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Allison brings more than 25 years of software and hardware quality assurance, project, and program\-management experience across handheld, mobile, security, desktop, appliance, web, broadcast, connected\-car, television, robotic, and flight\-software products\. Allison’s strengths include building and leading quality engineering organizations, establishing release\-management systems, creating test strategy and automation, and coordinating complex cross\-functional launches across the United States and international teams\. Allison has shipped more than 340 consumer and enterprise products, or more than 500 when maintenance releases are included\. Allison has managed engineering groups of up to 35 people and directed a globally distributed QA team of 220\. At Amazon Lab126, Allison delivered Fire TV Edition televisions from 2017 through 2021 that achieved 4\.7\- to 5\-star ratings and ranked among the top\-rated televisions on Amazon\.com\. Allison’s work has also supported award\-winning and historically notable products, including Symantec Network Access Control awards and certification, Telestream’s Emmy\-winning closed\-captioning standardization work, and the Handspring Treo 180, which is represented in the Computer History Museum\. ## Services - Engineering Leadership - Technology Management - Human Resources \(HR\) - Technical Execution - System Performance - Cross\-functional Alignment - Cross\-functional Team Leadership - Oral Communication - Timelines - Working with Children - Teaching - STEM - Event Management - Monitoring Performance - Presentation Skills - Manufacturing Process Improvement - Project Plans - Program Management - Critical Thinking - Analytical Skills ## Highlights - Shipped more than 340 consumer and enterprise products, or more than 500 including maintenance releases, across more than 25 years in QA engineering and project/program management\. - Managed engineering groups of up to 35 people and directed a globally distributed QA team of 220\. - Serves as CTO for Healerverse and advises startups on technology, engineering, AI, blockchain, fintech, quality, release management, and STEM/STEAM mentoring\. - Led engineering operations at Whisker across AI, robotic testing, DevOps, release management, integration/automation, quality engineering, and the quality internship program\. - Directed flight\-software verification, validation, integration, release management, configuration management, NASA\-model milestone criteria, and risk mitigation at E\-Space\. - Established Flight Software and Mission Ops labs at E\-Space and bootstrapped the Los Gatos office’s early staffing and operations\. - Established formal release management at Mojio, including a Release Control Board, defined criteria, and formal sign\-off procedures\. - Helped Mojio obtain ISO 27001 certification and 99\.999% uptime for GA and development releases\. - Established and managed Fire TV Edition QA teams across the Bay Area, Seattle, China, and India at Amazon Lab126\. - Formalized testing at Amazon Lab126 for FireOS/Android, streaming media, Bluetooth/BLE, Alexa integration, IoT, and more than 10,000 applications serving more than 50 million users\. - Managed up to 25 Amazon Fire TV product launches annually, each with seven SKUs and more than five factory software and hardware releases\. - Delivered Amazon Fire TV products from 2017 through 2021 with 4\.7\- to 5\-star ratings that ranked among the top\-rated Fire TVs and televisions on Amazon\.com\. - Led QA launches at Telestream for major broadcast customers and programs including NBC/Olympics, HBO, NASCAR, NFL, The Colbert Show, Netflix IMF, and the first Facebook Live implementation\. - Implemented Telestream test automation for UI, licensing, build acceptance and verification, functional and regression testing, and backend video\-comparison analysis\. - Contributed to Telestream engineering work that won an Emmy for closed\-captioning standardization for broadcast engineering\. - Established PMO standards and processes at Hewlett Packard Enterprise that were later adopted company\-wide\. - Obtained security clearance for a Department of Justice project consolidating 42 California prison legacy software systems into one system\. - Achieved 40% SNAC automation in one year at Symantec, with more than 1,400 automated test cases and 30% automation across the managed domain\. - Led Symantec Network Access Control QA work associated with Network World Magazine’s 2007 Best End\-to\-End NAC Solution and 2008 Best of the Tests Winner, plus Common