Cristina Cernea
About Cristina Cernea
Cristina Cernea is a QA Team Lead at Endava in Bucharest, Romania, with over 15 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Automation.
Current Position at Endava
Cristina Cernea serves as the QA Team Lead at Endava in Bucharest, Romania. Since August 2016, she has been leading the QA team with a focus on API automation. Her role involves ensuring the reliability and performance of software systems through automated testing processes.
Previous Roles at DirectVision and CDRator A/S
Before joining Endava, Cristina worked at DirectVision as a QA Automation Engineer from 2015 to 2016. Here, she contributed to the automation of testing processes, helping improve software quality and efficiency. Prior to that, Cristina held multiple positions at CDRator A/S. She was the QA Team Lead for 9 months from 2014 to 2015 and served as the Senior QA Engineer specializing in automated testing from 2012 to 2014.
Experience at Ixia
Cristina's career includes significant experience at Ixia, where she worked from 2007 to 2011 in various QA roles. She started as a QA Engineer 1 (2007-2009), progressed to QA Engineer 2 (2009-2010), and eventually held the position of Senior QA Engineer 1 from 2010 to 2011. She briefly returned to Ixia in 2011 for another 3 months as a Senior QA Engineer 1.
Educational Background
Cristina Cernea studied at the University Politehnica of Bucharest where she earned a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Information Technology from 2002 to 2007. She also attended 'Matei Basarab' National College, which laid the foundation for her technical education and career in Quality Assurance and Automation.
Expertise in Quality Assurance and Automation
With over 15 years of experience, Cristina Cernea specializes in Quality Assurance and Automation, particularly API automation. Her comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle, coupled with her expertise in automated testing, has enabled her to hold multiple senior roles and lead QA teams effectively. Her contributions have been pivotal in ensuring the reliability and performance of various software systems.