Shawn Doyle

Current

Owner at ReleaseTEAM

Past

ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator at Lockheed Martin
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator at Raytheon
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator at Delta Dental

ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator at Corporate Express
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator at Carrier Access
SCM Manager at Ericsson
SCM Manager at Qualcomm
Software Engineer at PictureTel
Electronic Specialist at US Army

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Education

Northeastern University

Recommended

18 people have recommended Shawn

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Shawn Doyle’s Summary

Founded ReleaseTEAM in 1999, a Software Configuration Management consulting firm, specializing in the IBM Rational tool suite, ClearCase, ClearQuest and Build Forge. AccuRev's AccuRev version control, Electric Cloud's Electric Commander and Electric Accelerator and CollabNet's CuBit and Subversion.

Shawn Doyle’s Specialties:

Software Configuration Management, Consulting, training and mentoring in ClearCase, ClearQuest and Build Forge, AccuRev, ElectricCommander and ElectricAccelerator and Subversion.

Shawn Doyle’s Experience

Owner

ReleaseTEAM

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

November 1999 — Present (10 years 1 month)

ReleaseTEAM is committed to providing custom Software Configuration Management solutions based on our many years of experience and knowledge in the Engineering Discipline of Software Configuration Management. Specializing in tools like the IBM Rational brand's ClearCase, ClearQuest and Build Forge, AccuRev's AccuRev version control, Electric Cloud's Electric Commander and Electric Accelerator and CollabNet Subversion.
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

March 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 8 months)

Set up ClearCase and ClearQuest with custom integrations, custom branching and merging strategy complying with CMMI and Mil Standards. Speced out and setup hardware for VOB servers and ClearQuest databases. Created custom scripts to automate policy. Configured SAMBA for SMB support in a mixed UNIX Windows environment. Managed the CVS repositories, keeping them in sync with the ClearCase VOBs. Migrated software from CVS and SCCS to ClearCase. Migrated users from APEX, SummitCM and SummitTM to ClearCase and ClearQuest. Trained end users on ClearCase and ClearQuest, both in large half day and twenty minute one on one sessions. Held weekly brown bag informational project meetings to educate users on new policies and procedures. Wrote makefiles to convert nmake build system to ClearMake. Created automated build process for nightly builds. Setup RWP for ClearCase and ClearQuest for remote users.
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator

Raytheon

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

August 2004 — July 2005 (1 year )

Troubleshot and solved build and performance issues. Created custom scripts to monitor environment and automate policy. Mentored administrators on ClearCase and ClearQuest. Wrote makefiles to convert PERL based build system to ClearMake. Created automated build process for nightly builds. Created License monitoring tool to graph historic license usages for ClearCase, ClearQuest, Rose and GreenHills licenses. Created custom scripts to modify ClearQuest records from the UNIX command line to automate CM procedures. Developed method of syncing information between ClearCase VOBs on separate distinct networks. Migrated VOBs to new storage devices. Preformed ClearCase upgrades on servers and clients.
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator

Delta Dental

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

December 2001 — April 2005 (3 years 5 months)

Planned and executed ClearCase upgrade from version 4.0 to 5.0 in a UCM and RUP environment. Trained personal on ClearCase Administration using UCM. Created an automated build and deployment mechanism using ANT and Cruise Control. Upgraded Rational Suite tools from version 2000 to 2002 to include Rational Test Manager, Robot, ClearQuest, Project Administrator, Requisite Pro, Rose and SoDA. Customized the integration ClearCase and ClearQuest. Maintained Oracle and Sybase databases for the Rational suites. Administrated CM for third party tools, WebLogic, Kintana, DeployDirector and CruiseControl. Environment was Windows NT, projects mainly written in Java.
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator

Corporate Express

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

July 2000 — May 2001 (11 months)

Audited and evaluated software development teams, focusing on automating build and release processes and fine tuning the use of Rational's toolset, mainly ClearCase and Multisite. Environment was Sun Solaris, and Windows NT, projects were written in SQL, Visual Basic and C++.
ClearCase and ClearQuest Administrator

Carrier Access

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Networking industry)

October 2000 — January 2001 (4 months)

Implemented ClearCase, Multisite and ClearQuest for 3 pilot projects in a RUP environment, converted projects to ClearCase from CVS. Trained users and new CM staff members on tools and process. Developed custom integration between ClearCase and ClearQuest. Environment was Linux and Windows NT\2000, projects used C++ and Java.
SCM Manager

Ericsson

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )
SCM Manager

Qualcomm

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

Created and staffed the Release Engineering Group. Responsible for seven employees across five projects. Maintained ClearCase, Multisite, ClearDDTS, PVCS and CVS for four development projects each working on multiple parallel releases. Created SCM plans to include branching, bug tracking, release planning and requirement planning strategies. Converted projects from PVCS and CVS to ClearCase. Maintained many software development tools, to include evaluating, purchasing, user training and daily support, Rose, RoseRT, Purify, Quantify, PureCoverage, ObjectTime, Tornado VxWorks, Green Hills and many compliers. Preformed builds, merging and software releases. Environment was Sun Solaris, and Windows NT, projects were written in Visual Basic, C and C++.
Software Engineer

PictureTel

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1992 — 1997 (5 years )

Automated release process for Software builds. Evaluated the ClearCase 1.0 Beta. Implemented ClearCase 1.0. Troubleshot build problems with software engineers. Designed build process for software components. Developed makefiles, build procedures and installation programs. Set process and policies for source code control system and defect tracking . Wrote tools to improve administration of source code and defect tracking databases. Coordinated pre-release software duplication with off site vender. Performed language translation builds and software release builds. Member of the CCB. Wrote install packages using InstallShield and perl. Created user accounts and views. Trained users on source code control policies and usage. Implemented NT network environment for RAS, printing, backup and fax on demand. Wrote CGI and HTML code for front ends to UNIX based systems. Environment was Sun Solaris and Windows NT, projects were written in Visual Basic, C and C++.
Electronic Specialist

US Army

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

October 1985 — June 1991 (5 years 9 months)