Criteria EAL2\+ certification\. - Built Symantec’s Consumer Response Team for Norton AntiVirus products and ran a CEO\-reporting Tiger team addressing top press issues within three days or less\. - Worked on Palm and webOS Core Design and QA releases with PalmPilot inventor Jeff Hawkins\. - Served as Core Design Team and lead QA engineer for the Handspring Treo 180, 180g, and Treo 600 ROM mail application\. - Contributed to the Handspring team responsible for putting a web browser on a phone for the first time, threaded SMS, and mobile\-device IP patents\. - Led Handspring Bluetooth test\-case development and testing and tested GSM, CDMA, and GPRS telephony and data\. - Tested Handspring Visor and Treo devices and Palm applications, including Organizer ROM, PIM, desktop software, Blazer Browser, TreoMail, and Photo Album software\. - The Handspring Treo 180 is represented in the Computer History Museum\. - Managed C\-suite IT support for NTT DATA’s Los Angeles office of 100 employees and hospital client sites including Johns Hopkins Hospital\. - Trained Stanford doctors and installed prescription\-ordering software in physician offices while working at Ephysician\. - Founded and managed the QA department at Rocketcash for an e\-commerce site that enabled children to purchase online with RocketCash\. ## Experience - **CEO/CTO /CPO\- Advisor to Startups at Freelance** (2023\-03\-01–present) — ●CTO for Healerverse Retained for startup\-critical projects including: VC pitch decks, product roadmaps, technology explainers, web presence and e\-commerce, social media plans, site/office bootstrapping ● Partial client list: SARSTR, Roots So Deep, Healerverse, Kitchen Table Touring ●Advisor to Startups, Technology, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence \(AI\), Blockchain, Fintech, STEM / STEAM Mentoring, Quality, Release Management\. - **Department Head of Engineering Operations at Whisker** (2025\-02\-01–2025\-08\-01) — Department Head of Engineering Operations for Whisker Litter\-Robot Company Types of Engineering Lead while at Whisker: ●Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) ●Robotic Testing ●DevOps ●Release Management ●Integration / Automation ●Management of Quality Engineering ●Management of Quality Internship Program - **Director of Test and Integration \- Flight Software at E\-Space** (2022\-07\-01–2023\-03\-01) — ●Directed all flight software verification and validation activities for flight software and its integration with mission ops, GNC \(guidance, navigation, and control\), and ground system software ●Directed release and configuration management for flight software ●Formalized flight software test plans, created test cases, and generated requirements traceability artifacts ●Created, tracked, and enforced entry/exit criteria for release milestones in accordance with the NASA model ●Created risk identification and mitigation process ●Established Flight Software Lab \(for integration testing\) and Mission Ops Lab \(for mission ops, GNC, and Mission Control Center for satellite launches\) ●Institutionalized the rigorous use of Jira and Confluence for issue tracking, workflows, and metrics/analytics dashboards ●Bootstrapped early setup and staffing of the Los Gatos office location \(formalized job descriptions, recruited, interviewed, hired, acted as facilities manager, and local IT support\) - **Director of Quality Assurance and Release Management at Mojio** (2021\-04\-01–2022\-07\-01) — ●Directed all release activities for software and firmware across a system comprising mobile apps \(iOS and Android\), web applications for carriers and consumers, and OBD\-II modules in cars ● Institutionalized formal Release Management process that included establishment of a Release Control Board, enumeration of release criteria, and formal sign\-off procedures ● Managed Quality Assurance Engineering teams in the US, Canada, and India \(performance management, goal setting, recruiting, and hiring\) ● Released software \(mobile and web\) and hardware \(OBD\-II and firmware\) for the following products: Motion for Audi Connect, T\-Mobile SyncUP Drive, Force, Motion, Connected Car Platform, Mojio Engage Modules, and many releases for carriers worldwide ● Created and standardized test plans for software and hardware releases formalized bug logging / test plan cadence ensuring a high quality bar was met ● Institutionalized the rigorous use of Jira and Confluence for issue tracking, workflows, and m - **Quality Assurance Manager III at Amazon Lab126** (2017\-01\-01–2021\-05\-01) — ● Established and managed the End\-to\-End