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David Bolla

Change Manager & Test Leader

With over a decade in testing and quality management, David helped a European bank to deliver reliable, business-critical systems. He led system level verification and user acceptance testing, wrote test plans across multiple projects from payment systems and mortgages to leasing platforms and regulatory compliance.

He believes that quality has to be built in from the start. David approaches testing with structured analysis and risk awareness, but also with curiosity and a problem-solving mindset.

David values collaboration and clear communication, whether it’s with developers, product owners or business stakeholders. He is always curious about new ways to strengthen quality and eager to take on challenges where technology, people and processes meet.

Want to chat about challenges? Hit me up on [LinkedIn] and let’s talk.

David Bolla
2025 — 2025

Rapunzel of Sweden

Maturity assessment with roadmap to increase confidence in releases

QA Consultant
  • Reviewed the company’s current quality processes, from writing requirements and test cases to test execution.
  • Performed analysis of testing practices.
  • Identified gaps and inefficiencies in the testing lifecycle and benchmarked against industry standards and stakeholder requirements.
  • Identified potential innovative, AI based automation platforms.
  • Created a report and roadmap for improvement with applicable recommendations.
E-commerceRoot Cause AnalysisProcess OptimizationQA ConsultantLambdaTestKaneAIBrowserStack
2024 — 2025

Readly

Maturity assessment with roadmap to increase confidence in releases

QA Consultant
  • Facilitated an in-depth QA maturity assessment for a digital app development company, focusing on governance, manual and automated testing practices, release and risk management.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to evaluate existing QA processes and to identify improvement areas.
  • Provided tailored recommendations for test automation strategy, including component and integration tests, as well as UAT automation.
  • Delivered recommendations and a plan for short- and long-term improvements based on the identified risks.
Software & ServicesRoot Cause AnalysisTest StrategyProcess OptimizationQA ConsultantTestRailJIRA
2024 — 2024

Blekinge Tekniska Högskola

AI based test automation tool comparison

Test Automation Engineer
  • Participated in a university-led innovative experiment focused on evaluating AI based test automation tools for usability, learning curve, and fault tolerance.
  • Developed UI test cases using an experimental test automation tool and Cypress to assess scripting efficiency and execution time.
  • Conducted analysis on the ease of scripting and test stability across both tools and provided feedback – contributed to academic paper.
Education & ResearchTest AutomationAI TestingTest Automation EngineerCypressJIRAZephyr
2021 — 2024

K&H Bank

Enterprise-wide test transformation leader and test portfolio management

Enterprise Change Manager & Test Manager
  • Optimized the enterprise test process framework serving 25+ test managers and more than 100 parallel projects, developed a knowledge base and mentoring program.
  • Led successful upgrade of national instant payment system, and implemented standardised JIRA/Zephyr processes and automated reporting.
  • Managed portfolio of 4-8 concurrent projects including testing retail/corporate banking platforms, technical upgrades of ATM, fraud management and MQ systems, and mobile applications.
  • Delivered key initiatives in mortgages, factoring, and regulatory compliance and drove modernisation of ATM, fraud management, and payment systems.
BankingAgileV-modelChange ManagementProblem SolvingTest ManagerChange ManagerJIRAConfluenceZephyr
2021 — 2024

Again Solutions (self-employed)

Strategic quality consulting, mentoring for select clients

Quality and Test Consultant
  • Implemented ISO 9001/27001 compliance frameworks.
  • Developed test strategy for custom ERP solution.
  • Established quality KPIs and measurement frameworks.
  • Conducted quality audits and process optimization.
  • Mentored and coached teams and test managers.
  • Helped implementing test tooling and documentation strategy.
ConsultingProblem SolvingLeadershipStakeholder ManagementProcess OptimizationQA ConsultantJIRAConfluenceZephyrERPNext
2019 — 2021

K&H Bank

International data-warehouse reporting merge in credit risk area

DWH Test Manager
  • Led end-to-end test management for a group level – international data warehouse program, focusing on the Hungarian tenant.
  • Coordinated a diverse team of subject matter experts, functional analysts, and testers across retail, corporate, risk management, and leasing domains.
  • Created end-to-end test strategy, established a knowledge base and wrote materials helping the team, held trainings and crafted detailed reports tailored for project managers and high-level stakeholders.
BankingAgileSAFeChange ManagementProblem SolvingStakeholder ManagementTest ManagerJIRAConfluenceZephyrOracle DB
2018 — 2019

XAPT

Process Optimization & Reporting

QA Lead
  • Optimized processes and improved operational efficiency, aligning with organizational changes.
  • Conducted root cause analyses to identify areas for enhancement.
  • Created a QA SharePoint site to centralize quality-related documentation. Crafted and published customized PowerBI reports from multiple systems to deliver actionable insights for project teams.
  • Collaborated with senior management, providing trend analyses and strategic recommendations to align with organizational priorities and objectives.
  • Optimized the test automation workflow, standardized code conventions with the team, and introduced GitHub.
ManufacturingProcess OptimizationQuality AssuranceRoot Cause AnalysisStakeholder ManagementTest AutomationQA LeadAzure DevOpsTFSGitJIRAPowerBISharePointSpiraTestSQL
2017 — 2018

Ericsson

Co-development test architect for flagship data analytics platform

Test Architect & Team Lead
  • Led testing efforts on a flagship project for the largest client, creating test plans for automated feature and integration testing.
  • Collaborated to establish a “co-development” testing environment, enabling close partnership with the customer, including hardware dimensioning and infrastructure planning.
  • Transitioned to Scrum Master and later Team Lead, successfully shifting the team from Scrum to Kanban, significantly improving efficiency.
  • Worked closely with Product Owners to align development priorities and managed a seamless code and product transfer from the Italian team to the local development team.
TelecommunicationsAgileScrumKanbanTest PlanningProcess OptimizationTeam LeadershipTest LeadTeam LeadJIRAConfluenceTestLinkZabbixShell
2016 — 2017

Docler SSC

Test Automation Framework Development & Desktop Application Testing

QA Engineer Specialist
  • Conducted manual testing of a desktop application as part of a SCRUM team while exploring potential automation solutions for Flash based desktop app.
  • Collaborated on the design and development of a C#-based test automation framework, integrating it into CI/CD pipelines to run tests across all major browsers, including beta, current, and previous versions.
Software & ServicesTest AutomationBDDManual TestingTest Automation EngineerSeleniumJenkinsGitJIRAConfluencePostmanTestRailXray
2016 — 2016

Black Swan Data

Enhanced Coverage in Test Automation

Automation Test Analyst
  • Wrote and maintained test scripts, improved coverage from 50% to 70% across web and mobile development projects.
  • Introduced scheduling and job running functionalities to streamline testing workflows.
Software & ServicesTest AutomationWeb TestingMobile TestingTest Automation EngineerSeleniumAppiumJenkinsTestLinkRundeck
2014 — 2016

Ericsson

Functional Manual Testing

Integration and Verification Engineer
  • Executed manual testing for a data analytics project.
  • Configured the OpenALM (Tuleap) platform for task management and test traceability.
TelecommunicationsManual TestingFunctional TestingManual TesterOpenALMpgAdminShell