Олена

Olena Horbenko
Lead QA / Strategic Quality Consultant / Head of QA /
Principal QA Lead
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[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) Accomplished Lead QA Engineer with over 25 years of experience
Bournemouth, UK in the technology sector. Expert in developing testing strategies,
managing global QA teams, and implementing enterprise-level
quality standards. Proven track record of delivering high-quality
solutions for clients, including Fortune 500 companies such as
BMG (Rights Management), Cancer Research UK, L’Oréal,
Maybelline, Royal Canin (Mars, Inc.), Coloplast, Bayer, Novo Nordisk,
Nilfisk, Piaget (Richemont Group), Maersk, Novartis, and Arla.

Key responsibilities
Process Oversight: Managing full testing lifecycles for high-
complexity enterprise applications
Strategy Design: Defining testing methodologies that align with
business and project goals
Cross-Team Collaboration: Working with stakeholders to translate
business requirements into testable units
Quality Assurance Monitoring: Implementing continuous
monitoring to identify defects early in development
HR & Line Management: Taking responsibility for personnel
management and professional development
Test Metrics and KPIs: Gathering and presenting quality metrics
and test reports to executive leadership

Additional info Work experience

Date of birth 10/01/1982 Lead QA / Principal QA Oct 2015 - Present
Valtech - Dnipro
Nationality Ukrainian
- Interview new employees and team members
Marital status Married - Conduct technical assessments
- Mentor team members to enhance their skills
LinkedIn - Collaborate with the presales team
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) - Provide tutoring in the internal QA school
a2b91846 - Develop tailored learning paths for QAs
- Implement the SFIA framework for company QAs
- Create a performance skills matrix
- Communicate effectively with clients
Visas and work permit - Manage risks effectively
- Establish and monitor KPIs
- Develop global best practices and templates
PE in Ukraine - Introduce new tools and frameworks
UK visa with work permit - Lead the Global QA Craft Circle
 Test Lead / Team manager May 2011 - Jul 2015
Skills Sitecore - Dnipro
- Tested web-based applications
- Planned and managed QA team operations
Test Process Optimization - Ensured quality of test plans and test cases
- Analysed functionalities for automation potential
QA Strategy & Planning - Conducted daily meetings with the QA team
- Authored test plans and test cases for both manual and automated testing
Risk-Based Testing - Interviewed and onboarded new QA team members
Metrics & Reporting - Provided training for new testing employees
- Automated tests using Telerik Test Studio
Enterprise Test Management - Conducted performance and load testing with LoadUIWeb
- Performed security testing
AI in Testing - Executed broken link testing with Xenu and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Functional Testing - Tested services using SoapUI and WebServiceStudio
- Managed Service Desk tickets
Non-Functional Testing - Conducted exploratory and session-based testing
- Compiled and distributed test results reports
- Generated and sent monthly performance reports
Languages - Participated in MBO and evaluation processes
- Developed individual development plans (PDP) for team members

Eglish C1 Senior QA / Team manager May 2009 - Apr 2011
Ukrainian Native speaker ActForex - Dnipro
- Facilitated communication between the Manual QA team and the Automation
QA group
Hobbies - Verified test plans and test cases to ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Reviewed specifications from the Business Analysts to enhance requirement
quality
Photography - Analysed functionality for automation potential
- Monitored adherence to company development methodologies
Fishing - Assessed the efficiency of the QA team
Traveling - Tested software against requirements and specifications
- Logged bugs in Jira
- Developed Test Cases and Test Plans in Confluence

QA Engineer May 2008 - Mar 2009
ISD - Dnipro
- Tested software in accordance with requirements and specifications
- Logged bugs using Soft Test
- Developed test cases on Soft Test
- Conducted testing for GUI, web, and ASCII-based applications
Computer System Engineer / System Jun 2001 - May
administrator 2008
Zemgrad (city municipal enterprise) - Dnipro
- Contribut to the creation of the "All Dnipro city" atlas (Volumes 4, 5, and 6)
- Execut computer imposition and prepared layouts in QuarkXPress, Adobe
Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop for typography
- Develop electronic maps using ArcView and ArcGIS
- Lead the project to create automated information-cartographic systems
- Implement automated search functions on the electronic map of Dnipro city
using Avenue scripting language
- Install and configure operating systems and software
- Develop software and prepared the circulation disk for the 'Guidebook for
Entrepreneurs.'
- Handl sensitive documentation with confidentiality

Education

Master Sep 1999 - Jun 2004
Dnipro University of TechnologyDnipro
Grade: MSc, Engineer of computer systems

Bachelor Sep 2001 - Jun 2003
Dnipro city technical center ‘Intels’Dnipro
Grade: Economist

Certificates

GDPR
Privacy and Data Protection

Accredited Software Test Manager Certification
International Software Test Institute™

Accredited Project Quality Manager
International Organization for Project Management™ (IO4PM™)

Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification
International Scrum Institute™ (Scrum Institute)

EPAM Performance Testing Certification
ISTQB® Certified Tester
Telerik Test Studio certification
Softserve Security testing