Mandy Hubbard

I am passionate about software quality, good processes, and great documentation. I spent almost 20 years in QA leadership roles where I focused on ensuring the best experience for end users. When I discovered CI/CD, I was immediately interested because I saw it as a way to expand software quality initiatives beyond the testing phase by baking testing into the software delivery pipeline and ensuring successful, repeatable deployments. I wanted to create processes that made it easier for developers to run tests while also preventing developers from merging their code until the tests were successful. I witnessed too many bad deployments and wished to create better experiences in the future. After working with numerous development teams and witnessing their struggles, I became fervent about improving the developer experience with better tools and processes. I sought to make their lives easier. In a sense, I transferred the care I held for customers as a QA engineer to supporting developers as end-users through developer advocacy.