Great people ensuring great tech

At the start of the 2010’s, many software development organizations had increasingly grown frustrated by offshore testing service providers. The perceived cost savings were offset by decreased quality, poor communication, lack of transparency, and inconvenient time schedules, particularly for Agile teams.

In 2010, given the demands of the market for a strong, domestic, Software Testing Services provider, tapQA was born.  The company was founded by career-long QA Consulting Professionals, Kimberly Bunda and Michael Faulise, and long-time IT Consulting Services leader, Tim Guilfoil.

Upon its inception, tapQA’s missions were simple:

  • Bring software testing jobs back to America
  • Create more software testing job opportunities to allow more people to gain entry into the IT job market
  • Help organizations lessen their reliance on offshore testing services vendors
  • Provide an awesome culture where passionate QA professionals would thrive and grow – over many years (not just a “one-contract-and-done” staffing firm)

tapQA has had a great deal of success fulfilling those missions.  Through the tapLAKESHORE onshore services model, tapQA has hired and trained dozens of associate-level QA consultants – many of whom are still with tapQA to this day.  tapQA has been responsible for many QA professionals getting their start in the IT industry – creating many new opportunities along the way.

tapQA’s laser-focus on Quality Assurance and Software Testing fueled the growth of several other service offerings, including Test Automation, Strategic Quality Consulting, Data Validation, Accessibility Testing, among others.  Additionally, tapQA successfully delivered quality outcomes for a variety of industry needs such as enterprise retail implementations, health system overhauls, financial integrations, and platform upgrades.

Our Quality-minded culture and employment model (long-term, salaried employees) has attracted hundreds of QA professionals to work for tapQA. Our consultants have consistently provided the passion, expertise, and creativity to help our clients achieve their business initiatives.

tapQA’s growth through the decade of the 2010’s was both steady and profound.  tapQA had the rare distinction of being named to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s Fast50 list, for the fastest-growing companies in the Twin Cities, on six different occasions.  We’ve also been named to the Inc 5000 List several times, as one of the country’s fastest-growing private companies.

To this day, tapQA has worked with dozens of companies nationwide, including many of the country’s best-known and most beloved brands.  tapQA’s consulting solutions have helped many organizations increase their QA capabilities and their software testing velocity all while decreasing cost.

tapQA continues to be a go-to employer for passionate QA professionals. To this day we have helped find great opportunities for hundreds of great consultants.

For 10 years, tapQA has been proud of our track record of supreme client and consultant satisfaction. The company prides itself on building strong, intimate relationships – much more than you will find with the bigger global consulting services firms.  Whether you’re a customer or a top-notch QA Professional, you will love working with tapQA!

tapQA office
tapQA office

Our Quality-minded culture and employment model (long-term, salaried employees) has attracted hundreds of QA professionals to work for tapQA. Our consultants have consistently provided the passion, expertise, and creativity to help our clients achieve their business initiatives.

tapQA’s growth through the decade of the 2010’s was both steady and profound.  tapQA had the rare distinction of being named to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s Fast50 list, for the fastest-growing companies in the Twin Cities, on six different occasions.  We’ve also been named to the Inc 5000 List several times, as one of the country’s fastest-growing private companies.

To this day, tapQA has worked with dozens of companies nationwide, including many of the country’s best-known and most beloved brands.  tapQA’s consulting solutions have helped many organizations increase their QA capabilities and their software testing velocity all while decreasing cost.

tapQA continues to be a go-to employer for passionate QA professionals. To this day we have helped find great opportunities for hundreds of great consultants.

For 10 years, tapQA has been proud of our track record of supreme client and consultant satisfaction. The company prides itself on building strong, intimate relationships – much more than you will find with the bigger global consulting services firms.  Whether you’re a customer or a top-notch QA Professional, you will love working with tapQA!