Louis Huderski

Louis Huderski

Senior Software Test Engineer

Senior STE / 19 yrs

Seattle

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Gears of War 2 (2008)

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Lost Odyssey (2007)

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Shadowrun (2007)
My overall goal working in the game industry is to better understand the industry as a whole and what factors go into making award-winning games for the various genres. I hope to use this information to further my career in video game design, game system design, game storyboard, and my private writing.

My secondary goal is to master the art of Quality Assurance and perfect my technique so I can use that knowledge to greatly benefit my employers and help them deliver quality products in a timely and efficient manner.

My experience in the business has helped me perfect a great system for test case design. Several times in my career, I've designed whole test case sets from the ground up. I'm good at organizing project priorities to make sure all areas of a project are tested efficiently and thoroughly. I also have experience leading teams of testers effectively and efficiently as we tackled projects with limited amounts of time and resources.

Specialties: Test case design and implementation, prioritizing workloads/testing schedules, and giving suggestions to improve quality on a project
Work History

  • Professional Dungeon Master and Game Designer

    The World of Gaian

    August 2020 - Present

    I work as a professional Dungeon Master telling stories and upkeeping my discord where I provide entertainment for my clients on a weekly basis. My weekly responsibilities include game design and story writing, upkeeping my discord, managing invoices and collecting funds from my clients. I also need to upkeep my roll20 account and games, adding new content to existing games while designing campaigns I intend to run in the future. I am currently running ten weekly D&D games all with different plots and storylines.

    In addition, my games are heavily customized to fit my style of storytelling. I'm very good at game design, so I use my own systems to create engaging content for my players on a weekly basis.

  • Freelance Writer

    Self-employed

    January 2015 - Present
    Everett, WA

    • Book and game creation, game testing volunteer work, and blogging
    • Game Master: https://app.roll20.net/users/209965/lou-h

  • Software Test Engineer

    AT&T

    July 2014 - November 2014
    Redmond, WA

    I worked with AT&T on one of their internal software systems. My responsibilities included: creating test cases to monitor and check existing system functionality, running test cases and test sets to verify new functionality, system fixes, and issue regressions. I was also responsible for monitoring bugs and bug fixes to make sure that fixes did not generate new issue. In addition to all this, I worked on upgrading the AT&T bug database to make test and test cases more understandable.

  • Senior Software Test Engineer

    Wizards of the Coast

    September 2012 - June 2014

    I work on the Magic the Gathering Online client.

    My job involves the creation of test cases, full test suites, and QA tasks which are assigned to the test team. In addition to this, I also lead a team of testers who both help create and execute said test cases as part of the effort for testing new builds internally. I've also managed the testing of our live builds and been responsible for their integrity right up until the point when they're released.

    Finally, I've been in charge of organizing and cleaning up our bug database so that we could eliminate expired and inaccurate test cases.

  • Software Test Engineer

    Wizards of the Coast

    June 2009 - August 2012
    United States

    I worked for the Dungeons and Dragons Insider digital department. During that time, I created massive test sets for the Character Builder, the Monster Builder, the Encounter Builder, the Online Character Builder, the Online Monster Builder, and the Digital Game Table. My responsibilities included the upkeep and execution of my test sets, the maintenance and upkeep of the File Maker Pro project, and the upkeep of our bug database. I also had various side-jobs that I performed to help other members of our team.

  • Software Test Engineer

    TEKsystems

    August 2008 - June 2009
    Renton, Washington

    I worked with TEK systems as a contractor for Wizards of the Coast on their Dungeons and Dragons Insider project.

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    Volt Technical Resources

    March 2008 - August 2008

    I worked on the Gears of War 2 title for the X-Box 360. During this project I was in charge of several single-player game areas that I would look at and test every time a new build came available. I was also responsible for tasks that included multi-player stability, audio quality, animations, level layouts, and performance testing.

  • Software Test Engineer

    Volt

    January 2004 - February 2008

    My time at Volt had me working several QA contracts for Microsoft and other companies. The majority of this work was on Video Games but I also did QA work on several software applications.

  • Microsoft Studios

    ? - Present
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Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Communication, General

    Seattle University

    1998 - 2003

  • Bachelor's degree in Communication, General

    Seattle University

    1998 - 2003