Assess Quality. Don’t measure it.

In software testing, I take a practical approach. Instead of just counting test cases, I use mind maps to show the big picture—context, strategy, and fresh ideas. I’m not just about planning; I’m hands-on in making things happen. And when it comes to reporting, it’s not just about numbers but about sharing insights. Let’s team up to bring a new perspective to software testing, blending creativity with precision.

My vision

I aim to cultivate and empower a resilient team that deeply understands quality, project timelines, business objectives, technical complexities, and user perspectives. We will deliver exceptional quality by promoting collaboration among business, technical, and non-technical stakeholders.

Professional Summary

Doing these daily in my current role and routinely coach others in these skills.

  • Drive incremental and continuous improvements in quality processes.
  • Leading the growth of a vertical from a 100  to a 400+ member department.
  • Hire, develop, coach, appraise, reward, and retain highly qualified software testers.
  • Provide strong technical leadership to testing teams, including release management, automation, performance/load, scalability, security, functionality, regression, and mobile test teams.
  • Uncover and report relevant risk-based information about systems through modelling, exploratory testing, and active context listening.
  • Collaborate effectively with vendors and partners to achieve business objectives.
  • Formulate and implement streamlined test strategies at scale by closely working with Engineering, product, customer support, and customers.
  • Deliver several generations of products (SaaS-based) and Mobile Apps (iPhone, Android).

In the past, I.

  • Pioneered the creation of a mobile software testing vertical.
  • Innovated a Mobile App Testing Model, COP FLUNG GUN, widely used across the testing industry.
  • Built and delivered a training curriculum to train and deploy college graduates across projects.
  • Executed accountable exploratory testing.
  • Reported bugs that capture the problem clearly.
  • Built scripts using Python to automate tedious, repetitive tasks.
  • Testing First-Person shooting and racing games on PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
  • Created Sprint test strategies and trained new hires.

I was chosen to speak/give workshops.

  • EuroSTAR 2013, Gothenburg: Half a day workshop on Context Driven Mindmapping.
  • CAST 2014, New York : Session Talk on Mobile App Testing
  • CAST 2015, Grand Rapids: Full-day tutorial on Mobile app testing
  • RTC 2022, Romania: Full-day tutorial on Mobile app testing using mind maps.