Carla Silva Salvador

Carla Silva Salvador is an experienced quality assurance and engineering professional with a strong background in managing QA teams and implementing quality best practices. Currently serving as QA Chapter Lead and Engineering Manager at Philip Morris International since November 2020, Carla previously held the position of Quality Assurance Manager at Hitachi Vantara, overseeing a team focused on analytics and visualizations. Prior roles include Associate Manager at Celfocus, where leadership of a large QA team and test management for international and telecommunications projects was key, and Senior Software Tester at Novabase, contributing to functional and acceptance testing for telecommunications. Carla holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Lisbon, awarded in 1997, and possesses extensive skills in team coordination, test planning, strategy definition, and stakeholder interaction.