Maria Alejandra Pabón

Maria Alejandra Pabón has had a diverse career path since 2011. Maria Alejandra began their career as a Student Worker at Coorporación Cultural Centro Colombo Americano in 2011, where they worked as an English teacher assistant and performed several activities in materials room for teachers. In 2015, they began working as a QA Engineer at Universidad del Valle (CO) in the CEDESOFT Lab - Rady Consultores S.A., and also worked as a Software Testing Assistant Student, supporting testing of the project \"SIND: Sistema nacional del deporte\" in CEDESOFT lab. In 2017, they worked as a Quality Analyst at Q-Vision Technologies S.A., evaluating the quality of the product and performing tests. Maria Alejandra also worked as a QA Engineer at Optiva Media, where they were involved in Agile software testing and manual testing. In 2018, they began working as a Software QA Engineer at DreamCode LLC, where they were a Scrum Team Member and was involved in Agile Software Testing, Agile Methodology and Scrum Activities. Maria Alejandra was also the Head of testing processes for international and local projects. Finally, they are currently working as Head of Technology and QA Lead at Facturedo, where they are a Scrum Team Member and QA Engineer and QA coach. Maria Alejandra is involved in Manual and Automated Functional & Non-Functional Testing. Maria Alejandra also works as an Agile Software Development Instructor at Universidad del Valle (CO), teaching courses in Software Development, Software Testing, Requirements, Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing, Maintenance, Design Patterns, Estimation, and Software Development Roles.

Maria Alejandra Pabón has a diverse educational background. Maria Alejandra attended the I.E.E. Normal Superior Farallones de Cali from 2001 to 2009, where they obtained their High School degree with a pedagogy emphasis. Maria Alejandra then attended the Universidad del Valle (CO) from 2009 to 2013, where they obtained a B.Sc. in Information Technology Systems with a focus in Software Development. Finally, they attended the Universidad del Valle (CO) again from 2013 to 2016, where they obtained a B.Sc. in Software Engineering. Additionally, Pabón has obtained a number of certifications, including the ISTQB Foundation Level from the iSQI Group in 2021, Emprendimiento en STEM from WISE in 2019, a Taller de agilidad con enfoque en Scrum Master y PO from Sestra in 2019, a Speaker: "Mujeres empoderadas en la tecnología" Escenario: Programación from Campus Party Colombia in 2019, Best QA team - Local Insights (Testathon by Tester Work and Facebook) from Tester Work in 2019, a "Certified professional Basic Agile Testing" - Agile development fundamentals, Agile test fundamentals, Agile test method, Tools and techniques agile testing from BD Guidance Corporation in 2016, a Speaker: Short paper Modelo para la evaluación de comp. educativas por medio de videos interactivos from 11CCC - IEEE in 2016, an Expositor:Poster “Herramienta web para la medición de competencias educativas por medio de videos..” from INNOVATE 330 - "Investigando la innovación con TIC en educación" - Universidad de los Andes in 2016, II International Congress on Processes and Software Development Methodologies in 2015, OnDaf - German in 2015, and Michigan English Test - MET in 2014.