About Pankaj
I help software teams ship faster with fewer defects — through smart test automation, AI-assisted quality engineering, and Agile transformation.
With 18+ years across SaaS, HealthTech and Fintech, I've led QA transformations for global product teams, built automation frameworks from scratch, and coached Agile teams through complex delivery challenges. My recent work includes reducing escaped defects by 35%, implementing AI-assisted test generation and defect prediction, and building CI/CD quality gates that cut manual testing effort significantly.
I work as a Scrum Master, QA Lead, Agile Coach, or embedded quality consultant — depending on what your team needs most. I'm equally comfortable defining strategy at leadership level and getting hands-on with Selenium, Playwright, Postman and Azure DevOps.
Based in Helsinki (EET timezone), available for remote contracts across Europe. Any length considered — from a focused Bug Buster Sprint to long-term embedded quality partnerships.
Board Member at Agile Finland. Founder of Test2Deploy.
Hindi
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Finnish
Basic
Can work on-site
Helsinki (up to 50km)
Experience
- Test2DeployFounder & QA Agile Transformation ConsultantDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 6 months)Helsinki, FinlandFounded a Helsinki-based QA consultancy serving SaaS and Fintech teams across Finland and Europe, delivering AI-driven quality engineering and Agile transformation as a service.• • Founded and grew a QA consultancy enabling SaaS and Fintech teams to scale quality engineering and test automation practices across Finnish and European markets.• • Designed and implemented AI-assisted testing strategies using LLM-based test generation, defect prediction, and intelligent regression selection — reducing escaped defects by 35% across 3 product teams.• • Built and deployed CI/CD-driven automation pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), significantly reducing manual testing effort and improving release-cycle velocity.• • Implemented AI-powered quality dashboards and metrics frameworks in Azure DevOps for real-time quality transparency and data-driven decision-making.• • Engaged with a Helsinki-based real-estate firm delivering OWASP-aligned security testing and penetration-test reporting.• • Mentored QA engineers and Agile teams on modern testing practices, DevOps culture, and shift-left quality principles — building internal capability and reducing dependency on manual QA.Main skills used: AI-Assisted Testing, LLM-Based Test Generation, Defect Prediction, Intelligent Regression Selection, CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Quality Dashboards, OWASP Security Testing, Penetration Testing, Mentoring, SaaS, Fintech.
- Bluet OyProject ConsultantApril 2024 - November 2024 (7 months)Helsinki, Finland• • Coordinated project status reporting and visibility processes — reducing project delays by 20+ hours per month through improved stakeholder communication and structured weekly updates.• • Developed comprehensive compliance checklists aligned to project-lifecycle requirements — resulting in zero compliance errors across all project audits.• • Delivered structured R&D feedback from live customer projects, improving product adaptability by 30% and informing future feature-development cycles.Main skills used: Project Reporting, Stakeholder Communication, Compliance Management, Audit Readiness, R&D Feedback, Agile Coordination, Process Improvement.
- Altera Digital Health (formerly Allscripts/Sunrise)Scrum Master & QA LeadApril 2013 - January 2024 (10 years and 9 months)India• • Led Agile transformations across multiple product teams; managed global distributed teams delivering 12+ major software releases annually with zero critical production failures• • Designed and implemented enterprise-grade test automation frameworks for API testing (Postman) and UI automation (Selenium, BDD/Gherkin) — replacing manual regression with scalable automated suites• • Drove rigorous security testing programmes aligned with OWASP Top 10; led Fortify SAST/DAST scans and remediation for healthcare application compliance• • Facilitated PI Planning, ART Syncs, and Scrum of Scrums across SAFe-scaled Agile delivery• • Built 13+ Azure DevOps dashboards tracking 500+ bugs and enhancement tickets — providing engineering and product leadership with live quality metrics and release readiness indicators• • Collaborated with clinical, regulatory, and product stakeholders to ensure healthcare compliance (HL7, HIPAA adjacent standards) was embedded throughout the testing lifecycle
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Education
- MBA StudiesUniversity of Applied Sciences2024MBA Studies
- Master's in Business Technologies (MBA)Haaga-Helia University of Applied SciencesMaster's in Business Technologies (MBA)