Dasha Daniyalian
About Dasha Daniyalian
Dasha Daniyalian is a QA Manager at Topstep, where she has worked since 2021. She has extensive experience in quality assurance, having previously held positions at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Foot Locker, among others.
Work at Topstep
Dasha Daniyalian has been serving as the QA Manager at Topstep since 2021. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the Release Management process, ensuring adherence to quality standards. Her responsibilities include managing defect identification, triage, and reporting from various sources after product launches. Dasha drives the growth and standards of automated testing practices within the QA team, utilizing a variety of tools and frameworks to enhance the quality assurance process.
Previous Experience in Quality Assurance
Before joining Topstep, Dasha worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland Business as the TS Quality Assurance Manager from 2013 to 2016. She also held the position of Software Developer In Test at Foot Locker from 2017 to 2021. Dasha's earlier experience includes working as an Automation/Manual QA Specialist at 5Degrees and as a Sr. Quality Assurance Lead at ICON Technologies Corporation. In these roles, she developed and implemented testing frameworks and managed quality assurance processes.
Education and Expertise
Dasha Daniyalian holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Business Administration and Management from Governors State University, where she studied from 2010 to 2014. She also completed an Associates Degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations at Joliet Junior College from 2007 to 2010. Additionally, she studied Computer Software Engineering at Coding Dojo, achieving the status of Full Stack Developer. Her educational background supports her expertise in both business management and software development.
Technical Skills and Tools
In her role as QA Manager, Dasha utilizes a wide range of tools and frameworks to ensure quality assurance processes are effective. These include Clubhouse, Slack, AWS, Serverless, ReportPortal, Guru, Mondays, Selenium, Cucumber, HubSpot (AEM), DataDog, GitHub, Git, Visual Studio, Postman, SauceLabs, and LT Browser. Her proficiency with these tools enables her to manage automated testing practices and oversee defect management efficiently.