Kerri Crogan
About Kerri Crogan
Kerri Crogan is a Principal QA Engineer with extensive experience in testing and quality assurance. Currently at ExaGrid, she has a strong background in implementing virtual machines, conducting detailed testing, and collaborating with development teams to ensure product quality.
Work at ExaGrid
Kerri Crogan has been employed as a Principal QA Engineer at ExaGrid since 2018. In this role, she focuses on enhancing testing efficiency and product quality. Crogan has created and maintained a virtual distributed system test environment, which supports testing for multiple server releases. She conducts detailed installation and upgrade testing of EXFOWorx across various Linux and Oracle versions. Additionally, she leads the testing of service pack releases, ensuring the reliability of the products.
Previous Experience at EXFO
Before joining ExaGrid, Kerri Crogan worked at EXFO as a Principal QA Engineer from 2000 to 2018, accumulating 18 years of experience. During her tenure, she developed and executed test plans based on Software Requirements Specifications (SRS). Crogan also served as a technical lead, creating complex customer lab environments to validate specific settings based on feedback from Sales Engineers. She provided training on the distributed EXFOWorx installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Education and Expertise
Kerri Crogan earned her Bachelor's degree from Westfield State University, attending from 1992 to 1996. Her educational background has supported her extensive career in quality assurance and testing. Crogan has expertise in implementing VMware and KVM virtual machines to increase testing efficiency. She is skilled in performing packet-level inspections and has experience testing the integration of Apache Kafka with EXFO server products.
Testing Methodologies and Innovations
Kerri Crogan has utilized various methodologies to enhance testing processes. She implemented virtual testing snapshots to streamline upgrades and testing across multiple versions in a distributed environment. Her work includes conducting multi-host installation and upgrade testing, which contributes to the overall performance and scalability of the systems. Crogan's approach to testing emphasizes collaboration with development teams to ensure product quality.