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Ryan Aquino

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Director, Software Test Engineering at Shell Recharge Solutions
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

Ryan is the Director of Software Test Engineering at Shell Recharge, building AI-assisted testing organizations. His career includes leadership roles at Google, Symantec, and Accenture. Described by colleagues as transformative and an exceptional mentor, he is a certified Generative AI and Digital Transformation leader who studied at USC and Stanford Continuing Studies.

Beyond his core role, Ryan demonstrates a passion for advancing his field, serving as Editor in Chief for a publication offering guidance to software test engineers. He actively follows and shares the latest trends in artificial intelligence, including complex topics like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agent-based AI systems.

Unique fact: Ryan was a lead software test engineer for several major Google product launches, including Google Photos, YouTube, and Niantic Labs (creators of Pokémon Go).

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Director, Software Test Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
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AI-driven Testing
Aims to build test organizations using AI-assisted infrastructures and holds certifications in Generative AI and Machine Learning from Stanford Continuing Studies and DeepLearning. AI.
EV Charging Software
Leads the software validation for Shell Recharge's global network of over 70, 000 EV chargers, with a strategic goal to expand to 200, 000 chargers by 2030.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Director, Software Test Engineering
Shell Recharge Solutions
9-2005 - 3-2023
Lead Software Test Engineer, Technical Systems & Infrastructure (TS&I)
Google
12-2002 - 9-2005
Lead SQA Engineer, Enterprise Security
Symantec
9-1997 - 9-2002
Senior Consultant, Communications and High Tech (CMT)
Accenture LLP
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Education
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Southern California
15 mo AI-focused course load with certifications in Digital Transformation
Stanford Continuing Studies
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