TPF Applications and Automated Testing Developer
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- QA Engineer at Sabre Holdings
- Past
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- TPF Applications Programmer at The Insource Group
- Software Support Engineer at Rogue Wave Software
- Database Input at Lafarge North America
- Paralegal at Bachus & Schanker
- Software Engineer (firmware) at Avaya
- Programmer Analyst at United Airlines
- Paralegal at Ciancio, Tasker, Dupree & Jonsen, P.C.
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Denver
- Denver Paralegal Institute
- Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Craig Chariton’s Summary
Versatile software engineer with many interests. Experience in usability research, TPF (IBM's transaction processing facility), TPFDF, TPF-C, Assembler (OS390), Visual Age for TPF (TPF Toolkit), QuickTest Pro, LoadRunner, TSL, VBScript, C, C++, VxWorks, CVS, SourcePro, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, PHP and MySQL. In my spare time I assist organizations with Web development.
Craig Chariton’s Specialties:
Automated QA testing, performance testing and stress testing, automated code share, EDIFACT, teletype, departure control systems, electronic ticketing, electronic upgrades, usability research, human-computer interaction, church Web sites.
Craig Chariton’s Experience
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QA Engineer
Sabre Holdings
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TSG; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
QA Engineer providing automated QA and performance testing for the SAAS (Southwest Airlines Applications System) TPF-based system. Develop and maintain new functionality for QuickTest Pro. Develop new applications and performance tests using LoadRunner.
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TPF Applications Programmer
The Insource Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 1 month)
TPF programming contractor at Sabre Holdings in support of SAAS (Southwest Airlines Applications System). Provided applications development for electronic ticketing. Migrated existing WinRunner QA testing application framework to QuickTest Pro in a six-month period.
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Software Support Engineer
Rogue Wave Software
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2006 — July 2006 (7 months)
Software Support Engineer providing customer support for the SourcePro C++ library. Worked with customers via telephone, email and CRM system to assist with installation and use of SourcePro. Investigated reported problems to determine work arounds. Assisted development engineers in the investigation of software problems to determine work arounds or provide patches for the product. Provided testing support for SourcePro and an internal Web site used to provide internal forums for product support.
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Database Input
Lafarge North America
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Building Materials industry)
October 2005 — December 2005 (3 months)
Performed analysis of legal documents and coded for input into a new geographic information system.
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Paralegal
Bachus & Schanker
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)
May 2005 — September 2005 (5 months)
Litigation paralegal.
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Software Engineer (firmware)
Avaya
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Firmware developer for voice over IP products.
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Programmer Analyst
United Airlines
(Public Company; Airlines/Aviation industry)
January 1998 — September 2004 (6 years 9 months)
TPF applications programmer on the Apollo reservation system. Developed and maintained software for automated code share, automated check-in, electronic upgrades, teletype and links (including EDIFACT).
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Paralegal
Ciancio, Tasker, Dupree & Jonsen, P.C.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)
October 1989 — January 1998 (8 years 4 months)
Litigation paralegal.
Craig Chariton’s Education
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University of Colorado at Denver
MS, Computer Science, August 1994 — May 2004
Thesis - "Enhancing Usability of Web Sites Providing Airlines Flight and Fare Information"
"User Interface Guidelines for Enhancing Usability of Airline Travel Agency E-Commerce Web Sites", by Craig Chariton and Min-Hyung Choi. Extended abstract presented as an interactive poster at ACM CHI2002.
“Enhancing Usability of Flight and Fare Search Functions for Airline and Travel Web Sites”, by Craig Chariton and Min-Hyung Choi. Presented at IEEE ITCC 2004: 5th International Conference on Information Technology – Coding and Computing , Web and Information Retrieval Technologies.
The National Dean's List - 1994-95, 1995-96 -
Denver Paralegal Institute
Paralegal Certificate, Paralegal Studies, January 1989 — June 1989
Graduated with Honors.
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Metropolitan State College of Denver
BS, Aviation Management, May 1985 — May 1987
Graduted summa cum laude.
- Activities and Societies:
- Golden Key National Honor Society
Additional Information
Craig Chariton’s Websites:
Craig Chariton’s Interests:
Web development, usability research, aviation, airline economics and history.
Craig Chariton’s Groups:
Association for Computing Machinery
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University of Colorado Graduated Alumni Group
Craig Chariton’s Honors:
Who's Who in the West, 2000-2001
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