Adam Christian

Current

• Automation Architect, Web Developer at Slide

Education

• Washington State University
• Washington State University

Recommended

5 people have recommended Adam

Connections

175 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Adam Christian’s Summary

Advanced skills
- JavaScript/CSS/DOM/XUL/XPCOM
- JavaScript frameworks (Dojo, Prototype, Fleegix, YUI, JQuery)
- OOP and software engineering
- Django Web Framework
- Pylons Web Framework
- Windmill Testing Framework
- Selenium Testing Framework
Solid foundation skills
- PHP, Python, wxPython, C, C++, C#
- Database programming (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL)
- Photoshop, GIMP
- Software testing methodology

Experience
Automation Architect, Web Developer, Slide Inc. July 2008 - Current
Lead the company wide effort to adopt test automation into Slide QA. Also, lead a team of up to 8 QA Engineers of both in house and outsourced resources writing automated test cases.

Software Engineer (Web Development), Rearden Commerce 2008 - Current
Client side development of universal widgets for the Rearden Personal Assistant. Maintaining JavaScript organization, coding standards, JavaScript Framework usage and performance.

QA Development Engineer, Open Source Applications Foundation 2006-Current
Primary Responsibilities --
Know the internals and insure the quality of all front end functionality in the Chandler Server.
Interface with developers, release managers and QA in order to ensure smooth releases.
Develop JSON/Python and JavaScript tests to automate release cycles.
Maintain Chandler Server instances for automated testing, and QA Sessions.
Chandler and Cosmo Testing and Automation --
http://chandler.osafoundation.org, http://cosmo.osafoundation.org
Windmill -- co-founder, developer -- http://windmill.osafoundation.org
Project was founded at OSAF by myself and Mikeal Rogers.
Designed to provide end to end functional web UI testing of any web application.
My primary responsibilities include JavaScript IDE, and Core interaction with the Browsers.

Education
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington — B.A Computer Science
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington — B.A Business Administration

Adam Christian’s Specialties:

- JavaScript/CSS/DOM
- JavaScript frameworks (Dojo, Prototype, Fleegix, YUI, JQuery)
- OOP and software engineering
- Django Web Framework
- Cake PHP Web Framework
- Pylons Web Framework
- Windmill Testing Framework
- Selenium Testing Framework

Adam Christian’s Experience

• Automation Architect, Web Developer

  Slide

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Architecting and implementing an automation system using the Windmill Test Framework to speed up release cycles, catch regressions and maintain continuous integration.

Adam Christian’s Education

• Washington State University

  Computer Science , 2002 — 2006

• Washington State University

  Business Administration , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Business Plan Competition, Sigma Phi Epsilon

Additional Information

Adam Christian’s Interests:

Snowboarding, hiking, scuba diving, all types of software engineering, graphic design, web design...

Adam Christian’s Groups:

Sigma Phi Epsilon, Rearden Commerce, OSAF, Slide Inc.

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Python Community
•    Alumni of Washington State University
•    Open Source Universe
•    Linking Northern California
•    Django
•    Quality Assurance Professional
•    iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com
•    FOSS Professionals
•    Watir
•    543 Howard St
•    Rearden Commerce Alumni
•    QAGuild Network
•    Open Source Testing Tools
•    Test Automation Workshop (TAW)
•    Python Developers in Entertainment & Media
•    Windmill
•    Community Leadership Summit
•    End to End Web Developers
•    Open Source for America

Adam Christian’s Honors:

Conferences;
OSCON 2009, San Jose, CA
Speaker -- Using Windmill, July 2009
PYCON 2009, Chicago, IL
Speaker -- Using Windmill, March 2009
OSCON 2007, Portland, OR
Speaker -- Automated Ajax WebUI Testing with Windmill, July 2007
BayPIGgies, Mountain View, CA
Speaker -- Automated Ajax WebUI Testing with Windmill, October 2007