Andre Babaian

Life is made up of an infinite number of choices. Most decisions are small and only slightly impactful, but the big decisions—the ones that can change your life forever — are the tough ones to make. Among those was my the life-changing decision made back in 1993 when I moved to Los Angeles.

Since then, I have become an experienced software quality assurance executive with a demonstrated history of successfully creating and managing both SQA departments and projects. I have a successful and proven of more than 25-year-long record of accomplishment of implementing and supporting multi-billion-dollar, enterprise-wide projects; I possesses solid knowledge and experience focused in financial, mortgage, logistics, media and entertainmentand CRM/ERP business applications.
Currently, I manage a software quality assurance department within Walt Disney DMED division. I have created the department 3 years ago within FOX Networks Group Information Technology Department. When the FOX/Disney merger has been completed, my department, along with other FNG technology groups, has been absorbed into the DMED structure.

I continue to provide leadership for both the continued development of an innovative, robust, and secure quality assurance process and the procedures for the information technology environment throughout the enterprise.
My primary responsibilities encompass a wide variety of strategic technology issues: delivering high quality of the software products for the organization, QA governance and policy, resource allocation, information technologyand SQA protocols, project management, etc.

The Walt Disney's DMED provides support for research and technology, the delivery of IT infrastructure and services, information security systems and compliance, administrative systems, and client support services.
Prior to that, I have taken on SQA and informational technology roles at Bank of America, SMC/eMerchantClub, Countrywide, and ACR Systems.

I holds an MA in Linguistics, a BA in Military Science, and an AA in Computer Programming.

I'm fluent in six foreign languages.

I'm passionate about the work, but my interests do not stop there. I enjoy reading, classical and contemporary music, and continuously educate himself on many different topics, including technology, history, law, and sports – I have been an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan for over 30 years.