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John Andersen - Manager of QA Automation,
Internet Entreprenuer,
Successful Business Owner, MBA Graduate from
Arbon Valley, Idaho and current
resident of Provo, Utah.
October 30, 2008
BYU Alumni Networking Meeting
John Andersen represented Novell at the recent BYU alumni networking event. This event was held with the purpose to introduce BYU students to the importance of networking with other professionals. They invited several working professionals among a broad variety of markets to mingle with students and answer professional questions. We were favored to listen to a networking presentation by John Dye, President of Fluid Studio. Other key people John associated with at the event includes R. Jay Irvine (Coordinator of Career Placement at BYU), Devin Collier (BYU Student), Brittany Collier (BYU Student), Nate Leischman (Emergency Response Manager at the LDS Church), Joshua Park (BYU Student), and Emily Webb (BYU Student). September 16, 2008
QA Training with Michael Bolton
John Attends software testing lectures provided
by Michael Bolton.
Topics included "Oracles, Three sources for project information, Test Coverage, and
Confirmation vs. Exploration. August 14, 2008
John Attends Novell's QA Summit in India
John just finished a nine day visit to the Novell SRM Quality Assurance Summit in Bangalore, India. The summit topics ranged from test reporting, planning, Scrum, and Automation practices. John also met with his peer teams and got to know the team members better.
June 14, 2008
John Recieves MBA Degree
John's three year trek of business school has finally come to an end. John officially now holds the title of MBA. Thanks to the patience of a loving wife and five children, John was able to get through the coursework that qualified him for the long coveted degree.
March 5, 2008
John Joins Management Team
John was promoted to become Manager of Automation Efforts for the Novell Systems Resource Management business unit. He will work closely with SRM's global R&D offices in Canada, Mexico, India, and the US. His focus will include automation analysis across the entire SRM Product Line. With this change John also became a scrum team Business Analyist.
February 24, 2008
Business Marketing Course
John completed an enlightening course in Business Marketing Strategies.
The course was taught by Mike Parent.
Highlights of the course included a brandmap's competition and case studies.
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John Andersen Returns from Trip to India
John Andersen recently completed his first trip to India. John made the trip to attend the Novell Systems & Resource Management quality summit. He joined the rest of the management team from both the United States and India in a week long retrospective event.
A highlight of the trip was the opportunity to get to meet many of the employees that John communicates with on a regular basis. It was good for John to meet these coworkers in person. They made a very positive impact on the Provo resident.
After the event, John was grateful to come home to his family after the 10 day absence. |
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