Niels Adair

Niels Adair has extensive experience in the field of quality assurance and software testing. Niels most recently worked at Plansight as a Senior QA Engineer. In this role, they utilized their expertise to ensure the quality and performance of the company's software.

Prior to Plansight, Niels worked at Cricut as a Senior Software QA Engineer. Here, they were responsible for writing and executing acceptance tests and feature qualification tests for Cricut's Design Space software. Niels actively participated in the development lifecycle in a Scrum environment, using tools like Postman to verify communication between the Design Space client and the database.

Niels also served as a Senior QA Engineer at Henry Schein, where they wrote and executed acceptance and regression tests for Dentrix Dental Office Management Software. Niels was responsible for maintaining testing computers and running team meetings.

Additionally, they worked at Resolution 1 Security as a Senior QA Engineer, focusing on writing and executing acceptance tests for Resolution 1's CIRT/Insight product. Niels also managed Active Directory domains in the testing environment.

Before that, Niels held the position of Senior QA Engineer at ExterroFTK and was responsible for writing and executing acceptance tests for AccessData's CIRT/Insight product. Niels also maintained Active Directory domains in the testing environment.

Niels has a strong background in software testing, having worked as a Software Testing Engineer III at LANDesk Software. In this role, they wrote and executed system test case scenarios and plans in LANDesk's testing lab and network.

Niels began their career in the field of technology as an On-Site Technician at Alpine School District, providing network and desktop support. Niels also served as a Software Tester at Switchsoft/VPNX.com/InterNap, where they executed software test plans and managed the lab network.

Prior to that, Niels worked as a Router Support Technician at Nortel Networks, providing technical support for customers using BayNetworks/Nortel routers. Niels started their career as a Network Administrator at Banta.

Niels Adair has a wealth of experience in quality assurance and software testing, bringing expertise and skills developed over the course of their career to their current role at Plansight.

Niels Adair has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in History from Weber State University. In addition to their degree, they have obtained several certifications, including "CSS for Programmers" and "Practical HTML for No-Coders" from LinkedIn in May 2023, "Selenium Essential Training" in March 2023, "SQL for Non-Programmers" in February 2023, "Software Testing Foundations: Test Techniques" in February 2023, "Learning Chrome Web Developer Tools" in January 2023, "Cucumber Essential Training" and "Introducing Postman" from LinkedIn in July 2022, "Certified Tester, Advanced Level Test Manager" in June 2021, "Certified Tester, Advanced Level Test Analyst" in April 2019, "Certified Tester, Foundation Level Agile Tester" in June 2018, "Certified Tester, Foundation Level" in April 2017, and "Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)" from Scrum Alliance in June 2022.