Gregory M. Pope, CSQE
2114 Bluffs Drive
Livermore, CA. 94550
925-980-2825 cell
gregorympope@comcast.net
SUMMARY:
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Executive Management, System Engineering, Project Management, Software Development, System Software Testing, Unit Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Software System Safety, Software Assurance, Auditing and Process Improvement, Training Course development and delivery. Development experience in Real Time Assembler, Fortran, Python, Visual Basic, C, Ruby, and C++. Environments include Windows, Unix, and Embedded, QA automation HP Functional Tester, Pywinauto, SWAPY, LoadRunner, eValid, Klocwork, McCabe IQ, Rational PureCov, Estimation, Reliability Prediction, Hazard Analysis, RCA, DOE, DoD, commercial, QA compliance, Quality metrics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1/22/02- Present
Software Quality Engineering Group Leader, Advanced Simulation and Computing Project Leader.
Management of multiple ROSE compiler-based projects building
and deploying tools for program analysis and cyber security applications for the
DOE, DHS, DOD since 2017. Group consists of 14 researchers and computer
scientists. Effort supports the rapid roll out of advanced tools using a mix of
agile and traditional SDLC methodologies.
Hazard analysis and risk management
using STPA for software development and cyber security applications. Presenter
last six years at STAMP Workshop, MIT.
V&V and SQE project lead for
Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program currently optimizing quality
and productivity tools, best practices, and quality measurement since 2004.
Responsible for major LLNL program compliance to 10 CFR 830, DOE Order 414.1D, NAP
401.1, and NQA-1. Responsible for continuous process improvement for ten-million-line
code base and institutionalized a quality mindset though automation. Group
Leader for 10 SQE’s assigned to LLNL projects. Conduct internal audits for ASC
and DOE-NE projects.
Co-authorship of first LLNL
Institutional Software Quality Assurance Implementation Plan and revisions.
Support LLNL wide software/system/safety quality initiatives.
Co-authorship of NNSA Safety
Software Quality Assurance Handbook Part II: Software Safety Engineering
Practices. Development and delivery of first NNSA wide software safety training
course.
Plan, development, and executed
a hands-on risk based automated regression testing program for the DOE’s
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) using HP Functional Tester.
Design and test execution of
Master Oscillator Room (MOR) off-line and on-line tests for NIF, also risk based safety system tests..
ASQ Certified Software Quality
Engineer since 2004. Consultant to industry. Certified Cybersecurity Professional MIT, 2022. Partial consulting client list
includes Microsoft, Borland, Apple, Sun, DHL, Siemens, Knight-Ridder, AT&T,
Applied Materials, Cadence, EICON, Rogers Cantel, DoD, IRS, Abbott Labs,
Measurex, Acuson, S3, Eastman Kodak.
Tescom-USA 5/2000-10/2001
Director - US Western Region
After purchase of Azor by Tescom, responsible for P&L of SQA service delivery in US western region. High level consulting with selected clients to improve SQA process, software management, and project management process.
AZOR, INC. 10/1993-5/2000
CEO/President
Founded and ran successful eCommerce testing company that provided products and services to leading companies in the software related industries. Products included Ferret Automated Software Test System and CodePlan Estimation Tool. Services included Outsourced Software Testing, Software Inspection, Testing, Management Seminars and Workshops, Process Improvement and Management Consulting, Y2K Compliance Testing. Managed 36 employees.
TIBURON SYSTEMS, INC. 1986-1993
Director, Validation Technology
Completed successful test and deployment of first Ada software for the U. S. Navy Mission Planning for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program. This software was heavily used during Desert Storm. Responsible for management of systems test, integration test, functional test, and acceptance test, SQA, CM, documentation of all company system/software products using C, Ada, Windows, Turbo Pascal, SGI, UNIX to DoD standards. Also responsible for general management and P&L of commercial product and services group. Invented and developed new software test automation tool (Ferret) which has been sold to major corporations in the US, Europe, and Japan. Conducted service business of independent testing for major commercial software companies such as Borland, Apple, and Microsoft. Managed 50 employees.
LITTON APPLIED TECHNOLOGY 1985-1986
Director, Software and Simulation Engineering
Responsible for functional management of numerous domestic and international airborne radar warning receiver software products (ALR-74, ALR-67, ALR-68). Management of 81 software engineers and support personnel. Responsible for analysis, design, code, unit test, integration, and testing of real-time embedded C and assembly language software hosted on VAX 780 or MP-3000 with an ATAC or MC 68020 microprocessor target. Matrix managed 80 technical employees.
