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The Tech QB Show | Episode 9 | Jason Bryant, Director, Tractor Supply Co

In this episode of The Tech QB Show, host Brent Chapman sits down with Jason Bryant, Director of Quality Engineering & Assurance at Tractor Supply Co., a seasoned quality leader with nearly three decades in software testing and enterprise quality, responsible for ensuring everything from retail POS to digital platforms to internal systems is production ready. Jason’s path into QA is a classic “career journey” story — starting in customer service, earning a reputation for problem-solving (and breaking things), and building a long-term career mastering the discipline of quality. Brent and Jason dig into how QA has evolved into Quality Engineering, how UAT has changed in Agile/DevOps environments, and how AI is reshaping test creation, automation, coverage, and speed across the enterprise. In this episode, we discuss: ⚾ Jason’s early competition — baseball, intramural softball, and what “teamwork” looks like in different environments 💃 Ballroom dancing and “partnership leadership” — timing, trust, and communication under pressure 🧩 How he fell into QA from customer service — and why quality became the discipline he chose to master 🧭 Servant leadership in engineering — delivering hard truths, protecting the enterprise, and building trust with delivery teams 🔁 QA → QE: how testing moved from late-stage gatekeeping to continuous quality and shared ownership 🤖 AI in QA: generating test cases from requirements, automating execution, speeding defect discovery, and finding testing gaps 🎯 The future of QE: faster cycles, smarter testing, continuous validation — and what leaders should build now to prepare If you enjoy real conversations with technology leaders who combine practical execution with a forward-looking view of how work is changing, hit Subscribe and join us inside the huddle every week on The Tech QB Show. The show is sponsored by Qentelli. To learn more, visit www.qentelli.com. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:09: Guest Intro 1:08 Jason’s Role at Tractor Supply (Enterprise QE Scope) 2:02 Baseball, Ballroom Dancing & Team Dynamics 6:31 Transition into QA/QE 9:56: Brent Spotlight on Career Journey 10:02 Career Journey + “Attitude & Aptitude” (Leadership Lens) 13:32 Servant Leadership in QA Organizations 19:24 Commercial Break sponsored by Qentelli 19:54 QA & QE Evolution 22:39 Applying AI in QA 29:03 Use of AI Tools 33:27 The Future of QA/QW 40:38 Wrap-up