Albert Kaufman - welcomes invites

Current

Owner at Albertideation

Past

Marketing Manager at Skills for Success
Founder and Moderator at FreecyclePortland
Software QA Lead at Bonnville Power Administration

QA Engineer at EFI
Software Team Lead/HP at Vanteon
Software Tester at Oswego Group
Media Specialist at Kaza for Oregon Campaign
Website Maintenance at Site9
Community Activist at Neighborhood Volunteering in Seattle (Self-employed)
Contract Administrator at King County, Housing and Community Development
Software Test Lead at Acadio
Test Engineer at Emercis
Lead Tester at Microsoft
Quality Assurance Engineer at BSQUARE
Quality Assurance Engineer at Sprynet
Quality Assurance Engineer at Device Guys, Inc.
Quality Assurance Engineer at Microsoft
Windows 95 Technical Support Specialist at Keane
Executive Secretary/Trainer at Ruschke & Partners

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Education

Rutgers University
NYU
Lawrence High School

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Albert Kaufman - welcomes invites’s Summary

Albertideation is a new Pacific Northwest company focusing on marketing, PR, and ideation for businesses small and large. Contact me today to learn how I can help you with your business and social networking needs!

Albert Kaufman - welcomes invites’s Specialties:

Viral marketing, social networking, and how to use these to great effect to promote your product, service or vision.

Albert Kaufman - welcomes invites’s Experience

Owner

Albertideation

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Working with clients to make the best use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in, Biznik, etc. to further their business goals. Also helping clients with website optimization, design and promotion. More info @ <http://albertideation.com>
Marketing Manager

Skills for Success

(Education Management industry)

November 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 1 month)

I am the marketing manager for the Abundance Company and Skills for Success in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit our website and let's figure out how we can work together to make your life or the life of your company more Abundant!

http://abundancecompany.com/
http://skills4success.biz
Founder and Moderator

FreecyclePortland

(Consumer Goods industry)

September 2003 — June 2008 (4 years 10 months)

I founded FreecyclePortland and started Freecycle groups in NYC and many other cities. I continue to moderate the Portland list from time to time and speak to the media about Freecycle.
Software QA Lead

Bonnville Power Administration

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Software requirements review and analysis. Automated website testing using Microsoft Visual Studio 5 Tester Edition. Tested a large web-based billing system as part of a multi-million dollar development effort.

More recently worked with HP Quality Center to test two bill-archiving systems. Led team effort through a server migration, data migration and various software upgrades - this included directing and managing end-users of the product and coordinating with development and project management on all aspects of the project. Wrote test plans, test scripts and delivered documentation on all efforts in a timely manner.
QA Engineer

EFI

(Public Company; EFII; Computer Software industry)

April 2005 — October 2005 (7 months)

Tested high-end Xerox printer/copier/scanner and Splash server in a team environment. Focused on printer driver, install, and configuration. Used Siebel’s defect tracking software and performed regression in a cross-platform environment.

• Was responsible for ten major areas of functionality testing
• Worked closely with developers to document complex series of steps which would lead to failures
• Participated in weekly team teleconferences
• Came on board towards the end of the project lifecycle and worked until product shipped
Software Team Lead/HP

Vanteon

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

November 2004 — April 2005 (6 months)

Tested HP printers on Mac platform. Installed and tested firmware, and performed localization and configuration testing. Also tracked and regressed defects.

• Worked on 4 new HP printers that have since come to market
• Tested installation software as well as web download of drivers
• Focused particularly on localization of installation packages and functionality of software package which comes with each printer
Software Tester

Oswego Group

(Privately Held; Design industry)

May 2004 — October 2004 (6 months)

Tested Nike’s Custom Catalog Creation Software using black-box testing, Filemaker Pro and FogBugz quality assurance system.
Media Specialist

Kaza for Oregon Campaign

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
Website Maintenance

Site9

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

April 2003 — August 2003 (5 months)

Created and maintained websites – including work with Photoshop, InDesign, GoLive, and other design and database software
Community Activist
Neighborhood Volunteering in Seattle (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 10,001 or more employees; Program Development industry)

January 1996 — July 2002 (6 years 7 months)

