Everett Meyers

San Francisco, CA Phone: 408-858-1521 Email: meyers.everett.l@gmail.com

Professional Experience

Applause San Mateo, CA (September 2016-Current)

Senior Project Manager

Own and manage up to 15 simultaneous customer engagements from emerging startups all
the way up to Fortune 500 companies, implementing Applause SaaS and seamlessly
integrating our Testing Community into the client's current SDLC and QA efforts.

Perform initial discovery of a clients QA gaps and build up a customized Applause solution
to deliver the value they need to improve their quality, release better validated products and
drive process improvements.

Engage directly with all levels of company leadership to develop strong customer
relationships, and be a thought leader in identifying and resolving complex customer and
project issues.

Continuously balance customer satisfaction with the effective management of risk, scope
and budget across the lifetime of the clients projects.

Lily Camera, San Francisco, CA (May 2016-August 2016)

Lead QA Engineer

Lightweight, waterproof, and compact, Lily Camera is the world's first throw and shoot flying
camera drone that seamlessly and automatically follows your every move. Hired to
implement and supervise a 5-person QA team from scratch. Built the entire full-functionality
testing program from the ground up, and through rigorous test case creation and execution
successfully led my team to a recent Beta launch of the product.

Fitbit San Francisco, CA (January 2016-April 2016)

Firmware QA Engineer

Contracted to assist in the implementation of Firmware QA efforts of one of Fitbits most

sought after unreleased products. Led the daily and weekly testing modules, performed
cross-unit comparison testing, defined test spec and processes, and participated in devising
the overall scope and direction of the project.

Luidia San Carlos, CA (April 2012 - April 2015)

QA Manager November 2014 April 2015

Planned and executed all aspects of the testing phase, monitoring and maintaining
compliance with tight budget and time requirements, and managed these efforts and a team
of on-site and overseas QA Team members in the US and Korea.
 Participated hands-on in multiple releases of several very distinct categories of projects:
Equil Smart Pens, Web Collaboration Tools and Smart Whiteboard Capture software.

Ensured proper communication and functionality between the Equil SmartPen firmware and
physical interface and its corresponding mobile software application.

Tested rigorously with SmartMarker Engineers and Firmware Developers to establish a

solid wireless pairing between the pen, receiver, and desktop software.

QA Engineer May 2013 November 2014

A Quality Assurance Test Engineer responsible for developing and documenting new
procedures for the QA process and best practice documents. Wrote functional test cases to
reflect changes in the application's UI, specs, and requirements.

Teamed with Product Managers to continuously evaluate performance, identify/implement

testing solutions, and detect critical defects during early development processes.

Conducted functional acceptance testing of our eBeam Edge and Engage hardware and
firmware, including:
-Establishing solid Bluetooth 2.0 and 3.0 connections and verifying range.
-Verifying proper mapping of all the physical buttons on the devices.
-Ensuring strong Ultrasonic communication between the receiver and the stylus.

QA Tester/Technical Support Specialist April 2012 May 2013

As a member of the Tech Support team at Luidia, I ran QA testing on upcoming products,
cross platform support for all our software, and managed the daily flow of the Global
Customer base support ticketing service.

Volunteer Experience/Organizations

Committee President January 2009 June 2009

WALK IT OUT for Multiple Sclerosis - Chico, CA

Credentials

Certified ScrumMaster March 2016

Scrum Alliance, Inc.
Official Scrum training and certification from Scrum Alliance Certified Trainer.

Education

California State University, Chico / Bachelors Degree 2004 2009

Journalism (Both Public Relations and News Editorial degrees)/English Minor