FireTV Edition Quality Assurance Engineering teams in the US \(Bay Area and Seattle\), China, India responsible for all consumer product software and hardware ● Formalized testing of FireTV \(FireOS/Android\), broadcast and streaming video and audio, Bluetooth/BLE, Alexa ecosystem integration, IoT, 10,000\+ applications, and ensured performance and KPI requirements were met for a user base of more than 50 million people streaming billions of hours of content every month ● Managed initial FireTV Television launch and delivered consumer product televisions for North America, UK, Europe and India ● Led all engineering release checkpoint activities for C\-Suite review to ensure adherence to shipment criteria, risk mitigations, and performance KPIs ● Acted as primary FireTV liaison to BestBuy which entailed management of the partner and ODM relationships from kick off, through requirements gathering, roadmap planning, factory ship process, first article in - **Quality Assurance Manager all Enterprise and Consumer Products at Telestream** (2011\-06\-01–2017\-07\-01) — ● Led QA activities for Consumer and Enterprise product software and hardware, managing a team of up to 35 direct reports in multiple locations in the US in an Agile/Scrum development environment ● Managed all high profile launches and releases for all operating systems, mobile, desktop, and web, for all major broadcast networks, NBC/Olympics, HBO, NASCAR, NFL, The Colbert Show, Netflix \(IMF\), including the first Facebook Live implementation ● Developed test plans, test cases, test readiness criteria, release checklist criteria, training new employees on QA process, Automation, Jira Administration, Agile Methodology implementation, STIGS compliance / documentation, Hardware QA process definition ● Achieved automation implementation for user interface, licensing, build acceptance, build verification, functional and regression tests and automated back end video comparison analysis for video transcoder ● Involved in NAB, SMPTE meetings/standards, and our Engineering team won an Emmy for C - **Quality Manager in the Program Management Office at Hewlett Packard Enterprise** (2010\-09\-01–2011\-06\-01) — ● Performed milestone / gate review management for all software releases for Department of Justice client account ● Established standards and processes for the Project Management Organization \(PMO\) that later were adopted company\-wide ● Performed quality audits of Teams, Releases, Processes, and Metrics Presented results to executive leadership and recommended/implemented process improvement across project teams ● Obtained security clearance for project for the Department of Justice, combining all of the 42 prison legacy software systems in California into one new combined software system - **Manager, Software Quality Assurance at Symantec** (2006\-12\-01–2009\-10\-01) — ● Managed Software QA Engineering for Symantec Network Access Control part of Symantec Endpoint Protection \(Windows, Mac, Linux\) and all groups associated with this in the US and China including new development, customer response, automation, content delivery team \(Host Integrity, AVDefs, IPS\) ● Achieved substantial automation for all teams under my domain, 40% automation for SNAC in one year, with over 1400 test cases automated and 30% automation achieved, managing up to 6 products and 30 employees at one time ● Achieved SNAC QA \- Symantec Network Access Control being named “2007 Best End\-to\-End NAC Solution” and “2008 Best of the Tests Winner” by Network World Magazine, and Common Criteria EAL2\+ Certification ● Managed the Customer Response Teams for products managed, managed many core and maintenance releases simultaneously - **Supervisor Quality Assurance at Symantec** (2004\-12\-01–2006\-12\-01) — ● Created and built Consumer Response Team for the full Consumer Product Line \(Norton AntiVirus family of products\) ● Created and ran Tiger team reporting to the CEO to address resolve all top 10 issues company wide to address Press related issues immediately in 3 days or less, worked closely with development to come up with best solution for customers, worked closely with technical support to understand customer issues and resolve these in a timely manner ● Responsible for 2006 Core consumer product releases, responsible for Consumer tool test cycles & release schedules ● Led rigorous test planning and project management for all projects: established ship dates targets and drove execution to ensure on\-time shipping, healthy bug metrics, and adherence to company guidelines for metrics, performance, and KPIs ● Responsible for job descriptions, interviewing, hiring, and performance management - **Software Quality Assurance Lead Engineer at webOS** (2000\-05\-01–2004\-12\-01) — ● Led Software Quality Assurance Engineer / Core Design team with Jeff Hawkins \(PalmPilot Inventor\) for many handheld mobile devices, mobile software \(PalmOS and WebOS\), ROM, Windows, and Mac software releases for all devices ● Created test plans for all projects led & for functional areas led, wrote test cases for all projects worked on, performed test runs for all test cycles ● Performed research and wrote up documentation for departmental guidelines for testing, bug writing & 'how to' information, Contributed to software feature design reviews, provided hardware bugs to the hardware team, led bug scrubs ● Executive and Beta program support for all devices that were in development - **Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Handspring** (2000\-01\-01–2004\-01\-01) — \*Core Design team with Jeff Hawkins \(Palm Pilot Inventor\) for many products at Handspring and Palm\. \*SW QA engineer for Visor Deluxe, Visor Platinum, Prism, Edge, Neo, and Pro \* SW QA engineer for Visor Phone, Treo 90, Treo 270, Treo 300 and Treo 600 \* Core Design Team and Lead SW QA engineer for ROM mail application for the Treo 600 \* Core Design Team and Lead SW QA engineer for the Treo 180 and 180g http://allthingsd\.com/20111102/dialing\-up\-20\-years\-of\-gadget\-reviews \* Responsible for Organizer \(ROM\), PIM applications, Desktop SW, Telephony, Data, MMS, SMS, Blazer Browser, Core Design Team \- TreoMail and Third Party applications testing \*Team responsible for putting a web browser on a phone for the first time \*Team responsible for inventing threaded SMS and many IP patents for how mobile devices work today \* GSM / CDMA / GPRS telephony and data testing \* Core Design Team and Lead of Bluetooth test case development and testing \* Performed Palm Compatibility testing, PalmOS API test - **Software Quality Assurance at Ephysician Inc** (1999\-01\-01–1999\-01\-01) — ● Contributed as a SQA Engineer in a startup company, testing handheld mobile clients and applications used by doctors for prescription and lab ordering ● Trained doctors at Stanford on the prescription ordering applications, performed product installation on site in physician offices, patent research, learned physician workflow for writing prescriptions incorporated this into our application, captured Beta feedback ● Recruited, interviewed and hired candidates to build quality department - **Manager, Quality Assurance at Rocketcash Ltd** (1999\-01\-01–2000\-01\-01) — ● Founded and managed the quality assurance department for an eCommerce website that allowed kids to purchase online with their RocketCash ● Managed the QA team for the e\-Commerce website, all updates and products, creation of test plans / matrices for web and product testing, database stored procedure testing, employee hiring, review, appraisal, and incentive / bonus management ● Developed guidelines, procedures and documentation for Quality Assurance and Engineering departments, managed the bug database, tracking and documentation for end users, and developed and maintained the company Intranet - **Client Services / IT Support at NTT DATA, Inc\.** (1995\-01\-01–1998\-01\-01) — ● Managed C\-Suite support for the Los Angeles, CA office of 100 employees as well as many hospital client sites like Johns Hopkins Hospital - **Software QA / Member Services at Health Net** (1994\-01\-01–1995\-01\-01) — ● Tested Health Net patient data application, migrated 3270 emulation systems over to a Windows\-based application ● Validation of database field mappings for all HealthNet plan members, benefit plans and patient data and claims for the entire state of California, and Member Services phone assistance with benefit plan information - **Quality Manager in the Program Management Office at Hewlett\-Packard** (2010–2011) — ● Performed milestone / gate review management for all software releases for Department of Justice client account ● Established standards and processes for the Project Management Organization \(PMO\) that later were adopted company\-wide ● Performed quality audits of Teams, Releases, Processes, and Metrics Presented results to executive leadership and recommended/implemented process improvement across project teams ● Obtained security clearance for project for the Department of Justice, combining all of the 42 prison legacy software systems in California into one new combined software system - **Manager, Software Quality Assurance at Symantec Corporation** (2006–2009) — ● Managed Software QA Engineering for Symantec Network Access Control part of Symantec Endpoint Protection \(Windows, Mac, Linux\) and all groups associated with this in the US and China including new development, customer response, automation, content delivery team \(Host Integrity, AVDefs, IPS\) ● Achieved substantial automation for all teams under my domain, 40% automation for SNAC in one year, with over 1400 test cases automated and 30% automation achieved, managing up to 6 products and 30 employees at one time ● Achieved SNAC QA \- Symantec Network Access Control being named “2007 Best End\-to\-End NAC Solution” and “2008 Best of the Tests Winner” by Network World Magazine, and Common Criteria EAL2\+ Certification ● Managed the Customer Response Teams for products managed, managed many core and maintenance releases simultaneously - **Supervisor Quality Assurance at Symantec Corporation** (2004–2006) — ● Created and built Consumer Response Team for the full Consumer Product Line \(Norton AntiVirus family of products\) ● Created and ran Tiger team reporting to the CEO to address resolve all top 10 issues company wide to address Press related issues immediately in 3 days or less, worked closely with development to come up with best solution for customers, worked closely with technical support to understand customer issues and resolve these in a timely manner ● Responsible for 2006 Core consumer product releases, responsible for Consumer tool test cycles & release schedules ● Led rigorous test planning and project management for all projects: established ship dates targets and drove execution to ensure on\-time shipping, healthy bug metrics, and adherence to company guidelines for metrics, performance, and KPIs ● Responsible for job descriptions, interviewing, hiring, and performance management - **Software Quality Assurance Lead Engineer at Palm** (2000–2004) — ● Led Software Quality Assurance Engineer / Core Design team with Jeff Hawkins \(PalmPilot Inventor\) for many handheld mobile devices, mobile software \(PalmOS and WebOS\), ROM, Windows, and Mac software releases for all devices ● Created test plans for all projects led & for functional areas led, wrote test cases for all projects worked on, performed test runs for all test cycles ● Performed research and wrote up documentation for departmental guidelines for testing, bug writing & 'how to' information, Contributed to software feature design reviews, provided hardware bugs to the hardware team, led bug scrubs ● Executive and Beta program support for all devices that were in development ## Education - Certificates, Pro Tools Audio and Video Engineering — Future Rhythm (2004\-01\-01–2005\-01\-01) - Photography — Evergreen Valley College (2003\-01\-01–2003\-01\-01) - Certificate, Certification \- Leading Test Projects with Confidence — Logigear (2002\-01\-01–2002\-01\-01) - Computer Science, Art, Music — Saint Louis Community College (1991\-01\-01) - High School Diploma, Computers / Music — Parkway South High (1987\-01\-01–1989\-01\-01) - Lindbergh High School (1986\-01\-01–1989\-01\-01) - Computer Science, Art, Music — St\. Louis Community College (1991) ## FAQ ### What does Allison do now? Allison is currently a CEO, CTO, CPO, and advisor to startups through freelance work\. Allison serves as CTO for Healerverse and is retained for startup\-critical work including VC pitch decks, product roadmaps, technology explainers, web presence and e\-commerce, social\-media plans, and site or office bootstrapping\. Allison advises on technology, engineering, AI, blockchain, fintech, quality, release management, and STEM/STEAM mentoring\. Partial clients include SARSTR, Roots So Deep, Healerverse, and Kitchen Table Touring\. ### What are Allison’s core professional strengths? Allison has more than 25 years of experience in software and hardware QA engineering and project and program management\. Allison has worked on handheld, mobile, security, desktop, appliance, web\-based, consumer, and enterprise products built and managed QA teams in the United States and overseas and is experienced with operating systems, defect\-tracking and test\-case\-management systems, design reviews, test planning, and test\-case writing\. ### How extensive is Allison’s product and startup experience? Allison reports shipping more than 340 consumer and enterprise products, rising to more than 500 when maintenance releases are included\. The record states that Allison has worked in 15 startups, while a Pluto interview call records that Allison reported having worked at 20 startups