Yulia Danilina

Background

About Yulia Danilina

Senior Manager equipped with people leadership and 14+ years' of extensive experience in Quality Assurance Engineering, developing and sustaining high performing teams. My core competency is having excellent analytical thinking, which enables me to do deep root-cause analysis. I am a quick learner with the ability to work in fast-paced environments. Leading and mentoring the "healthy teams" initiative of 5 QA Engineers that led to improvement of work experience by 25%. Being self-motivated and proactive with a strong work ethic makes me an accountable team player, capable of working effectively with minimal supervision. Highly detail-oriented, creative, respecting deadlines, and strong organizational, planning, coordination and problem-solving skills, which set me a good fit to contribute to team success. HIGHLIGHTS • Lead planning, training, coaching, motivating, and mentorship sessions to achieve a high level of performance and quality • Software Quality Assurance methodologies, Bug tracking systems and Automation testing tools • Provided issue tracking reports to track impediments against user stories effectively • Mentor and coach a team of 5 QA specialists showing strong leadership and team-building abilities • Performed testing on high-complexity projects such as Business Intelligence, Reports, Payment tracker and Enterprise software (CRM and CVM) • Main reviewer of test strategies built by less experienced team members on complex features • Improved the functional tests done by the team under my supervision by 50% by effectively tracking the right KPIs • Built maintenance test suits (regression, maintenance, smoke) and critically analyzed risks • Actively participated in scrum meetings and worked closely with development and BA teams ADDITIONAL SKILLS • Experienced managing Agile teams and other project management methodologies: Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban • Expert in the Insurance Reporting System which helps insurers to improve executive insight, enhance operational efficiency, evaluate customer service, meet regulatory/rating agency reporting requirements and drive real-time decisions • Proficient in working with HP QTP, FogBugz, Slack and Jira • Expert in API and GUI/BI Testing