Shawn Kielty

Current

• Principal Release and Quality Engineer at Agnilux

Past

• Lead QA Engineer/Release Engineer at Real Networks
• Quality Production Manager at Razz, Inc.
• Software Engineer -- Enterprise Support at Boeing

• Fine Artist/Photographer at Shawn Kielty
• Member of Technical Staff at Synopsys
• Senior Software Engineer at Numerical Technologies
• Release Engineer, Software Engineer at Interwoven
• Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Scriptics/Ajuba Solutions
• Quality Engineer at Scriptics
• Quality Engineer at Ajuba Solutions
• Software Engineer at EDS
• Software Applications Engineer at Tecnomatix Technologies
• Software Application Engineer at Valisys

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Education

• Washington State University
• California State University-Hayward

Recommended

20 people have recommended Shawn

Connections

237 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website

Shawn Kielty’s Summary

11 years of software development experience.

7 years of Unix/Linux and Windows system administration, including web server administration.

Several years of user interface design experience, excellent user advocacy and development and QA of UIs. Experience conducting usability tests, performing usability reviews of a user interface, and/or knowledge of basic usability principles and methods.

Over 10 years in Quality Assurance, with 6 years testing software.

Experience developing user scenarios, workflows, usage models and with the UI design cycle.

Knowledge of web design, Javascript, server side technologies including XML, cgi scripting.

Excellent leadership ability, including 12 years experience in training and supervising others.

11 years in a Unix/PC Software Development environment.

Knowledge in a wide variety of computer operating systems, platforms, programming languages, and applications.

Platforms: Unix on SunOS, Solaris, AIX, HPUX, IRIX, and Linux, Windows95, Windows98, WindowsNT, Windows2000, Windows XP.

Programming in: TCL/TK for Unix and Microsoft windows and web (CGI) applications. Unix programming in Bourne and Korn shell scripts, Perl, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, InstallShield.

Databases and Version Control/tracking: PerForce, CVS, Oracle, Sybase, BugZilla, TeamSite, Clearcase, PVCS.

Server Technologies: Apache, IIS, and Tclhttpd web server administration and server side scripting in tcl. B2B server, clustering and socket communications, TCPIP, telnet, ftp, XML.

Applications: Seibel, Framemaker, Corel, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Macromedia,other.

Standards: HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, XML, EXIF and GUI others.

5 years of technical writing, with 2 year reviewing technical, tutorial, on line help and test documents.

Currently learning Java programming and WBI.

Shawn Kielty’s Specialties:

User Interface design and development
Gui Programming and rapid Prototyping
Application Integration
Cross platform Integration
Web administration and client/server programming and cgi scripting
Configuration and Build Management
Tool automation
Software test and test automation
Xml and B2B server technologies
Tcl/tk
Photography

Shawn Kielty’s Experience

• Principal Release and Quality Engineer

  Agnilux

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Lead QA Engineer/Release Engineer

  Real Networks

  (Public Company; RNWK; Computer Software industry)

  May 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 8 months)

  Lead Software Test Engineer (Acting Manager), Content Operations, Manage QA and release activities for database releases and web based editorial tools for internal publishing and Rhapsody enhancements. Responsible for maintenance of build scripts and test automation, black and white box testing of database changes and the web based tools providing an interface for changes to editorial content for the Rhapsody website and Rhapsody applications. Programming in tcl, unix shell scripts, perl, ruby, watir, and sql. Ant, CVS, Selenium. Provide technical leadership for the content operations QA and release group. Manage 4 people. Certified ScrumMaster.

• Quality Production Manager

  Razz, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)

  Manage Quality Assurance and Software Production.

• Software Engineer -- Enterprise Support

  Boeing

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

  April 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 5 months)

  Boeing, Mesa AZ, http://www.boeing.com April 2004-August 2006
  Software Engineer/Analyst, Devellop and design software systems to implement Unique Identifier requirements to satisfy Mil-Std-130M.
  
  Software Engineer, Data Security, Software development of a multi-platform change configuration management tool in a secure enterprise environment. Development of graphical interface applications, tools and daemons automating software configuration management, Oracle database migrations and version control processes using Tcl/Tk scripts in a PVCS and CVS configuration environment. Automation of the execution of SQL stored processes and migrations in Oracle databases using Oratcl.

• Fine Artist/Photographer

  Shawn Kielty

  (Media Production industry)

  January 1998 — April 2004 (6 years 4 months)

  http://shawnkielty.com/

• Member of Technical Staff

  Synopsys

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2003 — July 2003 (3 months)

  Senior Software Engineer/Project Lead, User interface design and development. Project Lead for development of Optical Tuning and Plotting GUI development for Model Calibrator for the 5.1 release. Project Lead and supervision of ModelGen GUI development for the 5.2 or 6.0 release. GUI programming (in Tcl/Tk), design and architecture. Chair of the GUI committee overseeing GUI Standards development and change requests. Development of the GUI and GUI application framework for iNTandem and Model Calibrator, Model Gen. Development of usage models, user flow scenarios, functional specifications and design specifications for user interfaces. Production of mock-ups, graphics and icons using Photoshop. Developed test strategies and programming of testing harness and GUI tools for testing,, including adapting TKReplay for automated playback. Development and maintenance of the GUI framework for the iNPhase, iNtandem, ModelCalibrator.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Numerical Technologies

