Yan Simkin

Current

VideoConferencing R&D/Support Specialist at Ontario Telemedicine Network

Past

QA Engineer at Visual Defence
"InterOp, Staging and 3rd Party Testing" Manager at RADVision
Validation Engineer at Avaya Communication

QA Engineer at RADVision

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Education

Holon Institute of Technology
ORT Netanya

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Industry

Telecommunications

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Yan Simkin’s Summary

9+ years of Testing and Validation experience, 1+ years of Hands-On management.

Experienced in building complex integrated Network / Telecom testing systems and writing test plans based on various documentation types.

Voice and Video over IP Interoperability Testing professional.

My goal is to be a Product Marketing person at some moment.

Yan Simkin’s Specialties:

Tandberg Certified Associated Partner (TCAP)

Tools: VoIP (Tandberg, Polycom, VCON, Aethra, Sony, NTT, Codian, LifeSize, Microsoft etc), H323 and SIP SW, VoIP Emulators (RADVision ProLab, H323 Proxy), Traffic Generators (IXIA, SmartBits), Rational ClearQuest, Mercury TestDirector, Sniffers (Ethereal etc).
Documentation: PRD, MRD, STP, ATP and FRS.
Protocols: TCP/IP, H323, SIP, Routing and QoS.
Programming: C, C++.
SW: Microsoft Office, Telnet.
OS: Windows 2000/NT/XP/2003, UNIX and Linux.

Yan Simkin’s Experience

VideoConferencing R&D/Support Specialist

Ontario Telemedicine Network

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
QA Engineer

Visual Defence

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Security and Investigations industry)

July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)

Designed and executed the company products testing – Converged Security Management System, in particular: Client-Server applications and Digital Video Recording equipment (Windows XP/Embedded/2003) incorporating AXIS and Mobotix cameras.
Interoperability testing with NICE, Teleste, March and VisioWave equipment.
Executed the tests using internal software and testing tools as Quality Center, AXIS Video Simulator.
Have written Test Plans “from the scratch”.
Worked with the R&D and Project Management.
"InterOp, Staging and 3rd Party Testing" Manager

RADVision

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; RVSN; Telecommunications industry)

October 2002 — July 2007 (4 years 10 months)

Managed a team of 3 employees. The team responsibilities:
Design and implementation of testing for Embedded Systems (vxWorks) during the testing process of RADVision products with other vendors’ equipment (Interop Testing). H.323 and SIP Protocol Stack – OSI Model, Layers 4 and 7.
Interop testing process planning (joint with PM, CS and R&D).
Monitoring the market for new equipment and SW versions.
Maintaining contacts with other vendors and RADVision offices worldwide for smooth Interop process flow.
Building and testing complex sites based on particular customer requirements and performing the tests on the customer sites worldwide (Staging Testing).
Comparing RADVision products performance with corresponding competitor products (3rd Party Testing).
Supply the PM, CS and R&D with Interop Guides and Reports.
Coordinated joint Interop Testing Sessions with partner companies.
Validation Engineer

Avaya Communication

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; AV; Computer Networking industry)

February 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 9 months)

Designed and executed the company products testing Voice over IP switches (TCP/IP).
Used internal software and tools as TestDirector, ClearQuest, SmartBits, IXIA and Chariot.
Have written the Test Plans “from the scratch”.
Worked with the R&D and Integration teams.
QA Engineer

RADVision

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; RVSN; Telecommunications industry)

January 2000 — February 2001 (1 year 2 months)

QA tests of all products (Video and Voice over IP network equipment (H323 and SIP Protocol Stacks, Lucent PBX as ISDN equipment).
Have written Test Plans.
Was responsible for QA laboratories maintenance and Network Management (about 200 PCs and other networking devices).