Experience
Skills & experience
Test automation in regulated, data-heavy environments, and now AI agents built on top of it. Before QA, I led health, safety, and environment programs, which is where I learned to think in risk.
Skills
- Agentic AI & LLMs
- AI agents · Tool calling · Multi-step workflows · RAG · Embeddings · Vector databases · MCP servers · Prompt engineering · Structured JSON outputs · Guardrails · LLM evaluation (evals) · LLM-as-judge · Tracing
- Languages
- Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · SQL · Shell
- Test automation
- Playwright · Cypress · Selenium WebDriver · REST Assured · Karate · Postman · Pytest · JMeter · Page Object Model · BDD / Cucumber · Behave · TestNG · Mocha
- AI frameworks & APIs
- LangChain · OpenAI API · Claude · Model Context Protocol · Chroma · LangSmith · Gradio
- CI/CD & cloud
- GitHub Actions · GitHub Copilot · Jenkins · Azure DevOps · Kubernetes · AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Data & backend testing
- API testing · Microservices · ETL / data validation · Databricks · PySpark · Hive · Kafka · PostgreSQL · Oracle · MongoDB
- QA strategy & delivery
- Test strategy & planning · System integration testing (SIT) · Risk-based testing · Requirements traceability · CI/CD quality gates · Agile / SAFe · qTest · Jira · Splunk · Kibana
Experience
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Jan 2025 – Present
Tech Horizon
Founder & Agentic AI Developer · Independent AI venture, part-time
- Build LLM-powered test automation agents and Python/TypeScript workflows.
- Developing an MCP server that gives an LLM access to Playwright results for failure triage.
- Built an AI-agent QA reporting system for daily engineering reports and defect tracking.
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Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Duke Energy
Automation Engineer | Senior SDET · Charlotte, NC
- Owned SIT automation with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, TypeScript, Java, and SQL across UI, API, and cross-system flows.
- Used GitHub Copilot and internal AI tools for requirements review and test drafting; contributed to Karate API tests and GitHub Actions.
- Led testers and coordinated SIT scope and risk through SAFe PI Planning.
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Mar 2022 – Dec 2024
FINRA
QA Team Lead | Senior SDET · Rockville, MD
- Led QA for the CAT, CAIS, and CAT DD programs across frontend, backend, API, and data.
- Built reusable Cypress and Playwright frameworks in Node.js and set coding standards.
- Validated ETL and big-data pipelines with Databricks, Hive, and SQL; ran suites through Jenkins quality gates.
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Oct 2019 – Mar 2022
S&P Global
Senior SDET · Richmond, VA
- Python/Pytest automation for complex workflows; Behave BDD and Postman for API testing.
- Verified Kafka processing on Kubernetes and PySpark data transformations.
- Load and performance testing with JMeter.
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Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
FINRA
SDET · Rockville, MD
- Built data-driven and BDD frameworks with Java and Selenium WebDriver.
- Automated API tests with REST Assured; verified migrated data with complex SQL.
Education & training
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
- M.Sc. Environment Management, Senghor University
- B.Sc. Agricultural Production Engineering, Alexandria University