I’m seeking an opportunity to drive the adoption of agentic development workflows. My goal is to help modernize the software development lifecycle and implement innovative processes that elevate the team's output.
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Blake Crane
@blakecrane
Software quality engineer at Winding Brook Consulting building Claude agent pipelines, MCP servers, and AI-assisted test automation.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
At Winding Brook Consulting, I design and ship multi-step Claude agent pipelines that automate testing and development work, with custom tools, MCP servers, and human-in-the-loop review. I also published five Claude Code plugins through a self-built marketplace and shipped NetMonitor Mobile and NetMonitor Pro to the App Store.
At Walmart Global Tech, I integrated agentic AI tools into mobile QA workflows, cutting test-case authoring time by 60%, and developed testing methodology for generative AI-powered product search. Earlier, I held quality for Apple media applications used by 100M+ people and built automated mobile regression suites at Walmart and Bowers & Wilkins.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Current
Founder & Principal Consultant
Winding Brook Consulting
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 10 months)
Founded an agentic AI consultancy delivering custom LLM agents, MCP servers, and AI-assisted test automation. Shipped multiple products and published Claude Code plugins.
WT
Led AI-assisted testing adoption, cutting test-case authoring time by 60%. Directed quality for Sam's Club mobile app and launched Same-Day Delivery.
Senior Software Quality Engineer
Bowers & Wilkins
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 (2 years)
Scoped and planned releases for the B&W Home app, launching with zero major issues. Designed automated test suites and led full-stack testing of audio devices.
Owned quality for iTunes Store and Apple Music media applications serving 100M+ users. Acted as QA DRI for streaming and video playback on Windows.
WL
Software Quality Assurance Lead
Wimm Labs
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)
Built QA processes for an Android-based smartwatch platform, reducing connectivity issues by 30% and cutting release-testing escapes by 40%.
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
Infostretch Corporation
Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 (11 months)
Directed QA for Wells Fargo's mobile applications and led QA for the replacement of NYSE's Market Status and Trader Update alert system.
Software Quality Assurance Manager
Access
Jan 2008 - Dec 2010 (2 years 11 months)
Led QA for mobile platforms with global teams of 19 across 3 countries, cutting testing time by 20% per release.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Spring Hill College
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Spring Hill College.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Postman
Selenium
GitHub
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Node.js
Android Studio
Xcode
Jira
React
JavaScript
Python
Swift
Appium
SwiftUI
Linux
iOS
macOS
Windows
Confluence
TypeScript
pytest
Git
Docker
SQL
Core Data
Espresso
TestRail
Playwright
Anthropic Claude API
DeepEval
SwiftData
LangSmith
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Claude Code
OpenAI Agent Builder
Charles Proxy
Android
Google Gemini
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Website
windingbrook.netPortfolio
github.com/jbcrane13Salary expectations
100k-200k USD
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