Veronica Gauffin
About Veronica Gauffin
Veronica Gauffin is a QA Team Lead at Strands in Barcelona, Spain, with a background in business administration and web application development. She has extensive experience in quality assurance and a diverse skill set that includes proficiency in various QA tools and strong soft skills.
Work at Strands
Veronica Gauffin currently serves as the QA Team Lead at Strands, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she oversees quality assurance processes and leads a team to ensure the reliability of the company's software products. Prior to her current position, she worked as a QA Specialist at Strands from 2017 to 2021, where she focused on testing and quality control. Her career at Strands began with an internship as a QA Specialist in 2017, allowing her to gain foundational experience in quality assurance.
Education and Expertise
Veronica Gauffin has a diverse educational background. She studied at Instituto San Alfonso, where she earned a Bachiller Perito Mercantil from 1998 to 2002. She then attended Universidad Nacional de Salta, achieving a degree in Administración de empresas from 2002 to 2005. In 2017, she completed a program in Desarrollo de aplicaciones web at Actibyti NETMIND. Furthering her education, she studied at Institut Obert de Catalunya (IOC) from 2020 to 2022, obtaining an FPGS en Desarrollo de aplicaciones web. Additionally, she has specialized in photography, completing a program at Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC) and a Fashion Photography Specialization at Fotodesign Barcelona.
Background
Veronica Gauffin has a varied professional background that includes roles in quality assurance, photography, and commercial coordination. Before joining Strands, she worked as a Secretaria at Universidad Catolica de Salta for seven months in 2004. She also held the position of Commercial Area Coordinator at Taurus Ibérica from 2011 to 2014. In the photography field, she worked as a Photographer at Privalia from 2014 to 2015, where she applied her skills in visual storytelling.
Achievements in Quality Assurance
Veronica Gauffin has developed significant expertise in quality assurance, particularly in securing data access for multi-platform web applications. She is proficient in a variety of QA tools and technologies, including Selenium, testNG, Jira, Confluence, Testrail, Jenkins, Git, Postman, Swagger, and Docker. Her strong soft skills, such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, autonomy, versatility, and organization, complement her technical abilities, enhancing her effectiveness in leading QA initiatives.
Language Proficiency
Veronica Gauffin is proficient in English and has an understanding of Catalan. This language proficiency allows her to communicate effectively in diverse environments, particularly in her role in Barcelona, Cataluña, España, where she collaborates with international teams and stakeholders.