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Joining DAQA in 2020, Ashley discovered an inherent passion for testing and eventually leading others in testing. She advocates strongly for accessibility in video games and hopes to set an example that autistic adults can be unique assets in QA testing.

Other than video games and video game history, her hobbies include cooking, writing, watching horror movies, playing board games, and voice acting. Her greatest love above all else is her family, which includes her husband, two daughters & many cats.

She joined DAQA as a tester, but with the encouragement from leadership, Allison moved to being a Senior and Lead tester, to a Community Moderator, and then became part of the Core Team.

When not working on a project. Allison can be found indulging one of her many hobbies including reading, writing, music, cooking/baking, and multiplayer gaming.

With nearly 5 years of QA experience on phones, tablets, PC and multiple consoles, Brismal continues lend his expertise as a member of the DAQA core team.

In his spare time aside from gaming, he enjoys watching animated shows, reading mysteries and generally being interested in the world of technology as a whole.

David has a strong background in problem solving; having completed 4 years of college, 2 of which were in IT with a focus on game design & production, with additional focus on software design & networking.

He has a fascination with music, enjoying all kinds of genres and instruments, pursuing knowledge, always striving to improve and learn whenever possible.

Working with DAQA to develop skills in project management and coordination, David has been vital in leading some of our largest projects.

A passionate lifelong gamer, few things make them as happy as deploying their detail-obsessed mad genius brain, and almost inhuman level of tenacity, to hunt down and document obscure game breaking bugs.

In addition to being a gamer, Andromeda is also: a Lambda Literary Award nominated writer; a chronic Dungeons and Dragons addict; a musician; a martial arts instructor; landscape photographer; and proud parent to a giant bunny, whom they will enthusiastically show off cute photos and videos of to anyone that doesn’t tell them to stop.

With a broad depth of experience in QA testing over many years, Mark participated in or led the testing of over 35 game titles.

An avid gamer himself, Mark joined DAQA in Spring 2020 and has since developed a range of core skills relating to project coordination, documentation and community management.

He has a passion for cultural heritage and cooking, which lends itself to a strong focus on quality, experimentation and exploration.

She crafts thoughtful products by listening to people and designing inclusive solutions to enhance their experiences. On her off hours, she applies her design and user research skills to her beloved hobby, games. It’s her passion to make games accessible, fun, and approachable to everyone from all walks of life.

As a team lead, she loves diving down into data and feedback from testers regarding their experiences as they play the latest project. Synthesizing player feedback, frustrations, pain points, and accolades is always a highlight for every project she works on.

Outside of work, Lien surrounds herself with cute things such as Sumikko Gurashi, marine animal plushies, and Pokémon. She also watches an unhealthy amount of cute bunny videos.

As a lifelong gamer whose earliest memories go back to the NES and BBC Micro, his interest is in gaming as an industry and storytelling medium.

He looks forward to the technological and narrative innovations that are still to come in this rapidly-evolving industry and assisting game developers in navigating new challenges and exploring exciting possibilities.

As part of the core team at DAQA, Selena leads projects, writes project reports summarizing player feedback, reports game defects, and performs data analysis of trends that occur during testing. Selena holds a Foundation Level ISTQB certification which augments her experiences in DAQA.

Selena attended community college and received an AAS in business, as well as a certificate in professional baking and cake decorating.

Faye has a long love of games, having actually met her husband online, and mostly plays puzzle and strategy games. She joined DAQA a year ago and in addition to managing DAQA's HR needs, she is also one of our Project Leads, with a specialization in mobile tests.

When not working, you will find Faye working on a puzzle, gardening, or spending time with her family; husband, two daughters and two sons...and way too many cats!

Joe focuses on DAQA's business development, determining best-fit solutions for game studios and applying his expertise.

Grant has enjoyed gaming from the Atari 2600 system to the current generation of consoles, testing games for the past 15 years. He graduated with a B.B.A from Northern State University.

Grant is a car enthusiast and regularly participates in the annual SEMA convention in Las Vegas.

As the founder of the QA department at SquareSoft, he led teams on such franchises as Final Fantasy VII–XI and Kingdom Hearts. Highlights of his career include a 98% success rate on all first-time submissions to SCEA for the Final Fantasy series (VII-X) as well as additional titles submitted from 1996-2002.

Jon also founded the QA department at Sammy Studios where, in addition to managing QA, he created internal and external Focus Group programs for evaluating titles in development, and coordinated testing schedules with production teams and assets for the PR and Marketing departments. In addition, Jon was handpicked by the Sammy Studios CEO to direct and manage a core team of six production staff while also maintaining his role as the Senior QA Manager.

Above all, Jon embraces opportunities that enable him to, “Help when I can, where I can,” as this is his core philosophy.

Professional highlights include leading the DSL rollout for Earthlink in Washington State and Oregon. Managed Tier 1 and 2 support for AOL, Lexmark, and Stream Global Services for corporate clients.

10-year beta QA tester for numerous game studios. A+/N+ certified, with extensive knowledge of data automation, analysis, and real-time reporting tools.

Devin managed quality assurance for multi-platinum console sports games at Electronic Arts Canada. Whilst there, he also set-up the QA computer assisted and automated test program, which was widely adopted across all studios globally.

He taught the QA course for the Vancouver Film School’s prestigious game design program. In addition Devin is an Agile and business Coach for various software startups, a Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner.

At DDM, he set-up up a virtual services network for self-publishing AAA game studios. Then at VMC he took responsibility for business development and account management for games and entertainment.

Having signed, grown and managed $100m’s of production support deals for QA, localization, player support and external development, Ben has an intimate knowledge of industry best practices through his work with some of the most prominent names in the industry.