Douglas Philips -- 412-478-6368 -- [email protected] -- Linkedin -- https://www.github.com/dgou

Proficient: Python, C, Bash; Familiar: C++, JavaScript, Java, Lisp, Forth

Open Source Contributions to Jolly Good Toolkit: https://github.com/jolly-good-toolbelt

• Created layered-config, Co-contributor to most modules, esp. to jgt_common Python utilities

Job History:

2021/07 - 2022/01: Bevy, Staff SDeT (Remote)

• As 2nd QE to the company, helped to develp and refine QE tooling and test development processes.
• Brought QE perspective to product development and team meetings.
• Co-created browser-less client for doing functional and load testing of a video breakout rooms feature.

2019 - 2021: TechMahindra

• Continued work that I was doing at Rackspace.
• Technical supervision of offshore SDETs: Technical/programming skills and test automation best practices.

2016 - 2019: Rackspace - San Antonio, TX

• Data Center Support - Internal DNS support APIs: (2018 - 2019)
  • Testing based on the behave BDD tool for Python.
  • Fixed fragile and aged-out tests for existing/legacy version 1 of the DNS API.
  • Created testing for version 2 of the DNS API:
    • v2 was a completely new and different API and required all new tests and testing architecture.
    • This is where mentoring offshore SDETs started.
    • End-to-end load testing and system latency testing, from API call to when data was available via the bind DNS server.
• Internal Tooling for Sales: (2017 - 2018)
  • Did UI testing in Python and Selenium using OpenCAFE.
  • Helped team transition tests to BDD-testing in Python using behave.
• Run Book Automation Project: (2016 - 2017)
  • Worked for a year coordinating offshore teams doing remote testing for new PCI compliant system.
  • Worked on back-end API testing and co-contributed to test-suite tooling that was shared with other internal product testing efforts.

2005 - 2016: Seagate: (TCGSWG -> Trusted Computing Group's Storage Working Group)

• Developed a C-based host-side TCGSWG Security Protocol library including sample programs. Library was used internally and also released to customers to assist with the adoption of Seagate's TCGSWG-based products.
• Assisted in mult-year effort to bring the Security Team's 5+ years of requirements management to a larger internal audience.
• Migration from internal-team-run JIRA at version 4 to Corporate-IT-run JIRA version 6. Involed 10k-s of records and several gig of attachments. Used Python to do the extensive data massaging needed to fit the existing JIRA data into the corp-IT run JIRA server.
• Co-authored and reviewed Security related Product Requirements.
• Developed and maintained tooling for Seagate's TCGSWG Security Product Requirements Documentation. Documentation source in XML (DITA Specification), with PDF for deliverables. Provided a layer on top of XML-Mind's authoring tools that handled dependency resolution and automated injection of audience-relevent markup. Produced both internal and external product documentation for over a dozen audiences from just one set of sources and meta-data.
• Developed host-side testing infrastructure for on-drive TCGSWG Security protocols. Testing infrastructure was able to tweak, modify, and examine every level and aspect of the security protocol, handled power-cycling, as well as Firmware Downloads.
• Co-Trained and mentored Seagate's multi-year off-shore TCGSWG Security testing team, training included TCGSWG protocols as well as basic programming skills.

2003 - 2004: Seagate Research (Contractor):

• Implemented and tested custom prototyping language for on-drive scripting.
• Testing of prototype product simulator for pre-cursor to TCGSWG Security.

2003: IBM (Contractor)

• Assisted an on-customer-site IBM team with a successful proof-of-concept port of a large C++-based distributed transaction appplication from Encina/DCE under Unix to CICS/MQ on zOS (IBM Mainframe Unix).

1993 - 2002: Transarc / IBM

• Co-designed and supported a C++-based JavaScript scripting platform used to write and deliver product administration utilities for IBM Edge Server 2.0
• Led and co-formed the Encina Install Team. Unified disparate Unix packaging tools (AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, RedHat and SUSE), to build native Unix packaging from a common OS-independent source. Focused on simplifying and normalizing the customer installaion and upgrade experience. Eliminated duplication in the packaging and simplified installation and upgrade documentation.
• Ported the Encina development environment to NCR and Digital Unix. Completed bringing the Encina Unix product packaging in-house.

1988 - 1993: Production Systems Technologies, Inc.

• Implemented a rules-based developement kit for AI production systems, including a complete C-language parser and runtime infrastructure for creating expert systems (called RAL). Provided customer support following the product release.
• Implemented and co-designed SunView, OpenLook, and Motif graphical interfaces for both RAL and OPS-83 debugging.

1987 - 1988: Talisman Systems,

• Led a team of three part-time consultants on a seven month off-site project to develop a 16-bit Microsoft Windows based program for entering, editing, and monitoring programs for a 6800-based factory floor monitoring system.

1980 - 1987: Carnegie Mellon University, Dept of Computer Science

• Designed and implemented a linker for the C programming language and completed implemention of of the process loader for the ACCENT operating system (A precursor to Mach) enabling the native use and development of C programs under ACCENT.
• Completed both the Pascal and CommonLisp versions of the MatchMaker Remote Procedure Call generator. Finished the CommonLisp version of MatchMaker's C-code generator.
• Designed and implemented a GUI-based message debugger for ACCENT which allowed developers to watch, monitor, and alter message traffic between any two processes.
• Performed Unix system administration for the department facilities staff.