Matthew Nelson

Background

About Matthew Nelson

Results-driven Quality Assurance Leader with extensive experience spanning Senior QA Analyst, QA Lead, and QA Manager roles across diverse, high-impact industries including Retail, Point-of-Sale (POS), Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Medical Charting, Pharmaceutical, SaaS, and Government Training Systems. Proven ability to lead QA efforts from strategy to execution within Agile, Scrum, and hybrid SDLC environments—supporting both legacy platforms and modern, cloud-native applications. Highly skilled in end-to-end testing of API, UI, and mobile platforms, with hands-on expertise in AWS, SQL Server, MongoDB, and AI-based testing tools such as Functionize to streamline automation, increase test coverage, and enhance defect prediction accuracy. Demonstrated success in leading lift-and-shift modernization projects, implementing scalable test frameworks, and ensuring consistent quality through CI/CD pipelines. Respected for fostering strong collaboration with developers, product owners, business analysts, and executive stakeholders. Adept at bridging communication between technical and non-technical teams, facilitating alignment on testing priorities, risk mitigation, and product readiness. Recognized for mentoring QA teams, building high-performance test environments, and driving organizational quality standards that support scalable, secure, and user-focused software delivery. Experienced Skills & Tools • Testing Enterprise: Functional, Integration, Regression, Security, Performance, Edge Case, E2E, iOS/Android; ETL Variation testing • QA Tools & Platforms: TestRail, Postman, Selenium, Jenkins, Functionize (AI), Jira, HP ALM, Confluence, ChatGPT (AI) • Databases/Languages: SQL Server, Oracle SQL, Java, C++, Git • Cloud & API Testing: AWS (incl. Cloud DB validation), Microservices, API log analysis • SDLC Experience: Agile (Scrum/Kanban), Waterfall, DevOps