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Andreea Pohoata

@andreeapohoata

Quality Engineering leader at Elsevier who built its QE team and automation framework from scratch.

At Elsevier, I built the Quality Engineering strategy, team, and automation framework from scratch, hiring and mentoring up to five engineers. I led quality work across data, backend, and frontend workstreams, including APIs.

I integrated automated checks into CI/CD and introduced quality dashboards to support risk-based decisions. This work contributed to around 30% greater test efficiency and 15% higher team agility.

At Canon EMEA, I coordinated quality and release governance across enterprise applications, technology integrations, and BI. I redesigned the lifecycle quality framework to embed shift-left practices, and the BI domain achieved zero post-release defects and 95% release-readiness compliance.

Earlier, I designed test strategies and automation for analytics platforms, web services, APIs, data-processing systems, and enterprise and automotive systems. I bring hands-on testing experience alongside quality governance and team development, and I’m interested in AI-assisted quality engineering.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Manager, Quality Release

Canon EMEA

Mar 2024 - Feb 2026 (1 year 11 months)

Coordinated quality and release governance across enterprise applications, technology integrations, and BI. Facilitated cross-functional planning and developed readiness indicators, achieving zero post-release defects in the BI domain and 95% release-readiness compliance.

QA Strategy Release Management Governance Risk Management Root Cause Analysis SOX Compliance Stakeholder Management Cross Functional Collaboration Continuous Improvement Quality Metrics

Team Lead, Quality Engineering

Elsevier

Sep 2017 - Feb 2024 (6 years 5 months)

Built the Quality Engineering strategy, team, and automation framework from scratch, managing up to five engineers. Led QE across data, backend, and frontend workstreams, integrating automated checks into CI/CD and implementing quality dashboards, resulting in 30% greater test efficiency and 15% higher team agility.

Quality Engineering Testing Automation CI CD Jira Tableau SonarQube New Relic Shift Left Testing Team Leadership Mentorship Agile Definition Of Done

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

comScore

Sep 2013 - Aug 2017 (3 years 11 months)

Designed test strategies, plans, and automated frameworks for analytics platforms, web services, APIs, and data-processing systems. Performed functional, integration, regression, and data-validation testing, and coordinated distributed QA work while mentoring junior colleagues.

Selenium Java Ruby SoapUI API Testing Functional Testing Integration Testing Regression Testing Data Validation Test Strategy Test Planning Mentorship

Senior/System Test Engineer

Levi9 Technology Services

Feb 2006 - Aug 2013 (7 years 6 months)

Delivered functional and non-functional testing for enterprise and automotive systems, automating test and production processes using SQL, Perl, and Shell scripting. Managed defects and root-cause analysis, and developed/tested digital maps for BMW and VW.