Dennis R. Friedrichsen

dennis@dennisfriedrichsen.com · Verona, WI 53593

Professional Experience

July 2008 – present
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
July 2003 – January 2008
Quality Assurance
  • Created test plans and test cases, and executed test scripts for new major development and support patches
  • Actively participated in all phases of the development cycle for a complex client-server software model
  • Developed and executed automated test scripts using HP/Mercury Interactive's WinRunner
  • Wrote code in the M programming language to perform white box testing on an Intersystems Caché database
  • Tested client installs on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Vista using VMWare Workstation
  • Tested server installs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, OpenVMS, and HP-UX operating systems
  • Participated in a small group that maintained a company-wide MediaWiki installation
  • Analyzed data sets using MS SQL and KB SQL
  • Tracked defects in Epic's home-grown tracking and reporting EMC2 system
  • Organized testing efforts of large groups ( >30 people)
  • Earned company-wide and several division-wide awards for ideas and innovations
  • Managed 2 other employees
September 2000 – November 2006
Ice Hockey Official
June 2001 – January 2003
Peer Advisor and Witte Residence Hall Advisor
  • Provided academic advising for new and transfer students to the University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Gained critical communication skills by working with a diverse group of students and professional advisors
  • Expanded advising services into Witte Residence Hall, and assisted in the creation of its new satellite office
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Tutor
  • Tutored student athletes in a one-on-one and group setting

Education

Graduate Student: 9/07 - present
Cumulative GPA: N/A
Special Student: 1/04 - 5/06
Focus: Advanced Chemistry class, and computer sciences classes
Cumulative GPA: 3.765/4.000
Bachelor's Degree: May 2003
Major: Chemistry
Cumulative GPA: 3.616/4.000
Honors
Dean’s List, 4 semesters
Awarded Henry Vilas Scholarship
Awarded Department of Chemistry Scholarship

Research Experience

March 2001 - June 2003
Advisor: Dr. Robert West
  • Synthesis and characterization of silafluorenes
  • Fluorescent materials and multiple bonds to Si
September 2001 - December 2001
Advisor: Dr. John L. Schrag
  • Investigation of properties of Tiron (CAS No: 149-45-1)
  • Analysis by potentiometric titration and 23Na NMR

Publications

Toulokhonova IS. Friedrichsen DR. Hill NJ. Muller T. West R. Unusual reaction of 1,1-dilithio-2,3,4,5-tetraphenyisilole with 1,3-dienes yielding spirosilanes and elemental lithium. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. 45(16):2578-2581, 2006.

Committees

General Education Committee, UW-Madison
January 2003 - May 2003
Student Member
  • Appointed with recommendation of supervisors at Cross-College Advising Service
  • Committee submitted a report to the University Academic Planning Council
  • Ensure that every UW-Madison graduate “acquires the essential core of an undergraduate education”

Seminars

"Systematic Software Testing", presented by Claire Lohr. SQE Training. July 2008.
“Getting Things Done”, presented by Ana Maria Gonzalez. The David Allen Company. December 2007.