
Caroline Ndzuzo
@carolinendzuzo
I lead quality assurance teams and scalable testing practices across retail, financial services, and integrated platforms.
What I'm looking for
At Inspired Testing, I lead end-to-end test planning and quality governance for retail, legal, and insurance programmes. I coordinate testers, business analysts, and stakeholders while standardising exploratory testing, mobile testing, reporting, and delivery practices.
I've strengthened QA teams at Takealot, Travel Counsellors, and Old Mutual environments through automation enablement, UAT training, mentoring, onboarding, and release readiness. My background spans SQL, API testing, web and mobile applications, Agile delivery, and PHP development foundations.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Test Manager
Inspired Testing
Sep 2022 - Present (4 years 1 month)
Delivered testing leadership across large-scale retail, legal, and insurance programmes, with emphasis on process standardisation, team enablement, and quality governance. Led end-to-end test planning for complex OMS and enterprise implementations, including creation of test approaches, plans, dashboards, and environment readiness.
Mentored and trained new and intermediate team members, contributing to structured onboarding and skills development across QA, testing, and automation. Delivered weekly team progress reports and led initiatives to increase automation coverage by enabling teams with tools, standards, and best practices.
Test Lead
Travel Counsellors
Jun 2017 - Apr 2020 (2 years 10 months)
Managed testing activities for the South African development team while self-managing workload, promoting accountability and best practices. Drove and embedded automated regression testing by training team members on automation approaches, tools, and maintenance strategies, and led UAT activities with internal and external stakeholders.
Snr QA
EOHMC
Feb 2015 - May 2017 (2 years 3 months)
Built strong domain expertise in the financial services industry, including investment products, fund performance, and how financial systems integrate with IT platforms. Played a key role in enabling technical and business teams by assisting with UAT training, supporting onboarding, and acting as a bridge between IT and business stakeholders.
Tester / Intern PHP Dev
Double Eye
May 2013 - Jul 2014 (1 year 2 months)
Collaborated closely with business analysts, developers, and system architects to build a strong understanding of system functionality and delivery goals. Supported UAT training for business users and delivered against project plans, ensuring timely completion of testing activities including regression and exploratory testing. As an intern PHP developer, gained a strong foundation in PHP developme
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
South Central University of Tech
National Diploma, Information Technology
2008 - 2012
Pursued a National Diploma in Information Technology, focusing on software development.
Edmund Rice
Matric, General Studies
2007 - 2007
Completed high school education at Edmund Rice in 2007.
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