Senior QA & Test Automation Leader
Jay Akselrud
18+ years driving enterprise quality across SAP, Salesforce, Oracle & Workday. I make sure the software your business depends on actually works.
About
Quality is not an act,
it's a habit.
I'm a Senior QA & Test Automation Manager based in New York with deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, Oracle, and Workday ecosystems. I specialize in building test strategies that actually catch problems before they reach production.
From leading 40+ person testing teams across onshore and offshore to architecting performance testing infrastructure from scratch — I bring both the technical depth and the leadership to deliver enterprise-grade quality assurance.
I've worked with companies like General Electric, BMW, Coca-Cola, Humana, JetBlue, and the U.S. Army. If your system needs to work flawlessly at scale, that's where I come in.
SAP S/4HANA
End-to-end test expertise
18+ Years
Enterprise QA leadership
40+ Resources
Managed onshore & offshore
MBA/MIS
St. Peter's College
Career
Professional Experience
Sep 2023 — Present
SAP S/4HANA Test Lead
Worldwide Trainers (Rich's Foods, Lakeview Farms, Amazon)
Built Tricentis Tosca automation frameworks from scratch
Architected performance testing infrastructure with LoadRunner & JMeter
Led end-to-end test strategy across SIT, UAT, Regression & Cutover
Jan 2021 — Sep 2023
SAP S/4HANA UAT Test Lead
TCS (CareSource, JetBlue)
Managed 22 testing resources onshore and offshore
Automated CI/CD end-to-end performance testing with Jenkins & GitActions
Executed IV&V reviews ensuring compliance with State and Federal requirements
Jun 2014 — Jan 2021
Performance & Automation Test Manager
Humana Healthcare
Led testing for SAP, Workday HCM, and Oracle implementations
Built Datadog & Grafana dashboards for live JMeter monitoring
Managed master data and QA environments for phased rollouts
Jun 2012 — Nov 2014
UAT Test Lead
Ciber (Mars Wrigley)
Monitored performance and managed 40 testing resources
Developed UAT strategy for Workday HCM processes
Jan 2012 — Jun 2014
Global Test Lead
Northrup Grumman
Coordinated global testing for SAP & SuccessFactors implementations
Led UAT scenarios for global HR processes across regions
Expertise
Skills & Certifications
Platforms & ERP
Salesforce
Oracle Cloud
Workday HCM
SuccessFactors
SAP Ariba
SAP Fiori
PeopleSoft
Performance Testing
Salesforce
Oracle Cloud
Workday HCM
SuccessFactors
SAP Ariba
SAP Fiori
PeopleSoft
CI/CD & DevOps
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
GitHub Actions
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Git
Test Automation
Tricentis Tosca
Selenium
Playwright
UFT/QTP
UI Path
Katalon
Eggplant
Worksoft Certify
Management & Process
Agile/Scrum
Waterfall/SDLC
SAP Activate
JIRA
HP ALM
IV&V
BDD/TDD
Certifications
Tricentis Tosca Principal Consultant & Architect
Tricentis Automation Specialist (AS1 & AS2)
Tricentis Automation Engineer (AE1 & AE2)
SAP Testing Specialist
API Testing Specialist
Azure Certified
SAP Solution Manager Certification
Industries
Trusted Across Sectors
Manufacturing & Retail
General Electric
BMW
Coca-Cola
Lockheed Martin
The Limited
Amazon
Financial & Travel
World Bank
JetBlue
J. Christopher Capital
Healthcare
Humana
Johns Hopkins
CareSource
Public Sector
U.S. Army
USDA
District of Columbia
Detroit Edison
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Let's Work Together
Looking for a seasoned QA leader who can ensure your enterprise systems perform flawlessly? Let's talk.
Location
New York, NY
Phone
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