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Microsoft
Principal development manager in Bing, Reena Agarwal is responsible for leading quality and measurements of structured data. During her sixteen year career at Microsoft, Reena has worked on Bing and Windows in various teams and roles, always with a passion for pushing the boundaries of the current state of the art by delivering innovative software that brings lasting business and customer value. She has a wide range of experiences applicable to the spectrum of shrink-wrapped and services engineering. Reena’s current interests are in building metrics that tell the story on user-perceived quality and then generating those metrics from Big Data mining and analysis.
Concurrent Session:
Big Data and Quality
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
Spotify
In the software industry for more than fifteen years, Alexander Andelkovic currently works as a test lead at Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden. An exploratory tester, Alexander is a driving force for implementing agile model-based testing techniques and an ambassador for session-based test management. Prior to his current role, Alexander worked for five years as a test leader in the mobile Internet business unit at Microsoft.
Concurrent Session:
Making the Most of Test Automation on an Agile Project
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:30 AM
eBay
Jon Bach works for eBay (San Jose) as a QA director for the Buyer Experience team. Formerly a manager of corporate intellect and senior test consultant at Quardev, Jon has been in testing since 1995 with experience that includes managing teams at Microsoft, HP, and LexisNexis. The co-inventor (with his brother James) of session-based test management, Jon is an award-winning speaker on test management and exploratory testing. He’s mostly known for his “half-baked” ideas about how to inspire innovation and create a learning culture for test teams. Find Jon on Facebook and Twitter ( @jbtestpilot). View his presentations at quardev.com/articles and his blog at jonbox.wordpress.com.
Afternoon Tutorial:
Exploratory Testing Explained
Monday, October 01, 2012 1:00 PM
Afternoon Tutorial:
Exploratory Testing Is Now in Session
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:00 PM
SOASTA, Inc.
Dan Bartow is vice president of product management and cloudtest evangelist at SOASTA, the leader in performance testing from the cloud. Prior to joining SOASTA, Dan was senior manager of engineering at Intuit, where his team was responsible for the speed and stability of TurboTax Online. During the past decade he has been responsible for the performance of websites for leading consumer brands. Dan has set multiple industry precedents including launching the world's largest stateful JBoss cluster and using more than 2,000 cloud computing cores to generate load against a live website. A frequent industry presenter, Dan has spoken at leading testing and cloud computing conferences.
Morning Tutorial:
Production Performance Testing in the Cloud
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
DevelopSense, Inc.
Tester, consultant, and trainer Michael Bolton is the co-author (with James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing, a course that presents a methodology and mindset for testing software expertly in uncertain conditions and under extreme time pressure. Michael is a leader in the context-driven software testing movement with twenty years of experience testing, developing, managing, and writing about software. Currently, he leads DevelopSense, a Toronto-based consultancy. Prior to DevelopSense, he was with Quarterdeck Corporation, where he managed the company’s flagship products and directed project and testing teams—both in-house and worldwide. Contact Michael at [email protected].
Full-day Tutorial:
A Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Full-day Tutorial:
Critical Thinking for Software Testers
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Concurrent Session:
The Metrics Minefield
Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:30 PM
Up Ur Game Learning Solutions
Jennifer Bonine began her career in consulting, implementing large ERP solutions. She has held director level positions leading development, quality assurance and testing, organizational development, and process improvement teams for Fortune 500 companies in several domains. In her most recent engagement for one of the world’s largest technology companies, she served as the Strategic Quality and Process Improvement Executive. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to build several global teams from the ground up while managing the required organizational change. She currently serves as the strategic quality and process improvement executive for Up Ur Game Learning Solutions, a global people development company that offers F2F and virtual models for team and personal development.
Morning Tutorial:
Leading Change—Even If You’re Not in Charge
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Afternoon Tutorial:
Knowledge Assessments: A Tool for Building Winning Testing Organizations
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:00 PM
Symantec
At Symantec Corporation Edward Bonver is a senior principal software engineer on the product security team under the office of the CTO. Edward is responsible for working with software developers and quality assurance professionals across Symantec to continuously enhance the company’s software security practices through the adoption of methodologies, procedures, and tools for secure coding and security testing. He teaches secure coding and security testing classes for Symantec’s engineers, and also founded and leads the company’s QA Security Task Force. Edward is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional.
Concurrent Session:
Penetration Testing Demystified
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
LogiGear
An internationally recognized expert in testing, Hans Buwalda is the pioneer of keyword-driven test automation, an approach now widely used throughout the testing industry. Originally from the Netherlands, Hans is the CTO of California-based LogiGear, directing the development of the successful Action Based Testing™ methodology for keyword-driven test automation and its supporting TestArchitect™ toolset. Prior to joining LogiGear, he served as project director at CMG (now Logica) in the Netherlands. Hans speaks frequently at international conferences on concepts such as Soap Opera Testing, Three Holy Grails of Test Development, Testing in the Cold, and Jungle Testing. Hans is co-author of Integrated Test Design and Automation: Using the TestFrame Method.
