Summary
Albert Kato is a Quality Assurance Manager with 11 years of focused experience leading QA and systems test engineering across consumer electronics and biometric security products, currently based in San Jose. He has a proven track record managing international teams and cross-site programs for new product development, regulatory compliance, firmware/software validation, and system-level qualification. Known for building high-performing teams and mentoring engineers toward technical or managerial career paths, he brings structured test processes and continuous quality improvements that reduced defects in manufacturing and suppliers. His background spans hardware and complex color and printer software QA from earlier Xerox roles, giving him rare breadth across hardware, firmware, and software disciplines. Comfortable converting requirements into actionable test plans (and, per his GitHub bio, into code), he pairs hands-on operational rigor with strategic planning and stakeholder communication. Colleagues value his dependability, trustworthiness, and consistent delivery of customer-focused, release-ready products.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Management, Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Management at University of Phoenix
Yerba Buena High School