Bertrand Hui
Sr. Technical Program Manager
White Salmon,WA
Summary
Results-driven Technical Program Manager experienced in Agile project management leading complex projects. Ability to lead and manage engineering teams through strong collaboration resulting in new business solutions for customers. Over 10 years of experience working on UAS supporting DoD and commercial programs.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Technical Program Manager
Volansi
Concord, CA
2021.06 - 2022.07
- Planned and managed cost, schedule and performance of engineering development teams
- Identified system needs and designed processes to support business requirements.
- Worked closely with other departments to better understand product features and develop short- and long-term roadmaps.
- Delivered training sessions for team leaders and management staff.
- Tracked and reported program results to executive leadership
Product Manager
Insitu, A Boeing Company
Hood River, OR
2018.04 - 2021.06
- Managed team of software and software test engineers across multiple projects totaling over $3M from task orders for RQ-21A Blackjack Program of Record UAS
- Established entry/exit criteria for milestones within product roadmap as means to measure and report developmental progress to project stakeholders
- Coordinated complex project planning and execution with team members and team leads
- Documented user stories and product features into detailed technical data packages to ensure shared understanding of goals/requirements across teams
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance resulting in on-time software delivery
- Coordinated and provided task estimates to program managers on new contract bids
- Coordinated software release planning and execution with team members and team leads
- Developed product documentation to communicate and align key components of upcoming features and products to internal teams
Software Test Lead
Insitu, A Boeing Company
Hood River, OR
2011.11 - 2018.04
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Checked software beyond testing scripts for interconnected problems not covered by established specifications.
- Conducted interview panels while hiring junior SQA engineers
- Performed Scrum Master duties for multiple software teams in coordinating sprint activities
- Created test plans for staff and outlined test points required
- Collaborated with cross-functional engineering teams to troubleshoot and respond to issues reported by field users
- Collaborated with Product Owner to groom backlog and prioritize technical debt to fix
- Championed process improvement initiatives through regular team retrospectives resulting in productivity increases
- Leveraged JIRA and Confluence tools to create knowledge repositories and track project statuses
- Aided in effort to determine Insitu's compliance with DO-178C certification
- Collaborated with technical publications team to write operator documentation for ScanEagle UAS
Software Test Engineer
Insitu, A Boeing Company
Hood River, OR
2009.05 - 2011.11
- Wrote and executed manual black box test cases to verify specifications and expected behaviors of ScanEagle and Integrator UAS (unmanned aircraft system) platforms - also known as drones
- Read, interpreted and decomposed customer requirements and vendors' technical specifications into testable functional areas
- Organized test team's test case library containing over 1000 test cases into logical tree structure
- Collaborated with development team to find, document, and reproduce defects found
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 1996.09 - 2002.12
Skills
Cross Discipline Collaboration
Program Management
Project Management
Agile Methodologies
Jira
Confluence
Continuous process improvements
Customer Focused
Hardware Development
Affiliations
Toastmasters International 2009 - 2016
- Held various leadership positions within the Insitu corporate club dedicated to leadership and public-speaking training
Additional Information
- Active Department of Defense Secret Level Security Clearance
- Fluent in English, conversational Cantonese, and written and conversational Spanish
- Avid photographer, board game enthusiast, and cyclist
Timeline
Senior Technical Program Manager
Volansi
2021.06 - 2022.07
Product Manager
Insitu, A Boeing Company
2018.04 - 2021.06
Software Test Lead
Insitu, A Boeing Company
2011.11 - 2018.04
Software Test Engineer
Insitu, A Boeing Company
2009.05 - 2011.11
Bachelor of Arts - Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
1996.09 - 2002.12