Quality is not accidental. It emerges when leadership and purpose-driven test strategies are aligned with business goals and customer impact, and are designed to work in practice, not just look good in theory. Many testing teams are tasked with standardizing processes and improving quality while working across inherited systems, unclear leadership structures, and inconsistent project maturity. In these conditions, well intentioned strategies often fail because solutions are designed before teams fully understand the reality they are operating in. This session shares a real-world journey of...
Sylvia Solorzano
Test Automation Engineer
ECS Federal, LLC
A versatile quality assurance leader with over 10 years of hands-on software and test engineering experience, Sylvia Solorzano has repeatedly helped build cohesive QA teams, company-wide training programs, and testing frameworks from the ground up across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community programs for complex and mission-critical systems. Over the course of her career, she has progressively evolved from a QA Analyst into a trusted quality leader; guiding test strategy, strengthening cross team collaboration, and helping organizations align quality efforts with real-world system behavior and mission needs.