Career Highlight
Terapeak
FQA Engineer — Terapeak
As Terapeak's first QA hire, I built the company's initial quality and release process, helping establish predictable weekly software releases while supporting a fast-moving development team.
The Opportunity
There was no dedicated QA team when I joined, and software quality relied largely on developer testing. I introduced test planning, release validation, and defect management practices that brought greater confidence and consistency to each release.
What I Built
- Created the QA process and defined the release-testing expectations for production changes.
- Established a rule that no change could be deployed without testing.
- Created release notes so stakeholders had a clear record of what changed in each deployment.
- Owned the weekly production deployment process.
Release Outcome
The team moved to a weekly release cadence with quality checks built into the delivery process. Releases became a planned routine rather than an unstructured handoff at the end of development.
Key Takeaway
Good release quality is a team habit. Clear expectations, verified changes, useful release notes, and an accountable deployment process make it easier to move quickly without skipping the work that protects customers.