Summary
Chad Oftedal is a seasoned computer scientist with over two decades of hands-on experience building test automation, tooling, and infrastructure for Windows, phone and cloud platforms, and eight years in roles focused on quality for industry leaders like Microsoft, Amazon, and Adobe. He blends deep C#, C/C++ and Win32 API expertise with practical system-level skills (Hyper-V, Network Monitor API, SQL Server) to own feature-area quality and deliver measurable efficiency gains—such as automating release reporting and creating division-wide update and validation tools. Known for mentoring SDETs and leading cross-functional test programs, Chad consistently converts complex diagnostics into repeatable test systems and customer-facing solutions. He currently contributes to Adobe’s Business Platform Services test team and previously helped onboard enterprises to Azure AD B2C, showing a knack for bridging product, operations and large-customer needs. An early innovator, he holds a patent for SVM rating metrics and has a record of reducing manual effort through automation that saved hundreds of man-hours.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, Mathmatics, BS, Computer Science, Mathmatics at University of Idaho