Ryo Sode
Applied Mathematics graduate from UC Berkeley. Currently working as Test Automations Engineer at Apple Inc.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | On Sabbatical |
| Website: | http://ryosode.com/blog |
| Industries: | Computing, Gaming, Media |
| Skills: | Design, Engineering, English, Graphic design, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, PHP, Product design, Python, Rails, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development |
| Next step: | Make some money! |
| Location: | SF BayArea |
| Visas: | Permanent Resident in the US |
| Interested in: | Giving back, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley |
FULL BIO
Japanese citizen, US permanent resident. UCBerkeley graduate.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Apple Inc. |
| Position: | Test Automations Engineer |
| Time period: | August 2008 - Present |
| Description: | A graybox testing position that involves the use of various technologies to increase the automated tests required to verify the quality of builds.
Responsibilities: - Design and implement test automations for the quicklook tests. - Design and implement UI based performance measurement automations. - Design and implement tools used by the QA team to automate as many of repetitive tasks as possible. |
| Employer: | The Support Group |
| Position: | Workflow Automation / FileMaker Developer |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | Brought on board to help develop/maintain a large scale FileMaker system for macys.com inventory controls.
Responsibilities: - Automate maintenance workflow - Helped team develop scripts to archive obsolete data |
| Employer: | Ricetribe.com |
| Position: | Architect/Engineer/Designer |
| Time period: | November 2007 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Ricetribe.com was a Japanese community site to that allows you to manage classifieds and events. FYI, the site has been shutdown since. Maybe able to demo upon request.
Responsibilities: - Product Design - Implement the website using Ruby on Rails framework and other relevant technologies - Graphic Designs, CSS, and XHTML implementations to bring a user friendly user interface to you |
| Employer: | Apple Inc. |
| Position: | Senior QA/Test Automation engineer |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Products:
iDVD 6 and iDVD 7 Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain test automation (infrastructure + scripts) for quicklook and load tests. - Developed FileMaker Server Advanced + php solution to keep track of test results automatically. |
| Employer: | FileMaker Inc. |
| Position: | Lead QA |
| Time period: | June 2000 - August 2005 |
| Description: | Technical lead of FileMaker's Web platform test projects such Custom Web Publishing Engine, etc. |
| Employer: | FileMaker Inc., Santa Clara, CA |
| Position: | QA Lead |
| Time period: | January 2000 - December 2005 |
| Description: | Products:
FileMaker Pro 5.5, FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited, FileMaker Pro 6.0, FileMaker Pro 6.0 Unlimited, FileMaker Server 7 and Server Advanced. Responsibilities: - Test Automations. - Testing of XML/XSLT, IWP, CDML and related technologies developed and supported by the Internet development team. - Define and implement technical aspects of the testing projects. |
| Employer: | Fujisan.com Inc. |
| Position: | Director of Design |
| Time period: | January 1998 - May 2000 |
| Description: | Developed brand image designs including the company logo, created web templates including custom mark ups. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 1996 - 2000 |
| Degree: | Applied Math/Comp Sci, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Concerts, band activities, video games, multimedia productions |
Ryo's Contacts (3)
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Russel Simmons
Entrepreneur and technologist, 29, living in San Francisco and working on Yelp.
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Loc Ngo
Crafting amazing experiences for the web & mobile. Cofounder of JobAlchemist / Startuply.com
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Bob Goodson
British, working in San Francisco at Quid. Runaway Oxford medievalist. Former Yelpee.