Joshua D.

VP Software Engineering and Quality at Alder Holdings

Carlsbad, California, United States

About

Responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of Engineering, Project Management and leadership direction for the development and delivery of complex, innovative Security and Smart Home products. Leads the engineering group to deliver quality products on time and to budget. Strong experience building collaborative cross disciplined teams that partner with each other to deliver innovative products and solutions Specialties: - Leading/managing productive teams - Leading development and test teams in Agile environments - Defining strategy approach for complex problems, products - Security and Home Automation systems and products - Linux

Experience

  • VP Software Engineering and Quality at Alder Holdings, LLC
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Nortek Control (8 yrs 11 mos)
    • VP of Engineering
      Feb 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Director of Quality Assurance and Validation
      May 2019 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Responsible for leading all testing activities for Security and Smart Home product lines into the market and a history of receiving industry awards for innovation. • Responsible for defining test strategy for Nortek Security & Control’s NPI efforts as well as all sustaining projects.

    • Sr. Manager System Product Testing
      Aug 2013 - May 2019 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Software QA Manager responsible for leading teams for all test activities including: Resource scoping, hiring, training, defining test strategies(embedded, automated, functional/system and integration testing), planning test process, managing testing activities and reporting test results. Responsible for verification of Nortek Security & Control - 2GIG Go!Control software releases.

  • QA Manager - Security Systems Division at Quintron Systems, Inc.
    Dec 2004 - Aug 2013 · 8 yrs 9 mos

    TS/SCI with Poly clearance (now, inactive) • Leader for all of enterprise level system installations and upgrades including various DOD facilities, military locations and commercial customers • Managed a team of engineers, leading and performing all QA efforts • Defined specific software test plans for both manual and automated testing

  • Flash Developer at Impact Learning Systems
    May 2000 - Dec 2004 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Four years developer at Impact Learning Systems; a corporate E-Learning provider.