Stuart du Casse

CEO

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom3 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in transforming CI/CD signals into defensible release readiness.
  • Specializes in risk assessment for regulated environments.
  • Proven track record in enhancing release confidence.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert specializing in release confidence and risk management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test Automation ArchitectureCi/cdTest Automation

Other Skills

CI/CD (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps)API Test AutomationTypeScriptPlaywrightBehavioural Driven DevelopmentJavaScriptBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)Risk ManagementAutomated TestingRisk AssessmentQuality Assurance

About

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. If your tests are green but shipping still feels tense, you do not have a test automation problem. You have a release signal problem. I work with CTOs and engineering leaders in scaling SaaS and regulated platforms where CI/CD pipelines and test automation already exist, but leadership still cannot defensibly answer one question: โ€œ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ?โ€ โ€ข The issue is not coverage. โ€ข Tests prove execution, not protection. โ€ข Intent is unclear. Ownership is implicit. Failures donโ€™t translate into business risk. My work converts existing test automation and CI/CD signals into decision-grade release signal, so go/no-go decisions are defensible. ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ (๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€) A short, fixed-scope diagnostic on one critical business journey, end-to-end. You get a written decision brief that answers: โ€œ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†?โ€ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€: โ€ข Risk exposure across the journey (where youโ€™re blind, and what it could cost) โ€ข Gaps between assumed behaviour and actual system behaviour โ€ข Whether current automation is meaningful or misleading โ€ข Clear recommendations to restore a trusted release signal This is contained calibration, not open-ended discovery. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜: โ€ข Scaling SaaS / regulated platforms, roughly 15โ€“150 engineers โ€ข CI and automation already in place (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, mixed) โ€ข Release confidence currently sits in individuals, not the system โ€ข Decisions require justification (audit, investors, regulation, incident recovery)

Experience

3 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Autospec qa

Fractional Release Confidence Partner

Jan 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 3 mos ยท Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom ยท Hybrid

  • Provide decision-grade release confidence for CTOs and engineering leaders by turning CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and delivery signals into defensible release readiness in high-consequence environments.
  • Lead Release Confidence Diagnostics to calibrate release signal across critical business journeys, making intent, ownership, and business consequence explicit.
  • Produce Executive Decision Briefs that support go/no-go decisions under board, audit, or investor scrutiny.
  • Convert green test activity from CI/CD pipelines and automated testing into defensible release positions leadership can stand behind.
Test Automation ArchitectureCI/CD (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps)API Test AutomationTypeScriptPlaywrightBehavioural Driven Development+3

Janus henderson investors

Delivery Risk & Test Signal Consultant

May 2022 โ€“ Dec 2022 ยท 7 mos ยท City Of London, England, United Kingdom ยท Remote

  • Established a trusted release signal for trading system integrations by aligning CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and delivery signals with real business risk.
  • Enabled leadership to make defensible go/no-go decisions for production releases within a regulated financial environment.

Sureview systems

Quality Engineering Consultant (Release Confidence)

Sep 2021 โ€“ Mar 2022 ยท 6 mos ยท Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

  • Strengthened release reliability by evolving manual regression assurance into automated testing and CI/CD pipeline-driven release signal.
  • Aligned test automation with real system behaviour so engineering leadership could trust release outcomes rather than relying on manual verification.

Various companies

Quality Engineering Consultant

May 2017 โ€“ Aug 2021 ยท 4 yrs 3 mos ยท United Kingdom ยท On-site

  • Replaced coverage theatre with high-signal release evidence by introducing structured software testing and test automation tied to critical business journeys.
  • Aligned test activity with intent, ownership, and system behaviour so releases could be judged on real delivery risk rather than test coverage.

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