Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Cary, NC · Hybrid

• Brought in to establish QA direction for the Market Risk domain (RFCS → RFAS). Operated as the de facto quality and delivery lead across multiple scrum teams, driving process transformation, tooling strategy, and release engineering — without formal direct reports, through cross-functional influence and self-initiated ownership.⁣
• 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Served as the primary QA and release lead for RFAS — one of four Market Risk services, each supported by ~5 scrum teams of 10–20 engineers. Accountable for integrating RFAS into the organization's unified delivery model and establishing release standards adopted across teams.⁣
• 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Redesigned the RFAS delivery process end-to-end — what previously required the full team over 2 weeks now executes in 1 week by a single person, through full release automation and process standardization.⁣
• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Built internal automation tooling that eliminated 1–2 days of manual work per release cycle. Introduced structured team rituals (retrospectives, release ceremonies, standups) that reduced release communication overhead by 30–40% and improved cross-team transparency.⁣
• 𝐐𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡: Designed and deployed the domain's first BDD-based Test Management System (Cucumber-native, no third-party tools) — adopted as the unified test storage and reporting platform across multiple teams in RFCS.⁣
• 𝐀𝐈-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: Integrated LLM tooling into documentation workflows — increased team output 4x, reduced documentation time from 2–3 hours to ~20 minutes per cycle. Applied AI-assisted test case generation, cutting test authoring time by 70%.⁣
• 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥: Every initiative above was identified, proposed, and delivered autonomously — no top-down mandate. Built the business case, secured stakeholder buy-in, and executed.

Aug 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Atlanta, Georgia

May 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · Minsk, Belarus · Hybrid

• Led QA across two mobile gaming studios (Bingo Blitz, Board Kings) managing a team of 30 engineers across 5 scrum teams.
• Bingo Blitz:
• ∙ Accelerated feature delivery by 20% through UI automation, contributing to daily revenue growth from $1.2M to $1.5M (+25%)
• ∙ Built automation coverage that enabled faster release cycles without increasing QA headcount
• Board Kings:
• ∙ Reduced regression team from 30 manual testers to 3 automation leads — cutting test cycle from 1 week to 1 day
• ∙ Improved dev/QA ratio from 1:3–1:4 down to 1:2, reducing company QA spend by ~20%
• ∙ Identified that 20% of QA headcount was redundant — restructured team without quality loss
• Owned full people management: hiring, onboarding, mentoring, individual growth plans, PIPs, and performance reviews. Grew multiple engineers from Junior to Lead level.

Jan 2020 – May 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Schlumberger — API Testing Platform (QA Manager)
• Joined as QA Manager to build the testing function from scratch — COVID shifted client priorities, and I pivoted to AQA Lead, personally driving all test automation while laying the groundwork for process maturity.
• ∙ Hands-on automation lead: built and maintained the API test framework across a team of 5 automation + 4 manual engineers
• ∙ Introduced reporting dashboards that gave the client direct visibility into quality metrics and work volume — turning QA from invisible to indispensable
• ∙ Improved client communication and transparency to the point where the engagement expanded: secured a new $1M project for EPAM, on which I was promoted to QA Manager
• ∙ Demonstrated that adaptability under constraints (COVID pivot, shifting priorities) is where process leadership matters most

Oct 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Emirates — Traveler Experience Portal (QA Manager, Large Scale Scrum)
• Built QA function from scratch across 4 scrum teams (4 QA Manual Leads, 4 QA Engineers, 4 AQAs + 1 AQA Lead for framework)
• ∙ Negotiated and led $1M migration from Java to JavaScript test framework — reduced test execution time from 2 hours to 20 minutes and accelerated delivery from monthly to weekly releases
• ∙ Achieved 100% UI automation coverage including pixel-perfect validation (padding, layout, visual regression)
• ∙ Participated in $5M project SOW definition; presented QA strategy directly to client in workshops
• ∙ Grew multiple QA engineers from Junior to Lead level

Jul 2018 – Oct 2018 · 3 mos

• Emirates SSO
• ∙ Established manual + automation testing from zero; conducted 2 client-facing QA workshops

May 2017 – Nov 2017 · 6 mos

• Participated in the creation of the framework to migrate from XML to Java autotests on the GBA project.
• GBA is a growing strategic global middle office platform for the Bank. It's based on cutting-edge 'Axiom Platform' framework and consuming front office data for straight through trade processing. GBA providing booking and allocation services for Equities, Equity Derivatives and Prime Finance.
• Responsibilities:
• Prepare framework for migration regression tests from XML to Java tests;
• Preparing, configuring and tests result investigation of CIT;
• Specification analysis;
• Test cases creation and supporting;
• Test scenarios creation and validation;
• Training and consulting manual team with new framework;
• Working with bug tracker (Jira).

