Experience
13 years across AI, cybersecurity, and high-growth startups.

Senior Manager, Platform Engineering
Proofpoint
- Leading Platform DevEx — the team providing the engineering foundation for all BU engineers — while serving as initiative champion for a P1 international expansion across 10+ teams.
- Proposed and drove the org design that unified Platform DevEx and QEE (Quality Enablement Engineering, a framing I originated) under one management line.
- Promoted to Senior Manager Oct 2025.
- Introduced DORA dashboards, AI-assisted management workflows, and async-first culture.
- Launched the first EM leadership forum across the BU; mentored 20+ peers.

Tech Lead & Manager, Quality Assurance Engineering
Tessian
- Built the first QA function at a Series C cybersecurity startup from scratch.
- Grew the team from 1 to 4, introduced creative KPIs, API testing frameworks, and incident-informed prioritisation.
- Drove BC/DR efforts, redefined engineering syncs, launched the QA hiring pipeline, and coached through sensitive performance processes.
- Lateral move from Tech Lead.

Head of Quality Assurance
Rasa
- Promoted from Senior QA Engineer to Head of Quality Assurance.
- Built and scaled QA for a leading open-source conversational AI platform, co-designing a custom SDLC that cut lead time by ~20% and stabilised the release cadence.
- Rolled out company-wide testing, CI/CD, and performance/visual tooling.
- Defined the QA roadmap and drove cross-functional alignment with CSEs through adoption of observability tools.
- Created and launched a DEI-focused hiring pipeline and manager onboarding programme.
- Grew the QA team from 1 to 5 engineers.

Release & QA Manager
Snap Inc. (Zenly)
- Built and scaled Zenly's QA function following the Snapchat acquisition.
- Grew my team from 1 to 5, introducing mobile automation, device farming, and the first end-to-end test framework.
- Reduced manual testing by ~30%, stabilised a fortnightly release train, and improved bug resolution rate by 15% through revamped triaging.
- Rolled out new test tooling, redefined QA strategy with C-suite support, and coordinated directly with Apple and Google for smooth App Store releases.

Product Delivery Manager
Dataiku
- Promoted from QA Automation Engineer to Product Delivery Manager at a fast-growing enterprise AI platform.
- Built and owned the frontend automation framework (Python, Selenium, Allure) and expanded to backend testing and CI tooling.
- Led an SDLC overhaul — creating a feature development handbook and onboarding process for ~80 engineers.
- Ran customer UX research interviews (including with Pfizer), surfacing 20+ prioritised roadmap items and enabling the first design system rollout.
- Founded the company's first DEI initiative.

QA Engineer
Dashlane
QA Engineer at a leading password manager and digital identity platform. Contributed to test coverage and release quality during a period of rapid product growth.

Software Tester
Wincor Nixdorf
Software Tester on banking and retail automation systems. Executed functional and regression test suites across point-of-sale and ATM software in a regulated environment.

Technical Support Specialist
IntraWorlds
Technical Support Specialist for a talent relationship management SaaS platform. Handled customer-facing technical issues, contributed to documentation, and supported onboarding workflows.

Software Tester & ICT Administrator
Openmatics
Combined software testing and ICT administration at a telematics platform company. Validated fleet management software, maintained internal infrastructure, and supported development teams with deployment and systems tooling.