Web site: www.erikburd.org
Email: erik@erikburd.org

Objective: A software engineer or QA lead/manager position in the biotechnology or computer hardware/software industries.

• 5 years of C/C++ software development experience on Windows 9x/NT/2000 using Visual C++
• Senior-level QA background including automation, functional and regression testing, white/black box testing, numerical and statistical validation, writing test suites and test plans
• 4 years programming with the Win32 API and MFC for systems programming, API, GUI and multithreaded application development
• Working knowledge of OOD/OOA, ActiveX, COM, XML, Perl, Linux

Windows Desktop Software Engineer, fusionOne, San Jose, CA, 2000-2001

• Developed all code under Windows 2000 in C++, using both the Win32 API and MFC
• Helped port our existing client/server program into an API library for external use in third party applictions
• Designed and wrote a test harness for the API library in C++ and MFC using OOD principles and started initial porting for cross-platform development on Mac and Unix platforms
• Responsible for maintenance and adding new features to the installer of our Windows client program

Software Application Engineer II, C-Cube Microsystems, Milpitas, CA, 1999-2000

• Developed applications in C++ on Windows NT4 and VxWorks to test DVD encoder/decoder chips, using the Win32 API and MFC
• Performed project management for several microcode tracks, including writing testing procedures, test plans, and acting as QA liaison for R&D and Tech Marketing groups
• Designed a diagnostic program for overnight quantitative measurement of MPEG bitstreams

Lead Windows SQA Engineer, Wolfram Research Inc. Champaign, IL, 1997-1999

• Wrote a 32-bit CRC program in C++ for comparing installed images of our software
• Implemented new procedures for standardizing automated overnight testing on Windows
• Used Perl and Mathematica programs to automate file-processing tasks for testing
• Supervised and trained part-time Windows testers with black box testing and our testing procedures

Technical Support Rep./Quality Control Engineer, Jandel Scientific Software, San Rafael, CA, 1994-1997
(Jandel Scientific was acquired by SPSS, Inc. in November, 1996)

• Assigned as the QA Lead for our image analysis program SigmaScan Pro. Performed back box tests with the UI, image measurements and documentation
• Performed statistical validation and numerical accuracy tests for SigmaPlot and SigmaStat
• Actively participated in 12 complete, individual product release cycles

• ACRE - Audio Composition Research Environment, Summer 1999
• Helped design a next-generation program for sound research
• Used OOD to create the C++ class hierarchy for the application
• Created a set of GUI controls to allow making adjustments to the sound objects in real-time using Windows controls and an experimental OpenGL version