Bipin Thakare

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India17 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Pioneered AI integration in QA processes.
Led high-impact teams for global enterprise clients.
Developed innovative automation frameworks and tools.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Quality Engineering expert with a strong focus on AI-driven automation.

Contact

bipin.thakare@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Qa LeadershipAutomationQuality EngineeringProject Management

Other Skills

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Automation projectProject EstimationProject PlanningScrumautomation testingAI Roleplay feature validationPlaywright script generationSeleniumRest AssuredAutomation framework designFirebase CrashlyticsJavaEmbedded SoftwareLinux

About

17+ years of experience in QA Leadership, Automation, and Delivery across SaaS and AI-driven ecosystems. • Head of QA & Delivery at Sprouts.ai, leading a lean, outcome-focused team ensuring quality at scale for 50+ global clients. • Pioneered AI integration in QA — automated test case generation from Figma, AI-based Playwright automation, and intelligent defect management. • Built AI agents for Jira auto-logging, reporting, CRM mock simulation, and Sentry-based monitoring — cutting cycle time & boosting accuracy. • Formerly at MindTickle, earned 8 Quality Release Awards for consistent high-quality delivery and innovation. • Passionate about AI-first quality engineering, scalable automation frameworks, and developing next-gen QA talent.

Experience

17 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Sprouts.ai

Head of QA & Delivery

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Automation projectProject EstimationProject PlanningScrumautomation testing+3

Mindtickle

2 roles

Senior QA Manager-Automation

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

With 16+ years of Quality Engineering experience, Leading a lean but high-impact team, serving ~300 global enterprise & commercial customers
Led the validation of Mindtickle's award-winning AI Roleplay feature, a critical innovation
driving a 31% increase in average deal size, earning the 2024 Brandon Hall Gold Medal
Accountable for ensuring the quality of 200+ microservices, driving excellence for the
organization’s highest revenue-generating product line.
Driving the development of an AI-powered tool to automate Playwright script generation, targeting a 30% reduction in scripting efforts in phase 1
Led comprehensive end-to-end project, overseeing both Development and QA, ensuring
seamless collaboration and high-quality deliverables.
Ensured flawless customer SKO events for NetApp, Cisco, Ford and Harley Davidson by
executing rigorous scalability testing(load and performance), optimising high-traffic & mobile Async workflows for 170k users.
Personally classroom Trained and up-skilled manual testers on Selenium & Rest Assured to
prepare them for automation roles

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)AI Roleplay feature validationPlaywright script generationSeleniumRest AssuredQuality Engineering+1

QA Manager-Automation

Dec 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Quality Engineering

Vuclip

Sr Technical Manager QA

May 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Own entire app QA (manual+automation)
Design & Develop the automation framework based on BDD fashion from the scratch
Developed our own in house automation device lab with verity of devices plugged in
Used in Sprint automation methodology
created CI jobs to support seamless executions
Responsible for monitoring & debugging crashes through “Firebase Crashlytics”
Created and driven program for transforming manual QA to QE and QE to SDET

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Automation framework designFirebase CrashlyticsQuality EngineeringAutomation

Infostretch

Technical Project Manager

Apr 2016 – Apr 2021 · 5 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Working with the Product Managers and Engineering Managers, to develop and maintain product roadmaps defining overall product strategy and release plans. Manage and provide direction for the application development team in support of business operations. Collaborate and manage cross-functional teams to understand risks, priorities and to deliver results.
As part of customer engagement understand & exhibit focused technology, product, or solution architecture to customers, account teams and other stakeholders. Work cross functionally with all stakeholders to understand the business priorities.

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Project Management

Nvidia

Software Engineer

Aug 2010 – Nov 2014 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Hands on experience in Semiconductor, embeded system, Android/Linux based products- Wireless/Bluetooth Remote, Applications, Gaming consoles, Hardware decoders, Google TV etc.
, Certification of products ( Miracast – Wi-Fi Display ), Automation using Selenium and Java, Maven, Jenkins, SVN, GIT etc