Drew Walters

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About Drew Walters

As a dedicated, detail-focused, and excellence-driven leader in QA management, I guide sizeable, cross-functional QA and product engineering teams in the design, optimization, and launch of leading-edge tech solutions. Leveraging my passion for data analytics to drive improvements, I advance and continually improve upon operational efficiencies, product performance, team effectiveness, and project management to deliver high caliber offerings within budget and on schedule. I believe that exceptional communication skills can grant endless opportunities. As an innately collaborative, encouraging, and people-centered manager, I make it my priority each day to cultivate a positive culture and forge meaningful relationships with colleagues, clients, friends, and family. As a leader of multiple cross-functional teams, I strive to instill and promote cross-functional communication, which combined with team development and career planning, has proved immensely beneficial in driving team performance and achieving a positive work environment. In my free time I enjoy being outside, reading, watching sports, completing home improvement projects, and spending time with my beautiful wife Chelsey and our vibrant and loving son Waylon. I can offer: • 14+ of progressive leadership experience with a track record of building, managing, developing, and mentoring QA and software engineering teams to high performance • 10+ years of dedication and combined experience in Project Coordination, Data Analysis, Strategic Planning, Tactical Foresight, IT Sales, Management/Leadership Operations, Training, Team Development, Process Improvement, Scheduling, Documentation, Reporting, and Client/Team Relations. • Collaborative, human-centered leadership and master relationship building skills • Track record as a go-to resource to teams as well as a trusted, loyal asset to the company • Experience owning, establishing, and improving Quality Assurance (QA) standards, processes, procedures, and testing (e.g, quality, performance, load, stress, automation) • Strong technical expertise and the ability to provide technical guidance and training for technical support team, especially in Java, testing, and QA processes/techniques • Strategic continuous process improvement with long-term growth and scalability in mind • Effective project management—managing, prioritizing, and optimizing multiple projects concurrently • Powerful thought leadership to produce smart recommendations and out-of-the-box solutions through advanced critical thinking, problem solving, and data analysis