Jan 2017 – May 2017 · 4 mos

• Automated testing of integration solutions by Cucumber Framework creation for projects: Misys (integration for MIB)
• Prepare Cucumber Framework for validation SOAP result with DB;
• Prepare test plan using Cucumber Framework;
• Training manual QA team for Cucumber Framework.
• Golden Source (gui-based application):
• Prepare Cucumber Framework for web application testing (Selenium WebDriver) and validation SOAP result with DB;
• Training manual QA team for Cucumber Framework;
• Configuring CI Jenkins;
• Configuring CIT jobs (run autotests, prepare test report, notification).
• Citadele bank (Drools Solution):
• Prepare Cucumber Framework for validation etalon files with result

Jun 2016 – Jan 2017 · 7 mos

• Out-staff for NSPK.
• Testing the communications of the national processing front-office system with Banks using MasterCard, Visa, MIR, JCB, AmEx and UnionPay protocols:
• Communication with clients and working on-site;
• Functional and regression testing of the processing systems;
• Specification analysis;
• Creating and updating test cases;
• Manual testing using test cases and requirements;
• Automatic testing using NATS (test cases in XML and Groovy) and VTS transaction simulators;
• Managing the test environments via Putty and WinSCP (staring/shut downing, maintaining and administrating the system, working with logs, installing new releases);
• Rising issues in Redmine/Jira bug tracker and retesting them after fix.

Aug 2013 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Managing QA department: recruitment, training and consulting newbies, delegation of tasks in command;
• Creating and updating documentation of QA department (Test Strategy, Test Plans, KPI, etc.);
• Scope definition of functional, non-functional and automation testing;
• Building up the processes of testing;
• Integration of a TestLink app (setup and support) to the business processes;
• Risk management of the SDLC;
• and managing the automation testing process;
• Issue (in YouTrack) management;
• Implementation of the product on-site;
• Reporting on the department and projects activities;
• Designing and testing of java-card-applet solutions using the 3GPP (23.048, 11.11, 11.14) and Global Platform standards (version 2.2);
• Testing of the gui-based applications (USSD, STK, DSTK, ICB, CBC, WEB, WAP-projects).

Jan 2010 – Jul 2013 · 3 yrs 6 mos · On-site

• QA Engineer for LSE
• Functional, regression and integration testing of the desktop trading applications;
• Specification analysis;
• Creating and updating test scenarios and test cases;
• Manual testing using test cases;
• Semi-automatic and automatic testing using Integrated Testing Environment (ITE) and Back-End System Tester (BEST) tools;
• GUI based automatic test script creation (internal and client systems for automatic testing);
• Managing the System: backend (via Putty staring/shut downing, maintaining the system, working with logs) and frontend (via GUI-application starting/shut downing the processes required for the operation of the system);
• Working with bug trackers (JIRA, Abacus).
• QA Leader for LSE Group (on projects Tullet, MIT DSG, BIT)
• Specification analysis;
• Creating and updating test cases via VeriFix;
• Manual testing using test cases;
• Semi-automatic and automatic testing using VeriFIX;
• Managing the System: backend (via Putty staring/shut downing, maintaining the system, working with logs) and frontend (via GUI-application starting/shut downing the processes required for the operation of the system).
• QA Leader for Deutsche Bank (RPL Domen – MRIT and Flow Risk, TLC Domen - Volker rule)
• Specification and manual test cases analysis;
• Drafting of estimates for automation;
• Improving the process of automation;
• Knowledge transition;
• Creating and updating test cases via QTP (using VBS);
• Regular status and progress reporting for Functional Testing Preparation and Execution; End of phase reports preparation;
• Delivery of the test case library;
• Delegation of tasks in command;
• Test procedures delivery
• Test preparation delivery;
• Lifecycle and Quality Management tools set-up;
• Input for Testing Strategy and Plan documents;
• Working with bug trackers (JIRA).