Wasif Ahamed Kampli

QA Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

14 years of end-to-end QA experience.
Expert in conversational AI product testing.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS QA expert with extensive experience in conversational AI and digital advertising platforms.

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Skills

Core Skills

Conversational QaQa Sign-off / Release ReadinessAgile LeadershipEnd-to-end Qa ExecutionEnd-to-end Testing

Other Skills

Ability to Constantly LearnAdhoc TestingAgile TestingAndroid TestingBlack Box TestingBug TrackingBugzillaBurp SuiteCross Browser TestingCross site scriptingCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Product TrainingData VisualizationElastic Stack (ELK)ElasticSearch

About

With 14 years 11 months in QA, I’ve consistently owned quality end-to-end — from requirements and test design to sign-off and post-release validation. I remain hands-on in my work because I believe real quality comes from understanding the customer journey deeply and being responsible for how it behaves in production, not just in controlled QA environments. I currently work at interface.ai as a Principal QA Engineer, owning product & platform QA for conversational AI products. I collaborate closely with Engineering, Delivery, Sales teams, etc..to ensure release readiness, QA sign-off, customer-flow test coverage, and demo environment stability. I enjoy building structured, scalable QA processes, enabling teams through onboarding/KT, preventing defects through thoughtful RCA, and improving QA maturity without restricting myself to people-management responsibilities. My experience spans: ✔ Conversational AI / IVA QA across enterprise workflows ✔ QA sign-off, release gates & quality metrics alignment ✔ Cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders ✔ QA hiring panels + mentoring team members ✔ Mapping business/user flows to real-world test coverage ✔ Coordinating QA deployments & sales demo cycles ✔ Testing multi-platform applications (mobile, desktop, web) My mission is to ensure product quality that users can trust — stable, predictable, and aligned with real customer expectations.

Experience

15 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

5 yrs

Average Tenure

6 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Interface.ai

4 roles

Principal QA Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Owned end-to-end QA lifecycle for conversational AI and platform releases, from requirement analysis and test planning to execution, regression, and final release sign-off.
Validated conversational AI workflows by mapping intents, utterances, and business journeys to comprehensive test coverage.
Performed functional, integration, regression, UAT, and compatibility testing across web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android platforms.
Defined QA exit criteria, quality gates, and release readiness checkpoints to prevent defect leakage.
Supported Sales and Pre-Sales teams by validating demo environments and custom conversational flows prior to enterprise evaluations.
Performed root cause analysis (RCA) for defects and production escalations and strengthened regression coverage to prevent recurrence.
Collaborated closely with Engineering, Product, Delivery, Support, Sales, and Leadership teams to align quality expectations and release risks.
Reviewed QA coverage, identified gaps, and influenced quality decisions as a senior individual contributor without people-management responsibility.
Delivered structured onboarding and product knowledge transfer sessions for new joiners, including senior leadership roles.
Participated in QA hiring interviews and mentored QA engineers on test strategy, coverage, and defect prevention practices.

Agile LeadershipConversational QAQA Sign-off / Release ReadinessTest CasesTest PlanningQA Documentation+9

Senior QA Lead

Feb 2022 – Jan 2023 · 11 mos

Agile Leadership

QA Lead - Platform & Professional Services

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

Agile Leadership

QA Lead - Professional Services

Oct 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Nanoheal

2 roles

Team Lead - Testing

Promoted

Dec 2016 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Owned end-to-end QA execution across the full software development lifecycle, including test planning, execution, regression, and release sign-off.
Led QA activities for Windows desktop applications and dashboards across multiple OS versions, ensuring functional, regression, and compatibility coverage.
Designed and maintained monitoring and dashboards using ElasticSearch, Kibana, and Grafana per customer requests to showcase the platform features.
Performed root cause analysis (RCA) for defects and ensured corrective actions were reflected in test coverage and regression strategy.
Executed functional, non-functional, and penetration testing using Burp Suite to validate release readiness.
Acted as the single point of contact for product quality, feature readiness, and QA sign-off across stakeholders.
Supported QA hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and test progress tracking for the QA team.
Delivered product and tool training to internal teams and external customers across QA, Support, Delivery, Sales, and Practice teams.
Collaborated closely with Engineering, Support, and Delivery teams to resolve customer issues, escalations, and quality metrics.
Defined quality checkpoints, milestones, and measurable criteria to ensure consistent release standards.

Software Engineer - Testing

Mar 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

Goldspot media

2 roles

Test Lead

Apr 2014 – Mar 2015 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Owned end-to-end testing activities including test design, execution, and analysis of business requirements across multi-screen digital advertising platforms.
Created and maintained detailed test cases and requirement repositories using Zephyr for JIRA to ensure full traceability.
Executed functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing across mobile, tablet, and desktop environments.
Supported build deployments during test cycles and prepared standardized deployment documentation adopted across teams.
Prepared and maintained test environments and test data for each execution cycle and tracked results against release timelines.
Reported test execution status and quality metrics to team leads and release coordinators through regular status updates.
Maintained tested device inventories, QA test server audit lists, and feature readiness tracking per build.
Logged, tracked, and verified defects using Bugzilla, ensuring closure through collaboration with development teams.

Test Engineer

Jan 2011 – Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Industry's first digital ad management platform for advertisers and publishers. Consistent, dynamic rich media execution across 3 screens - Online (all browsers), Tablets and Smartphones, with a single ad tag.