Ekaterina Tarasova
About Ekaterina Tarasova
Ekaterina Tarasova is a Quality Manager at Banyan Infrastructure, where she has worked since 2024, and previously served as a Quality Assurance Engineer since 2021. She holds degrees in Business/Managerial Economics and Law, and has extensive experience in quality assurance across multiple companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work at Banyan Infrastructure
Ekaterina Tarasova has been employed at Banyan Infrastructure since 2021, initially serving as a Quality Assurance Engineer for three years before transitioning to the role of Quality Manager in 2024. In her current position, she is responsible for overseeing quality assurance processes and ensuring product reliability. She has been actively involved in weekly production deployments to facilitate smooth release processes. Her role includes developing and executing comprehensive test plans for both new and existing product features.
Previous Experience in Quality Assurance
Before joining Banyan Infrastructure, Ekaterina Tarasova worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Salesforce for nine months in 2021. Prior to that, she held a similar position at Revel Systems for eight months in 2020. In these roles, she focused on maintaining product quality and implementing testing protocols to enhance software performance. Her experience in these companies provided her with a solid foundation in quality assurance practices.
Education and Expertise
Ekaterina Tarasova studied at Harvard Business School in 2022, focusing on Accounting and Finance. She also completed a year of Software QA Training in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2015 to 2016. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business/Managerial Economics from Vladimir State Humanitarian University, which she attended from 2008 to 2012. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Pyatigorskiy Agrarnyy Tekhnikum from 1994 to 1997.
Quality Management Initiatives
In her role as Quality Manager at Banyan Infrastructure, Ekaterina Tarasova has implemented ongoing quality metrics and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to assess progress at both team and individual levels. She has also been involved in recruiting and training team members, emphasizing the identification of career goals and providing growth opportunities. Her contributions include providing technical guidance and establishing best practices to address technical or process challenges.