Summary
Gary Mcdougall is a seasoned Quality Assurance Engineer and business systems analyst with a decade of experience building QA functions and shipping complex software across enterprises like Microsoft, T-Mobile, PACCAR, and Dynatrace. He combines hands-on automation (C#, Selenium, Bash, GitHub Actions) and data-driven test analytics to reduce deployment time, cut defect rates, and protect multi-million dollar projects. Known for bringing a startup mentality to large organizations, Gary has founded QA departments, mentored teams, and created internal tools and reporting that improved transparency for director-level decisions. He also has a creative developer streak—experimenting with Rust and small open-source projects—and a track record of accelerating CI/CD and test coverage in high-stakes releases such as Xbox hardware and Varicent ICM deployments.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities, Associate's degree Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities at Bellevue College
English