Jon Stanley

Current

Software Development Engineer in Test at Groundspeak

Past

Software Development Engineer in Test at Microsoft
Software Tester at Volt Technical Resources
Research Technician at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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Education

Pennsylvania State University
University of Washington
Santa Clara University

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Industry

Computer Software

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Jon Stanley’s Summary

Over thirteen years experience in the software industry including full product cycle experience at Microsoft shipping simulations as well as a variety of other genres.

Extensive knowledge writing test plans, test cases, suites and running debug tools.

Flexibility to shift resources when needed and manage limited resources.

Jon Stanley’s Specialties:

Software quality assurance and testing
GIS tools and analysis
Games and simulations

Jon Stanley’s Experience

Software Development Engineer in Test

Groundspeak

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

• Responsible for writing and executing test plans and test cases for all Groundspeak web sites.
• Managing the release process (verification, deployment, and testing) with the program management team.
• Reporting and escalating production issues and verifying solutions to avoid recurrence.
• Interacting with key stakeholders from the executive and support teams.
• Collaborating with the project manager and team to develop release and sprint plans.
Software Development Engineer in Test

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

July 1995 — March 2009 (13 years 9 months)

• Responsible for leading the scenery testing effort for the studio.
• Developed and led a team in the planning and execution of tests of the accuracy and realism of the world as modeled in the studio’s simulations. Primary responsibilities included verifying the accurate layout, placement and operation of the 24,000+ airports in Microsoft Flight Simulator; verifying the placement and appearance of landmark and generic objects in all Microsoft simulations; verifying the accurate rendering of terrain elevations and textures in the simulations world model; verifying the accurate layout of railroad routes in Microsoft Train Simulator; and insuring the proper display and accuracy of vector data including hydrology and road networks.
• Led the test planning, GPS mapping and test execution of the routes chosen for modeling in Microsoft Train Simulator.
• Led the overall testing effort on the first installment of the open-world driving game Microsoft Midtown Madness.
Software Tester

Volt Technical Resources

(Public Company; VOL; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

February 1995 — July 1995 (6 months)

• Contracted through Volt with Microsoft Works to test print functionality of the Works software suite on a variety of printer hardware.
• Successfully ushered a critical feature of the product through the period of conversion to Microsoft Windows 95.
• Full-time job offer extended by Microsoft Works team after completion of temporary contract.
Research Technician

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

(Non-Profit; Research industry)

July 1992 — February 1995 (2 years 8 months)

• Ran the daily operations of the cancer research lab of Dr. Effie Petersdorf. Primary tasks involved planning and executing experiments involving human DNA sequencing.

Jon Stanley’s Education

Pennsylvania State University

Certificate , Geographic Information Systems (GIS) , 2005 — 2006

Completed GIS certificate through the Penn State World Campus (online).
University of Washington

Genetics 1990 — 1992
Santa Clara University

BS , Biology , 1988 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Chi