Welcome to Steve Barrera's Page

Steve Barrera lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Steve came to the Triangle area to work as a software tester for Dr. Solomon's Software, makers of the award- winning Virex anti-virus program for Macintosh computers.

Since then, Steve has had an illustrious career in the region as a Software QA Analyst. He has worked under contract for the SAS Institute, PeopleClick, and Northrup Grumman.

At the SAS Institute, he was recognized by top management for being instrumental in bringing the Publications Technology Department into best practices for testing. His framework, written in Perl and SDSTest, is still used to verify the functionality of the programs used for production of technical documentation at the Institute.

At Peopleclick, in downtown Raleigh, he quickly came up to speed on the company's software during a fast-paced finalization project. He was soon leading testing efforts on very tight schedules.

With his broad range of experience in the software industry, and familiarity with the full software development lifecycle, Steve is the consummate QA professional. His dedication to the customer experience and conscientious, thorough testing efforts have made him a valuable contributor to any organization that has had the fortune to employ him.

Steve is currently working for R. H. Donnelley, where he is the test lead for a major sales-related software product.

You may request Steve's resume via e-mail.

Steve Barrera
Nov 2002

Hi, Steve here! I've lived in Raleigh since 1998. In 2004 I had a seizure while driving, so I wrote a diary of the experience. In 2006 I had an even weirder experience, but would prefer not to discuss it here.

I love gaming, and if you live in the Triangle area and are a gamer, too, you'll probably run into me sooner or later. Or you can check me out at BoardGameGeek. I also like to develop games of my own.

I have a Big Site where I rant about life, the universe, and everything. On the rant site you can find a section of reviews of books and DVDs, a new project of mine.

Check out my MySpace profile, web sites of my friends and relations, or my pages of women I love. Send me an e-mail, or, if you're feeling generous, get me something off my wish list.

Thanks for visiting and have a nice day!