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I’m Yalini Thushyanthan, a results-driven Lead QA with 14+ years of experience in software quality assurance within Agile environments. I specialize in test automation, performance testing, and building high-performing QA teams that deliver stable products on tight timelines.
I thrive on process improvement, mentoring, and close collaboration with product owners and developers to refine requirements and ensure test coverage. I leverage Azure DevOps, Sentry, and Postman to monitor quality across development cycles and drive faster, on-time releases.
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Expert
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Language
English
Fluent
Work Experience
Lead QA at Deighton Associates
July 1, 2021 - PresentLead and manage a QA team across multiple projects, hire and mentor QA staff, define QA processes, collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to refine requirements and ensure test coverage, manage sprint tasks and defect tracking in Azure DevOps, monitor automation results, lead mobile testing from scratch, monitor production issues with Sentry, participate in security testing, prepare and present weekly QA reports, increase automation coverage and reliability, and ensure on-time releases.
Senior QA / Business Analyst at Jonas Software (MSI Solutions)
April 1, 2015 - November 1, 2019Led QA activities and provided business analysis across multiple software development projects. Ensured comprehensive test coverage, executed test cases, supported UAT cycles, triaged defects, collaborated with cross-functional teams to define test strategies, monitored defects, and ensured timely resolution.
QA Analyst at Hewlett Packard
April 1, 2010 - March 1, 2015Tested web and client-server applications across multiple platforms, developed and executed test cases based on requirements, coordinated with development teams to identify test needs, managed defects and performed root cause analysis to minimize release impact, prepared test data and environments, reported QA progress and metrics to stakeholders.
QA Analyst / Escalation Engineer at Hewlett Packard
April 1, 2005 - April 1, 2010Developed and executed test strategies, test plans, and scripts for enterprise applications; performed manual and automated testing (regression, integration, load); acted as the first point of contact for critical service-impacting incidents and escalation management; tracked defects and coordinated with development teams for issue resolution.
Education
Computer Systems Technologist (Co-op) at Centennial College, Toronto
January 11, 2030 - May 11, 2026Computer Systems Technologist (Co-op) at Centennial College, Toronto
January 11, 2030 - May 13, 2026Qualifications
Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Professional Services
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Expert
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