Coady Lacroix
Senior Software Quality Engineer at IBM
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCoady Lacroix is a Senior Software Quality Engineer with nine years of experience building test automation, performance and scalability suites across Python, Java and scripting ecosystems. He has driven quality at large enterprise software companies including Red Hat and IBM, contributing to open-source test tooling for OpenShift/OCS where he streamlined test runners and reduced Ceph-specific dependencies. Comfortable across frameworks like Flask, Pytest and Locust and databases from MySQL to OracleDB, he focuses on CI-driven workflows and pragmatic refactors that simplify maintenance. His background spans both back-end and DevOps test work, reflecting a knack for bridging integration gaps between platform installs and automated validation. A Worcester State Computer Science graduate, he pairs deep hands-on engineering with an eye for minimizing dependencies and improving test configurability.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Worcester State University
Github Skills (13)
kubernetes10
openshift10
python10
kubernetes-pods10
test-automation10
cicd9
test-framework9
aws8
scripting7
documentation7
script7
sh7
shell7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
red-hat-storage/ocs-ci
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:753 reviews, 280 commits, 491 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Coady's initial contribution involved the initial implementation of an OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) install test. They added or modified command-line options for controlling the test run. Additionally, they performed a refactoring of the test runner, removing ceph-specific functionality and updating its dependencies, indicating a focus on streamlining the testing process and minimizing dependencies. Subsequent commits involved improvements to the test framework and adding the ability to select the OCS version for test runs.
clacroix12/ocs-ci
Apr 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:637 pushes, 438 branches in 6 years
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