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Peng Hu

Toronto

Summary

Seeking a leadership position in Software Release Manager and Quality Assurance

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Director, Data & AI

IBM Canada
Toronto, Canada
01.2025 - Current

Release Management, DevOps and QA

  • Tracked and managed Epic development complete for Data Intelligence on Cloud Pak for Data releases, ensure each squad to complete Epics development for integration test on time
  • Managed product level integration test, including test cluster preparation/update/maintenance, test progress monitoring, ensure all tests complete on time
  • Tracked and monitored defects, coordinating with squad leads to remove test blockers, including issues in the dependent components
  • Prepared and presented release update, including scope, status, critical paths and defect trend.
  • Successfully shipped 2 major releases every year, and monthly patch releases, plus on-demand hot fix releases.

Program Director, Data & AI

IBM Canada
Toronto, Canada
04.2022 - 01.2025
  • Dev Management, DevOps and QA
  • Led development of Common Asset Management Services (CAMS), the core metadata repository for multiple IBM Data & AI products
  • Led IBM Knowledge Catalog install, DevOps and test automation
  • Led IBM Information Server data migration to Knowledge Catalog
  • Led improving CAMS test automation
  • Led lab advocate in supporting critical clients (GM)

Program Director, Spectrum Computing

IBM Canada
Toronto, Canada
07.2012 - 03.2022
  • Led global development teams for IBM Spectrum LSF and Symphony
  • Led design and development of a series of new products (LSF Simulator, LSF Predictor, Advanced Kubernetes Pod Scheduler)
  • Led Quality Assurance function for all Spectrum Computing products, supervised QA test planning, automation, execution and quality assessment
  • Directed agile development practice for the above products among sites in Toronto and China.
  • Prepared and presented monthly product quality analysis to product VPs.

Director, Product Design & Quality Management

Platform Computing
Toronto, Canada
04.2008 - 12.2011
  • Established UX design team, defined UX design process, worked out UI style guide with 3rd party consultants, and initiated developing UI common framework.
  • Led UX design team in requirement specification, user scenario definition and UI design for Platform ISF (private cloud builder), Platform Symphony for big data applications, Platform Application Center, Platform HPC and Cluster Manager.
  • Supervised development of UI common framework and Platform Application Center.
  • Managed release management, ID and QA team

Director, Development and QA

Platform Computing
Toronto, Canada
09.2003 - 04.2008

Manager, QA

Platform Computing
Toronto, Canada
08.1998 - 09.2003

Education

Ph.D - Computer Science

Tsinghua University
Beijing, China

Skills

  • Extensive IT work experience: 20 years QA, Release Management and software development
  • Excellent skills in Agile software development, CI/CD, requirement analysis, specification and validation, product design and development, test planning and automation, quality analysis and management
  • Hands on experience in testing and development for Data and AI, High Performance Computing distributed computing both on-premises and in SaaS
  • Excellent in cross-functional project management and communication
  • Outstanding people development and management skills

Timeline

Program Director, Data & AI

IBM Canada
01.2025 - Current

Program Director, Data & AI

IBM Canada
04.2022 - 01.2025

Program Director, Spectrum Computing

IBM Canada
07.2012 - 03.2022

Director, Product Design & Quality Management

Platform Computing
04.2008 - 12.2011

Director, Development and QA

Platform Computing
09.2003 - 04.2008

Manager, QA

Platform Computing
08.1998 - 09.2003

Ph.D - Computer Science

Tsinghua University
Peng Hu