Nathan Barrett

Current

• Test Engineer at Tandberg Television

Past

• Technical Specialist at Telstra
• Network Analyst at Telstra
• Test Designer at Telstra

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Education

• Deakin University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Broadcast Media

Nathan Barrett’s Summary

Starting as a graduate at Telstra, i worked in various roles for the company, as a test analyst on Mainframe, Midrange and Unix applications. Moving into UAT testing, my last 5 years at Telstra were predominately spent on large infrastructure projects and products. Specializing in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and more specifically in DSL and Cable Broadband Gateways, I have worked with many top vendors on proof of concept, requirements analysis and acceptance/UAT testing of successful IP based products. Leaving Telstra Australia and joining Tandberg Television, part of Ericsson, i have gained valuable Video/MPEG and broadcast knowledge as well as the experience of working abroad with a highly skilled workforce who are world leaders in compression and broadcast hardware for IPTV, Cable, VOD, Satellite, Contribution and Distribution. I look forward to being part of the industry as we move to an all IP future and the convergence of our digital lives.

Nathan Barrett’s Specialties:

CPE SME, IP Networks, Testing/Quality Assurance, Vendor Management, People Skills.

Nathan Barrett’s Experience

• Test Engineer

  Tandberg Television

  (Public Company; TAT; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Test and analyse hardware for the Broadcast and IPTV industry. In depth analysis of Mpeg/DVB hardware and systems for Cable, Satellite, Contribution/Distribution and IPTV.

• Technical Specialist

  Telstra

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

  January 2007 — April 2009 (2 years 4 months)

  • Feasibility and Proof of Concept consultancy for proposed Network and CPE based IP products
  • Requirements Definition for software, hardware and solutions.
  • Vendor Management of build activities for complex IP based solutions.
  • Test Lead – planning and co-ordinating resources and test environments for the successful execution and reporting of test efforts to support Network and CPE based IP products within the Consumer, Small/Medium and Enterprise sectors.
  • Test Analyst
  o Creation of Test Strategy, Master Test Plans, Detailed Test Plans, Test Cases and strategies in line with a defined technology delivery process
  o Automated and Manual testing using Mercury Quality Centre suite of Test Tools, including Test Director, Load Runner and WinRunner
  o Proof of Concept, User Acceptance, Functional, Integration and End to End testing types
  o Development and testing of complex network scenarios including configuration of DSL, Cable and Wireless CPE based solutions.

• Network Analyst

  Telstra

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

• Test Designer

  Telstra

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

Nathan Barrett’s Education

• Deakin University

  Computing , Information Systems , 1997 — 1999

Additional Information

Nathan Barrett’s Groups:

•    Software Testing Club - the online software testing community
•    Ex-Telstra Employees
•    UK Contract QA and Testing Forum

Nathan Barrett’s Honors:

Managing Directors Award

Nathan Barrett’s Contact Settings

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