Gaston Idoyaga

Available to hire

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Senior QA Tester at Triotec
November 1, 2021 - August 1, 2024
Established the company's first structured QA process, defining end-to-end workflows, QA gates, and documentation standards. Led manual functional testing across CRM, website, banking integrations, and internal tools, ensuring stable releases. Designed and maintained comprehensive test plans, regression suites, and acceptance criteria. Improved overall product reliability by introducing pre-production validation steps that reduced production incidents. Collaborated daily with Product, IT, and Business stakeholders to define requirements, clarify behaviors, and prioritize fixes. Analyzed functional and technical documentation to ensure accurate implementations and identify gaps early. Proposed and implemented several process and product improvements, optimizing test cycles and usability. Supported validation of a new AI project, performing exploratory testing and providing feedback on model behavior. Participated in Agile ceremonies (planning, refinement, daily, review, retro) as QA rep
QA Tester at Altran
April 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018
Sole QA for one of the bank's main mobile apps (BSwallet) for two years, planning, executing, and validating releases. Designed and executed manual functional tests across mobile and web banking projects. Coordinated with developers, product owners, and designers to clarify requirements and report defects with full traceability. Supported multiple teams with regression testing during peak delivery moments. Analyzed requirements, technical documentation, and functional specifications to define test conditions and estimate testing hours; collaborated on sprint planning. Prepared interim and final test reports for Home Banking and Mobile Banking environments. Applied Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, to manage testing processes. Planned, designed and executed manual test cases, including environment setup, test case creation, and data retrieval. Prepared weekly and monthly progress reports and updated/created test scripts; communicated with clients for task estimation and a
QA Tester at Gestión IT
June 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018
Planned, designed and executed manual functional tests for projects with Caja de Arquitectos and SenseDi. Reported and tracked issues, ensuring all incidents were properly documented and followed up. Analyzed functional documentation to confirm alignment with requirements. Provided regular test progress reports and results. Created and executed manual test cases, including setup of testing environments, creating test data, and retrieving data. Analyzed requirements, technical documentation, and functional specifications to define test conditions for estimated testing hours and collaborated on sprint planning. Prepared and executed regression scripts using UFT for various system functions. Prepared interim and final test reports for Home Banking and Mobile Banking; used Agile methodologies, Scrum and Kanban.
Junior Automation Tester at TSoft
February 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017
Junior Automation Tester at TSoft (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Participated in automation initiatives, creating automated test scripts and supporting testing processes. Contributed to test planning and execution within Agile environments.
Junior Manual Tester at Grupo Progama Consulting
August 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
Junior Manual Tester at Grupo Progama Consulting (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Planned, designed and executed manual test cases, setting up testing environments, creating test data, and retrieving necessary information. Analyzed requirements, technical documentation, and functional specifications to define test conditions and collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure quality.
Senior QA Tester at Trioteca
November 1, 2021 - August 1, 2024
Established the company’s first structured QA processes, defined end-to-end workflows, test environments, QA gates, and documentation standards. Led manual and automated testing, improved overall product quality, and supported an AI project by validating model behavior and providing feedback. Collaborated with cross-functional teams including Product, IT, and Business stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize fixes. Implemented pre-production validation steps to reduce production incidents; designed comprehensive test plans and regression suites; managed defect lifecycles; ensured test coverage across CRM, web, banking integrations, and internal tools. Participated in Agile ceremonies as QA representative.
QA Tester at Alterna
April 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018
Created and executed manual and exploratory test scenarios for mobile and web banking applications; coordinated with development teams and clients; documented defects with full traceability; analyzed functional documentation to ensure alignment; prepared QA status reports; designed and executed test cases, including environment setup and data preparation; executed regression testing with UFT across multiple system functions; contributed to Scrum and Kanban workflows and supported sprint planning and QA readiness.
Junior Automation Tester at Ts oft
February 1, 2016 - June 1, 2017
Assisted in automation initiatives; contributed to automated test case creation and execution; supported test environment setup and data management; collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve test coverage and efficiency.
Junior Manual Tester at Grupo Programa Consulting
August 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
Supported manual testing activities; participated in test design, case development, and execution; contributed to defect logging and regression testing efforts; collaborated with project teams to ensure quality deliverables.

Education

Master Selenium Web Driver With Python For QA Test at Udemy (Online)
January 11, 2030 - January 2, 2026
PhD coursework in Software Quality Assurance at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN)
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
PhD Coursework: Software Quality Assurance at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
November 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation
January 1, 2020 - January 2, 2026
ISTQB Foundation Certification
January 1, 2020 - April 26, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Education