EM SYSTEMS, INC. 1980-1985
Senior Technical Director
Project management, marketing, and technical lead, real time C /assembler programming and test on numerous ESM and ELINT systems; system engineer and designer of destroyer-based and submarine-based integrated ESM/ECM system, including antennas receivers, processors, chaff I/F, fire control I/F, DECM I/F, software and MMI. System used multiple MC68000's. Designed ESM and Harpoon targeting system for P3-C. Designed ground-based ELINT/COMINT collection system. Designed PDP-11 based threat library generator and data base manager system on UK submarine QRC program during Falkland conflict . Responsible for winning $14 million dollars of new business.
ITT/DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION 1978-1980
Software Manager
Responsible for software program management of large telecommunications software contract (TTC-42). Provided consistent on-schedule/cost performance. Used top-down structured programming techniques for real-time distributed multi-processor based architecture. Target processors were Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 with PDP-11/70 (UNIX) as development host. Program design language was PASCAL, target was 8080 structured macro assembler. Managed 75 software engineers (and three subcontractors) and had total schedule and budget responsibility for a $40 million program.
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS GSD 1975-1978
Department Head
Development of radar warning and ESM systems for Navy LAMPS and P3 programs (ALR-66), Hellenic A.F., Morocco A.F., Fast Patrol Boat (SLR-21) and submarines (ULR-66, ULR-600), real-time assembly language programming on special purpose 24 bit EW processor (Pointer) hosted by Interdata 716, using FORTRAN IV Application programs. Managed ten software engineers. Program Manager for SLR-21 development program and sea trails at COSRIVDIV 1, San Diego.
DALMO VICTOR 1974-1975
Section Head
Development of radar warning systems for U.S. Air Force, Israeli Air Force, Norwegian Air Force, including ALR-46, ALR-46A, ALR-67, ALR-69. Real-time assembly language programming for ROLM based systems with Data General Nova as host. Developed new binary search deinterleaver sorting algorithm (PRIDE) which resulted in an Air Force contract from WRALC. This PRIDE algorithm is still used today to protect tactical fighter aircraft from hostile fire. Managed four software engineers.
KAMAN AEROSPACE 1971-1973
Senior Engineer, Flight Test
For the U.S. Navy LAMPS Program, designed, maintained, and operated L Band PCM telemetry flight test data acquisition system and real-time software using PDP-8 and IBM DOS, DEC assembler and FORTRAN IV. Digital design of avionics instrumentation using TTL.
PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT 1967-1971
Engineering Assistant, Experimental Test
Responsible for system maintenance and diagnostics of steady state data acquisition system used for jet engine testing (JT9D for Boeing 747). Used real-time assembler programming on Honeywell DDP-516, Xerox Sigma 5, and FORTRAN programming for Univac 1108, and IBM 360.
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLICATIONS:
University of Phoenix, MBA 1987
Central Connecticut State University, (1968-1972) BS 1985
University of Connecticut (Mathematics)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (Micro-processors)
San Jose State University (1965-1967) (General Ed)
UCLA Management Extension 2008
CSQE, ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer since 2003
NQA-1 Lead Auditor Certification 2020
Agile and Devops Leadership Certification 2021
Certified Cyber Security Professional, 24 week MIT course.
Specialized training courses for the following tools: Mercury Win Runner, Mercury Load Runner,
Mercury Test Director, Azor Ferret, Rational RequisitePro, Soffront Track, Segue QA Partner, McCabe IQ.
Selected to Congressional sponsored Software Program Manager’s Network 1998
Nominated to Technical Advisory Board for International Software Testing Qualification Board
Board of Directors, International Internet and Quality Week 1992-2003
Member IEEE, ASQ, Association of Old Crows.
KEYNOTES AND INVITED SPEAKING
Keynote Speaker Better Software East – 2011, Keynote Speaker Automated Tools Conference March and September 2002 – Past, Present, Future of Software Test Tools, San Jose, Ca. and Boston, Ma.
Keynote speaker STAR West 2000 – Web Testing, San Jose, Ca.
Keynote Speaker ITEA (DoD Testing) International Symposium December 1993
Presenter STAR West 2007, Better Software 2008, 2009, 2011, Star Canada 2014, 2016
Presenter - DOE Software Quality Forum, Risk Based Regression Testing, March 2003, Arlington , Va.
Received DOE’s Merrin Award for “Best In Show” paper, Risk Based Regression Testing, March 2003.
TEACHING, PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Taught over 100 professional seminars worldwide on Software QA, Software Testing, and Software Test Management
United States Patent 5,335,342 Automated Software Testing System (Ferret), 4/2/1994
Articles featured in Computer Design, Application Development Trends, Industry Week, Computer World, Signal, Electronic Defense News, San Jose Mercury, and Software Maintenance News, Better Software Magazine..
