City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
QE Practice Lead | Founder, QE Gauge™ Driving Enterprise-Scale Quality Engineering Transformation Across Agile & DevOps Portfolios With over two decades in software quality, I help organizations move beyond traditional QA and toward modern, scalable Quality Engineering (QE) practices. In my current role as a QE Practice Lead at a leading financial institution, I define and embed quality strategies across multi-stream Agile programs — integrating test automation, CI/CD, observability, and non-functional engineering into the SDLC. I work closely with engineering leaders, product owners, and CIO stakeholders to uplift delivery maturity, governance, and outcomes. As the Founder of QE Gauge™, I built a globally focused QE maturity platform to address a core challenge: most teams want to improve quality — but don’t know where they stand or how to scale. QE Gauge™ provides teams with: A free self-assessment across 11 QE focus areas Actionable maturity models, benchmarks, and roadmaps The QE Gauge™ Practical Guide with standards, key actions, and tooling insights Best-selling books (From QA to QE, The QE Playbook) Training, templates, and workshops supporting engineers, QE leads, and executives I'm passionate about transforming how organizations think about quality — shifting left, scaling testing, and embedding quality into culture, pipelines, and product thinking. If you're looking to modernize quality in your Agile or DevOps journey — let’s connect
Founder | QE Gauge™ Global Quality Engineering Maturity Platform | Agile & DevOps Transformation | QEF Foundation Certification QE Gauge™ is a modern, globally-oriented Quality Engineering (QE) maturity platform designed to help software teams assess, align, and scale their quality practices across Agile and DevOps environments. As the founder, I built QE Gauge™ to address a critical industry gap: many QA and QE teams want to improve — but lack clear visibility into where they stand and a proven pathway to mature effectively. Our platform provides actionable maturity assessments, tailored improvement roadmaps, hands-on training, and the QEF Foundation Certification — an industry-aligned program equipping professionals with modern QE skills, from shift-left testing to automation-first adoption. By combining self-assessments, practical playbooks, and globally recognized certification, QE Gauge™ empowers teams to embed continuous quality at every stage of delivery and accelerate their transformation journey.
As the Quality Engineering Practice Lead at Nedbank, I spearhead the transformation of traditional QA into a modern, scalable Quality Engineering (QE) capability across five strategic banking portfolios, including Core Banking Modernisation, Client Risk, and Digital Lending. I lead the design and implementation of QE strategies that enable: Automation-First Delivery: Grew automation coverage from 5% to 65% across squads in under a year. CI/CD Pipeline Integration: Embedded test automation and quality gates into enterprise pipelines, improving release confidence and time-to-market. QE Governance: Established QE maturity models, metrics frameworks, and leadership coaching to align squads with enterprise standards. Shift-Left Practices: Institutionalised BDD, TDD, and static code analysis (SonarQube) to improve early defect detection and reduce rework. Resilience & Non-Functional Testing: Introduced performance and security validation Resilience & Non-Functional Testing: Introduced performance and security validation across critical banking systems. AI-Driven Automation: Led proof-of-value initiatives using intelligent testing tools (e.g., Mammoth AI) to scale coverage of complex Actimize scenarios. Key Achievements: Published From QA to QE: Building Excellence in Modern Software Engineering and The QE Playbook: Strategies for scaling QE in Agile and DevOps, shaping the quality engineering agenda in financial services. Successfully realigned roles (QE Leads, SQEs, NFT Engineers) to build a specialist QE chapter aligned with Agile, DevOps, and digital banking needs. Recipient of the Nedbank Achiever Award for contributions to automation-first transformation and quality leadership.
• Consultation & Implementation: Guided the integration of new applications into enterprise systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance with industry standards. • Framework Development: Designed and deployed test automation frameworks, including CI/CD integration, that improved testing efficiency by 35% and supported Agile transformation initiatives across multiple business units. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with product managers, developers, and operations teams to streamline testing processes, reducing integration-related defects by 40% and enhancing overall product quality. Key Projects: • Led the implementation of a unified test automation framework across three business units, standardizing processes and achieving a 50% reduction in test execution times. • Spearheaded a cloud migration testing strategy, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and reducing cloud deployment times by 30%.
• End-to-End Testing Management: Managed the entire testing lifecycle for multiple high-profile projects, including functional, integration, performance, and UAT testing phases, achieving a 98% defect detection rate pre-production. • Governance & Standards: Developed and implemented testing standards and governance frameworks that improved compliance and reduced project delivery risks by 25%. • Team Leadership: Led a team of 26 testers and test analysts, increasing productivity by 20% through effective mentoring, process optimization, and cross-training initiatives. • Stakeholder Engagement: Successfully managed relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring their requirements were met and quality standards upheld, resulting in consistently positive feedback and a 90% project success rate.
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