Joel Brent

Director of Qa Engineering @Kiddom

San Francisco, CA, US

Kiddom apps represent EdTech Platform with a rich feature set, from truly interactive virtual classrooms, to aggregated data assessment tools, and editable digital curriculum and assignables. • As an early employee, was integral in forming and iterating on the processes and agile methodologies of our SDLC and PDLC, from Series A to profitability• Strategically hired QA resources to meet planned business needs, and assisted in hiring for other positions within Engineering and Product• Managed the QA team, including hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, clearly communicating responsibilities and expectations, resource allocation, as well as mentorship and career development• Train new hires in our SDLC, processes, and product• Established quality assurance initiatives, advocated and educated stakeholders the value and importance of the initiatives• As a key member of Kiddom’s engineering leadership team, participated in defining long-term technical roadmap and contributed to short-term product design, development, and release management• Administration for Requirements/Story/Defect tools• Established metrics to measure quality, and key attributes, to drive issue prioritization and improvements• Created and modified support processes and documentation for all aspects of the SDLC• Assisted in planning and implementation of changes to enable continuous delivery• Managed and aligned the QA Engineer resource allocation to optimize release delivery• Ensured appropriate test planning and test coverage, with requirements traceability• Founded test automation architecture, and provided technical leadership on test automation• Assisted sales team with streamlining RFP processes, and answering questions around the product, engineering, and compliance

Occidental College

Bachelor’s Degree