Angela María Zuluaga Arias
About Angela María Zuluaga Arias
Angela María Zuluaga Arias is a Senior Engineer Manual Tester at Endava in Bogotá D.C., Colombia, with over 7 years of experience in agile development environments and a background in QA management and analysis.
Company
Angela María Zuluaga Arias is currently employed at Endava in Bogotá D.C., Colombia as a Senior Engineer Manual Tester. Previously, she worked at VMLY&R in various capacities including QA Account Manager, QA Lead, and QA Analyst from 2013 to 2019. She also had a brief stint as a Consultora / Diseñadora at iQatro in 2012.
Title
Angela currently holds the title of Senior Engineer Manual Tester. Her role involves leading a team of over 20 people, providing guidance to junior testers, writing and executing test cases, developing test plans with QA Engineers, and performing exploratory testing.
Education and Expertise
Angela's educational background includes a Diplomado en Gestion de Proyectos and a Diplomado en Gerencia de Mercadeo from Politécnico de Colombia, followed by a course in Proyectos Ágiles con SCRUM at Kleer. Additionally, she earned a Diseñadora Industrial degree from Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Her early education was completed at South Miami Senior High and Colegio de la Presentación Sans Façon.
Background
Angela has over seven years of experience in an agile development environment, specifically focusing on manual testing. In her career, she has shown strong verbal and written communication skills, often liaising with a variety of stakeholders and escalating issues that could affect project deliverables. Her experience includes working in Agile (Scrum) delivery processes and estimating using story points.
Professional Skills
Angela excels in several key areas: she writes clear and concise defect reports, provides exploratory testing, supervises junior testers, and collaborates to create effective test plans. With strong analytical and organizational skills, she ensures attention to detail in all her tasks. Her proficiency in English is at a C1 level, enhancing her ability to communicate effectively in a professional setting.