Mark Dodrill

Technical Product Lead for Jira Align and Enterprise Insights

Responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of the Jira Align/Enterprise Insights platforms (Test and Prod) for a large biopharmaceutical company.
Increased Jira Align instance usage from 4 Portfolios to 8, from 10 Programs to 35, and from 80 Teams to 150 during my tenure. Active Full Licensed users went from 300 to 600 during my t

Investigate, discover, and assess client pain points with scaling Agile.
Drive solution design, architecture, and implementation with Cprime's clients desired scaled agile approach.
Be the go-to lead on tool usage, standard methodologies, and implementation of integration between Jira Align, Jira, and other applications.
Coach and mentor the delivery team to ensure consistent performance and custo

• Assumed Solution Train Engineer (STE) role for a new Large Solution SAFe 5.0 implementation for the BIG-IP organization
• Technical implementation of Jira Align at the Solution, Program, and Team levels as well as integration with JIRA.
• Part of a Jira Align administration team that supported change requests, reported, and followed up on Jira Align bugs, and provided training and support for th

• Assumed Release Train Engineer (RTE) role to drive the business unit from Essential SAFe to a Full SAFe implementation (https://www.scaledagileframework.com) in two different organizations.
• Participated with decision-making team that chose, implemented, and trained people on Jira Align for the entire BIG-IP organization of 1200 people, as the enterprise solution for a Full SAFe implementation.

Drove the transitioning of a large Scale lab from the Boston office to a Seattle colo, with 70 VMware ESXi hosts representing 1,000 VMs, 3 large NAS units, and 20 F5 Hardware units. Setup and debugged all networking from Layer 1 up. (2018)
Planned and executed Scale lab downtime to add 80TB of NAS storage and upgrade 55 VMware ESX hosts to provide more efficient and reliable environment for the e

Worked as Webmaster at International Space Elevator Consortium.

Took over, maintained, and extended VMware lab of 800 VMs for BIG-IQ Scale/Perf testing.
Extended and maintained Python PyUnit test automation code for department wide testing use.

Senior software engineer on the API Management team. Designed, executed, and reported performance evaluation/certification of a 3rd party product for API management at Expedia. Worked with the vendor on problem resolution and future product enhancements to support Expedia’s needs. Collaborated with many internal clients to write proxies to use the API management software, from inception to produ

Senior technical contributor on the PDS test team. Major test designer and contributor to the testing of the PSS Web service (8+ releases), using Java/JUnit, while working with on-shore and off-shore testers. Did initial training and mentoring for 4 new FTEs on the test team. For all projects, created estimates, Test Plans, and Test Cases, held Test Plan reviews, filed bugs, and reviewed and co

Senior technical contributor to the Revenue Optimization test team. Led and performed the testing of multiple versions of the APS Web service, using Java/JUnit, while working with on-shore and off-shore testers. Did initial training for 3 new FTEs for the test team. For all projects, created schedules, Test Plans, and Test Cases, held Test Plan reviews, filed bugs, and reviewed and commented on

QA Lead of BSP and ISV Testing Team, August 2006 to October 2007.
QA Lead of Release Management team, October 2007 to January 2008.
QA Lead of the Automation team, January 2008 to January 2009.

General Duties:
* Run manual and automated tests and report results
* File bugs and verify bug resolutions
* Maintain bug statistics and produce regular reports
* Manage several team members
* Write new te

Lead Test Engineer responsible for 2-5 concurrent software development projects in a matrix Test Engineering team. Duties included: Helping with bug triage, Monitoring status of new builds, Test pass planning and assignments, Interfacing with
development/product management on issues, Reviewing project documentation, Reporting project/bug status, Attending weekly remote status video teleconferences

Team Lead of the Windows Networking, Peer Networking test automation team. Team ran all automated tests for Peer Networking in lab with 150+ machines. Primary
duties: Created automated test pass schedules, Communicated bug status to intra- and inter-team members, Ran bug triage meetings, Generated weekly status reports, Updated Windows-wide project status page every week, Worked with Windows SE to

Member of the Test Engineering team, testing a client/server, VPN-like network software product. Responsible for all Window CE client testing for the product (CE version 3.0, PPC 2000-2003). Hired, trained, and supervised a summer intern who performed Windows CE testing. Setup and managed two racks of high-end machines, used to simulate 1,000+ client sessions for NetMotion Server testing. Respo

Senior Software Engineer I, May 2000 to January 2003 -- Member of the Drop-In Tools OS QA group of the Tools division. Helped to create a copy of Microsoft’s Windows CE OS/Network Testing Lab. Responsible for backup, maintenance, and day-to-day lab operations. Helped design a web-based test results logging, analysis, and reporting system. Assisted other team members in testing questions, and

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In addition to my regular classes, I was a PLUCE (PLU Computer Enthusiasts) charter member.