Summary
Ryan Quellhorst is a Quality Assurance specialist with over a decade of experience building and scaling QA practices across retail, utilities, government, and healthcare. He currently drives quality at The Helper Bees and has led QA teams and automation efforts as Quality Lead at Paradigm and Deep Lens, where he built compliant HIPAA-ready test processes and modern JavaScript test suites. An organizer and community builder, Ryan serves as VP of COSQAM and directs the QA or the Highway conference, rebranding and streamlining event operations and web presence. He combines hands-on automation (Playwright/TestCafe, TestCafe, Selenium, CI/CD with Docker and GitLab) with regulatory audit readiness (21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, SOC 2), making him adept at bridging engineering, product, and compliance. Outside of work he’s a maker—remodeling, woodworking, and digital art—which informs his pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to problem solving and mentoring. Based in Columbus, OH, he brings a rare mix of technical pedigree, process discipline, and civic-minded leadership to software quality.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering at Bowling Green State University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Management Innovation and Change, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Management Innovation and Change at Wright State University
English