Exhibit A·4Syntheia (opens Syntheia in a new tab)

The release gate

I wrote the QA process and I hold the gate, so design intent and the shipped build stay the same object.

Matter: Syntheia (opens Syntheia in a new tab) — Legal-tech SaaS · enterprise → self-serve B2B/B2C
Role: QA process design · release sign-off · test automation
Domain: Release quality
Term: 2025 — present

QA
Release management
Test automation
Accessibility
AI-leveraged

Most design work is signed off at handoff, which checks a file. I sign off at release, which checks the product. The gap between those two is where quality quietly leaves, and nobody is assigned to it.

I defined the QA process, coordinate testing across the team, and have verified 116 tickets to date — features, UI accuracy, and bug-fix verification. Owning the gate means the last person to look at the build before it ships is the person who drew it.

On top of that I am building AI-assisted test automation: seventeen suites covering accessibility, visual regression, design-system conformance and end-to-end flows, so the regression pass stops being a manual re-read of the same screens every release.

~~Design signs off at handoff.~~Design signs off at release.

Handoff sign-off checks a file. Release sign-off checks the product. The difference is everything that drifted in between — and drift is invisible unless somebody is looking for it on purpose.

Process flow Where design actually signs off

The automated suites handle what is arithmetic — contrast, alignment, token conformance, dead links. What reaches me is judgement, which is the only part worth a person’s attention.

The rig — what the automation actually is 17 suites · 216 artefacts captured

Accessibilityaxe-core, per surface
Visual regressionpinned snapshots, cross-platform
Design-system conformancetoken drift, contrast, alignment
Flow reviewend-to-end user journeys
Design-to-code reviewbuilt UI vs the spec
Per-surface suitesone per major product area

Stack Playwright@axe-core/playwrightculoriTypeScript

116
Tickets verified to date

On reflection — Automation did not replace the manual pass; it made the manual pass worth doing. The machine handles what is arithmetic — contrast, alignment, token conformance — so my attention goes to judgement.

Syntheia is under NDA. Every interface on this page is a redrawn abstraction — real structure and real decisions, no real screens and no client data.