Tapan Khimani — QA Manager
👋 Hello there! I’m a passionate SR. QA Lead who believes that quality is not just a process but a mindset. With 7+ years in the IT industry, I’ve mastered the art of balancing manual precision, automation excellence, and AI-driven innovation to deliver reliable, high-performing software. Beyond traditional QA, I explore the future of testing with AI + MCP, bringing together teams, tools, and intelligence to accelerate quality outcomes and collaboration. ### Certifications * Selenium United Certified (SeU™ CSE) * Microsoft Azure AI-900 Certified * Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC™) * Six Sigma Yellow Belt (SSYB™) * Certified Associate in Scrum Fundamentals (CASF™) * Agile Manual & Automation Testing Certified * DevOps Fundamentals Certified * Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate (SFPC™) * Selectors Hub Certified * Selenium WebDriver Features Certified * Certificate of Achievement – Selenium * ISO/IEC 20000 IT Service Management Associate™ ### Key Skills * AI & MCP in QA: Intelligent test case generation, predictive defect analysis, and collaborative testing workflows * Automation Testing: Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright (JavaScript), Katalon Studio * Manual & Mobile Testing: Functional, Regression, Exploratory, Usability * Performance & API Testing: JMeter, Postman, REST Assured, Load Testing * CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps pipelines * Test Management & Strategy: Test Planning, Test Case Design, Reporting, Jira, TestRail ### Achievements * Led cross-functional QA teams to deliver scalable and reliable software, resource Allocation, Project Pitching. * Implemented AI-powered testing, improving coverage and reducing test effort. * Designed MCP-based QA frameworks, fostering collaboration between QA, Dev, and Product teams. * Built automation solutions that reduced execution time by 60%+. * Founder & Organizer of Qualitas, a QA community meetup in Ahmedabad. 💡 My mission: to redefine QA with AI, automation, and collaboration, while mentoring teams and contributing to the global QA community.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior QA Lead specializing in AI-driven software testing within the SaaS industry.
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Experience: 9 yrs 3 mos
Career Highlights
- 7+ years of experience in QA and automation.
- Expert in AI-driven testing methodologies.
- Founder of a QA community in Ahmedabad.
Work Experience
Simform
Senior QA Lead (3 mos)
Lead QA (4 yrs 1 mo)
Senior Quality Analyst (2 yrs)
Quality Analyst (1 yr 3 mos)
Samyak Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
QA Engineer (1 yr 2 mos)
AgileCube Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Trainee Software Developer (7 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) at Darshan University
High School at Saint Paul's School