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Daniel Vogel

St. Petersburg,FL

Summary

Senior software and test automation leader with 15 years of experience delivering high-quality solutions across diverse industries. Known for building scalable automation frameworks and leading teams through strong engineering fundamentals rooted in a developer background.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Automation Architect / Lead

Indiana Farmers Insurance (Centric Consulting)
11.2024 - Current
  • Designed and built multiple test automation frameworks from the ground up using Indiana Farmers’ selected technology stack, including ACCELQ and SQL Server, enabling scalable web and API test coverage.
  • Established a robust, reusable automation architecture leveraging ACCELQ’s AI-driven capabilities to reduce test maintenance and accelerate end-to-end business process validation.
  • Led and mentored a team of 6 offshore automation engineers, providing onboarding, technical guidance, code reviews, and ongoing coaching to ensure consistent quality and best practices.
  • Collaborated closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into automated test scenarios, evolving coverage as application features evolved.
  • Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, delivering continuous feedback on build quality and enabling faster, more reliable releases.
  • Automated large portions of previously manual testing efforts, including insurance form verification, significantly reducing regression effort and addressing a key client pain point.
  • Served as the automation quality gate for a major production release, with the framework identifying critical defects early and contributing to the cleanest release in the application’s history.
  • Drove improvements in test reliability, execution speed, and defect detection, increasing overall confidence in release readiness.

Automation Architect / Lead

Geico Insurance (Centric Consulting)
05.2024 - 09.2024
  • Designed and developed the client’s first API testing framework.
  • Built the framework using Playwright, TypeScript, and NodeJS.
  • Onboarded new and existing team members to the framework.
  • Created CI/CD jobs in GitHub Actions to execute the tests and report results.
  • Contributed to client’s existing suite of Front-End tests using Playwright/Cucumber.
  • Refactored client’s existing test suite to use inheritance for all Page Objects.
  • Acted as Required Reviewer for all code reviews on both Front-End and API tests.
  • Lead team from Centric India on all automation tasks for the client.

Automation Architect / Lead

Swell Energy (Centric Consulting)
07.2022 - 10.2023
  • Designed the client’s first test automation framework.
  • Built the framework using WebdriverIO to align with the Development team’s TypeScript stack.
  • Created CI/CD jobs in AWS Code Build and GitHub Actions to execute the tests and report results.
  • Interviewed, onboarded, mentored, and led a team of Quality Engineers to use and improve the framework.
  • Led the overall testing practice for Swell’s Web application team, provided guidance and decision making which defined the roles and responsibilities of QA in their environment for both manual and automated testing.
  • Introduced the practice of testing during the sprint.
  • Responsible for code reviews and merges, focused on Clean Code principles and improving the team’s code quality.
  • Utilized Cucumber for a behavior-driven approach and Page Object Pattern for an object-oriented design.
  • Developed a Python test suite for validating Apache Airflow processes.

Automation Architect

Bank of Oklahoma (Centric Consulting)
03.2021 - 07.2022
  • Designed the client’s first Windows Desktop test automation framework.
  • Built a scalable and robust testing framework using Appium with WinAppDriver in the Ruby language.
  • Converted the client’s existing test suite from a manual checklist into automated test scenarios.
  • Collaborated with business on expected application behavior.
  • Provided demos and reports to leadership.
  • Utilized Cucumber to write Behavior Driven tests that were easily interpreted by the business.
  • Contributed to an existing test automation framework in Ruby for a Web Application in Chrome.
  • Added new scenarios and executed/triaged existing test suites for weekly reports to the client.

Automation Engineer / Lead

Grange Insurance
04.2019 - 02.2021
  • Led Test Engineering effort of Commercial and Personal Lines applications across multiple Agile teams.
  • Led Test Engineering architecture using Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, and Zalenium for the entire organization.
  • Developed webservice test framework using Python and Docker.
  • Interviewed, onboarded, and mentored new employees.

Automation Engineer / Lead

Wendys
06.2018 - 04.2019
  • Software Quality Assurance consultant for The Wendy’s Company at 90 Labs.
  • Primary developer of a Java based integration test project for webservices.
  • Built front end automation tests for iOS and Android using Appium and Calabash.
  • Built front end automation tests for Wendy’s web application using Selenium.
  • Led development of Jenkins integration with front end automation tests.

Automation Engineer / Lead

Chemical Abstract Services
07.2016 - 06.2018
  • Developed Ruby/Cucumber tests for a back-end data import process.
  • Worked with Developers, Content Specialists, Project Managers, and Business Analysts in an Agile environment.
  • Promoted to “Value Stream” Lead responsibilities.
  • As Value Stream Lead, contributed knowledge and expertise in automation strategy and mentored manual testers in Ruby/Cucumber.
  • Assumed DevOps role to assist in running and automating the data import process.

Software Developer

iQ Innovations, LLC
08.2012 - 06.2015
  • Developed and maintained a web application and an Android application for an e-learning platform.
  • Contributed expertise throughout the software lifecycle, from requirements gathering to final deployment.
  • Practiced test-driven development using JUnit and wrote performance tests using Gatling.
  • Executed all tests on a continuous integration server to ensure a stable build.
  • Worked closely with QA and BA teams to deliver high quality software.
  • Utilized Redmine for project management and issue tracking.
  • Executed Cucumber tests on a Continuous Integration Server with Jenkins to ensure proper application functionality after each completed feature.

Education

B.A. - Computer Information Science

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
09.2012

Skills

  • Selenium, Playwright, WebdriverIO, AccelQ, Appium, Junit, Rspec, Gatling, Robolectric, AccelQ, PyTest, Postman, Gatling, JMeter
  • Java, Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Groovy, Git, Grails, MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server
  • Jenkins, AWS, GitHub Actions, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, NodeJS

Certification

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner | Amazon
  • GitHub Action | GitHub
  • LamdaTest Test Automation Professional | LinkedIn Learning
  • LamdaTest Software Testing Professional | LinkedIn Learning
  • Building AI Products: Architecture And Orchestration Professional | LinkedIn Learning
  • Building AI Products: Prototyping Essentials Professional | LinkedIn Learning

Timeline

Automation Architect / Lead

Indiana Farmers Insurance (Centric Consulting)
11.2024 - Current

Automation Architect / Lead

Geico Insurance (Centric Consulting)
05.2024 - 09.2024

Automation Architect / Lead

Swell Energy (Centric Consulting)
07.2022 - 10.2023

Automation Architect

Bank of Oklahoma (Centric Consulting)
03.2021 - 07.2022

Automation Engineer / Lead

Grange Insurance
04.2019 - 02.2021

Automation Engineer / Lead

Wendys
06.2018 - 04.2019

Automation Engineer / Lead

Chemical Abstract Services
07.2016 - 06.2018

Software Developer

iQ Innovations, LLC
08.2012 - 06.2015

B.A. - Computer Information Science

The Ohio State University