Worked on a variety of projects in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle. I've posted a lot of this work at http://www.cityofseattle.net/beaconhill This included: organizing tree planting efforts, community planning, neighborhood community council membership, media outreach, and a thousand other things. It was a lot of fun and had me working with volunteers a lot. I also was able to impact my neighborhood in a positive way, and I'm proud of that.
Contract Administrator

King County, Housing and Community Development

(Government Administration industry)

April 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 2 months)

• Served as administrator for THOR, THORA and HAF housing programs.
• Wrote and administered contracts for department
• Visited and monitored clients of social service agencies receiving County funds.
• Performed database administration and assistance to the department.
Software Test Lead

Acadio

(E-Learning industry)

September 1999 — February 2000 (6 months)

Led effort to fully test e-commerce site acadio.com. Activity included writing and implementing extensive test plan, hiring and managing test team, participating in management meetings, estimating project testing requirements and equipment needs. Also responsible for administering internal defect-tracking tool.
Test Engineer

Emercis

(E-Learning industry)

February 1999 — August 1999 (7 months)

Tested application, Catalog Server, which enabled creation of mid-sized company stores on the web. Trained sister company (Mindcorps, Inc.) employees in use of product. Sites based on SQL Server 7.0, IIS, Java, VB, NT and MS Site Server. Created test plans and scripts. Testing involved load-testing, functionality, UI, various software update scenarios and base file changes.
Lead Tester

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

July 1998 — December 1998 (6 months)

Microsoft Consulting Services/Applied Technology Division, Bellevue, WA

Tested a Boeing/Microsoft database application involving HPCs and PCs running W95, NT and CE 2.1, SQL Server 6.5, IIS 4.0, and Access as well as other technologies. Position also included training of Boeing employees on application
Quality Assurance Engineer

BSQUARE

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

January 1998 — April 1998 (4 months)

Tested localized (6 languages) faxing software for HPCs on Windows CE 1.0 and 2.0. Developed functionality and localization test scripts for two products: bFAX Express and bFAX Pro. Worked closely with developers to adjust specifications and enhance products with new features
Quality Assurance Engineer

Sprynet

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1997 — October 1997 (6 months)

Created test plan and thoroughly tested Sprynet account creation products on Windows and Mac platforms. Also tested javachat tech support application, MS Exchange Server Administration tool, IE4 and a dual Sprynet/CompuServe account creation vehicle
Quality Assurance Engineer

Device Guys, Inc.

(Computer Hardware industry)

March 1997 — May 1997 (3 months)

Tested Sharp MFP (multi-functional peripheral). Trained other testers in setup of hardware and software for testing purposes. Set up various hardware/software and operating system configurations to test the MFP. Also wrote new and adjusted existing extensive test scripts regarding the operating software. Focused on printer driver, installation, scanning, copying and networking issues
Quality Assurance Engineer

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

October 1996 — March 1997 (6 months)

Localization and functionality testing in German and Japanese on IEAK 3.2 (Internet Explorer Administration Kit). Learned test script creation. Previous project: Localization team member for MS Commerce Server as well as Active Payment and Address Control for Netscape and Internet Explorer. Used manual and automated tests to check product functionality. Acquired new skills using internal Microsoft testing products such as RICH, Lark, Raid and Orbiter.
Windows 95 Technical Support Specialist

Keane

(Privately Held; KEA; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1995 — June 1996 (10 months)

Provided excellent technical support on all aspects of Windows 95. Attended 3-week comprehensive training class. Trained new team members on operating procedures. Also supported NOW Software products Contact and Up-to-Date for 3 months (MAC). Received three customer letters documenting excellent customer service.
Executive Secretary/Trainer

Ruschke & Partners

(International Trade and Development industry)

January 1991 — December 1994 (4 years)

Ruschke & Partners, Munich, Germany

Responsible for office management, training, database maintenance, translation and correspondence for two German patent attorneys. Created Mac network and trained office on development and use of system

Albert Kaufman - welcomes invites’s Education

Rutgers University

MA , International Relations, Conflict Resolution , September 1989 — June 2001
NYU

BA , Political Science, Economics , September 1980 — June 1984
Lawrence High School

English, Physics, Economics 1976 — 1979

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The Abundance Company, Skills for Success, Sierra Club, Tillamook Rainforest Coalition, Mount Hood National Park Campaign, National Wildlife Association, Audubon Society, Earthsave, Washington Toxics Coalition, Population Connection, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, United Way

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