Mary C. Webb

mary@mwebbphoto.com

954-554-2740

9301 Avondale Rd NE K2057

Redmond, Washington 98052

Objective

A full-time position which allows for the utilization of my background skills in photography, digital imaging and consumer electronics testing.

Summary

The past decade of my professional career, has encompassed a few different companies with the same processes applied towards job functionality and performance.   A majority of the work has been product development testing and general testing cross the life of a product.   Streamlining testing procedures and also covering the basics in testing from outsourced or second party vendors. 

 

While at Concord Camera, the main job function was to put into place a set of testing procedures to cover the basics of the products functionality. This testing covered both in-house manufactured products and outsourced products.  Product testing covers many different arenas, from electrical, mechanical, software to general usage testing.  Developing procedures in conjunction with the different departments to cover the basics.  Including streamlining of the testing that would provide secondary information about the product to not only the project development team, but the individual departments.   From the secondary information, patterns emerged to allow for project management and departments to have vendors fix repeating problems and required the vendor to submit product testing results with their samples.  

 

Working across departments and cultures is always challenging at first, but after a few weeks the cross departmental skill matrix results start to build an overall effective communication system not only between departments but between vendors, engineering departments and test engineers.   This allows for problems to be identified and fixed quickly and also allows for more comparison product sampling and testing results to be provided to project management and other team members, providing competitor product information in a non intrusive manner.

 

The most important challenge in any system is providing good communication and testing results to everyone involved and tracking of the information so everything is supplied in the projects timeline.  While at Concord and NASA, a major part of getting things in place was to first develop and maintain a good secondary-tracking system just for testing, and making sure all the appropriate departments and personal had access to the information.

 

At Microsoft’s Zune 3rd Party Accessories Group, I have utilized my background skills in developing testing procedures, product specifications and an Approval Process Gating System for incoming products.  Working with over two dozen vendors, assuring their products are tested to meet the requirements for their approval to ship a branded “Designed for Zune” product.  I’ve also brought on board a secondary testing house, qualifying them with the testing procedures and specifications to perform a specific set of qualification tests for various products.

Technical Skills

Imaging:

Photonics, Remote Sensing, Electronic Sensitometry, Digital Image Processing, Scanning Electron Photomicrography, Non-Conventional Imaging, Optics, High Speed/Time Lapse Photography, Photographic Sensitometry, Special Effects Photography, Photographic Chemistry and Color Measurement.

Computer:

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Lotus Notes, Imatest, DPEx,  Matlab and ArcView GIS

Professional Experience

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Technical Program Manager

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Microsoft Corp.

Seattle, WA.

(2007)

Technical Program Manager: Zune 3rd Party Accessories

Microsoft Corp. Seattle, WA.(2007)

 

û Comparison testing of accessories for portable music players

û Development of test plans and procedures

û Qualification of testing house to meet the programs standards and technical specifications

û Development of Product Specifications

û Development of Approval Process and Gating system for the various stages of bringing a product from concept, through testing and into Approval for Shipment.

û Knowledge of SharePoint, MS Connect and Product Studio

Imaging Science Consultant

 

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Microsoft Corp.

Seattle, WA.

(2005)

Imaging Science Consultant

Microsoft Corp. Seattle, WA.(2005)

 

Imaging Science consulting for camera product in development stages, worked with firmware, hardware and electrical engineers to define the image path parameters within the guidelines of the products design.

 

û Comparison testing of cameras and software similar to products in development stages.

û Image Quality evaluation of cameras photographic response.

û Detailed report of status of camera and stages to finalize image quality.

û Development of Testing and Procedures to assure the photographic parameters are retained during the manufacturing process.

Photographic Engineer

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R&D Quality Manager

 

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Concord Camera

Hollywood, FL

(2001‑2004)

Photographic Engineer and R&D Quality Manager

Concord Camera Corp.   Hollywood, FL (2001‑2004)

 

Imaging Science testing and development for camera product in development stages, production and troubleshooting any returned camera issues pertaining to the photographic response.  

 

û Applied scientific test methodologies to verify the design intent, substantiate the conformance and reliability of the photographic system and user-related functionality. 

û Worked with firmware, mechanical and electrical engineers to define the image path parameters within the guidelines of the products design.

û Provided photographic expertise to the company through training and product-project management development through Quality Assurance and Control practices. 

û Evaluation of image quality, image tuning and classification of photographic results for products in development, competitor products and the lead photographic resource for the company.

û Authored Photographic Parameters and Standardization and Customization Guide for Outsourced Cameras.

û Auditing, testing and benchmarking of products in development and production by Concord and other companies to monitor and verify feature implementation, corrective actions, feature operation and photographic parameter integrity.

û Internal recruiting and training of firmware, electrical and mechanical engineers for cross-disciplinary image quality assurance and photographic development teams.

û Provided leadership and help directing corrective actions required to correct product non-conformance or implement best practices or specific marketing requirements in the product.

û Worked across cultures, stationed in the US R&D Office, but spent time traveling between the US, Hong Kong and China Offices and Facilities.

û Providing training and support to the Engineering Teams and Marketing globally.

Imaging Specialist

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Photographic Tech III

 

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DynCorp Aerospace.

NASA, JSC

Houston, TX

(1998- 2001)

Digital Imaging Specialist and Photographic Technician III

DynCorp Aerospace.

NASA, JSC - Houston, TX (1998- 2001)

 

Worked across the Digital Imaging, Photographic and Motion Picture Departments at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.  Hired as a multi-tasked person, who could fill in where needed between the departments, responsibilities have included the following:

 

Photographers Group:

û Photographic support for activities within the JSC community, including technical photography for engineering studies of space suit design, coverage of on site events for the JSC community newspaper and backup support for emergency news coverage.

 

Digital Imaging Laboratory:

û High-resolution image scanning of onboard mission imagery for the Shuttle missions for the NASA digital imagery archive. 

û Image preparation for engineering groups within the NASA community for photogrammic study. 

û Digital image restoration and repair of damaged original NASA negatives, writing the repaired and restored images to film. 

û Digital scanning and image file conversion support for the International Space Station hardware, shuttle mission and engineering support groups.

 

Photography Laboratory:

û Scanning master positives and negatives from the NASA image collection, writing the digital images in 35mm, 46mm and 4x5 image format to film.

û Calibration of the 4x5 format Solitaire film writer to match the density and color balance of the workstations within the photo lab. 

û Transfer of negative images to positive images in 35mm, 46mm and 4x5 format using traditional photo lab techniques. 

û Custom digital printing with Durst Lambda 131, Fuji Frontier 370 and 375 series, Sienna Mileca HSP, Kodak LED II Printers.

û Printer calibration and color testing of prints for specific ICC profile development.

û Custom scanning, image correction and enhancement of various NASA images in collaboration with the Earth observation group at NASA.

Floral Shop Manager

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1981-1995

Floral Shop Manager

1981-1995

û Professional work experience within the floral industry, including both retail sales and management.

û Demonstrated consistent ability to rapidly comprehend customer needs, to promote loyalty and to obtain repeat sales. 

û Managed total budget, personnel and finances including profit margin and pricing analyses

Education

Bachelor of Science in Imaging and Photographic Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

(Nov 1998)

Concentrations: Technical Photography and Photo Instrumentation