Dawn Haynes

Current

Director & Member at Association for Software Testing
Sr. Trainer & Consultant at PerfTestPlus, Inc.

Past

Software Quality Specialist & Trainer at Security Innovation, Inc.
Instructional Designer - Performance Testing Courses at Contract position for IBM Rational
Technical Training Manager at Ipswitch, Inc.

Technology Evangelist at Rational Software (formerly SQA, now IBM)
Project Administrator at Softbridge Microsystems

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Education

Northeastern University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Dawn Haynes’s Summary

Dawn Haynes is a Senior Trainer and Consultant for PerfTestPlus, and Secretary of the Association for Software Testing. A highly regarded trainer of software testers, she blends experience and humor to provide testers of all levels with tools and techniques to help them generate new approaches to common and complex software testing problems. In addition to training, Dawn is particularly passionate about improving the state of performance testing across the industry. She has more than 20 years of experience supporting, administering, developing and testing software and hardware systems, from small business operations to large corporate enterprises. Dawn holds a BSBA in MIS with a minor in programming from Northeastern University.

Dawn Haynes’s Specialties:

Teaching Software Testing to Practitioners, Developing Training Materials, Performance Testing Software Systems

Dawn Haynes’s Experience

Director & Member

Association for Software Testing

(Computer Software industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

The Association for Software Testing (AST - www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org) is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to advancing the understanding and practice of software testing. The AST serves a community of scholars, students, and software development practitioners by providing forums for discussion of all aspects of software testing through conferences, publications, web sites, and other services.
Sr. Trainer & Consultant

PerfTestPlus, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Develop and deliver training, as well as provide consulting services to audiences interested in improving their software testing strategies and approaches.
Software Quality Specialist & Trainer

Security Innovation, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2005 — February 2007 (2 years )

Develop and deliver training on advanced software testing techniques and tools. Provide software testing and consulting services, as well as technical and sales support.
Instructional Designer - Performance Testing Courses

Contract position for IBM Rational

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

June 2004 — May 2005 (1 year )

Designed and developed technical training course for a new performance testing tool. Course materials were developed to provide an instructor-led classroom experience, with extensive materials provided to the students for post-class review.
Technical Training Manager

Ipswitch, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 3 months)

Managed customer-facing open enrollment course offerings. Updated existing course and trained new instructors to increase enrollment. Brought new course to market within a few months of joining the company. Rolled out a partner certification program in Europe to increase training offerings outside the U.S.
Technology Evangelist

Rational Software (formerly SQA, now IBM)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RATL; Computer Software industry)

June 1996 — March 2003 (6 years 10 months)

Provided sales strategy, materials, and training content for the Rational Suite of software testing tools. Spoke at testing conferences, attended collaborative industry testing workshops, and wrote articles on testing processes and tool usage.
Project Administrator

Softbridge Microsystems

(Computer Software industry)

1990 — 1991 (1 year )

Dawn Haynes’s Education

Northeastern University

BSBA , Management of Information Systems , 1994

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Additional Information

Dawn Haynes’s Websites:

Dawn Haynes’s Groups:

- Association for Software Testing (AST), member
- American Society for Quality (ASQ), member
- American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), member
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), member
- Context-Driven School of Testing