David Magnuson

About David Magnuson

Software Development Engineer in Test with over 20 years of progressive experience delivering world class products using diverse technologies and environments. Respected and versatile colleague working with a variety of stakeholders to improve internal software processes. Acknowledged as a creative technical force via four U.S. Patents. Actively mentors others to share best practices. SPECIALTIES:Software Development • Software Qualification and Testing • Operating Systems • Embedded Systems and Firmware • Test Automation • Test Planning • System and Integration testing • Change Management • Software Metrics • Mentoring • SDLC • CoCoMo Effort Estimation • Scenario Based Testing PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND ENVIRONMENTS: C#, C, PowerShell, Windows (Client and Server), XML.Net 4.5, Windows Command Line scripting, Unix, HP-UX, Linux, Java, Visual Studio, Nunit, QuickTestPro, Quality Center, SQL, HTML, bash, ksh, Microsoft Office suite, Windows Test Technology (WTT), Test Automation Frameworks/Harnesses, Exploratory testing

Experience

1. Principal Manager, Engineering Qa

   ExtraHop

   Dec 2014 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Manage teams of QA engineers (cloud, manual, & automated) to validate all functionality on ExtraHop\'s appliances* Leading strategic and tactical quality efforts as product transitions from on-prem to hybrid cloud* Determine overall Quality strategy for System and Engineering teams from manual to supporting our CI/CD pipelines* Manage engineering release validation and coordination for all ExtraHop appliances* Define and manage Quality strategy for Agile Scrum SDLC* Coordinated/managed offshore testing efforts previously held positions of Senior Manager, Manager, Senior Software Quality Engineer - Team Lead

Education

• The University of Kansas

  Bachelor of Science in Mathematics | B.S., Mathematics, Mathematics, Engineering

• Derby Senior High

  Diploma

• Wichita State University

  Computer Science

• National Technological University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Software Engineering

Skills

• Software Design
• Test Automation
• Testing
• Software Engineering
• Software Metrics
• Powershell
• Visual Studio
• Debugging
• Clearcase
• Linux
• C
• Embedded Software
• Operating Systems
• Java
• Change Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• C#
• Software Project Management
• Software Development
• Embedded Systems
• Subversion
• Distributed Systems
• Mentoring