Sebastián Schiavone

Current

• Project Manager, Senior Architect at Satyam Computer Services, LTD

Past

• Sr. Architect in Test Automation at Seismic Blue, LLC
• QA Engineer at Google
• QA Engineer at Motorola

• Software Test Engineer at Microsoft
• Member of Technical Staff at Adobe Systems, Inc
• System Analyst at Apple

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Education

• University of Michigan

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Industry

Computer Software

Sebastián Schiavone’s Summary

Over 10 years of professional experience, including six years directly influencing test automation at various software development companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Adobe. My strengths focus on project management and on building end-to-end test automation infrastructure for SQA organizations, with an emphasis on cross-platform internationalized testing strategies.

Sebastián Schiavone’s Specialties:

Development of web-based test execution frameworks.

GUI test automation using Eggplant.

Implementation of cross-platform test lab infrastructure.

Sebastián Schiavone’s Experience

• Project Manager, Senior Architect

  Satyam Computer Services, LTD

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAY; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year)

• Sr. Architect in Test Automation

  Seismic Blue, LLC

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2004 — August 2007 (3 years 5 months)

  Developed automation solutions for clients in areas of software quality assurance, digital media processes, and data migration. Senior subject matter expert in AppleScript and Eggplant (Redstone Software).

• QA Engineer

  Google

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  February 2006 — February 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Led a project to design and implement a innovative, multi-platform test automation system from the ground up. Championed the project by training team members and guiding their development of test automation scripts. Established the infrastructure needed to support a fully-automated workflow, including helping set up test labs, web front-ends, and operating procedures.
  
  Key Technologies: Python, PHP, MySQL, XHTML, JavaScript, Unix, Eggplant, AppleScript, VBScript, Remote Desktop, Ghost

• QA Engineer

  Motorola

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

  October 2005 — February 2006 (5 months)

  Responsible for testing wireless technology on mobile devices as well as front-end/back-end components.

• Software Test Engineer

  Microsoft

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

  November 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 5 months)

  Established automation processes for testing functional, UI, and performance features of a Virtual Machine application. Maintained and improved test scripts for Microsoft's Office suite and developed automated test scripts where necessary.

• Member of Technical Staff

  Adobe Systems, Inc

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

  June 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 6 months)

  Developed white box test scripts for Adobe Illustrator, as well as support scripts for black box testers. Designed and implemented a cross-platform system for automated acceptance testing. Promoted scripting functionality of Adobe products through team demos, marketing events, and trade-shows.

• System Analyst

  Apple

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

  March 2000 — March 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  Managed the server-side production of Apple’s live Internet streaming events. Developed automation tools for updating multimedia content and generating statistics and error reports.

Additional Information

Sebastián Schiavone’s Interests:

Photography, Akira Kurosawa films, Island Living, Espresso

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