Robert R. (Bob) Kenyon, Software Test Development Engineer

Resume: Robert R. (Bob) Kenyon
[email protected]

Objective:

A software quality assurance position where I can use my programming skills to improve overall software quality.

Skills:

Experience:

Auspex Systems: Santa Clara, CA 6/2001 - 4/2003
Product Assurance, Senior Software Test Development Engineer

Designed, documented, and implemented test plans to verify correct operation of servers.
Designed and developed test scripts in Unix shell and Perl to automate testing of servers.
Performed primary QA duties on Java-based GUI management application, including writing test plans, test cases, evaluating user interface and appearance issues.
Installed and configured Auspex operating system software, including Solaris installation and administration.
Configured network, client and server hardware to accomplish test objectives.
Interpreted and analyzed problems with servers using logs, debugging tools and other methodologies.

Connectix Corporation: San Mateo, CA 3/2001-11/2001
Web Applications, Contractor Part Time

Designed and implemented several Perl cgi applications that processed web forms and interfaced with backend applications.

nCUBE Corporation: Foster City, CA 10/2000 - 4/2001
Software Server Department, Senior Software Engineer

Developed Perl module middleware that communicated between XML requests and the UNIX operating system of a video server.
Coded server module using Perl Object-Oriented and mod_perl compatible techniques.
Designed implementations for copying, moving, formatting, status and information reporting and other manipulation tasks for video content.
Maintained and updated builds of older legacy server software.
Participated in planning and status meetings and documented progress.

Oracle Corporation: Redwood Shores, CA 5/2000 - 10/2000
Interactive Television Division, Senior Member of Technical Staff

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space: Sunnyvale, CA 11/1996 - 4/2000
Test Systems Software Products, Senior Software Engineer

Maintained and improved programs utilizing proprietary multi-platform GUI's and a proprietary data retrieval system written in C for processing and presentation of data from missile flight tests.
Designed middleware software to present data on the web using Perl, HTML, SQL, and Java programming.
Worked with flight test analysts on software requirements.
Created and maintained documentation for several applications developed by the group.

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space: Sunnyvale, CA 7/1988 - 11/1996
Space Technology Department, Research Specialist

Applied structural dynamics methodologies to analyses of transient responses of spacecraft structures.
Applied computer science methodology to develop tools for solving aeronautical and structural dynamics problems.
Created algorithms to implement new analysis techniques; improved existing tools to increase analysis speed and accuracy.
Supervised and trained co-workers in structural dynamics technology.
Analyzed data and documented results.

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space: Sunnyvale, CA 7/1983 - 7/1988
Space Technology Department, Research Engineer

Selected and applied analytical methods for dynamic structural analysis on Milstar Program.
Analyzed data and documented results.

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space: Sunnyvale, CA 9/1980 - 7/1983
Space Technology Department, Associate Engineer

Applied technical and computer software knowledge to the structural analysis of various spacecraft systems.

Additional Education:

Attended training courses in Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Java, Software Process, C++, Unix system administration leading to a Lockheed Martin Software Training Certificate.

Continuing education on Computer Programming I & II, Data Structures and Algorithms, Assembly Programming (Intel 8088), Object Oriented Programming, Discrete Mathematics and Structures of Programs.
Classes used Pascal, C, C++, and Scheme programming languages.

Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1980