Curt Weaver

Past

• Builder at Microsoft (contracted via Volt Computer Services)
• Sr. Build Engineer at Visto Corp.
• Builder at Microsoft (contracted via Volt Computer Services)

• Configuration Management Engineer at Calypso Medical (contracted via Techlink Northwest inc.)
• Software Test Engineer 2 at Microsoft (contracted via Volt Computer Services)
• Configuration Man. Contractor at NetManage
• Sr. Configuration Man. Engr. at NetManage
• Sr. Software Quality Engineer / CM Specialist at Wall Data (purchased by Netmanage)

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Education

• Western Washington University

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Industry

Computer Software

Curt Weaver’s Summary

Looking for a Build position with leadership potential that I can utilize my 10+ years of experience to benefit a company looking to stabilize and improve it's build process.

Curt Weaver’s Specialties:

NT Shell Scripting

Curt Weaver’s Experience

• Builder

  Microsoft (contracted via Volt Computer Services)

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Manage the build machines.
  Manage the Daily Build.
  Support Special (One-Off) Build Requests.
  Maintain & Enhance existing build scripts. (NT Shell/Batch , Razzle, CoreXT, Source Depot)
  Integrate external partner code drops to Source Depot.
  Support Dev Team with Buddy Builds.

• Sr. Build Engineer

  Visto Corp.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2004 — June 2008 (3 years 11 months)

  Member of transition team that closed out all SW development in the Seattle office.
  Responsible for final delivery of all Production releases to Major Mobile Operators world wide.
  Responsible for releasing software for customer acceptance testing.
  Assisted and coordinated projects between multiple offices world wide (China, UK, US).
  Maintained test server env. which consisted of 40+ Linux servers.
  Created, maintained, and enhanced automation to improve quality of released products.
  Documented build and release procedures for maintenance releases.
  Worked with software escrow on multiple deposits to meet contractual obligations.
  Assisted in the localization of multiple components into 12 languages.

• Builder

  Microsoft (contracted via Volt Computer Services)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  Maintain & Enhance CoreXT build scripts for 2 products.
  Build patches on schedule and demand.
  Run & Maintained BVT Test lab using CleanOS, TotalControl, & OASys.

• Configuration Management Engineer

  Calypso Medical (contracted via Techlink Northwest inc.)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)

  February 2003 — June 2003 (5 months)

  Designed and implemented automated build system using JScript & Windows Scripting Host.
  Wrote VS.Net Installation solutions and product installation instructions.
  Implemented nightly build process

• Software Test Engineer 2

  Microsoft (contracted via Volt Computer Services)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  February 2002 — February 2003 (1 year 1 month)

  Run automated test suite to exercise the OLE Automation functionality on various Windows platforms.
  Wrote ASP.NET Application to remotely start and monitor OLEAut tests.
  Maintain test lab of 35+ machines.

• Configuration Man. Contractor

  NetManage

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; NETM; Computer Software industry)

  December 2001 — February 2002 (3 months)

  Designed and implemented new build server scheme.
  Migrated existing automation to new build servers.
  Wrote a CGI based Web Page that tied into existing build automation to allow developers to initiate official builds at any time.

• Sr. Configuration Man. Engr.

  NetManage

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; NETM; Computer Software industry)

  February 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 4 months)

  Designed automated build system that is still in use and allowed production to be maintained despite staffing reductions.
  Maintained existing automated build systems.
  Maintained archives with MSVC and Java files for multiple product lines with multiple code bases.
  Worked closely with both Quality Assurance and Product Development.
  Project Management of Service Pack releases.

• Sr. Software Quality Engineer / CM Specialist

  Wall Data (purchased by Netmanage)

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WALL; Computer Software industry)

  November 1995 — February 2000 (4 years 4 months)

  Built & Released patches & Service Packs for both 16bit and 32bit products
  Maintained and updated multiple build processes.
  Designed, implemented, maintained, and defined automated test suites and strategies.
  Developed and executed manual test plans.
  Defined test objectives.
  Have worked independently, as a member of a team, and as a team lead.
  Experience with product life cycle of existing and new applications.
  Designed an automated test suite, which is still in use, that tests in 2 ½hrs. what would take 3 days to test manually.
  Wrote and implemented automated test cases for Web page forms.
  Primary SQE for multiple components.
  Assisted experienced SQE with automation solutions.
  Trained junior SQE in use of automation tools and creation & maintenance of automated test cases.

Curt Weaver’s Education

• Western Washington University

  B.S. , Math/Computer Science , 1992 — 1994

  Minor in Physics

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Rep. for Judo Club to Associated Students Sports Club Counsel, Worked for 2yrs. in the Veterans Outreach Center