Nick Akulich
Lead QA Expert
Nick Akulich is a Lead QA Expert and QA Manager at Elinext with a career spanning over 20 years in quality assurance and nearly two decades at the company, where he has worked since 2005. Throughout his extensive experience in QA, Nick has developed deep expertise in both manual and automation testing, leading and scaling QA teams, and designing structured QA processes for enterprise-grade systems.
With nearly two decades at Elinext, Nick has played a key role in building the company’s QA practice — establishing testing standards, growing QA teams, and ensuring quality across a wide range of enterprise and healthcare software projects. He is known for his systematic approach to quality governance and his ability to bridge the gap between technical testing and business delivery requirements.
Education
- Belarusian State Radioengineering College — Programming
- Institute of Management and Technologies — Management
Areas of Expertise
- Quality assurance strategy and process management
- Manual and automated software testing
- QA leadership and team development
- Test process design and quality governance
- Enterprise software quality assurance
- Test management systems and QA tool implementation
- Software delivery quality and release assurance
- Process optimization and continuous improvement
- Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
- Healthcare software testing and long-term product quality management
Experience Overview
Nick’s technical and managerial background combines hands-on testing skills with strategic oversight of quality assurance operations. He has been instrumental in setting up quality benchmarks and building QA capabilities for long-term, high-complexity systems. One of his notable contributions includes preparing the requirements and supporting the development of a dedicated test case management system, which is now moving into implementation.
Over the years, he has collaborated closely with large teams and long-term clients, particularly in the healthcare domain, helping to ensure product stability, reliability, and quality of delivery on a scale.
Editor’s Note
As a lead QA expert, I see quality assurance evolving from simple testing into a core part of product strategy. Today, QA is about building reliable processes, strong automation, and shared responsibility for quality across teams. This approach helps deliver stable systems that can grow and change without losing trust or performance.
