Alden Mallare
Senior Quality Assurance Leader | Driving Test and Automation Excellence
- Role
- Principal Test Architect at Uturn Data Solutions
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Alden Mallare
As a Senior Quality Assurance Leader, I have a background in driving software quality initiatives, leveraging 20+ years of experience in innovation. I am well-versed in quality assurance, software development lifecycle, and project management. Throughout my career, I have been recognized for building and leading high-performing global teams, with a focus on driving process optimization to enhance operational success.Key Achievements Include: Directed multinational teams across India, Ireland, the UK, and the US, enhancing global operations and promoting cross-functional collaboration among 26 software developers, testers, project managers, business analysts, and architects, while managing a $500K budget and developing and executing testing artifacts to ensure product functionality and quality Innovated a testing cost estimation model, achieving a significant reduction in effort by over 60% Ensured ITSM systems maintained a uptime by elevating system reliability from the mid-90s through rigorous testing, monitoring protocols, and top-notch incident response Enhanced organizational automation at the request of CTO and increased capabilities by 20%+ through implementing acceptance test-driven and behavior-driven development with Gherkin and SpecFlow, leading training programs, and mentoring teams to transition from manual to automated test cases Engineered an automated testing framework that reduced the effort required for creating test scripts by 50% and implemented daily automated smoke tests, saving four hours of work each dayContact me through this profile if you wish to connect.
Experience
Principal Test Architect
Nov 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Implemented scalable, maintainable, and high-performance test automation frameworks for functional, regression, and performance testing using testing automation tools including MS Playwright.• Defined the test strategy and roadmap, aligning it with organizational goals.• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineers and developers in automation best practices. • I assessed, suggested, and executed test automation tools and technologies according to the requirements of the project.• I was responsible for the creation and maintenance of automated test scripts for various application types, including web, mobile, and API.• I collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify test cases that were suitable for automation.• Drove a culture of quality throughout the software development lifecycle.• I promoted the use of shift-left testing methods and the early identification of defects.
Education
Oakton College
Associate of Science - AS
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