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From firefighting to ERP testing

I retired from firefighting and moved into QA. Beer-system troubleshooting and wildland fire duty taught me to find failures fast when stakes are high.


At Prophet Town LLC I test enterprise ERP migrations. Jon Bach mentored me in session-based test management (SBTM) and context-driven testing: exploratory sessions, evidence reports, and API work.


My interest in tech started with writing HTML in middle school, but I realized my true calling was in breaking things to make them better. I'm no longer just "learning the ropes"—I'm currently a part of world class QA army for critical domains within a defense contractor's migration, partnering with developers and stakeholders to ensure mission-critical software is resilient and reliable.

Technical Skills

Oracle Cloud / NetSuite Postman & API Testing Data Orchestration JavaScript / TypeScript Playwright SQL (PostgreSQL/SQLite) Git / GitHub

Testing Methodology

SBTM (Session-Based) Exploratory Testing Context-Driven Testing Regression Testing Integration Testing Mobile & Cross-Platform

Soft Skills & Leadership

Stakeholder Collaboration Risk Assessment Knowledge Transfer (KT) Technical Writing Paired Testing Mission-Control Support

Projects

Resources

Communities, mentors, and writing that shaped my path into QA.

My story

TripleTen — career change

Bootcamp interview on moving from firefighting into QA, community, externship, and landing my first role.

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Current work

Prophet Town LLC

Where I work today — ERP migration testing on Oracle Cloud, Odoo, and NetSuite with session-based test management.

Visit ptown.tech

Mentor

Sebastian Clavijo Suero

Friend and mentor on automation, Cypress, Playwright, API testing, and accessibility — practical posts on DEV.

Read on DEV

Community

Social QA

Steven Boutcher’s QA community — classes, mentoring, and social media for testers I learned from early on.

Visit Social QA

Methodology

Satisfice — James Bach

Rapid Software Testing and exploratory testing. I took RST with James and worked closely with his brother Jon Bach.

satisfice.com

Conference

PNSQC

Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference — a Portland-area group I try to attend when I can.

pnsqc.org

Get in touch

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