Dana Fischer

As a Senior Consultant, I help customers establish QA and Test Management practices for complex enterprise software projects. I define test strategies, coordinate testing, manage UAT, defects, quality reporting, and risk-based testing across the project lifecycle. I collaborate with business and engineering teams, mentor colleagues, review deliverables, and continuously improve testing standards and processes.

As a co-owner of VALLTECH, I specialize in Software Testing and Test Management consultancy. I provide comprehensive solutions and services, including test strategy development and quality assurance. My focus includes collaborating with prominent clients such as Usability Engineering Center s. r. o. on the Everifin project, delivering end-to-end testing services to ensure the highest quality product outcomes.

Led and scaled the QA department, establishing quality governance, testing standards, and audit-ready processes across products and cross-functional teams. Owned QA recruitment, interviews, onboarding, and team development. Directed test strategy, defect governance, automation initiatives, and risk management while serving as the central quality authority, aligning compliance, client expectations, and business objectives.

Led and mentored the QA team while coordinating end-to-end testing activities, including planning, execution, and reporting using JIRA Xray and Azure DevOps. Defined test scope, managed risks, and governed the defect lifecycle to ensure controlled and high-quality product delivery. Promoted QA best practices, automation initiatives, and structured documentation, strengthening collaboration between QA, development, and stakeholders.

Adapted quickly to TFS for test management and reporting, creating and refactoring manual and automated test cases (TOSCA) within a Scrum environment. Designed and executed comprehensive E2E, functional, and regression tests, collaborating closely with stakeholders to define clear test plans and requirements. Reported and tracked defects using standardized processes, contributed to resolution efforts, and supported overall testing strategy and cross-team transparency.

Established the company's QA function as the first tester, owning end-to-end testing including planning, execution, and reporting. Implemented and administered JIRA and TestRail, introduced Test Plans and a Test Repository for global projects, and managed defect processes and documentation standards. Recognized for expertise in defect identification, security testing (Nessus, Arachni), and presenting QA best practices at the Group IT Conference within six months.

A period of maternity leave to bring up my daughter until she was old enough to start kindergarten

Performed testing and Test Management activities for online casino games (Slots, Poker, Roulette, Blackjack), ensuring functionality, localization, graphics, audio quality, compliance, and payout accuracy. Introduced and administered TestRail for structured test management, and used Redmine and JIRA (win2day client) for defect tracking and reporting. Designed comprehensive TCs, coordinated testing efforts, executed functional, regression, and performance testing, and provided UX and gameplay feedback.

Supported quality processes across web and platform applications, contributing to hands-on testing and Test Management, including test planning, reporting, and process improvement. Designed test cases, executed functional and usability testing, and produced test documentation while using JIRA, Confluence, Redmine, Sitebeam, and Verifaya Studio. Provided JIRA administration and training, supported operations, and ensured effective communication and quality governance.

- Maintaining internal websites and webapps by programming in PHP - Client support

Freelanced on multiple projects, executing developer-defined test cases and contributing to structured Test Management activities, including documentation and process alignment. Utilized tools such as JIRA and Confluence to organize tasks, report defects, and maintain transparency. Conducted cross-platform testing (Unix, Windows, macOS) and supported companies in improving product quality, system design, and overall QA processes.

Developing Mathematic functions for Casino Slot Machines in JAVA

- Learning and Familiarizing with PHP - Assisting in Software Development: Work alongside senior developers and assist them in developing software applications using PHP. - Collaborating with the Team - Debugging and Troubleshooting - Seeking Learning Opportunities