Quality Assurance Consultant, Quality Assurance Specialist, Test Specialist, QA Mentor ( 18 years exp. )

6/2024 – offen

Streamlined quality assurance processes for a university application service
provider:
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive QA strategy to
enhance software reliability
- Built and trained a QA team to address project demands and
improve testing coverage
- Restructured existing workflows to optimize efficiency and identify
bottlenecks
o Example: Reduced defect resolution times by implementing
targeted regression testing
- Onboarded new software projects from a QA perspective:
o Created and executed detailed test cases
o Established automation frameworks to improve test
efficiency
- Conducted knowledge transfers to internal team members, ensuring
smooth project handovers
- Provided mentorship and training for team members, including
developers and testers, in QA methodologies
- Organized workshops and supported conference presentations to
promote QA best practices
- Defined and tracked KPIs and OKRs to measure team performance
and align with organizational goals

Tester (Sonstige), Manueller Tester IT-Qualitätssicherung, Test Automation, Test Management, Testdesign (IT), Testen, Quality Assurance Engineer, Qualitätsmanagement / QS / QA (IT)

1/2021 – 5/2024

Improve the existing QA-Setup in a consulting agency
- resize team with 5 new members
- train and develop new full-time members from scratch
- analyze current workflows
eg: execution time for regression automated run from 8
hours to 20 min
- onboarding new projects in the QA aspect
setup QA workflows
create test cases
setup automation framework
- handover projects to new QA members
- enable and train team members in context of QA
developer and tester
- prepare workshops and support conference talks
- define KPIs and OKRs for the QA team

Manueller Tester IT-Qualitätssicherung, Qualitätsmanagement / QS / QA (IT), Test Automation, Test Management, Testdesign (IT), Testen, Tester (Sonstige)

2/2020 – 1/2021

Improve the existing manual QA-Setup
- resize team with 3 new members
- improve existing test case sets
- improve the workflows for releases and staging tests
- coordination and planning of the QA tasks
- personal responsibility for the QA team
- implement first steps for SCRUM and agile development
- setup Jira flows for the company
- define KPIs and reporting for the QA

Tester (Sonstige), Manueller Tester IT-Qualitätssicherung, Softwaretester, Teamleiter Softwaretesting, Qualitätsmanagement / QS / QA (IT), Test Automation, Test Management, Testdesign (IT), Testen, Quality Assurance Engineer