Player/coach highly experienced in software testing and QA for defense, aerospace and space systems, as well as for commercial enterprise software in the gaming, healthcare, finance, construction, SCADA, data storage, video streaming/OTT, and Machine Learning domains. Including:• building, mentoring and managing small (<6) to large (100+) teams, with 5 years managing global, geographically distributed, outsourced, offshore and remote teams.• developing and implementing Test Strategy, Test Plans and Test Architecture.• bootstrapping and expanding automated functional and performance testing.The following objectives guide my work:• Mentor and motivate remote and global team members by creating a compelling and rewarding team environment.• Ensure high quality, as measured by customer satisfaction and customer confidence.• Guarantee on time, high-quality project delivery.• Implement cost-effective, sustainable, goal-based metrics programs and SLAs.• Continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software testing.• Go beyond textbook approaches to find innovative solutions to real world challenges• Drive test automation by implementing open source and in-house developed tools and frameworks.Testing Philosophy• Testing is a superpower.• Anyone can identify what should be tested. The trick is to know what not to test.• Risk is a frenemy.Leadership PhilosophyA successful leader enables and empowers their team. When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, the team will say: we did it ourselves. ~Lao Tzu (paraphrased)Technologies:• Linux, Windows• Linux, Windows, AWS, Cloud9, GCP, Colab, Codespaces, Docker, Kubernetes• Git, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket• Jenkins, Vagrant, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub Actions• Jira, Xray for Jira, Confluence• Python, Java, Groovy, Javascript/Typescript• PyTest, TestNG, Junit, Spock, Geb, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Cypress, Playwright• Requests, BeautifulSoup, RestAssured, Unirest, Postman, Jmeter