IMIJ AssociatesQuality Engineering & Test Consultancy
Global quality engineering advisory team collaborating across time zones, representing IMIJ Associates' international practice

About IMIJ Associates

An independent practice for the quality questions that matter most.

IMIJ Associates is a global Quality Engineering and Test (QET) consultancy founded by Dr Jimi Bolusire. We advise insurers, reinsurers, and financial services organisations on the test strategy, governance, and delivery discipline needed to ship high-consequence software with confidence.

Years in Test Leadership
20+
Programmes Advised
35+
Countries Served
6
Professional Credentials
3

Our Mission

Quality assurance as a discipline of risk, not a checklist.

We exist to help regulated, high-consequence organisations ship software that holds up under commercial, legal, and operational scrutiny — built on test governance that is proportionate, evidence-based, and board-defensible.

Precision Over Volume

We focus advisory effort on the risks that matter commercially, not exhaustive coverage for its own sake.

Independence

As an independent practice, our recommendations serve the programme — never a vendor or tooling agenda.

Knowledge Transfer

Every engagement leaves client teams with stronger internal capability, not dependency on external consultants.

Portrait of Dr Jimi Bolusire

Dr Jimi BolusireMSc. DSc. MBCS MIAP

Programme Business Test Manager

The Profile

A test leader built for regulated, high-consequence programmes.

Dr Jimi Bolusire has spent more than two decades inside the engine rooms of insurance and reinsurance technology, directing test strategy on the programmes that underwrite how major carriers price, bind, and settle risk. His work sits at the intersection of rigorous quality engineering and commercial reality — assurance that protects the business without slowing it down.

He works as a Quality Engineering/Programme Test Consultant, advising complex, multi-vendor transformation programmes on test governance and delivery assurance. His academic distinction — a Doctorate of Science — sits alongside professional membership of the British Computer Society and the Institute of Analysts & Programmers, grounding his delivery practice in both scholarly rigor and professional standards.

Earlier in his career, Dr Bolusire built and led test functions for insurers, brokers, and technology vendors across the London market, establishing testing centres of excellence, risk-based test models, and defect-prevention disciplines that are still in use today. He is sought after as an independent advisor for organisations navigating the hardest quality questions in regulated software delivery.

Core Focus

  • Test Strategy & Governance
  • Quality Engineering Transformation
  • Insurance & Reinsurance Platforms
  • Programme & Release Assurance
  • Risk-Based Test Management
  • Stakeholder & Board Advisory

Track Record

A career built one regulated programme at a time.

  1. 2022 — Present

    Quality Engineering/Programme Test Consultant

    London Market Insurance

    Directing business test strategy and governance across complex reinsurance technology programmes, coordinating cross-functional delivery teams through high-stakes release cycles.

  2. 2018 — 2022

    Senior Test Manager, Insurance Transformation

    Global Insurance Carrier Programme

    Led test management for a multi-year core systems transformation, introducing risk-based test prioritisation and reducing production defect leakage across policy and claims platforms.

  3. 2013 — 2018

    Test Manager / Quality Lead

    London Market Insurance & Broking Technology

    Built test centres of excellence for underwriting and broking platforms, establishing automation foundations and structured defect-prevention practices.

  4. 2008 — 2013

    Senior Test Analyst / Test Lead

    Financial Services & Insurance Vendors

    Progressed from hands-on functional and regression testing into test leadership, specialising in complex data migration and integration assurance for regulated platforms.

  5. Ongoing

    Independent Advisor

    Private Engagements

    Advises founders, CTOs, and quality leaders on test strategy, organisational maturity, and quality risk — engaged selectively alongside full-time programme responsibilities.

Credentials

Standing verified by academy and profession alike.

Doctor of Science (DSc)

Academic distinction reflecting sustained, significant contribution within the field of quality engineering and technology leadership.

Member, British Computer Society (MBCS)

Recognised membership of the Chartered Institute for IT, affirming professional standards in computing practice.

ISTQB Certified Tester

Accredited certification from the International Software Testing Qualifications Board, evidencing recognised competence in software testing practice.

Member, Institute of Analysts & Programmers (MIAP)

Grounding in global privacy and data protection frameworks, applied directly to test and assurance design.

Global consulting team collaborating across insurance and reinsurance markets

Global Reach

Advising programmes across the world's insurance capitals.

IMIJ Associates engages wherever the risk and regulatory exposure demands senior test leadership, partnering closely with in-house teams and global systems integrators.

United Kingdom
London Market Insurance & Reinsurance
Continental Europe
Munich, Zurich — Reinsurance Programmes
North America
Carrier & MGA Technology Transformation
Asia Pacific
Regional Insurer Platform Assurance

Advisory Philosophy

Quality is a business decision disguised as a technical one.

Dr Bolusire works with executive teams, CTOs, and delivery leaders who need an independent, senior voice on quality risk — someone who has carried the accountability of a failed release and built the disciplines to prevent the next one.

01

Risk, not ritual

Test effort is allocated against what could actually go wrong for the business — commercially, legally, reputationally — rather than running every script because the plan says so.

02

Evidence over assurance theatre

A green dashboard means nothing if it cannot answer: what did we not test, and why is that acceptable? Advisory work starts with that question.

03

Quality is a leadership decision

Sustainable quality outcomes are set by investment and incentive structures at the top, not fixed by heroics at the bottom of the delivery chain.