Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Leidschendam, South Holland, Netherlands

• Helping Startups and existing business increase their brand value in the market. Mentor for Testing, Leadership, Product Management, Brand building and more...

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

• https://www.mentoring-club.com/the-mentors/brijesh-deb

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · Netherlands

• Pioneer testing organizational design and shaped an innovative testing philosophy for clients across multiple sectors.
• Build and lead a centralized team of testing professionals, ensuring seamless support for prototypes, production, and tech efforts.
• Define a comprehensive testing vision for early-stage development, consistently maintaining high NPS scores with supported teams.
• Foster a culture of quality and trust through mentorship and continuous learning within the testing teams.
• Adapted testing practices to innovation stages, resulting in a 25% improvement in development efficiency.
• Setting up Test Teams, Processes and infrastructure environments and managing testing across the testing lifecycle
• Transforming organizations to shift their focus from Quality Assurance to Test Engineering by implementing necessary best practices, methodologies and frameworks
• Orchestrate the planning and execution of all solution delivery activities that require cross functional coordination.

Jan 2021 – Sep 2021 · 8 mos · Netherlands

• Transformed and steered customer teams through the testing of implementation of new features and the migration of legacy features with minimum regression.
• Coached customer teams and contributed to policy formulation impacting quality.
• Orchestrating the test effort to highlight risks early to the stakeholders and help provide information about the application so that they can take informed decisions.
• Cultivated a supportive environment for senior-level direct reports, providing regular coaching and professional development opportunities.
• Delivered a 35% improvement in process efficiency and a 20% reduction in production issues.

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Netherlands

• The Test Chat is an online community that aims at helping Testers from around the world finding their voice and helping others find their voice..

Apr 2020 – Jul 2020 · 3 mos · Netherlands

Mar 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Built the global Testing function for a leading material sciences customer with an emphasis on test strategy, delivery, and Testing related change management.
• Hands on execution of test ideas and implementation of test automation across multiple projects.
• Championed performance testing for 3 customers with hands on implementation.
• Successful technology transformations at many customers with a focus on creating quality solutions especially in the IoT projects involving hardware as well as software
• Hands on implementation and orchestration of CI/CD pipelines ensuring continuous testing across the life cycle in preproduction and production environments ensuring quality levels are maintained throughout product development journey.
• Developed and fostered a culture of mentorship and growth, leading to enhanced team efficiency and morale resulting in a 40% improvement in global testing strategy and change management.

Nov 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Sogeti provides the best solutions and services for several technology companies. My role at Sogeti includes the following
• Helping teams define Test strategies and formulate solutions and implement Test Plans for customers from Semiconductor, Automotive and Electrical domains
• Providing support to teams in improving all aspects of the testing process from Test Requirement Identification to Test Reporting
• Coaching Teams to improve team collaboration with developers and other stakeholders.
• Educating teams on testing best practices to help them be more efficient and productive,
• Conducting Team, Departmental and Organizational Workshops and Presentations as well as Providing One-on-One Support and mentoring teams.
• Coaching Technical Teams on Test Craftsmanship for Improved Test Quality, Use of Test Craftsmanship and proper application of Test Design techniques. Supporting Teams at the Technical Level.
• Focused at improvement in results of Software Development Projects in terms of predictability of deliver, Cost Containment, Schedule and Delivery of Commitments and Quality.

Jan 2016 – Mar 2016 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area India

• At QAAgility Technologies, I was responsible for the following,
• Accountable for improvement in results of Software Development Projects in terms of predictability of deliver, Cost Containment, Schedule and Delivery of Commitments and Quality.
• Coaching Technical Teams on Test Engineering Practices for Improved Code Quality, Use of Simple Design Constructs, and proper application of computer engineering principles. Supporting Teams at the Technical Level.
• Focused on Continuous Improvement through DevOps implementations targeted at CI, CT and CD
• Coaching multiple teams on all aspects of Agile with strong focus on Customer Centric Best Practices. This includes hands-on involvement with teams as well as in Consultant model, helping them leverage various Agile frameworks and its events, roles and artifacts to reach high performance and greater successes.
• Providing support to the end customers getting educated on Agile Practices. Helping them realize benefits of Agile
• Coaching Teams to improve team collaboration and self-organization, guiding the teams to increase their transparency and effectively track their progress by leveraging burn-downs and other information radiators, and facilitating effective and meaningful retrospectives.
• Coaching Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Testers, Developers and Development Managers on the Agile/Lean and Product Development Process as well as Technical Engineering Practices.
• Conducting Team, Departmental and Organizational Agile Workshops and Presentations as well as Providing One-on-One Support and mentoring teams.
• Conducting workshops on the areas of Release Planning, Backlog Refinement, Story Writing, Roles and Responsibilities as well as the events of Scrum and Technical Best Practices.

May 2015 – Dec 2015 · 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• At Xoriant, I was responsible for the following
• Implementation of Agile Testing best practices.
• Test process implementation and roll out.
• Assistance in CMMi Level 3 implementation and process standardization.
• Testing Risk evaluation and mitigation.
• Project Management – Project monitoring and control
• Customer Relationship and Engagement Management
• Presales and marketing support and capabilities development

Aug 2012 – Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• At Lionbridge, I was responsible for the following,
• Testing of High End Storage Devices for one of the biggest players in the Data Storage industry. Involved in hands on performance testing. interoperability of devices to evaluate their behaviour with respect to the complex storage environments.
• Involved in engagement economics, project startup, control and closure.
• Customer Relationship and Engagement Management.
• Business development and Presales support.
• Risk evaluation and mitigation.
• Resource Recruitment, Ramp up and Retention
• Cost control and optimization measures.
• Management of day-to-day team activities. Coordination of test effort.
• Ensuring high quality deliverables.
• Implementation of efficient and effective methods of working
• Test Planning, Estimation, Monitoring and Control
• Liaison with Client for requirements management and Test Design and Execution
• Coordination between Business Users, System Analysts, Developers and Testers.
• Grooming and Mentoring the Team.
• Training and Guiding of the team.
• Execution of Test Cases and Defect tracking.
• Preparation of Test Summary Report.
• Collation and Analysis of Test Metrics

May 2011 – Aug 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos

Apr 2010 – May 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

Jun 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Oct 2005 – Jun 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos

Oct 2001 – Oct 2005 · 4 yrs · Bangalore

• Here, I was responsible for the following,
• Framing Test Conditions, Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Test Execution.
• Preparation of Traceability Matrix and Defect Matrix.
• Maintaining the Test plan, Test Scripts, Test sets and execution of test suites using Test Management Suite (Test Director) and Defect Management.
• Identifying the required Test Cases for Automation and Executing the Same.
• Preparation of Test Summary Report and Test run report

Nov 1999 – Oct 2001 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore/Mumbai

• This was my first job. I was responsible for the following
• Content development for Aptech courseware. Led the team for eACCP 2001 semester 1 project.
• Content development for Aptech’s Website (www.aptech-education.com)
• Faculty Training.
• Preparing and conducting Presentations for clients.
• Development of training material for students and faculties.