Lloyd Dewolf
Lloyd Dewolf, a seasoned full stack software quality assurance (SQA) leader with two decades of experience, excels in delivering user-friendly products across a wide spectrum of industries, from database systems to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions.
His expertise includes leading and scaling teams in both multinational corporations and startups, emphasizing quality improvement from design to production. Lloyd's approach is data-driven, focusing on risk reduction and enhancing customer experiences.
With a background in senior quality assurance leadership, test architecture, customer care, system analysis, and technical customer support, Lloyd Dewolf brings a wealth of knowledge in communications, problem analysis, usability, automation, and tools development.
His specialties encompass QA management, context-driven testing, problem analysis, and support management, along with proficiency in project management, version control systems, operating systems like Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X, and various web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
Lloyd is well-versed in agile methodologies, issue management tools like JIRA, customer service platforms like Zendesk, and open source development practices. His educational background includes studies at IBM Toronto Laboratory, University of Victoria, and Camosun College.
Throughout his career, Lloyd has held key positions such as Engineering Director of Build, Quality & Release at Corelight, Inc, Sr Director of Engineering, SQA at Castlight Health, Software Quality Engineering Manager at Castlight Health, and multiple leadership roles at other renowned organizations like Apcera, Joyent, Piston Cloud Computing, Automattic, Flock Inc, and more.
He has actively contributed to the tech community as an OpenStack contributor, WordPress.com VIP Services Operational Lead, QA Coach at Automattic, and WordPress Contributor. Lloyd's diverse background includes experiences in software testing, quality assurance, support management, and system analysis, making him a versatile and highly skilled professional in the field.