Quality Assurance Expert Joins Equator

""Equator"":https://www.equator.com/home/, a Los Angeles-based default servicing technology provider, hired Sevak Markarian as the company's new VP of quality assurance (QA).

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Markarian has more than a decade of experience in the field of information technology and has held management-level positions in QA and process improvement for more than 10 years. He is a recognized expert in software QA, has authored (and co-authored) numerous papers on the subject, and has spoken at several conferences and forums. He also has experience managing [COLUMN_BREAK]

large enterprise QA teams in environments involving multiple and customized software releases.

Prior to joining Equator, Markarian served as senior QA director for Accelrys, a global scientific enterprise software provider. He has also worked for Hewlett Packard, where he was QA section manager and global principal QA strategist/architect. His career has also taken him through Safeway/Blackhawk Network (where he was QA project manager) and Kaiser Permanente (where he served as ETS national defect manager).

In his role at Equator, Markarian will oversee the company's QA efforts in the development, testing, and delivery of solutions for servicers, service providers, and real estate agents.

""Our clients have high quality standards, which is one of the main reasons they choose Equator to provide their default management technologies and services,"" said Equator CEO Chris Saitta. ""In selecting a VP of quality assurance, we looked for someone with extensive experience in effectively building and managing quality assurance teams, and we feel we have found just that in Sevak. We are pleased to welcome him aboard.""