1. Clement A. Okoro Jr.
1504 Visalia Ln
Austin, TX 78727
(512) 203-2523
clement_okoro@msn.com
Summary Dedicated, reliable, goal-oriented individual. Ability to learn, grow and communicate effectively on all
levels. Acute interest about Information Technology coupled by a strong background in the computer
industry. Skilled troubleshooter. Passionate about advancement.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clementokoro
Professional
Experience
Linux Performance Engineer / Project Manager – IBM Systems & Technology
Jun 2015 – October 2016 (IBM) International Business Machines Corp. Austin, TX
 Perform customer oriented KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) performance tests on IBM POWER8,
Intel x86 (Haswell/Broadwell) servers related to Apache Spark™, analytics, cloud, customizations,
MongoDB, Redis 3.x, stress, tuning and use cases. Maintain Big Data systems reports and status.
 Project Manager to the newly launched IBM developerWorks Linux Power Performance customer
focused website (http://tinyurl.com/znftvhe). Assistant Project Manager to the IBM Data Engine
for POWER8/9 processor workloads powered by Watson analytics providing a secure repository
for analyzing engineering test data. Focus on server support and datacenter infrastructure.
 Collaborate with remote software and hardware development teams. Led meetings related to test
planning, issues resolution, log file analysis and track multiple test executions, Agile environment.
 Supporting engineer for lab technical services supporting the SQA teams with hardware, software
and python related test automation. Maintain Ubuntu, RedHat, PowerVM, AIX operating systems
involving IPMI (ipmitool sol activate/deactivate), BMC, RAID, FibreChannel controllers/storage,
flash, 10Gbe and network validation.
 Manage software defects via IBM Kernel Bug Tracker based on Bugzilla(bugzilla.kernel.org) while
maintaining hardware defects via Rational ClearQuest - enterprise level workflow automation tool.
 Educated teams on performance analysis, systems debug, virtualization environments and
communicated with executives/management on project status technical details.
Senior Technical Consultant / Test Engineer – Dell Enterprise Development
Jun 2014 – Feb 2015 Dell Inc. Round Rock, TX
 Coached consultants/testers on product setup, performed product demonstrations and taught
manual and test-automation (Python, WinRM/WSMAN scripts) procedures to familiarize with
product features, services and product scope; follow project stories via Rally.
 Acquire information from marketing, sales and customer requests to engineering from small
business to corporate customers to put together test plans; expand testing scope from statement
of work (SOW); modify test plans when receiving new requirements from development team.
 Automated+Manual test of web applications including Web GUI, software and server hardware
ensuring user experience is positive. Details are checked according to the test plan including
regression test, build verification test, sprint (Agile) testing with general system administration;
Testing includes ensuring product documentation matches the user experience of the application.
 Counsels Development Engineers on future technology test methods and tools using the Agile
model for Software Development, Agile Product LifeCycle Management by Oracle Corporation and
TeamTrack based defect/issues management, out-of-band/lights-out server communication.
 Work with software development lifecycle(SDLC) full range of development including alpha, beta,
functional, system, production, sustaining; black box/white box, user acceptance (UAT) testing.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer – Network Attached Storage(NAS)
Jul 2012- Mar 2014 Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc. Austin, TX
 Selected to serve as Engineering Technical Advisor for Buffalo Marketing at Interop & ISC West
conferences in Las Vegas, NV to perform product demonstrations, consult customers.
 Corresponded with global engineering team in Nagoya, Japan to duplicate issues found within
their test team and confirmed steps, test plans used to reproduce defects.
 Implemented test plan strategies using TestRail (http://www.gurock.com/testrail/) to write test
cases and manage test plans. This tool has the ability to link test cases to bug reports for
automated, manual and regression testing. Installation and configuration of SQL Server 2012.
 Tested performance across 1 gigabit and 10 gigabit copper/optical fiber connections through
Buffalo, Cisco and Juniper switches with static, managed mode and DHCP configuration; worked
to remove bottlenecks; VLAN enablement; general Active Directory and network administration.

