Kathryn McIlwraith
Software Quality and Assurance
and Test Analyst

I am the lead for Software Quality and Assurance and Test Analyst for the Consol & LPG product team.

I’ve been with Yarris in my current position for almost a year. Prior to this, I was a Customer Experience Consultant in the Customer Experience Team at Yarris for over three years, working closely with the Consol/LPG Product Team. I also previously worked with Yarris, in 2010-2011 with the Customer Experience Team, and filled in as anteam leader in holiday periods for several years after that.

I've undertaken courses recently to extend my knowledge and enable me to to focus on building out our automated processes, with my current focus on building out our automated testing suites in two products and we have already made some major inroads.

Yarris has been amazing with supporting my growth and development and encouraging further training in my areas of interest. I hope to expand my experience and skills in the testing world, and potentially delve into business analysis and account management in the future.

I appreciate the people I get to work closely with, both internal and our external customers, and the supportive and personal development/growth attitude and encouragement at Yarris. I’m very grateful to have such a caring and supportive team that are always happy to help teach and assist me to extend myself.

As a mother of two energetic pre-teen girls, my spare time is spent on bike rides, scouts, movie nights with group facial sessions, and card/board games and puzzles. I enjoy getting us off the devices to play cards, and have some real face-to-face chats and laughs with the family. I try to take some time to read when I can, and am always open to new book recommendations.