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Shripad Deshpande

Shripad Deshpande
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With over 16 years of distinguished experience in quality engineering leadership, Shripad Deshpande stands at the cutting edge of innovation and excellence within the tech industry. Currently, he leads quality assurance efforts for AI teams across diverse platforms, including mobile and AR/VR, ensuring seamless integration and superior quality standards. Shripad has a notable history of scaling quality processes for pioneering products from inception (0 to 1) to mass adoption.

Company
Large Social Media company
Job Function
Quality Assurance
Job Title
Senior QA Engineering Manager
Industry
Media - Marketing - Advertising
Interests
Agile
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)
CI/CD and Containerization
Cloud
DevOps
DevSecOps
Leadership
Lean
Mobile
Performance Testing
Process Improvement
Project Management
Release Management
Requirements/Business Analysis
Software Development
Software Security
Test Automation
Testing/QA
Measurement & Metrics
Country
United States
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Shripad Deshpande

With over 16 years of distinguished experience in quality engineering leadership, Shripad stands at the cutting edge of innovation and excellence within the tech industry. Currently, he leads quality assurance efforts for AI teams across diverse platforms, including mobile and AR/VR, ensuring seamless integration and superior quality standards. Shripad has a notable history of scaling quality processes for pioneering products from inception (0 to 1) to mass adoption.

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a lit lightbulb above unlit lightbulbs Beyond the 100% Coverage Myth: Why QA Leaders Must Pivot to Risk-Based Intelligence

Chasing the 100% coverage myth creates a "maintenance tax" that bottlenecks software delivery. By pivoting to Risk-Based Intelligence, QA leaders can leverage code churn, historical fragility, and production telemetry to focus testing on high-impact areas, ensuring quality through strategic risk mitigation rather than exhaustive, brute-force execution.
British soldier guarding a door Quality Is Everyone’s Job: Why QA Shouldn’t Be Your Last Defense

Treating QA as a final safety net is a recipe for project failure. Quality isn't a department or a checklist; it’s a mindset that must be integrated from day one. By shifting toward shared ownership—from product requirements to DevOps infrastructure—teams can move from firefighting to prevention, building better products that users trust and love.
old computer behind a sunset From Error Detection to System Resilience: The Evolution of QA

Quality Assurance has evolved from simple bug checks to validating complex, interconnected systems where software and hardware integrate. The role of QA now is to ensure the resilience, security, and reliability of these systems, protecting against failures that can be severe.