I'm Markos Stavrakis, a Quality Assurance Analyst with over 15 years of experience in manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and enterprise applications. I excel at translating business requirements into effective test plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable products. I am proficient with Jira, Testrail, Saucelabs, FogBugz, and Testopia, and I enjoy helping teams adopt Agile and Waterfall approaches while driving automation improvements with Selenium and TestComplete for Windows.

Markos Stavrakis

I'm Markos Stavrakis, a Quality Assurance Analyst with over 15 years of experience in manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and enterprise applications. I excel at translating business requirements into effective test plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable products. I am proficient with Jira, Testrail, Saucelabs, FogBugz, and Testopia, and I enjoy helping teams adopt Agile and Waterfall approaches while driving automation improvements with Selenium and TestComplete for Windows.

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I’m Markos Stavrakis, a Quality Assurance Analyst with over 15 years of experience in manual and automated testing across web, mobile, and enterprise applications.

I excel at translating business requirements into effective test plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering reliable products. I am proficient with Jira, Testrail, Saucelabs, FogBugz, and Testopia, and I enjoy helping teams adopt Agile and Waterfall approaches while driving automation improvements with Selenium and TestComplete for Windows.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst at Central1
May 1, 2015 - March 1, 2025
Led QA efforts for Core Credit Union website projects across 100+ credit unions with 7+ variations. Maintained an automation suite achieving 80-98% stability. Implemented automation using Java and Selenium, reducing testing time from one week to three hours. Performed manual mobile testing on 10+ Android and iOS devices for 10+ credit unions, validating unique features. On-boarded QA for projects and trained team members across 5+ projects. Served as Scrum Master for the preceding team. Executed black-box, system testing, test-case design and analysis, defect tracking, and risk-based prioritization to meet delivery timelines.
QA Engineer at NGRAIN
September 1, 2010 - April 1, 2015
Performed manual and automation testing on NGRAIN applications (interactive 3D and AR) for Lockheed Martin. Manually tested NGRAIN on Windows Surface Tablet with Windows 8. Created business development scripts for iPad. Used TestComplete to create automation; automation test cases written using a Behavior Driven Development approach. Created and executed test plans; improved Agile/Scrum practices and trained new QA Analysts. Conducted Black Box Testing (Windows).

Education

Electrical Engineering Diploma at BCIT - Burnaby, BC
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2000

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment