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►Areas I Excel InQA Engineer with vast experience in conducting end-to-end manual testing of medical devices, web, software applications and mobile apps and have contributed to many successful deployments of new products and applications throughout my career. My experience spans across backend/client server, UI, integration, API, black/white box, functional, load, regression, and performance testing across enterprise environments is unparalleled. I excel at devising test strategies, test plans and test cases. As a Certified Scrum Master, I utilize Agile/Scrum principles and methodologies to deliver projects in condensed time frames, focusing on standardizing and formalizing a cohesive structure. I am skilled at facilitating daily scrum stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint demos, backlog grooming and retrospective meetings. I lead from sprint-to-sprint, fostering transparency and empowerment with high expectations to ensure alignment with company objectives. I am a committed servant leader who mentors junior staff, coaches, and unites Software Engineering Teams and cross-functional staff, building adoption of Agile practices toward a higher-level of maturity. I have advocated and assisted in successfully implementing and following the Agile methodology in various organizations.►Career Highlights- Joining the freshly created mobile QA team at Butterfly Network and finding over 100 defects in the first 3 months, leading to increased app stability and usability.- Led the transition from waterfall to agile at Butterfly Network, achieving a 2 week decrease in lead time for feature delivery and an overall increase in the team's responsiveness to customer issues.- Championed the Risk Mitigation Review process at Jamf and Butterfly Network, resulting in 15% fewer critical defects, enhanced remote communication, and improved cross-functional collaboration.►What Drives MeI am known for always seeking opportunities to drive efficiency and I am passionate about innovating organizations. In my last roles I have advocated for and implement “shift-left” testing approach to test in earlier stages of the pipeline to identify and resolve bugs as early as possible in the development process resulting in improved software quality and reduced time resolving issues. I excel at driving superior software quality and delivery following standard testing principles with a focus on exceeding users’ expectations. I have a proven history of proactively obtaining new knowledge to expand skills and increase capabilities including automated testing principles and execution.