I worked closely with Yasuko in her role as QA lead on several projects at OpenTable. Her team-leading knowledge of how the product worked in intricate detail helped ensure that we worked through potential problems before getting to development. What most impressed me working with Yasuko is her laser focus on how a customer is going to interact with and react to the feature being built. She always came at a problem from the point of view of the user, which materially improved the product we delivered. I'd work with Yasuko again in a heartbeat.
Denis O'Sullivan
Engineering Team Lead OpenTable
I was Yasuko's manager for 3.5 years. Yasuko was a core member of our teams/squads following an Agile highly collaborative and available work process from requirements definition through QA and launch. Our teams could not have delivered as quickly and to same level of quality with Yasuko. She was a key accelerant for us. Yasuko is very detail oriented and organized. Her knowledge of all OpenTable's systems was expert level. Yasuko often worked on multiple projects and teams at the same time and has the planning skills to balance competing priorities and deliver on time. Yasuko has good communication skills and she and I developed a good working relationship to understand priorities and how to tradeoff availability. Before COVID Yasuko grew her skills to become an automation engineer. Yasuko learned Cypress.io, javascript, GitHub and a number of other technologies. Yasuko built out the test suites, fixture data and credentials to run e2e tests for customer facing applications. She not only worked close with the engineers but became an engineer. This was not an easy set of skills to acquire but Yasuko stuck to it and became a pretty solid automation engineer. This is a testament to her dedication and work ethic. Finally Yasuko is a fun and caring person who cares about the customer and her teammates.
Caleb Morrel
Software Engineer OpenTable
I worked with Yasuko for 8 years, and she was always diligent and thorough in her work. She collaborates well with others, and is a team player. It would be a pleasure to work with her again one day.
Yasuko Fukui
Work
About
I design
12 years of QA engineer experience
I WAS an engineerclose to end-users.
Worked as a UX designer in a design agency and a startup company
I AM a designerclose to end-users.
Design + QA = My Super Power
15 years of experience to have shipped digital products.
Laser focus on how a customer will interact with products.
Solid knowledge about software development cycle and ecosystem.
I’ve shipped software and helped to grow business in a variety of domains
B2B portal websites and apps for restaurants:
OTRestaurant system at OpenTable
B2B and B2C interior design portal for interior designers:
Studio MINE at MINE
B2C backend tools for a major automobile manufacturer:
Design project at Btrax
Those experiences led me here I am today
My Core Skills
I can lead
I can contribute to the team
UX Design
UI Design
Front-end Testing
User Research
Competitive Analysis
Prototype & User Testing
Problem Ideation & Prioritization
Product Strategy
Brand Design
What it's like to work with me
Pamela Jones
Product Manager OpenTable
I worked closely with Yasuko in her role as QA ...