Sarah Burgess
About Sarah Burgess
Sarah Burgess is the Lead QA Developer at PetDesk in San Diego, California, where she has been working since 2019. She has extensive experience in QA engineering and has held previous roles at Native Axis, Inc., MindTouch, and Semantic Research, Inc.
Current Role at PetDesk
Sarah Burgess serves as the Lead QA Developer at PetDesk in San Diego, California. She has held this role since 2019. In this capacity, she establishes and executes high-level test plans for various product initiatives. Sarah is responsible for growing the QA team, enhancing cross-functional collaboration, and overseeing the onboarding process for new team members, including interviewing and training. Additionally, she focuses on cross-training team members in test automation and documentation, and collaborates on career development for QA personnel.
Previous Experience at Native Axis, Inc.
Prior to her current role, Sarah worked as a QA Engineer at Native Axis, Inc. from 2017 to 2019 in the Greater San Diego Area. During her two years at the company, she was involved in various quality assurance tasks, contributing to the development and execution of test plans to ensure the stability and performance of software products.
Previous Experience at MindTouch
From 2016 to 2017, Sarah Burgess was a QA Engineer at MindTouch in the Greater San Diego Area. For 11 months, she worked on quality assurance projects, where she was responsible for developing, executing, and maintaining test plans and scripts to ensure the integrity of software releases.
Previous Experience at Semantic Research, Inc.
Sarah spent eight years as a QA Engineer at Semantic Research, Inc. in the Greater San Diego Area from 2008 to 2016. Over this period, she played a significant role in the company's quality assurance processes, contributing to the testing and validation of software products to guarantee their reliability and performance.
Educational Background
Sarah Burgess has a diverse educational background. She studied Full Stack Flex at Thinkful from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, she studied Web Page, Digital/Multimedia, and Information Resources Design at UC San Diego Extended Studies from 2014 to 2018. Additionally, she achieved a Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1970.