Matthew Winstel

Led QA hiring activities, acting as QA manager in the absence of a dedicated manager, and established manual testing standards and documentation. Developed Playwright regression scenarios and integrated Cursor/Claude AI to accelerate test scenario creation, debugging, and ticket status management.

Ensured quality and reliability of cloud-based client-facing software and verified functional requirements and user experience. Transitioned automation from Cucumber to Playwright and maintained daily regression coverage while debugging scripts using Allure Reports and Cursor.

Maintained QA documentation in Jira and led defect reporting, triage, and monitoring across multiple projects. Built smoke tests with Virtuoso and Playwright, integrated tests into Buddy CI/CD pipelines, and performed portability and manual testing using device and accessibility/performance tooling.

Led QA delivery activities including defect reporting, triage, and monitoring, while maintaining test documentation and traceability in Jira. Developed smoke test automation with Virtuoso for multiple Shopify stores and performed portability, accessibility, and performance testing using BrowserStack/Polypane, Wave, and Lighthouse/Loadster.

Reviewed functional requirements, technical designs, and specifications, producing requirements and traceability deliverables and test plans/cases in qTest. Led defect triage in Jira and performed System/UAT/Regression testing for web-based illustration software (Foresight), including automated regression using Test Bench.

Supported operational systems by defining requirements and researching/analyzing issues to determine next steps for resolution. Conducted System/UAT/Regression testing for web and desktop illustration software (Foresight), performed defect triage, and used SQL and Salesforce to validate data workflows (including Accord/XML files).

Earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Multi-Media from ITT Technical Institute in Norwood, Ohio.