Irina Baxter
About Irina Baxter
Irina Baxter serves as the Senior Manager of Quality Assurance at Anaplan, where she has fostered a culture of excellence and innovation within her team since 2014. With a strong background in test automation and collaboration across various teams, she has significantly optimized QA processes and implemented best practices in continuous integration and delivery.
Work at Anaplan
Irina Baxter has served as the Senior Manager of Quality Assurance (QA) at Anaplan since 2014. In this role, she has established a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation within the QA team. Her responsibilities include collaborating with engineering, program management, and product management teams to optimize QA processes and ensure alignment with business objectives. Baxter has implemented continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) best practices within the QA processes, significantly enhancing the team's efficiency.
Previous Experience at Symyx Technologies
Before joining Anaplan, Irina Baxter worked at Symyx Technologies, formerly known as Elsevier MDL, as an Advisory Software QA Engineer from 2007 to 2010. During her three years at Symyx, she contributed to various QA initiatives, leveraging her expertise to improve software quality and testing methodologies.
Education and Expertise
Irina Baxter earned her Ph.D. in Biology from Tomsk State University. Her educational background provides a strong foundation for her analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities in the field of software quality assurance. She utilizes industry-standard tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Cypress, and ReadyAPI for test automation, performance, and security testing programs.
QA Process Automation
In her current role, Irina Baxter has automated approximately 85% of test cases within the QA team at Anaplan. This significant achievement reflects her commitment to improving efficiency and effectiveness in QA processes, allowing the team to focus on more complex testing scenarios and enhancing overall software quality.