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📖 Summary

Software Development Engineer II with over 14 years of experience shipping every Windows operating system since Windows 98 and most recently Windows Phone 8.1. Specialties: • C# Automated Test Development • Silverlight for Windows Phone 7/8/8.1 • Windows Runtime Store Apps for Windows and Windows Phone 8/8.1 • Mobile application development Windows Phone 7/8/8.1 • Application Compatibility testing • Windows Camera stacks • Web Applications • API Testing • Performance, Stress, and Longhaul Testing • HTML, HTML5, Javascript • UI Test Development • Windows Port stacks • Visual Studio • C++ Test DevelopmentSenior Software Engineer @ Quality Assurance scenario owner of Windows Runtime Windows.Media.Capture API and Windows.Phone.Media.Capture API set across all versions of Windows, Windows Mobile, and Xbox. I drive quality to improve developer and end user experience with first and third party camera application solutions. Application and Device compatibility quality owner for Media space in Windows OS, as well as Camera Application and Device compatibility owner. Owned driving and delivering Windows 10 Universal Sample apps for Camera API. Community liaison for Camera team. I drive virtual team gathering, investigating, and respond to customer reported Camera issues in Windows via external and internal feedback mechanisms. Owner of Windows Camera Team blog on TechNet. From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Software Engineer II @ Quality Assurance scenario owner of Windows Runtime Windows.Media.Capture API and Windows.Phone.Media.Capture API set across all versions of Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox. I drive quality to improve developer and end user experience with first and third party camera application solutions. Compatibility quality owner for Application and Device compatibility for Media in Windows OS. Owned delivering several Windows 10 Universal Sample apps. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Software Developer in Test 2 @ Test owner of the Silverlight WebBrowser Control, a Silverlight application control that is now featured in over 100,000+ apps published in the Windows Phone Marketplace. For Windows Phone 8.1, I owned API testing of new converged WebView Browser control for both Windows 8.1 Desktop and Windows Phone 8.1. Architected automation interface that allows for reuse of Browser feature automation across a variety of Browser hosts, including native Internet Explorer, Silverlight WebBrowser, and new converged WebView Browser. Author of three of the four automation frameworks used by Windows Phone Browser test team to drive Browser feature automation on Windows Phone across native Internet Explorer, Silverlight WebBrowser, and converged WebView Browser control for Windows Phone 8.1. Shipped Windows Phone 7/7.1/8/8.1, Visual Studio Windows Phone SDK for Windows Phone 7, Visual Studio Windows Phone SDK for Windows Phone 8, Windows 8.1 Desktop WebView converged API set, Windows Phone 8.1, and Visual Studio SDK Update 2 for Windows Phone 8.1. From November 2009 to March 2014 (4 years 5 months) Software Developer in Test @ Worked for the Printing and Imaging Team (WEX-DOX). Responsible for the testing of WSD (Web Service Device) Printers and Scanners. Shipped a Enterprise Scanning Solution for Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2. I specialize in C# (3+ years) and C++ (2+ years) automated test development and I am familar with Web Services, WSDAPI stack, and Soap calls. For Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista was owner of the Bluetooth printer stack and all physical port connections for printers (USB, 1394, SCSI, LPT, Serial). For Windows XP and Windows 2003 was port owner for all scanner and digital camera devices for USB, 1394, and Serial. I successfully shipped Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows XP SP1 (x64), Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 2008 R2. From April 2000 to November 2009 (9 years 8 months) Software Test Engineer @ Responsible for the Black Box testing of Still Image Devices for Windows 98/2000. From February 1998 to April 2000 (2 years 3 months) C# Level 3, C# Algorithms, Computer Science @ Bellevue College From 2012 to 2013 BA, Psychology @ Western Washington University From 1990 to 1995 C++ Programming and Design Certification, C++ Programming @ University of Washington From 2007 to 2008 C# Level 1, 2, 3 Certification @ Bellevue Community College From 2003 to 2012 Tom Aaron is skilled in: C#, Web Services, JavaScript, Testing, Web Applications, C++, HTML 5, Software Development, Windows Server, HTML, Windows Phone, Silverlight, Mobile Applications, Visual Studio, User Experience, HTML5