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Hi, I'm Joseph Spataro, a QA-focused professional with 9+ years of experience driving quality and operational efficiency across healthcare and SaaS environments. I excel at translating complex business needs into scalable QA solutions through agile methods, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven insights.\n\nI've led cross-functional teams, defined QA standards, built automation frameworks, and delivered measurable improvements in release readiness and defect reduction. I'm passionate about turning product requirements into reliable, user-friendly software that meets business goals.…Hi, I'm Joseph Spataro, a QA-focused professional with 9+ years of experience driving quality and operational efficiency across healthcare and SaaS environments. I excel at translating complex business needs into scalable QA solutions through agile methods, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven insights.\n\nI've led cross-functional teams, defined QA standards, built automation frameworks, and delivered measurable improvements in release readiness and defect reduction. I'm passionate about turning product requirements into reliable, user-friendly software that meets business goals.

Joseph Spataro

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Hi, I'm Joseph Spataro, a QA-focused professional with 9+ years of experience driving quality and operational efficiency across healthcare and SaaS environments. I excel at translating complex business needs into scalable QA solutions through agile methods, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven insights.\n\nI've led cross-functional teams, defined QA standards, built automation frameworks, and delivered measurable improvements in release readiness and defect reduction. I'm passionate about turning product requirements into reliable, user-friendly software that meets business goals.…Hi, I'm Joseph Spataro, a QA-focused professional with 9+ years of experience driving quality and operational efficiency across healthcare and SaaS environments. I excel at translating complex business needs into scalable QA solutions through agile methods, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven insights.\n\nI've led cross-functional teams, defined QA standards, built automation frameworks, and delivered measurable improvements in release readiness and defect reduction. I'm passionate about turning product requirements into reliable, user-friendly software that meets business goals.

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Hi, I’m Joseph Spataro, a QA-focused professional with 9+ years of experience driving quality and operational efficiency across healthcare and SaaS environments. I excel at translating complex business needs into scalable QA solutions through agile methods, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven insights.\n\nI’ve led cross-functional teams, defined QA standards, built automation frameworks, and delivered measurable improvements in release readiness and defect reduction. I’m passionate about turning product requirements into reliable, user-friendly software that meets business goals.

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Work Experience

QA Lead at VetNOW, LLC

August 1, 2024 - Present

Partnered with the CTO, development, and support teams to define business processes and QA standards, accelerating release timelines and enhancing release efficiency. Implemented a UI automation framework that provided data-driven test coverage insights and improved decision-making. Led impact analysis of product changes to ensure QA work aligned with business goals and production readiness.

Software QE Lead at Twill (Acquired by Dario Health)

August 31, 2024 - October 9, 2025

Managed end-to-end test strategy aligned with product requirements; improved ticket throughput by 20% by streamlining collaboration between product and engineering teams. Conducted root cause analysis of production issues and established feedback loops that reduced defect leakage and raised quality KPIs. Led a 6-person QA team and partnered with product owners to prioritize requirements and define acceptance criteria.

Senior QA Engineer -> QA Engineer at Aledade, Inc.

April 30, 2023 - October 9, 2025

Acted as liaison between product management and development to validate requirements and translate user stories into testable workflows. Used SQL, Postman, and TestRail to perform data validation and backend API testing. Contributed to agile ceremonies, ensuring definition of done and acceptance criteria were met prior to delivery.

Senior QA Consultant at Independent Projects for Startups

August 31, 2021 - October 9, 2025

Spearheaded process definition and documentation for three early-stage companies, including SDLC best practices, QA pipelines, and stakeholder communication flows. Led business requirement gathering and feedback sessions, resulting in a 50% decrease in missed acceptance criteria. Enhanced reporting and cross-browser functionality through rigorous test cycles and regression testing automation.

QA Engineer - Digital Innovation at Highmark Health

April 30, 2020 - October 9, 2025

Collaborated with Product Owners and UX teams to assess digital experience gaps in mobile/web healthcare platforms. Created user-focused test cases from wireframes and functional specs using Adobe XD and JIRA. Developed KPI dashboards to track test case pass rates, bugs, and release-readiness metrics.

QA Engineer at Rivers Agile

January 31, 2017 - October 9, 2025

Supported testing and data validation on the Wellsite Report platform using JIRA and SQL; authored support documentation and knowledge base articles in Confluence. Collaborated with clients on interpreting business requirements for new reporting features and platform updates.

QA Lead at VetNOW, LLC

August 1, 2024 - Present

Partnered with CTO, developers, and support teams to define business processes and QA standards, accelerating resolution timelines and enhancing release efficiency. Implemented a UI automation framework that improved data-driven decision-making through test coverage insights. Led impact analysis of product changes, aligning test efforts with business goals and ensuring readiness for production releases.

Software QE Lead at Twill (Acquired by Dario Health)

August 1, 2024 - October 9, 2025

Managed full lifecycle of test strategy aligned with product requirements; improved ticket throughput by 20% by streamlining collaboration between product and engineering teams. Conducted root cause analysis of production issues and implemented feedback loops that improved quality KPIs and reduced defect leakage. Led a 6-person QA team and collaborated closely with product owners to prioritize requirements and define acceptance criteria.

Senior QA Engineer -> QA Engineer at Aledade, Inc.

April 1, 2023 - October 9, 2025

Senior QA Consultant at Independent Projects for Startups

August 1, 2021 - October 9, 2025

Spearheaded process definition and documentation for three early-stage companies, including SDLC best practices, QA pipelines, and stakeholder communication flows. Led business requirement gathering and feedback sessions, resulting in 50% decrease in missed acceptance criteria. Enhanced reporting and cross-browser functionality through rigorous test cycles and regression testing automation.

QA Engineer - Digital Innovation at Highmark Health

April 1, 2020 - October 9, 2025

QA Engineer at Rivers Agile

January 1, 2017 - October 9, 2025