during the career\. ### What did Allison do at Whisker? At Whisker, the Litter\-Robot company, Allison was Department Head of Engineering Operations\. Allison led engineering work spanning AI, robotic testing, DevOps, release management, integration and automation, quality engineering, and the quality internship program\. ### What did Allison accomplish at E\-Space? At E\-Space, Allison directed flight\-software verification and validation and its integration with mission operations, guidance, navigation and control, and ground\-system software\. Allison directed release and configuration management formalized test plans, test cases, requirements traceability, NASA\-model release entry and exit criteria, and risk mitigation established Flight Software and Mission Ops labs and institutionalized Jira and Confluence workflows and analytics\. Allison also bootstrapped the Los Gatos office by formalizing job descriptions, recruiting and hiring, and providing facilities management and local IT support\. ### What did Allison accomplish at Mojio? At Mojio, Allison directed releases for iOS and Android mobile applications, carrier and consumer web applications, and in\-car OBD\-II modules and firmware\. Allison established a Release Control Board, release criteria, and formal sign\-off procedures led QA teams in the U\.S\., Canada, and India and released Motion for Audi Connect, T\-Mobile SyncUP Drive, Force, Motion, Connected Car Platform, Mojio Engage Modules, and carrier releases worldwide\. Allison helped obtain ISO 27001 certification and 99\.999% uptime for GA and development releases while continuing hands\-on testing and bug logging\. ### What did Allison accomplish at Amazon Lab126? At Amazon Lab126, Allison established and managed end\-to\-end Fire TV Edition QA engineering teams in the Bay Area, Seattle, China, and India\. Allison managed the initial television launch and launches for North America, the UK, Europe, and India acted as primary Fire TV liaison to Best Buy and ODM partners and was responsible for up to 25 launches per year, each with seven SKUs and more than five factory software and hardware releases\. Products delivered annually from 2017 through 2021 earned 4\.7\- to 5\-star ratings and were top\-rated among Amazon Fire TVs and televisions on Amazon\.com\. Allison also contributed to Amazon Medium publications\. ### What did Allison accomplish at Telestream? At Telestream, Allison led QA for consumer and enterprise software and hardware and managed up to 35 direct reports across U\.S\. locations in an Agile/Scrum environment\. Allison managed high\-profile launches for major broadcast networks and programs including NBC/Olympics, HBO, NASCAR, NFL, The Colbert Show, and Netflix IMF, as well as the first Facebook Live implementation\. Allison implemented automation for UI, licensing, build acceptance and verification, functional and regression testing, and backend video\-comparison analysis for a video transcoder\. Allison participated in NAB and SMPTE standards meetings, and Telestream’s engineering team won an Emmy for closed\-captioning standardization for broadcast engineering\. ### What did Allison do at Hewlett Packard Enterprise? At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Allison managed milestone and gate reviews for Department of Justice software releases\. Allison established PMO standards and processes later adopted company\-wide, conducted quality audits of teams, releases, processes, and metrics, and presented process\-improvement recommendations to executive leadership\. Allison obtained security clearance for a Department of Justice project combining 42 legacy California prison software systems into one system\. ### What did Allison accomplish at Symantec? In a Software QA Manager role at Symantec, Allison managed QA for Symantec Network Access Control within Symantec Endpoint Protection across Windows, Mac, and Linux, including teams in the U\.S\. and China\. Allison achieved 40% SNAC automation in one year, automated more than 1,400 test cases, achieved 30% automation across the domain, and managed up to six products and 30 employees simultaneously\. Under Allison’s QA leadership, SNAC was named Network World Magazine’s 2007 Best End\-to\-End NAC Solution and 2008 Best of the Tests Winner and achieved Common Criteria EAL2\+ certification\. In an earlier Supervisor QA role, Allison built the Consumer Response Team for Norton AntiVirus products and ran a CEO\-reporting Tiger team that addressed top company\-wide press issues within three days or less\. ### What was Allison’s work at Palm and webOS? At