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 3 months)

  Senior Software Engineer/Project Lead, User interface design and development. Project Lead for development of Optical Tuning and Plotting GUI development for Model Calibrator for the 5.1 release. Project Lead and supervision of ModelGen GUI development for the 5.2 or 6.0 release. GUI programming (in Tcl/Tk), design and architecture. Chair of the GUI committee overseeing GUI Standards development and change requests. Development of the GUI and GUI application framework for iNTandem and Model Calibrator, Model Gen. Development of usage models, user flow scenarios, functional specifications and design specifications for user interfaces. Production of mock-ups, graphics and icons using Photoshop. Developed test strategies and programming of testing harness and GUI tools for testing,, including adapting TKReplay for automated playback. Development and maintenance of the GUI framework for the iNPhase, iNtandem, ModelCalibrator.

• Release Engineer, Software Engineer

  Interwoven

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2000 — February 2001 (4 months)

  Script programming and release engineering using Bourne and Korn shell, and Perl.

• Software Quality Assurance Engineer

  Scriptics/Ajuba Solutions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 3 months)

  Extensive testing of Tcl/Tk interpreters, libraries and extensions and the integrated development environment for the Ajuba3 B2B Server. Extensive testing of the TclPro debugger user interface. Black and white box testing of B2B XML client/server software,web interface, and development tools. GUI test automation with Tcl/Tk. Testing and specification review of the clustering mechanism and interpreter pool in the Ajuba Server Software. Automation of integration testing using TKReplay and Expect. Test architecture/framework development. Test tools development with Tcl/Tk. System support and architecture for the test department sub-network in a Unix and NT/2000 environment including administering Apache, IIS, tclhttpd web servers and test environments for Oracle clients and DBs, Sybase, MySql and ODBC. Automation of various test tasks including a nightly re-install of the entire QA Department test environment with clean OS, and recent builds.

• Quality Engineer

  Scriptics

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Quality Engineer

  Ajuba Solutions

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Software Engineer

  EDS

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

  June 1999 — September 1999 (4 months)

  Software Engineer, Contract at AAA Membership and Cashiering Development in San Francisco. Rational Clearcase Database Administration and Configuration Management. Development of graphical interface tools automating C and Visual Basic build and software configuration management and version control processes using Tcl/tk, Expect and Unix shell scripts in a Clearcase development environment. Automation of the execution of SQL stored processes and migrations in Oracle and Sybase databases using Oratcl and Sybtcl, SQL and Unix shell scripts.

• Software Applications Engineer

  Tecnomatix Technologies

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 5 months)

  Application Engineer, Quality and support of the Valisys Assembly tolerance analysis software. Responsibilities:
  Application development for Unix in TCL&TK, shell scripts, and tools for release engineering, and application configuration. Develop and maintain the installation program for Valisys.
  Extensive user interface testing. Use analysis, quality assurance and quality control of Tecnomatix products, including Valisys machine control and embedded products for the Catia, I-deas, ProE, and Unigraphics 3D CAD programs and the Valisys stand alone inspection/process control program. Create test plans and testing, troubleshoot bugs and enhancement requests. Review Functional Specifications, documentation and test plans. Develop release procedures. Advanced tech support to Valisys users and Tecnomatix Application Engineers (AEs). Training of customers and AEs. Technical writing for manuals, tutorials, faqs, and on-line help. Development of training curriculum.

• Software Application Engineer

  Valisys

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

  January 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 5 months)

  Same as Tecnomatix.

Shawn Kielty’s Education

• Washington State University

  MFA , Sculpture , August 1993 — May 1995

  http://www.wsu.edu/~finearts/mfa/1995/intro.htm

  Activities and Societies:

  Visual, Performing and Literary Arts Committee 1994-1995
  Visiting Artists Selection Committee 1994-1995
  
  Adjunct Professor/Teaching Assistant
  
  Courses taught: Art Education, Drawing
  
  Courses assisted: Beginning Sculpture, Introduction to Art History. Other assistantships including shop technician and Gallery assistant. Guest lecturer.

• California State University-Hayward

  B.A. , Studio Art , 1990 — 1993

Additional Information

Shawn Kielty’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website

Shawn Kielty’s Interests:

Photography Sculpture Latin Poetry Growing Orchids Image data and metadata standards for images. Proximity searching and content delivery. Image searching technology based on patterns and image content. The wilderness.

Shawn Kielty’s Groups:

•    Silicon Valley Build/Release Engineers
•    THE PUB
•    BASE (BAY AREA SOFTWARE ENGINEERS)

Shawn Kielty’s Honors:

Scholarship to the San Francisco Art Institute 1993

California State University Hayward, Hayward, CA, The Object as Personal Lexicon Mar 1997

Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA, The Poetics of the Transformed Object, Honorarium Jan 1997

Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR, Lexicon of Desire, Honorarium Oct 1996

California State University, Hayward, Hayward, CA, Slide Presentation of My Sculpture Feb 1996

Washington State University, Pullman WA, Pixels, Bodies, Clay and Words, Panel discussion, as a panel member, Mar 1995

Washington State University, Pullman WA, Assemblage and the Nature of the Associative Poetic in Art Mar 1994

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