LAURA JESSEN

408 499-9079
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurajjessen
ljessen200@hotmail.com

HIGH IMPACT TECHNOLOGY LEADER

ARCHITECTURE AND PROCESS

SPECIALIZING IN

PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TEST MANAGEMENT, TEST

Software/Firmware/Hardware Qualification| Tools and Infrastructure | Global Leader | Project Management

Manager with over 15 years of experience in leading groups and teams within the technical industry. Strong background
in Storage and Storage products. Additional focus on Program Management. Experienced in delivering leading edge
storage product solutions to market, utilizing knowledge of new product development and program management skills,
tools, and techniques. Strong management Effective leadership, building culturally diverse teams with excellent business
and technical project management, change management, process and strategy development skills. Consistently
motivating and instilling the drive and passion in teams for leading innovation.
Customer centric professional; able to initiate profitable alliances with vendors and suppliers to facilitate all phases of a
project life cycle from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through implementation to production support.
| Agile and Scrum Methodologies| Strong Leader and Manager of People and Resources| Creative Problem Solving
|Strategic Business & Technology Planning | Leading and inspiring diverse teams | Mergers, Acquisition & Corporate
System Integration | Test Automation/Tools| Agile Methodologies |Embedded systems | Shift Left Testing |
Architecture | Relationship Management| Software Development Life Cycle| Enterprise Qualification and Product
Management| Contract Management| Storage Protocols SAS, SATA, NVMe |Python, C++, Perl, Database, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Micron Technology. - Milpitas, CA
Test Architect and Process Manager, Milpitas CA
2015-Present
Manager of the Firmware Test Process & Architecture team, responsible for working across the entire FW Test
organization with multiple FW Test development teams and with the formal corporate team.
Responsible for deployment, roll out, customizing and enhancing the development processes, platforms and
systems used for FW test.
Manage the FW Test Process & Architecture team, with direct reports in US and in China. Dotted line reports
both in US and off shores.
Lead the definition and support the execution of the FW Test strategy, test processes, test architecture,
methodologies, and tools across the different test teams and sites.
Drive to commonality as much as possible, by defining a Common Test Architecture across the different
products.
Samsung SSI
Senior Manager, FW Engineering Test, Samsung SSI- San Jose CA
2010 2015
Strategies, Major Projects and Business Transformation
Responsible for all test activities for three Engineering Test labs. To include FW HIL testing, and Customer Enterprise
testing.
Direct reports include, Senior Staff Engineers, Engineers, Technicians, and contracted lab technicians.
Responsible to report to the Headquarters on all phases of internal and enterprise testing.
Responsible to scope out all test projects, and apply the resources to meet the project requirements.
Work with assigned staff to assign the responsibilities and priorities for all personnel in the test group.
Interact with the Mangers for the Firmware teams to develop strategy to meet their testing needs. Quick
turnaround time for assigned projects.

Professional development of direct reports, helping to counsel them on career development, and professional
development.
Work with the Division management team to implement strategies for growth and expansion of capabilities for
my team.
Responsible to staff and track all activities for test for multiple projects, conducted simultaneously. Dividing
resources and personnel effectively to meet deadlines.
In charge of all physical assets, purchasing, and tracking of equipment for all of the development groups.
Project management responsibilities for all projects, to include Bug tracking and reporting. Effective training on
tools for all personnel. Interface with Legal department on contracts and NDA's when needed

Engineering Project Manager, Samsung SSI San Jose CA

2012-2013

Scope includes program management for Flash Memory storage solutions including SAS, and NVMe Firmware, Software,
Systems Engineering, and requirements for production launch.

Develop and maintain program master schedule for assigned products.

Administer the program level change control process.
Lead and drive cross functional focal teams to coordinate Hardware, Firmware, Systems Engineering, and
Marketing activities. Document and drive action items.
Facilitate risk analysis and risk management. Support individual groups in the risk management process. Monitor
risk and drive mitigation plans.
Communicate and report on key program metrics.
Coordinate and drive continuous improvement through lesions learned, process analysis, and applying
organizational knowledge.
Participate in establishing good program management practices including change control, risk management,
lessons learned, program metrics, and communication processes.

Staff Test Engineer, Samsung Electronics San Jose CA

2010- 2012

Staff Test Engineer for SSD Development group. Responsible for founding the Engineering test group for SAS SSD drives,
and Memory products.
Developed the test plans/cases
Took the initiative to research and purchase test tools and implemented them in the environment
Responsible for interacting with the Headquarters SQA team to develop and test their SAS protocol tool
Developed tracking and recording of all issues
Developed test reporting and participated in High Level presentations to represent Test
Staff Engineering Program Manager, LSI Corporation- Colorado Springs

2008- 2010

Scope includes program management for SCG storage solutions including IC, HBA, Firmware, Software, Systems
Engineering, and requirements for production launch.
Develop and maintain program master schedule for assigned products.
Administer the program level change control process.
Lead and drive cross functional focal teams to coordinate Hardware, Firmware, Systems Engineering, and
Marketing activities. Document and drive action items.
Facilitate risk analysis and risk management. Support individual groups in the risk management process.
Monitor risk and drive mitigation plans.
Communicate and report on key program metrics.
Coordinate and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, process analysis, and applying
organizational knowledge.
Participate in establishing good program management practices including change control, risk management,
lessons learned, program metrics, and communication processes.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Senior Lead Test Engineer- IR Firmware, LSI Logic
Senior Lead Test Engineer, LSI
Senior Lead Test Engineer, Quantum Corporation
Senior Test Engineer, ADIC
Lead Test Engineer, Quantum Corporation
Test Engineer, Hewlett Packard
HP Test and Development team for StorageWorks Division- working on the testing and fielding of HP Fibre Channel
attached SAN products.
Backup Admin, Agilent Technologies
Marketing, ICS (Interactive Communication Systems)
US Army Signal Corps Officer

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Computer Science- MS Candidate, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO
BS, Computer Science, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO
US Army Post Graduate Education, Fort Gordon GA
US Army Signal Corps Officer Training Course, Fort Gordon GA
BA, Syracuse University, Syracuse New York

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

MCSE/MSC
NETWORK +
PMP TRAINING COURSE

Skills and Expertise

Storage RAID SCSI

SAN
Test Engineering
Perl
TCL
Unix/ Linux
Firmware
Embedded Systems
Device Drivers
Enterprise
Software
SSD
File Systems Shell Scripting
Virtualization HP
Software Engineering
Storage Area Networks,
NAS
Hardware Testing
Debugging
Process Development
Documentation