Darin McGrew

• Automated self-service releases, enabling developers to build, test, package, canary, and (in some cases) deploy their products independently.
• Automated nightly builds and tests.
• Migrated existing releases to new automation systems, new branch configurations, and new build environments.
• Coordinated source deliveries from multiple development teams, deploying numerous releases to production servers.
• Taught introductory accessibility classes for new employees, increasing general awareness of web accessibility among new employees.

• Created scalable release and configuration management procedures, eventually supporting:
  • Dozens of products (internal and external), some with multiple active development branches.
  • Heterogeneous build and deployment environments, including multiple platforms for web application servers, desktop/laptop computers, and handheld devices.
  • Intranet web application for automated server configuration verification.
• Coordinated migration of Perforce depot to Linux server without delaying aggressive development schedules.

• Coordinated numerous source deliveries from multiple development teams.
• Created and taught introductory classes for new employees, which resulted in employees rapidly becoming productive in our development environment.

• Created intranet web application for release and media tracking.
• Created department intranet web site with input from multiple sources.
• Coordinated numerous source deliveries from multiple development teams.
• Coordinated migration to Continuus/CM without delaying aggressive development schedule.

• Reimplemented and enhanced a GUI user-preferences tool, delivering an intuitive and cohesive user interface based on input from usability experts, and an easily extensible programming interface to facilitate future user-interface development.
• Coordinated numerous source deliveries from multiple development teams.
• Created product subsetting and post-release bugfix packaging.
• Coordinated repackaging bugfix patches into a maintenance release.
• Improved overall product quality by characterizing, reporting, and fixing bugs in various application programs.
• Minimized the disruption of organizational changes by training peers and third-party vendors to assume full responsibility for various essential technical functions.

• Created menu-based product installation and subsetting tools.
• Created an automated first-pass build verification system, and the product-content database system it used.
• Created and taught introductory classes for new employees, which resulted in employees rapidly becoming productive in our development environment.

Content development, server configuration, and forum moderation for a web site that promotes creative, informative, browser-independent, and resolution-independent web sites that are accessible to all users worldwide.

Taught pre-algebra classes. Assisted drama director with acting classes and extra-curricular musical.