Tess Tengco-Taft
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Emma Cowling
I had the pleasure of working with Tess during my time with Apple. In particular we worked together as part of a very challenging system implementation, which from a technology side, Tess’s leadership and warm positive manner ensured the project was a success. Not only does Tess spend time to understand the goals of the project, she also understands the importance of a good team dynamic, especially during times of high pressure. Because of this she works hard to ensure that the whole team remains engaged and on target even through the most challenging projects. She is also comfortable communicating with people from every level of the business, even if the message she has to deliver is not always positive. Leading the cross functional team, in an incredibly fast paced environment with constantly changing objectives, Tess not only managed to face the challenges head on, but she does all of this with a genuine smile on her face – keeping everyone else on the team smiling too. She is able to step up to any challenge that is put in her path and is comfortable working in an agile way when the direction of travel changes even at short notice. During our time working together she often went above and beyond to ensure that the project was a success. Furthermore Tess is an absolute joy to work with and I would wholeheartedly recommend her.
Deborah Cullen
I have had the pleasure of working with Tess over the last 11 years. She is a seasoned QA professional who can work through any type of project and ensure quality software. Her philosophy of QA joining early on projects to gain a detailed understanding of the software the teams are building has worked extremely well on our large and small scale projects. She gets along with all team members and the first to sign up for anything to help team building as well as any work needed to complete a project. Tess is an excellent leader and builds great teams. She knows how to grow and develop people and create high performing teams. She is always honest and can deliver unpopular news along with ideas and solutions to complete the delivery. Due to her experience she knows change is inevitable and has become a master and agile planning to ensure we can work through anything that comes up. She brings an enormous amount of spirit to the team because she has a wonderful personality and is a good person. Her wonderful sense of humor can help teams endure even the most challenging test cycles. I trust Tess’ expertise and judgment. I would recruit her to any team I build because she would represent knowledge, expertise, and honesty.
Emma Cowling
I had the pleasure of working with Tess during my time with Apple. In particular we worked together as part of a very challenging system implementation, which from a technology side, Tess’s leadership and warm positive manner ensured the project was a success. Not only does Tess spend time to understand the goals of the project, she also understands the importance of a good team dynamic, especially during times of high pressure. Because of this she works hard to ensure that the whole team remains engaged and on target even through the most challenging projects. She is also comfortable communicating with people from every level of the business, even if the message she has to deliver is not always positive. Leading the cross functional team, in an incredibly fast paced environment with constantly changing objectives, Tess not only managed to face the challenges head on, but she does all of this with a genuine smile on her face – keeping everyone else on the team smiling too. She is able to step up to any challenge that is put in her path and is comfortable working in an agile way when the direction of travel changes even at short notice. During our time working together she often went above and beyond to ensure that the project was a success. Furthermore Tess is an absolute joy to work with and I would wholeheartedly recommend her.
Deborah Cullen
I have had the pleasure of working with Tess over the last 11 years. She is a seasoned QA professional who can work through any type of project and ensure quality software. Her philosophy of QA joining early on projects to gain a detailed understanding of the software the teams are building has worked extremely well on our large and small scale projects. She gets along with all team members and the first to sign up for anything to help team building as well as any work needed to complete a project. Tess is an excellent leader and builds great teams. She knows how to grow and develop people and create high performing teams. She is always honest and can deliver unpopular news along with ideas and solutions to complete the delivery. Due to her experience she knows change is inevitable and has become a master and agile planning to ensure we can work through anything that comes up. She brings an enormous amount of spirit to the team because she has a wonderful personality and is a good person. Her wonderful sense of humor can help teams endure even the most challenging test cycles. I trust Tess’ expertise and judgment. I would recruit her to any team I build because she would represent knowledge, expertise, and honesty.
Emma Cowling
I had the pleasure of working with Tess during my time with Apple. In particular we worked together as part of a very challenging system implementation, which from a technology side, Tess’s leadership and warm positive manner ensured the project was a success. Not only does Tess spend time to understand the goals of the project, she also understands the importance of a good team dynamic, especially during times of high pressure. Because of this she works hard to ensure that the whole team remains engaged and on target even through the most challenging projects. She is also comfortable communicating with people from every level of the business, even if the message she has to deliver is not always positive. Leading the cross functional team, in an incredibly fast paced environment with constantly changing objectives, Tess not only managed to face the challenges head on, but she does all of this with a genuine smile on her face – keeping everyone else on the team smiling too. She is able to step up to any challenge that is put in her path and is comfortable working in an agile way when the direction of travel changes even at short notice. During our time working together she often went above and beyond to ensure that the project was a success. Furthermore Tess is an absolute joy to work with and I would wholeheartedly recommend her.
Deborah Cullen
I have had the pleasure of working with Tess over the last 11 years. She is a seasoned QA professional who can work through any type of project and ensure quality software. Her philosophy of QA joining early on projects to gain a detailed understanding of the software the teams are building has worked extremely well on our large and small scale projects. She gets along with all team members and the first to sign up for anything to help team building as well as any work needed to complete a project. Tess is an excellent leader and builds great teams. She knows how to grow and develop people and create high performing teams. She is always honest and can deliver unpopular news along with ideas and solutions to complete the delivery. Due to her experience she knows change is inevitable and has become a master and agile planning to ensure we can work through anything that comes up. She brings an enormous amount of spirit to the team because she has a wonderful personality and is a good person. Her wonderful sense of humor can help teams endure even the most challenging test cycles. I trust Tess’ expertise and judgment. I would recruit her to any team I build because she would represent knowledge, expertise, and honesty.
Emma Cowling
I had the pleasure of working with Tess during my time with Apple. In particular we worked together as part of a very challenging system implementation, which from a technology side, Tess’s leadership and warm positive manner ensured the project was a success. Not only does Tess spend time to understand the goals of the project, she also understands the importance of a good team dynamic, especially during times of high pressure. Because of this she works hard to ensure that the whole team remains engaged and on target even through the most challenging projects. She is also comfortable communicating with people from every level of the business, even if the message she has to deliver is not always positive. Leading the cross functional team, in an incredibly fast paced environment with constantly changing objectives, Tess not only managed to face the challenges head on, but she does all of this with a genuine smile on her face – keeping everyone else on the team smiling too. She is able to step up to any challenge that is put in her path and is comfortable working in an agile way when the direction of travel changes even at short notice. During our time working together she often went above and beyond to ensure that the project was a success. Furthermore Tess is an absolute joy to work with and I would wholeheartedly recommend her.
Deborah Cullen
I have had the pleasure of working with Tess over the last 11 years. She is a seasoned QA professional who can work through any type of project and ensure quality software. Her philosophy of QA joining early on projects to gain a detailed understanding of the software the teams are building has worked extremely well on our large and small scale projects. She gets along with all team members and the first to sign up for anything to help team building as well as any work needed to complete a project. Tess is an excellent leader and builds great teams. She knows how to grow and develop people and create high performing teams. She is always honest and can deliver unpopular news along with ideas and solutions to complete the delivery. Due to her experience she knows change is inevitable and has become a master and agile planning to ensure we can work through anything that comes up. She brings an enormous amount of spirit to the team because she has a wonderful personality and is a good person. Her wonderful sense of humor can help teams endure even the most challenging test cycles. I trust Tess’ expertise and judgment. I would recruit her to any team I build because she would represent knowledge, expertise, and honesty.
Experience
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Unify Consulting
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Account Director
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Mar 2020 - Present
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Senior Technical Program Manager for Gap, Inc.
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Oct 2018 - Present
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