Carlos Cea Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats
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Carlos Cea Jeopardy Contestant Profile
Carlos Cea is a highly experienced software quality assurance professional based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. With more than 14 years of experience in enterprise software testing, he has built a career specializing in financial technology platforms, automated testing frameworks, software quality engineering, and data validation. Throughout his career, he has developed expertise across front-end, back-end, API, end-to-end, functional, and regression testing environments. His primary technical focus is automation engineering, utilizing Selenium WebDriver, Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, and WebdriverIO to create and maintain sophisticated testing frameworks. He has extensive experience validating financial transactions, portfolio management systems, accounting platforms, and enterprise software used by institutional clients.
Currently, Cea serves as a Senior QA Engineer at SS&C Advent in San Francisco, a leading provider of investment management and financial software solutions. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring the reliability of large-scale investment management systems, portfolio accounting platforms, and integrated financial workflows. His work includes testing highly complex systems that connect front-office, middle-office, and back-office operations through REST APIs and enterprise-level integrations. He plays a key role in risk mitigation through extensive automated regression testing and quality assurance processes designed to prevent critical failures within financial software environments.
Prior to joining SS&C Advent, Cea spent more than eight years at Workday as an Automator, where he designed automation suites for Expenses and Supplier Accounts products. His responsibilities included creating automation scripts for new product features and production issues, monitoring development pipeline health, mentoring engineers, serving as Scrum Master, and helping improve testing infrastructure across teams. Colleagues have described him as one of the most knowledgeable automation engineers within Workday Financials, noting his expertise in proprietary tools, automation architecture, and cross-team issue triage.
Earlier in his career, Cea worked at Advent Software for more than a decade in progressively senior positions. Starting as a Client Support Representative in 2005, he advanced to Senior Client Support Representative before moving into Quality Assurance Engineering and eventually Senior QA Engineer roles. During this period, he worked on financial management software, created automation frameworks, developed test cases, mentored junior engineers, and helped evaluate new testing technologies and automation solutions.
Academically, Cea earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he studied from 2001 to 2004. Beyond his technical credentials, he is a Certified Scrum Master through Scrum Alliance and speaks English, Spanish, and French. His LinkedIn profile highlights a strong commitment to continuous learning, professional development, and the evolution of software quality engineering, particularly the growing influence of AI-powered testing and quality assurance methodologies.
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Carlos Cea |
| Location and Residence | San Francisco, California, United States; based in the San Francisco Bay Area; has worked in San Francisco and Pleasanton, California; operates within hybrid and on-site enterprise technology environments. |
| Profession and Jobs | Senior QA Engineer at SS&C Advent (September 2023–Present); Automator at Workday (May 2015–May 2023); Senior QA Engineer at Advent Software (January 2014–March 2015); Quality Assurance Engineer at Advent Software (December 2007–December 2013); Senior Client Support Representative at Advent Software (February 2006–December 2007); Client Support Representative at Advent Software (February 2005–February 2006). Specializes in Software Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Financial Technology Software Testing, Enterprise SaaS, API Testing, Regression Testing, Selenium Automation, Python Development, SQL Data Validation, Scrum Leadership, and Software Quality Engineering. |
| Gender and Sex | Male |
| Age and Date of Birth | Estimated age: early-to-mid 40s (likely born between 1979 and 1984 based on university attendance from 2001–2004). Exact date of birth not publicly available. |
| Nationality and Ethnicity | American nationality. Hispanic/Latino |
| Education and School | Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2001–2004). |
| Relationships (Married, Dating, Sexuality) and Family | No publicly available information regarding marital status, dating history, sexuality, spouse, children, or family members. |
| Biography and More Details | Veteran software quality assurance engineer with over 14 years of enterprise and financial software experience. Expert in Selenium WebDriver, Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, WebdriverIO, API testing, database validation, automated test framework development, regression testing, front-end and back-end testing. Certified Scrum Master through Scrum Alliance. Speaks English, Spanish, and French. Known for mentoring engineers, leading automation initiatives, improving software quality infrastructure, conducting cross-team triage, and supporting enterprise financial software systems. Has extensive experience in investment management software, accounting platforms, supplier accounts systems, expense management software, portfolio management applications, and institutional financial services technology. Received strong professional recommendations from colleagues who described him as a mentor, role model, automation expert, and key technical resource. Has expressed strong interest in emerging AI-powered quality engineering and the future evolution of software testing. |
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Carlos Cea Jeopardy Results
| Monday, 22 June 2026 | Adam Remsen Memphis, Tennessee Attorney & Theater Producer 6 Day Winnings of $124,502 Winning Score: $24,801 Round 2 Score: $20,600 Round 1 Score: $10,600 | Kyla Wall-Polin Petaluma, California Data Analyst Final Score: $2,500 Round 2 Score: $5,400 Round 1 Score: $3,000 | Carlos Cea San Francisco, California Software Quality Assurance Engineer Final Score: $4,199 Round 2 Score: $12,400 Round 1 Score: $3,200 |