2. Technical Consultant/Test Engineer – Dell Remote Management
Jan 2009 – Mar 2012 Dell Inc. Round Rock, TX
 Load testing is with HP/Mercury Loadrunner 11.5 with the Java protocol. Load testing concepts
are based on linking Web, Application and Oracle Database 11g testing overall performance
verifying individual performance to reduce bottlenecks; simulate online transactions, query
database users. Start, pause, create, delete, modify and update of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.
 Ensured the quality of the Web GUI enabled Embedded Management which helps administrators
perform system deployment, management, servicing, updates, and diagnostics, enabling zero-
media server provisioning; edited Python scripts for automation testing.
 Distributed regular reports and made recommendations on test phase and product release
schedules for Dell PowerEdge servers and Lifecycle Management; gathered power, performance
and platform status updates via IPMI; utilized RedHat and SuSe bash shell scripting.
Datacenter Technician – Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services(HPE)
Jan 2008 – Dec 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Lp Austin, TX
 Utilized HP LoadRunner tool for testing and monitoring and analyzed results using HP
LoadRunner Analysis tool; limited testing with JMeter.
 Staged and installed racks with supporting infrastructure including Cisco routers/switches, HP and
IBM brand servers and network/power cabling; enterprise hard drives.
Processor Validation Technician – AMD Stability Suite
Dec 2006 – Jan 2008 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Inc. Austin, TX
 Tested pre-production post silicon AMD Opteron and Phenom 64-bit processors for faults and
bugs in the CPU architecture utilizing Valid.
 Documented and reported processor related issues related to C-states, P-states, power, and
performance using the AMD TeamTrack reporting system.
Engineering Server Analyst – Dell Enterprise Server Test(EST)
Aug 2000 – Dec 2006 Dell Inc. Round Rock, TX
 Deployed Dell prototype blade servers to test against virtual clients utilizing e-mail server
environments in Linux and Windows, web/SQL database applications and file server.
 Performed Server Administration/Monitoring tool usage with storage management software using
remote connections (ie. SSH secure shell, WinSCP, Raritan® KVM, Telnet, Wireless)
Technical Skills Operating Systems: 15+ years Linux/UNIX Experience (IBM PowerVM, AIX, Red Hat/CentOS, SuSe,
Ubuntu), 20+ years experience with Windows Server/Client Operating Systems(Windows NT-Windows
Server 2012 R2), 7+ years MacOS 10.4(Tiger)-10.11(El Capitan), VMWare ESXi 5.1/5.5.
Hardware: Network Attached Storage(NAS), Performance blade, rack servers, BIOS/UEFI, IBM
POWER, AMD and Intel x86 processors, PCI/PCIe peripherals, SAS/SCSI/RAID(standard/nested)
configurations, ACPI, Cisco switches, Dell iDRAC base management controller(BMC), Optical/Tape
backup solutions, SAN networks; Linux/Windows Server Administration, Virtualization, 10GbE SFP+,
Cat5e, Cat6 connections.
Software: Installation and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server, NT LAN Manager, HP/Mercury
Loadrunner, MS Exchange, ASP; Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager(SCCM); Linux
Sendmail, Samba, MySQL, Apache file/web server, PHP; Agile configuration management,IPMI,
RACADM, TFTP, LDAP/Active Directory, Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Wireshark, HDFS.
Networking: TCP/IP protocol; configuration of LANs, routers and network switches, Ethernet topology,
Telnet, FTP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols, Wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n networks, iSCSI, 1-10GbE network
configuration, storage management; network security (ACLs, SHA hash, VPN, firewall, packet filter,
stateful inspection, application proxy), OSI model, NAT, Jenkins.
Programming: coursework completed in C and C++, instruction in Python, Shell scripting, HTML5.
Education 2016 Genesis Flight Academy Georgetown, TX
 Certification for private pilot license, knowledge on aviation systems, avionics, flight safety,
airport/aircraft operations, maintenance, fuel management, navigation and recovery.
2015-2016 IBM Systems (Quickstart) Bootcamps Austin, TX
 Series of 12 Technical Education sessions covering Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning(MLDL),
Processor Architecture, workload optimization and data storage objects.
2002-2005 Austin Community College(ACC) Austin, TX
 Continuing education courses on the subjects of Economics, Engineering physics and Calculus.
1998-2001 Baylor University Waco, TX
 Relevant coursework Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.