test beacon
Test Automation
that adds value

David Baak creates and improves test automation solutions.
His 19 years of experience enable him to assist you in creating valuable software.

Experience

Senior Test Automation Specialist

Ahold

Payments platform.

februari 2024 - heden

Senior Test Automation Specialist

PwC

BeaconX facilitates PwC employees and clients with tools for tax strategy, value propositions and other financial practices. David wrote a test automation strategy. He also performed a tool assessment and selection for load and performance testing, including some work on a POC. David tested and automated on unit, API and end to end level.

juli 2023 - januari 2024

Senior Test Automation Engineer & Scrum Master

Kamer van Koophandel

The Digital Workplace (DWP) is the central processing platform for online mutations. David set up end to end test automation and continuous integration, with an emphasis on API testing. Ocassionally, he assisted in backend development and bug fixing. He also developed solutions for business and ops, such as: a tool for batch pre-processing and post-processing; automated daily management reporting; a tool for data validation and persistence; an alerting mechanism for processes in the BPM engine (Camunda). When the team was reorganized in August 2021, David became Scrum Master next to his responsibilities as a tester and automator.

November 2020 - today

Care leave

Home
August 2020 - October 2020

Mobile Test (Automation) Specialist & Chapter Lead

ABN Amro

Grip is a personal finance management app. David tested and automated test for this app on iOS and Android. Hij also participated in design thinking sessions (which was a lot of fun). In May 2020 he became interim chapter lead of the grid ADI. His focus was primarily the development of the skills of the testers.

November 2019 - July 2020

Lots of experience

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You can find the rest of my resume on LinkedIn.

August 2005 - today

Own Projects

App name pending (Flutter)

I am working on app which enables people with a speech disability to communicate.

Speak And Share (Flutter)

Speak and share what you've said with others in textual form, available in the App Store.

Het Advertentiespel (React Native)

The classic game which was invented the fifties, available in the App Store and visible on YouTube.

Corporate BS (React Native)

Generate corporate BS and share it with your colleagues, family and friends. Visible on YouTube.

Testimonials

  • "Wondering what you miss when quality times are rough? Hang on to David as your test beacon to assure software quality is proven. Call David to provide you with the technology and hands-on mentality to get test work done in a neat manner. I got to know David as a backbone of the team you can rely on. David is also multi role talented to deliver maintenance or rebuild of a testframework and provide extra backend tools to make work easier. Besides this, David also has a nice view on how to be a Scrum Master, pleasantly providing what the team needs. You need a test-expert, Call David!"

    Test Specialist - KVK

  • "David is a very motivated, self-learning professional and a good person who is open to the people around him. He takes on every test automation challenge and is always willing to give his best for the highest achievable result. He is (as trainer or coach) very capable of making other better at what they do. David is great at what he does!"

    Manager - Polteq

  • "In my experience David is a well informed and technically capable test engineer. He is ambitious and knows which parts of an application are most critical to the functionality and which have the highest probability of malfunctioning. Therefore he is able to adapt the tests to this and increase the reliability of an application to the fullest."

    Developer - PWC

  • "I know David as an accurated and quick test specialist. And I think he is a very sympathetic person with a heart for people. If you ask me: would you hire David again? I would say: no doubt about it!"

    Manager - ICTU

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