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Drikus Oosthuizen

Drikus Oosthuizen

QA Lead

Technology / Internet

Cape Town, City of Cape Town

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A trained and experienced Quality Assurance Lead and Software Tester; Drikus Oosthuizen has progressed his position through hard-work and self-development - beginning as a Freelance Graphic Designer and advancing to the current role of Quality Lead.

Having worked as a Technology Reviewer, Software / Quality Assurance Tester and Test Lead, spanning Software Environments including Online Gaming / Publishing and Point of Sale Software; Drikus is confident in his ability to extend his acumen into a new industry. An adventurer, with a passion for all things digital, Drikus has worked in the Technical Testing Space for over a decade - and specialises in strategic approaches and planning for quality assurance and testing.

Drikus has both led and performed functional and specialised testing, driving successful results achievement across hundreds of projects.

Qa services
Quality assurance lead
Qa lead
Test lead
Software tester
Approximate rate: ZARR 700 per hour

Experience

  1. Ayoba – Cape Town South Africa                                                                       August 2022 to Current

Quality Assurance Lead [Hybrid Employee] – Mobile Application Development

  • Establishing a new QA department withing the Ayoba Tech branch, a first for the company.
  • Build and lead a QA team to facilitate both manual and automation testing for all projects.
  • Establishes and implements policies and procedures for Quality Assurance in all internal projects.
  • Develops test matrixes, work breakdown structures and risk control plans for projects.
  • Assist Automation and Specialisation QA teams in all aspects as a lead.
  • People management, overseeing teams’ individual personal development and quarterly goals.
  • Planning of all projects, including test planning, assigning work, and signing off projects.
  • Assists Developers in identifying issues and performing related investigations.
  • Compiles comprehensive test plans and test reports for all projects.
  • Oversees testing on all aspects of projects, from inception to post release support.
  • Builds and implements novel test approaches, in-line with new technologies and methodologies.
  • Performs all QA related strategic planning and KPI reporting for the Company.
  • Compiles weekly KPI reports for stakeholders and weekly alignment sessions for key focus areas.
  • Align with external vendors on QA goals, running projects in parallel and reaching milestones together.
  • Communicates with Stakeholders, Project Owners, and Clients across diverse time-zones / locations.
  • Interview and hire potential new candidates, as well as onboarding and training them towards QA integration.
  • Leading a team of 20 QA members across multiple frontend and backend projects with a broad spectrum of testing approaches, scope and technical difficulty.

Education

QUALIFICATIONS

Certification in Graphics & Web Designing; Cape Career Training College, 2008

National Senior Certificate / Matric; Intec College, 2005

COURSES & TRAINING

Best Practices in Software Test Planning & Design; IIST, 2020

Adobe Creative Cloud; Adobe, 2020

Crucial Conversations; The Human Edge, 2019

Team Effectiveness; Insights,2019

Software Testing [Foundation Level]; ISTQB, 2018

Certified Associate in Project Management; CAPM by PMI, 2017

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