With more than 20 years of experience as an Executive Quality Technology Leader, I have an extensive background in quality assurance with a focus on expanding and improving technology. I specialize in reducing 'Time to Market' while improving product Quality. I have leveraged expertise in dynamic team leadership, operational process optimization, and superior problem-solving skills. My competencies extend to requirement analysis, agile development methodologies, and budget management skills. It my passion to drive efficiency, maximize team performance, and advance organizations to the next level. Key Achievements Include: ✅ Led software and firmware engineering, quality assurance, automated testing, Scrum Masters, the IT team, the SDLC and agile process, and 3 managers and 17 employees across 3 locations while reporting directly to the GM, empowering teams to produce quality products and exceptional outcomes consistently ✅ Steered the development of an automated testing program for hardware devices and cloud software applications, dramatically reducing the testing cycle from 5-man weeks to overnight ✅ Created an Agile practices improvement program, a self-evaluation tool used to identify areas of improvement and drive change, measuring release readiness, team velocity, sprint predictability, resulting in an 80% predictability rate and 20% or less velocity sprint over sprint ✅ Spearheaded an outsourcing project, serving as project owner and primary point of contact, leading 2 Agile teams and 14 team members, and coordinating the project from end-to-end, including engineering, manual testing, automated testing, contractual negotiations, scheduling, process improvements, and relationship building with India stakeholders to deliver successful projects ✅ Built the Sage North America QA group, meeting monthly to discuss best practices and industry standards and develop process improvements to strengthen operations across the company Contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.