Drikus Johan Oosthuizen

Drikus Oosthuizen is a QA Lead at ayoba, a leading messaging and social media platform in Africa. With more than 10 years of experience in software testing and quality assurance, Drikus has a proven track record of delivering high-quality products across various domains, including online gaming, publishing, and point of sale software.

Drikus is also a certified graphic and web designer, with a keen eye for detail and a creative flair. He combines his technical skills and artistic talent to create engaging and user-friendly digital experiences. Drikus is passionate about all things digital and enjoys exploring new technologies and innovations. He is driven by the mission of ensuring excellence and customer satisfaction in every project he works on.

Developed the entire Quality Assurance Process for the Studio, from the ground up, achieving full verification from Leadership, Development Team and other relevant stakeholders.

Worked effectively within an Agile Environment; supporting Developers, Creatives and Project Owners from as early as possible within each project.

Created templates for all Quality Assurance Planning and Reporting Structures, and created an online Confluence-Based Knowledge Library with detailed information on; ‘How to Test’, ‘What Tools to Use’, and ‘How to Use Them’.
Have maintained a successful QA Operation through Remote Management, engaging professionally and productively with stakeholders across the globe.

Selected as one of the first Testers to join the Game Technology Review Team, created to oversee product quality and standardization according to regulated markets and minimum requirements as set by company.

Developed a full JIRA Project Process for Game Technology Review; defining a novel approach for the GTR Team | Development of the process required a trial and error approach to align with daily workflow, and is as such still an on-going project - but has been in use by the GTR Team since its inception in 2018 | Developed the initial planning flow and procedures for; ‘Starting a Project’, ‘Reviewing a Project’, and ‘Signing Off on a Project’ - building the environment for handling all of this within JIRA.

Completed a Secondment to Hong Kong, to train an External Studio with regards to Game Technology Review and assist in improving testing efforts and guidelines for overall project / product quality from a Quality Assurance perspective - including ‘How to Pass Strict Internal Technology Reviews’ | The Studio no longer requires reviews on their products, due to consistent high-quality standard since training.

Maintained consistent high performance for each quarterly review, with an average performance metric of 80% | Achieved one of the highest ‘Defects Logged Counts’ within the Department, from 2016 to 2019.

Appointed as a Presenter for the Game Developer Conference - the company’s Internal Conference - presenting on camera to a large / multi-national audience on; Art Assets Optimization, Device Compatibility and Loading Profile.