Curt Henderson

Led a team of 6 QA professionals, managing vendor relationships and spearheading testing strategies for major product launches. Transitioned the team to exploratory-first testing, enhancing bug discovery and product confidence. Advocated for customer insights in testing and facilitated agile rituals for improved collaboration.

Translated complex DRM and OTT platform requirements into actionable solutions. Utilized Postman for API validation and troubleshooting, while collaborating with customers to identify integration risks and improve technical clarity. Acted as a quality advocate across teams.

Translated complex DRM and OTT platform requirements into actionable solutions. Validated API behaviors using Postman and supported QA efforts. Collaborated with customers to identify integration risks and improve technical clarity, contributing to backlog grooming and prioritization.

Translated complex DRM and OTT platform requirements into actionable solutions. Validated API behaviors using Postman and collaborated with customers to uncover integration risks. Contributed to backlog grooming and acted as a quality advocate across teams.

Challenged stakeholder assumptions and focused on user pain points during planning. Integrated quality ownership within development teams, fostering a culture of inquiry and evidence-based decision-making, which improved team confidence and reduced post-release issues.

Focused on user pain points during early planning stages, embedding quality ownership within development teams. Acted as a liaison between business, users, and engineers to translate workflow struggles into actionable backlog items, fostering a culture of inquiry.

Challenged stakeholder assumptions and redirected focus toward user pain points. Eliminated dedicated QA roles by embedding quality ownership within development teams and fostered a culture of inquiry to improve team confidence.

Promoted from QA Engineer to Product Owner, leading high-ambiguity projects and introducing heuristic monitoring practices. Collaborated with development teams to automate deployment pipelines and served as a QA advocate to prevent defects.

Promoted from QA Engineer to Product Owner, leading high-ambiguity projects and introducing heuristic monitoring practices. Collaborated with development teams to automate deployment pipelines and served as a QA advocate.

Promoted from QA Engineer to Product Owner, leading high-ambiguity projects with incremental delivery. Introduced heuristic monitoring practices and automated deployment pipelines, focusing on defect prevention and collaboration with external QA teams to streamline testing cycles.

Identified testing needs and proactively filled gaps in a role with no predefined responsibilities. Supported cross-functional teams by surfacing overlooked test cases and improving test documentation.

Identified testing needs and proactively filled gaps in a role with no predefined responsibilities. Supported cross-functional teams by surfacing overlooked test cases and improving documentation.

Identified testing needs and proactively filled gaps in a role with no predefined responsibilities. Supported cross-functional teams by surfacing overlooked test cases and enhancing test documentation.

Transitioned the team from manual-only to automation-enhanced testing by evaluating ROI for automation. Maintained UI and API automation suites using Selenium and C#, supporting QA efforts in a complex educational platform.

Transitioned the team from manual to automation-enhanced testing by evaluating ROI for automation. Maintained UI and API automation suites using Selenium and C#, supporting QA efforts in a complex educational platform.

Transitioned the team from manual-only to automation-enhanced testing by evaluating ROI for automation. Maintained UI and API automation suites and supported QA efforts in a complex educational platform.

Developed core QA instincts while testing across web and Android platforms. Became a go-to resource for issue investigation and exploratory testing within the first few months.

Developed core QA instincts while testing across web and Android platforms. Became a go-to resource for issue investigation and exploratory testing within the first few months.

Developed core QA instincts while testing across web and Android platforms. Became a key resource for issue investigation and exploratory testing within a few months.

Currently expanding skills through Test Automation University, focusing on advanced test automation techniques and best practices.

Completed BBST Foundations & Bug Advocacy course, focusing on foundational testing principles and effective bug advocacy strategies.

Completed the Pragmatic Product Owner Course, enhancing skills in product ownership and agile methodologies.

Grade: 3.1

the college didn't have a lot of avenues toward computer science 23 years ago. I took every course I could around coding and design but ultimately fell back on a more practicle choice.