assurance team. Responsible for the product test planning, management of test cycles and allocation of QA tasks and resources. Tested all products for all platforms supported (Microsoft Windows, HP-UX PA-RISC and Itanium, IBM AIX, Linux x86, Sun Solaris/SunOS SPARC). Administration of open source Concurrent Versions System (CVS) source code repository. Quality Assurance Specialist responsible for Java Client (CLI and GUI), Server (Web and API), and API testing. Set up test environments, wrote test plans and specifications, tested case design documents and used automation tools based on product design specification to test products. Delivered high quality TIBCO XML development and infrastructure products in Java. Administration of Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2-UDB, and MySQL databases for QA purposes. Local administrator of all backups of Chapel Hill office.

Employer: TIBCO Software
Position: Software Quality Assurance Specialist and Build Engineer
Time period: September 2001 - March 2005
Description: Built, tested, and released all products for all platforms supported (Microsoft Windows, HP-UX PA-RISC and Itanium, IBM AIX, Linux x86, Apple Mac OS X, Sun Solaris/SunOS SPARC and x86). Administration of open source Bugzilla bug/task tracking system database and Concurrent Versions System (CVS) source code repository. Quality Assurance Specialist responsible for Java Client, Server, and API testing. Set up test environments, wrote test plans, tested case design documents and used automation tools based on product design specification to test products. Delivered high quality TIBCO XML development and infrastructure products in Java. Administration of Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2-UDB, and MySQL databases for QA purposes. Local administrator of all backups of Chapel Hill office.

Employer: TIBCO Software
Position: Software Quality Assurance Specialist and Un*x/Mac Build Engineer
Time period: January 2001 - September 2001
Description: Quality Assurance Specialist responsible for Java Client, Server, and API testing. Set up test environments, wrote test plans, tested case design documents and used automation tools based on product design specification to test products. Delivered high quality TIBCO XML development and infrastructure products in Java. Administration of open source Concurrent Versions System (CVS) source code repository. Built and tested all products for non-Windows platforms supported (HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux x86, Apple Mac OS X, Sun Solaris/SunOS SPARC and x86).

Employer: TIBCO Software
Position: Systems Engineer
Time period: July 2000 - January 2001
Description: Responsible for providing presales support to maximize customer satisfaction and business relationships. Supporting new and existing customer initiatives. Exploring new business opportunities, helping to understand the customer's requirements. Supporting Inside Sales to resolve advanced technical queries and performance issues. System administrator of primary and backup DNS/BIND, DHCP, and NTP servers.

EDUCATION

University: University of North Carolina System - Charlotte
Time period: 2000 - 2004
Degree: Computer Science, BSc

University: University of North Carolina System - Chapel Hill
Degree: Information Science, MSc

INFORMATION

Awards: Wal-mart Competitive Edge Scholarship recipient.
University Honors Program member and Webmaster.
Recipient of first University Honors Director Award.

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