Kenneth Marc Balasta

I am a quality assurance professional focused on manual and automated testing, with hands-on experience in both exploratory and scripted test approaches. I have worked on web and e-commerce projects, developing test plans and documenting reproducible bug reports that accelerate fixes.

My recent work includes volunteer and intern roles where I found critical UI and backend issues, improved developer reproduction time, and increased test coverage by implementing automation. I use tools such as Selenium (Python), Playwright (TypeScript), Postman, and Azure DevOps to validate functionality and track defects.

I contributed measurable improvements: automating regression tests to reduce manual workload by 40%, increasing test coverage by 40%, cutting missed defects by 30%, and improving developer resolution time by 15–25%. I also implemented CI/CD workflows to run automated tests.

I approach testing with a detail-oriented and collaborative mindset, participating in scrum processes and using documentation and recording tools to communicate clear reproduction steps and reduce back-and-forth with developers.