Palm and webOS, Allison led Software QA and Core Design work with Jeff Hawkins, the PalmPilot inventor, on handheld devices, PalmOS and webOS software, ROM, Windows, and Mac releases\. Allison created test plans and test cases, ran test cycles, supported executives and beta programs, contributed to feature\-design reviews, documented testing and bug\-writing guidelines, provided hardware bugs to hardware teams, and led bug scrubs\. ### What did Allison accomplish at Handspring? At Handspring, Allison served on the Core Design team with Jeff Hawkins and tested Visor Deluxe, Platinum, Prism, Edge, Neo, Pro, and Visor Phone devices Treo 90, 270, 300, and 600 devices and Palm applications and desktop software\. Allison was Core Design Team and lead software QA engineer for the Treo 180 and 180g and the Treo 600 ROM mail application led Bluetooth test\-case development and testing and covered Organizer ROM, PIM, telephony, data, MMS, SMS, Blazer Browser, TreoMail, third\-party applications, GSM/CDMA/GPRS, Palm compatibility, and PalmOS API test harnesses\. Allison’s team was responsible for putting a web browser on a phone for the first time and for threaded SMS and many IP patents that underpin modern mobile\-device behavior\. The Treo 180 is represented in the Computer History Museum\. ### What other organizations has Allison worked with? At NTT DATA, Allison managed C\-suite support for the Los Angeles office of 100 employees and supported hospital client sites including Johns Hopkins Hospital\. At Ephysician, Allison tested handheld physician applications for prescriptions and lab ordering, trained doctors at Stanford, performed physician\-office installations, researched patents and physician workflow, captured beta feedback, and recruited QA candidates\. At Health Net, Allison tested a patient\-data application, supported migration from 3270 emulation to Windows, validated statewide member, benefits, patient\-data, and claims mappings, and provided member\-services phone assistance\. At Rocketcash, Allison founded and managed the QA department for an e\-commerce site enabling children to purchase online with RocketCash\. ### Which products has Allison shipped? Allison’s shipped\-product record includes Healerverse\.io and Healerverse\.com E\-Space software Motion for Audi Connect, T\-Mobile SyncUP Drive, Force, and Motion at Mojio Amazon Fire TV Edition televisions in the U\.S\., Canada, UK, and India and Telestream products including Vantage, Wirecast, Wirecast for YouTube and UStream Producer, Wirecast Gear, ScreenFlow, Pipeline, Replay, Lightspeed, Episode, Switch, Flip4Mac, MacCaption, and CaptionMaker\. It also includes Symantec Network Access Control, SNAC 6100 Appliance, Sygate Enterprise Protection, On\-Demand Protection, Endpoint Encryption, Content Delivery and SymNRT, Endpoint Protection, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks, and Norton Ghost as well as Audi A8 Bluetooth, Handspring and Palm devices and software, RocketCashe, Ephysician physician software, Palm OS Organizer and PIM applications, and the Health Net Benefits Application\. ### What skills and languages does Allison list? Allison’s listed skills include engineering leadership, technology management, HR, technical execution, system performance, cross\-functional alignment and team leadership, oral communication, timelines, teaching, STEM, event management, performance monitoring, presentation skills, manufacturing process improvement, project plans, program management, critical thinking, and analytical skills\. Allison’s language is English\. ### What education and certifications does Allison have? Allison studied photography at Evergreen Valley College computer science, art, and music at Saint Louis Community College and computers and music at Parkway South High, where Allison earned a high school diploma\. Allison also attended Lindbergh High School\. Allison holds a Logigear certificate in Leading Test Projects with Confidence and Future Rhythm certificates in Pro Tools Audio and Video Engineering\. Listed certifications also include Quality Management for Operational Excellence, Ethical Hacking: Mobile Devices and Platforms, The Six Morning Habits of High Performers, ProTools 101, and ProTools 100\. ### What is Allison’s stated preference for recruiting outreach? Allison reports strong résumé discoverability and regular recruiter engagement through applicant\-tracking systems\. Allison requires human interaction and does not have recruiting conversations with AI chatbots\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/allisonkmcfarland