Dana J. Vallery
www.belaqua.org . djvwork@hotmail.com . seattle, wa

e  x  p  e  r  i  e  n c  e
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER, GalleryPlayer, Inc. 10/05-present
Responsible for QA of metadata, DVD authoring, print materials, GalleryPlayer software black box, audio and video compression, still image quality (grain, noise, color, accuracy), Photoshop design, Quark design, back-end server, front-end server, and internal tools. Design test plans, test cases, and documentation for proprietary DRM HD images and delivery tools.

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER, Microsoft 7/97-4/05
Design, implementation, and execution of ad-hoc, functional and automated testing for areas including Movie Maker, DVD Burning, Windows Media 9 (Encoder, Player, Server, SDK), Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and all Service Packs, Longhorn, Windows 2000, Millennium, Windows 98 and all respective updates, Direct Show, Broadcast PC, DVD, analog and video capture, USB, 1394 (Firewire), Direct X, and Internet Explorer.

Was integral in four major Operating System ship cycles, and numerous Windows Media ship cycles. Main test ownership included BVT (Build Verification Tests), daily Stress maintenance and triage, Application and Backwards Compatibility, Usability, Accessibility, Security, Synchronization, audio and video quality assurance, documentation of test plans and procedures, web site creation and maintenance, maintenance of multiple test racks, and kernel debugging.

SENIOR PHOTOSHOP SUPPORT TECHNICIAN, Keane Inc., 4/96-7/97
Training, technical and design support for all versions of Adobe Photoshop, PhotoDeluxe, Gallery Effects and TextureMaker under Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.x and all Macintosh operating systems. Acted as a primary technical and creative resource for twenty in-house Photoshop technicians. Received numerous customer letters and company Awards of Excellence for exemplary customer service and extensive product knowledge.

e  d  u  c  a  t  i  o  n
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology of Awareness and Perception
Western Washington University, Spring 1993
Focus in existential and humanistic psychology, sensory perception and states of consciousness, computer graphics, studio recording and psychoacoustics.

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Shoreline Community College, Spring 1991
Focus in music theory and psychology.

s  k i  l  l  s
Mastery of Adobe Photoshop (Featured Artist on the Adobe Photoshop 5.0 CD), professional photography (both film and digital), interface design, photo restoration, digital fine art, image compositing, graphic design, 3D modeling, animation, multimedia design, video and audio compression and codecs, MIDI, analog and digital music creation and recording, professional scanning and printing, web design, videography, sound design and editing, film sound and effects.

s  o  f  t  w  a  r  e
Adobe Photoshop, Audition, Premiere, After Effects, Illustrator, In Design, Go Live, Microsoft Windows, Raid, LOR, SQL, MXAgent, TUX/Kato, Product Studio, Outlook, Office, VB script, and others such as Cubase, Orion, Cakewalk, Sound Forge, Vegas, Mac OS, etc..

h  a  r  d  w  a  r  e
Expert in building, configuration and operation of all types of PCs and Macs, scanners, digital cameras, film cameras, printers, video capture devices, DV cameras, MIDI, digital I/O, networks, lighting, and audio/visual equipment.

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