dan leahy

Chief Information Officer at Town of Bedford, MA

Greater Boston

About

Experience

  • Chief Information Officer at Town of Bedford, MA
    Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Town of Concord (Concord Ma)
    • NetworkEngineer
      Feb 2018 - Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • NetworkEngineer
      Feb 2018 - Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Sr Sqa Engineer at Avaya Networks
    Dec 2010 - Jun 2017 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    Lead performance engineer • Responsible for overseeing and executing performance base tests on all product lines. • Worked with development and hardware teams to meet product management’s performance requirements. • Tested performance and quality of service interoperability in multi-product Lan/Wan setups. • Worked with software engineers to optimize and locate failures of Ethernet switch fabric (Broadcom) • Tested scaled L2/L3 (ipv4-ipv6) and multicast setups on all product lines. • Assisted HW engineers with 3rd party EMI certification • Created detailed test reports for product line managers for presentation to customers.

  • Manager software quality at Nortel networks
    Jun 2006 - Dec 2010 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    • Managed internal and off-site (Bangalore, India) test teams. • Worked with program managers from SW, HW and Product mangers to deliver approved content on time. • Designed and reviewed test bed setups and protocol’s for real world customer’s environments. • Managed defect tracking database and presented results to senior management. • Attended bug scrub meetings with SW to identify risks and prioritize tasks to meet schedule.

  • Sr Sqa engineer at Nortel Networks
    Apr 2000 - Dec 2006 · 6 yrs 9 mos

    • Release prime, interfaced with software, SQA and senior management to drive current release schedule. • Wrote detailed test plans from functional spec and design documents from product line managers • Designed, configured and installed test bed setups and protocols with direction from PLM. • Executed test plans, writing defects into SQL database assisting SW to replicate defect for quick resolution. • Lead support contact for Spirent test gear, and training for internal/external SW/HW engineers.