Faroek Lissone

Senior BI & AI Test Automation Consultant with 20 years of hands-on expertise in complex data warehouse environments — now available B2B through my fully licensed freezone consultancy (Meydan Free Zone, Dubai).
I specialise in helping regulated organisations — finance, pensions, government and aviation — validate data migrations, ensure regulatory reporting accuracy, and build test automation that outlasts the project. Engagements run remote, hybrid or on-site across the UAE/GCC and Europe (GMT+4, fully aligned with EU business hours).
Core services:

- SQL-driven DWH & ETL testing: DataVault, data migrations, regulatory-reporting validation
- Test automation delivery: Postman, ReadyAPI, FitNesse, SpecFlow, Selenium
- BI validation: Power BI, Cognos, SSAS
- AI-enhanced testing workflows & QA process improvement for regulated data environments
- AI & workflow automation consulting for operational efficiency

Why B2B through my entity? No recruitment fees, no agency markup — direct engagement, maximum flexibility, senior expertise from day one.
Tools: SQL · DataVault · ReadyAPI · Postman · FitNesse · SpecFlow · Selenium · Power BI · Cognos · SSAS · Agile/Scrum · Claude AI

One of the most complex DWH migration programmes in Dutch history — transforming the national pension system (Pensioen van Straks) for APG, the Netherlands' largest pension administrator. When the release cycle accelerated without integrated testing in place, I stepped in to design and deliver QA coverage from scratch.

- Co-designed a use-case-driven testing methodology under time pressure, restoring QA control in a release cycle that had bypassed testing
- Built 100-150 production-realistic test cases covering the full DWH migration scope, modelling life events (starting/stopping work, marriage, divorce, children) with SQL-runnable expected results
- Delivered dual-release coverage ahead of schedule — while development and business analysis required extensions

Tools: Oracle SQL Developer, ALM, SQL

Part of Team BIC replacing the IND legacy DWH with a DataVault-based platform (Metis DWH), delivering Power BI and Cognos dashboards for asylum and protection process KPIs used in government decision-making.

- Designed and executed SQL and FitNesse-based automated tests across all DWH layers, from source ingestion to reporting output
- Validated ETL pipelines and DataVault source data alignment, ensuring traceability and accuracy of government KPI reporting
- Supported dashboard UAT on Power BI and Cognos, catching reporting discrepancies before go-live

Tools: SQL Server, Oracle, FitNesse, Power BI, Cognos, Jira, Agile/Scrum

Embedded in Team Infante, validating core banking modules (Accounts, Direct Debit, Payment Gateway) for a cloud-native platform serving SME and mid-market banking clients.

- Designed and executed functional acceptance tests and automated regression suites for REST APIs
- Performed manual and automated API testing with ReadyAPI across payment gateway integrations
- Maintained CI/CD-integrated regression runs in Azure DevOps, keeping quality gates active during rapid delivery cycles

Tools: ReadyAPI, Azure DevOps, GIT, Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum

Embedded in a multidisciplinary compliance team validating the Riskshield platform for regulatory customer and transaction filtering — a business-critical system for payment control and AML compliance.

- Designed and executed functional API test cases (manual and automated) using Postman, covering core compliance filtering scenarios
- Built and maintained automated regression runs that significantly reduced regression cycle time
- Contributed to regulatory readiness by ensuring filtering logic was consistently validated across releases

Tools: Postman, Bitbucket GIT, Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum

Part of CabTec implementing Jeppesen, a new crew rostering system for Transavia, applying BDD practices and Rave programming to validate complex crew scheduling logic and labour agreements.

- Designed and executed BDD-based unit, integration, and functional tests using Gherkin and Behave
- Automated cabin crew labour agreement validation, reducing manual verification effort across scheduling scenarios
- Maintained weekly automated test runs in Azure DevOps, ensuring stable coverage throughout the implementation

Tools: Gherkin, Behave, Rave, Azure DevOps (VSTS), Agile/Scrum

Part of STIB, integrating Finance and Risk data across the Rabobank Group using DataVault for IFRS9 regulatory reporting and stress testing compliance — directly supporting obligations to the Dutch Central Bank.

- Created complex SQL-based test simulations and unit/integration tests across the full DWH chain, covering risk and finance data flows
- Maintained SpecFlow automated test runs in Azure DevOps, ensuring continuous validation of regulatory data outputs
- Supported stress-testing scenarios, verifying data integrity under simulated regulatory conditions

Tools: MS SQL Server, SSIS, DataVault, SpecFlow, Azure DevOps, GIT

Joined as sole tester on a Java + Oracle application for the Chamber of Commerce in Suriname; progressively took on Product Owner and Scrum Master responsibilities as the project scaled — while also supporting insurance and airline crew scheduling projects.

- Set up Selenium WebDriver and Jenkins test automation framework from scratch, establishing the project's first structured QA process
- Acted as PO and Scrum Master with direct client stakeholder management, bridging business requirements and delivery
- Delivered the project successfully while covering three roles simultaneously across multiple concurrent engagements

Tools: Selenium, Jenkins, Oracle, Java, MongoDB, Oracle APEX, Agile/Scrum

Four years embedded in a critical DWH environment supporting regulatory credit reporting to the Dutch Central Bank. Specialised in risk- and requirement-based testing across the full DWH chain in a high-stakes, audit-sensitive context.

- Wrote complex SQL queries for DWH validation, ETL reconciliation, and report verification across SSAS, SSIS, and SQL Server layers
- Applied risk-based testing principles to prioritise coverage of high-impact reporting paths
- Contributed to sustained regulatory compliance over a multi-year period, maintaining quality across ongoing development cycles

Tools: MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, Risk-Based Testing, Agile/Scrum