Software Development Engineer in Test, currently at Vonage. Twenty-two years inside enterprise systems — most of them spent finding the seams.
I write tests the way some people write first drafts — with the assumption that something underneath isn't yet what it claims to be. After two decades and four employers across two continents, I've made my peace with that.
Seven years inside the platform that runs SMS, voice, and video for a long list of companies you've heard of. I design and own automation for backend services and the AI Studio product, which means I spend a lot of my week imagining the worst thing a customer might try and writing the test that catches it first.
Java application work for a consultancy with a steady client list — much of it the kind of integration plumbing that nobody photographs but everyone depends on. I learned to ask blunt questions in early meetings rather than apologise in late ones.
A short, useful run on the implementation side — installs, cutovers, and the conversations that follow when a deadline and a defect meet in a conference room. I left it appreciating people who write good runbooks.
My first sustained engagement with test automation as a craft rather than a chore. I built suites that other people inherited and (mostly) didn't curse, which I still consider one of the better measures of a job well done.
I joined out of university and stayed long enough to watch SOA arrive, peak, and quietly become unfashionable. Most of my time was spent on WebSphere, Java EE, and the careful choreography of enterprise rollouts. I left knowing how to write a status email that nobody could misinterpret.
Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology (2022 – 2023). Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University (2000 – 2008).