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Rich Downie

Watir is my automation tool of choice.  Watir is free and runs on the Big 3 ~ [ Safari, Firefox, IE ] Watir combined with Cucumber and its /Regular Expression/ capabilities, allows the very readable and maintainable scripts.  This combination allows me to sit with Management, Developers and  most importantly Clients to create or easily portray my automation work.  I've started my own Testing Framework, Watircuke, that appears to be gaining traction in the community.

I also enjoy getting "close to the metal" with RSpec.
 Watir (*Web Application Testing in Ruby*)

Web Development ~ Ruby on Rails

I've recently starting using Heroku and Git, for hosting and deployment.  What a fantastic combination!   Software Development Skills: Relational Database Development: MySQL, MS Access, SQLServer, PostgreSQL Languages: Ruby, RubyCocoa, UNIX, VBScript, VBA(MS Access/Excel) Web Content: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, RJS, Haml Tools: TextMate, Git, Visual Studio, Subversion, Mongrel, Rake, Capistrano, FireBug, Cygwin, Radrails, Aptana, Dreamweaver, Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar Javascript Libraries: Scriptaculous, Prototype, Rico, Dojo, LiveValidation Work with both PC and MAC Unfuddle, Lighthouse           Attended Canada on Rails         Attended RubyEast         Attended FOWD         Member of Rochester on Rails         Attended Prag Progs Advanced Rails Training         Attended RailsConf 2008         Attended Scotland on Rails

Oct 2009 - Present

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer


Feb 2008 - Jun 2009


At VisualCV, a startup company based in Reston, VA, I spearheaded automated testing, and participated in application development.

Tools we used:

Nov 2007 - Feb 2008

Quality Assurance Engineer

1999 - 2007


Experience in the following tools:


1994 - 1998


Minor: Computer Science


Golf Instructor

Level III
