A.
Peri Frantz 16345 Englewood
Ave. Los Gatos, CA
95032 (408)
356-8506 peri@pwpconsult.com Major
Strengths • Software Quality
Assurance • Product
Delivery • Software Engineering
Process • Interpersonal
Communications • Requirements
Definition and Specification Skills &
Services • Mac OS 9, Mac OS X,
familiar with Unix • Defect Tracking
Databases • Software Quality and
Test Plans • Web Page
Design • Software Engineering
Process • C, Java,
Basic Professional
Experience Apple Computer, Cupertino
CA • Managed the team
responsible for testing, managing the build
process, engineering installers, packaging and
delivering Java for both Mac OS 9 &
Mac OS X. • Delivered compliant
JREs for inclusion in 3 successive
Mac OS X runtimes. • Shipped a major
upgrade to Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ), and a
series of maintenance releases, culminating in MRJ
2.2.5, Apple's final Java release for
Mac OS 9. • Coordinated internal
testing and issue resolution with Sun to meet the
requirements for JRE compliance on both Mac OS 9
and Mac OS X. • Coordinated internal
testing and issue resolution with Oracle to achieve
Gold Certification for use of Oracle 11I with
MRJ. • Implemented processes
for measuring and tracking software
quality. Manager, Java Development
Team (1996-1999) • Brought Apple into the
Java revolution. • Built and managed the
team responsible for the (MRJ), Apple's fully
integrated implementation of Sun's Java Runtime
Environment. • Sustained development
during a period of serious corporate instability,
shipping four major releases of MRJ. • Established the
Apple/Sun collaborative engineering process for
Java on the Macintosh. Manager, ETO Software
Development CD (1994-1996) • Transformed ETO,
Apple's quarterly CD of software development tools,
from a chronically late, bug ridden mix of
incompatible components into a respected, fully
integrated set of tools which supported the leading
edge of Apple's evolving technology. Coordinated the back-porting
of the Code Fragment Manager (CFM) from the PowerPC
to the 68000, thereby enabling the use of shared
libraries on Apple's legacy systems. Test Lead, Core Tools
(1993-1994) • Wrote the quality and
test plans for CFM in Mac OS 7, Apple's
first Power PC based operating system. • Provided technical
leadership for the CFM test team, leading to
delivery of an extremely stable system software
component. Periwinkle, Los Gatos
CA 1978-2002 • Gunung Buda Project
& Lava Beds Research Center Capital Campaign:
Web site design, implementation, and
maintenance. • PowerUp! Software
Company, San Mateo CA: Evaluated functionality of
testing organization, and recommended restructuring
to improve effectiveness. Test Lead on three
projects. • Grafpoint, San Jose
CA: Conducted a study of potential communications
enhancements to a Macintosh based terminal
emulation product. • Key Logic, Santa Clara
CA: Ported proprietary operating system modules
from IBM 370 Assembly Language to C. • C•ATS Software,
Palo Alto CA: Established quality assurance team
and procedures, reviewed documentation and
recommended strategies for future
development. • Apple Computer Inc.,
Cupertino, CA: Developed requirement specifications
for a bug tracking database. SQA Test Administrator
for several software development
projects. • Lockheed Data Plan
Inc., Los Gatos, CA: Developed C-based Macintosh
program to display aviation weather
maps. • TeleLearning Systems,
Inc. (Electronic University), San Francisco, CA.:
Designed and implemented interpreter and
communication modules for proprietary courseware
language. Professional
& Non-Profit Activities • Association for
Computing Machinery • National Speleological
Society: Chairman 2003 National
Convention Life Member Secretary / Treasurer
1990 National Convention Monthly column in NSS News
1988-2000 Chairman, Vice-Chair,
Secretary of local chapter Secretary/Treasurer Western
Region 1993-current • Cave Research
Foundation Joint Venturer SEKI &
MIKI projects Principle Investigator on
LABE Project for Education • Berkeley High School,
Gradualted 1963 • 1963-1967 Reed
College, Portland Ore., BA Chemistry. • Continuing
education West Valley College:
Accounting, Business Law, Spanish San Jose State: Mandarin
Chinese Foothill College: Manadrin
Chinese, Studio Television Production Apple On-Job-Training:
Managment Skills, Intro to Cocoa
Programming
Manager/ Engineer, Java Product Engineering
(1999-2001)
Consultant, Contract Programmer: Emphasis on
SQA methodology, SW Engineering Process, Software
Requirements definition.
Virtual Valentine Project.
