Avian Richardson

• Analyzed data to identify trends in production and maintenance costs and developed strategies to reduce expenses.
• Conducted root cause analysis to identify, prioritize and eliminate process losses.
• Evaluated proposed project economics and identified alternative solutions and designs producing improved results.

• Facilitated Agile Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Implemented key performance metrics to track team progress and identify areas of improvement consistently throughout projects'' lifecycles.
• Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
• Facilitated cross-functional communication, enabling teams to collaborate effectively on project tasks in JIRA.

• Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
• Wrote and maintained detailed internal documentation on developed systems.
• Maintained knowledge of regulatory requirements from accrediting bodies and federal, state and local requirements.
• Streamlined communication between QA team and development team, ensuring clear understanding of test results and required actions.

• Supported the maintenance of test environments by working closely with IT teams, ensuring necessary configurations were in place to facilitate accurate and reliable test results.
• Reduced manual testing effort by automating repetitive tasks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and TestNG.
• Enhanced test coverage by identifying gaps in existing automation scripts and creating new ones to fill those gaps.
• Contributed to the creation of comprehensive test plans outlining objectives, strategies, resources needed, and timelines for completion.

• Researched and analyzed data to support project-related decisions.
• Provided assistance with preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts and presentations
• Prepared and charted data and metrics for detailed status reports.
• Provided technical support to project stakeholders to help meet project objectives.

• Established online configuration (Integrify) knowledge base to support functionality by developing robust system application overview.
• Documented procedures and business processes and shared information with appropriate stakeholders.
• Mapped current business and operational processes and recommended areas for improvement.
• Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain business information and key data informing responses to development requests.

Key Accomplishments: Reduced paper usage for the hiring process by 82%.

• Aided development and construction of Free Space Measurement system
• Tested prototypes and standard products and wrote reports to document results.
• Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings, schematics and computer-generated reports.
• Created 3D models from 2D drawings.
• Drafted 2D and 3D designs, using Solidworks

Key Accomplishments: Completed all construction purchases and created three Soildworks designs

• Assisted creation of interface control document between Suomi National Polar-Orbiting partnership science data segment and distribution functions
• Devised new test matrix confirming, validating, and witnessed testing of Suomi National Polar-Orbiting
• Actively participated in team meetings and contributed to process improvement initiatives
• Produced feature page describing Ozone SIPS and standard product on NASA's Earthdata Wiki web space

Key Accomplishments: Played a key role in the use and updating of all documentation and websites for satellites remaining in orbit