David Smith

David Smith LinkedIn:​ s ​ irdavesmith GitHub:​ ​sirdavesmith - Home: ​Cell: - Lehi, Utah Leader / Consultant / Automation Artist ​with 10+ years experience. Roles: Leadership, Automation Engineer, Software Development, Product & Project Management, System & Network Administration, Tech Support, Marketing, Sales, Business Owner Leadership: Agile Coaching, Mentoring, Team Development, Recruiting Languages: JavaScript, Shell Scripting, SQL, Python, Go, Ruby, Java Automation: Cypress.io, WebDriverIO, Mocha, Newman, Sauce Labs, Just-API, Tavern, Applitools, Gatling, Locust, Serenity, Selenium, Cucumber, Protractor, RSpec, SoapUI, TestComplete Tools: Postman, Checkmarx, SonarQube, Charles, Wireshark, Jira, Trello, Zephyr, TestRail DevOps: GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Artifactory, Mesos, New Relic, Airbrake Processes: Cx Driven Development, Team Driven Quality, Data-Driven Quality, ATDD, BDD, Agile, SCRUM, XP, Lean, Kanban, Release & Risk Assessment, Process Optimization Systems: Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Windows, Windows Server, SLES, Ubuntu Technologies: React, Node.js, GraphQL, REST, gRPC, Angular, AWS, Adobe, Salesforce, Azure Databases: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, MSSQL, Oracle Industries: Healthcare, Marketing & Advertising, Computer Software, Health & Wellness, Network Marketing, Retail, Consumer Services, E-Learning, Restaurants, Higher Education, Performing Arts, Sports, E-commerce, Telecommunications, Home Automation, Legal, Government, Non-profit Professional Experience Engineering Lead ​- OODA Health Aug 2019 - Present ● Promoted from Lead SDET to Engineering Lead ● Building OODA’s first quality engineering program which encourages all stakeholders, devs, qe’s, design, sre, pms, security, compliance, and customer service to contribute to and own software quality & testing together as a company from idea inception to production implementation ● Championing incremental process changes aimed at baking quality into everything we do as a company ● Personally recruited, built, trained, led and then integrated a team of QE Engineers and an Application Security Specialist across multiple development & security teams ● Created new operational synthetics to monitor critical services and paths ● Created a new JavaScript GraphQL API automation testing framework ● Co-created a new JavaScript testing framework leveraging cypress.io ● Integrating frameworks into GitLab pipelines which leverage Docker, AWS & Kubernetes ● Expanding backend & frontend automation testing by leveraging Visual AI & bots ● Supported two new product launches to the health marketplace Lead SDET ​- Adobe ● Started as an SDET - Promoted to DevOps and then Lead SDET ● Led automation efforts across multiple teams. ● Built a new JavaScript UI automation framework with Cypress.io. ● Built a new Ruby API BDD automation framework using Cucumber and RSpec. Oct 2015 - Aug 2019 ● Enhanced Jenkins CI/CD pipeline validation. ● Built out reporting and metrics. ● Proactively improved development processes to "build quality in" throughout the SDLC. ● Worked with developers to write unit tests, expand code analysis and improve code quality. ● Worked on deployment enhancements, build server jobs and environment validation. ● Worked on a critical initiative to provide core services to the Adobe Marketing Cloud platform. Owner – Principal SDET & Software Quality Leader ​– SQA Inc. Apr. 2010 – Dec. 2018 ● Directly led the efforts of single and multiple teams of engineers. ● Directed engineering departments to adopt agile processes and automation to deliver quality-driven products. ● Created new UI automation frameworks using Java, JavaScript, Selenium, Protractor. ● Created new API automation frameworks using Ruby or Java. ● Developed risk management and product monitoring strategies. Director Software Quality ​– Numetric June 2015 - Oct. 2015 ● Created and built the QA department from scratch. ● Established testing processes across the entire company. ● Led and directed all automation, QA, release management and several PM initiatives. ● Recognized for PM and QA initiatives that directly led to the successful release of our first major application. ● Trained developers and QA engineers on QA process and automation best practices. ● Optimized and enhanced existing TestRail, Jira and Bamboo systems. Lead SDET ​- Micro Focus (Formerly Novell) Nov. 2014 - June 2015 ● Led Novell through a transition from Waterfall to Agile software development processes. ● Lead Android, iOS and Windows Phone testing for Novel Filr, Vibe, and Messenger. ● Developed Java-based automation framework for Android testing. SDET​ - LogMeIn (Formerly Jive Communications) Sept. 2014 – Nov. 2014 ● Programmed complex solutions in Java for a new home-baked phone test automation framework. ● Handled fullstack development and release to production. ● Mentored QA professionals on QA best practices and automation. Software Engineer​ - Digicert Jan. 2014 – Sept. 2014 ● Developed, documented and tested new RESTful controllers using PHP. ● Created and fixed complex SQL queries utilizing nested select statements, joins, inserts and updates. ● Debugged and fixed several service, db, and ui layer defects in our Java, PHP and JavaScript codebase. ● Recognized for working closely with QA to enhance test automation framework and processes. ● Recognized for elevating the marketing department's code standards via thorough code reviews. Senior QA Project Manager ​- Vivint Aug. 2012 – Jan. 2014 ● Started as a QA Engineer - Promoted to SDET then Senior QA Project Manager ● Built, led and directed Vivint's first internal software quality assurance program. ● Set automation coding standards and mentored team members. ● Recognized for QA and PM initiatives that directly led to the successful release of Insider, Arena and several new Vivint software applications. ● Recognized for my dedication, loyalty, and hard work to build QA into the development process. ● Recognized for training, engineering education, and leadership. ● Developed automated RESTful web services testing. ● Created Vivint's first UI automation regression suite in C# using the Selenium Web Driver library. ● Debugged and recommended fixes for various defects in our C# codebase. Software Automation Engineer​ - USANA Health Sciences Mar. 2010 – Aug 2012 ● Created & defined USANA's first software automation role. ● Actively influenced USANA's development process to embrace Agile, in place of Waterfall. ● Coded USANA's first automated regression testing suite in JScript using TestComplete. ● Assisted in coding a new Java-based Selenium framework for UI and performance Automation. ● Wrote simple queries using Oracle SQL. ● Recognized for training engineers on automation and quality assurance best practices. ● Wrote test plans, test cases, automation test suites, and training documentation. ● Completed mobile, web services, acceptance, regression, integration, usability, smoke, database, performance, UI, localization and other types of testing in a Java/JavaScript environment. Software Quality Assurance Engineer​ - NetDocuments ● Designed test plans, wrote test cases and created new Selenium test scripts. ● Designed and implemented a new virtual test lab through VMWare. Mar. 2009 – Feb. 2010 ● Completed manual and automated black-box testing of a .Net SaaS based product. ● Vetted customer feedback and product interactions. ● Wrote customer-facing product documentation. Previous Tech Support, Sys Admin & Sales roles can be found on LinkedIn Education Stevens Henager College — Salt Lake City, UT 2007 - 2010 Utah Valley University — Orem, UT 2005 - 2007 Bachelors of Computer Science Magna Cum Laude Bachelors of Computer Science Magna Cum Laude