Yassi Shayesteh's story is one of transformation, both cultural and professional—from a dependent and idealistic young immigrant to an independent and successful professional woman in technology. At age 19, fresh out of high school in Morocco and full of dreams for a new life, she moved to the United States to pursue higher education and a career in computer science. Far from everything and everyone familiar, those early days as an international student were riddled with challenges—emotional, cultural, and linguistic. As a computer science student and later as an IT professional, she had...Learn More
Yassi Shayesteh
Cvent
As Director of QE at Cvent, Yassi Shayesteh leads the company’s global quality engineering team. With more than ten years of IT experience focused on QA & Testing, Yassi has grown her team to 80 QE professionals, positioned on a few continents. Yassi joined Cvent as one of the earlier employees back when the company was a privately held start-up. Now on the NYSE and with 1,700+ employees, and recently acquired by Vista Equity Partners, one of the world’s largest technology investors. Over the years, Yassi has worn many hats and managed a variety of responsibilities including writing requirements and design documents, application support and testing front-end and back-end. She is also involved in initiatives including; mentoring, transitioning from Waterfall to Agile methodology, creating automation processes and advising on automation framework and tools. Recently, she has been involved in defining branching and deployment strategies; working across functional areas with DBAs, Application Support, DevOps, and Project Managers. Yassi has a B.S. in Computer Science from James Madison University and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from George Washington University and holds a PMP certification.