Full-day Tutorial:
The Challenges of BIG Testing: Automation, Virtualization, Outsourcing, and More
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Morning Tutorial:
Introducing Keyword-driven Test Automation
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
HP Software
With twelve years of experience in software development, engineering management, and product management, Roi Carmel leads product management for ALM at Hewlett-Packard’s Application Transformation business unit. Roi is responsible for the company’s mobile ALM agenda (including mobile testing), testing products such as Unified Functional Testing, Business Process Testing and Sprinter, and the offerings for developers such as Application Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI), Systinet, and others. With almost his full career spent in quality and ALM products, Roi is now working with the HP team to plan the next generation of ALM tools for the modern challenges of the market.
Concurrent Session:
The Tester’s Role in Continuous Integration
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
HP Software
As chief functional architect in HP Software, Ayal Cohen is responsible for HP Functional and Load Testing software solutions that provide functional, load, and regression testing solutions for enterprise customers and small businesses alike. Products include QuickTest Professional, LoadRunner, Service Test, Business Process Testing, and Sprinter. Ayal has more than ten years of experience in functional testing—specifically in the world of automation—and works with hundreds of companies worldwide in deployment of and consulting on automation projects.
Concurrent Session:
The Tester’s Role in Continuous Integration
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
PushToTest
A recognized software test tools, process, and methodology expert, Frank Cohen is founder and CEO of PushToTest, the open source test company. Frank also is the inventor of the popular TestMaker test orchestration and automation tool for functional testing, load and performance testing, and production monitoring. He is credited with bringing open source testing to clients in the financial, corporate, and military sectors. Frank is the author of Fast SOA: The way to use native XML technology to achieve Service Oriented Architecture governance, scalability, and performance and Java Testing and Design: From Unit Testing to Automated Web Tests.
Concurrent Session:
The Missing Integration at Best Buy: Agile, Test Management, and Test Execution
Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 AM
Software Quality Engineering
Lee Copeland has more than thirty-five years of experience as a consultant, instructor, author, and information systems professional. He has held a number of technical and managerial positions with commercial and non-profit organizations in the areas of applications development, software testing, and software development process improvement. Lee frequently speaks at software conferences both in the US and internationally, and currently serves as Program Chair for the Better Software conferences, the STAR testing conferences, and Software Quality Engineering’s Agile Development conferences. Lee is the author of A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design, a compendium of the most effective methods of test case design.
Full-day Tutorial:
Key Test Design Techniques
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Bonus Session:
Speaking 101: Tips and Tricks
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 5:30 PM
Keynote:
Lightning Strikes the Keynotes
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:30 PM
Concurrent Session:
The Dangers of the Requirements Coverage Metric
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
Software Quality Engineering
A consultant, lecturer, author, and test manager, Rick Craig has led numerous teams of testers on both large and small projects. In his twenty-five years of consulting worldwide, Rick has advised and supported a diverse group of organizations on many testing and test management issues. From large insurance providers and telecommunications companies to smaller software services companies, he has mentored senior software managers and helped test teams improve their effectiveness. Rick is co-author of Systematic Software Testing and is a frequent speaker at testing conferences, including every STAR conference since its inception.
Morning Tutorial:
Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Morning Tutorial:
Essential Test Management and Planning
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Electronic Arts Canada
Michael Donat has been working in software development for more than three decades. To solve practical problems in software development, Michael combines his experiences from Microsoft and smaller start-ups with his academic work in formal methods. Strict schedules and stiff competition make the computer games industry a rich source of challenges. At Electronic Arts Canada, he is working to improve tools, processes, and workflows so game developers can focus their creative talents on efficient feature development. Michael’s interests include metrics and the management of information flow through the software development process—from requirements to test automation.
Concurrent Session:
UI-based Test Automation: A Story of Failure and Success with FIFA Soccer 10
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:00 PM
RGalen Consulting
Bob Galen is an agile coach at RGalen Consulting and director of agile solutions at Zenergy Technologies, a North Carolina-based firm specializing in agile testing and leading agile adoption initiatives. Bob regularly speaks at international conferences and professional groups on topics related to software development, project management, software testing, and team leadership. He is a Certified Scrum Master Practicing, Certified Scrum Product Owner, and an active member of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance. Bob published Scrum Product Ownership–Balancing Value from the Inside Out, which addresses the gap in guidance toward effective agile product management. Contact Bob at [email protected] or [email protected]
Morning Tutorial:
Seven Keys to Navigating Your Agile Testing Transition
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Afternoon Tutorial:
Team Leadership: Telling Your Testing Stories
Monday, October 01, 2012 1:00 PM
Concurrent Session:
Stop the Test Automation ROI-based Justification Insanity
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
Sage UK
In the IT industry for more than twenty years, Julie Gardiner has held positions as an analyst programmer, Oracle DBA, and project manager. She has first-hand experience as a test analyst, test team leader, test consultant, and test manager. Previously with UK-based Grove Consultants for seven years, Julie now is a QA Test Manager with Sage UK, R&D Division. A certified ScrumMaster, Julie specializes in risk-based testing, agile testing, test management, and people issues. She has been a keynote speaker at STAR WEST, STAR WEST, Innovate Test Management, ANZTB, and STANZ.
Afternoon Tutorial:
Usability Testing in a Nutshell
Monday, October 01, 2012 1:00 PM
Morning Tutorial:
Code Coverage Is for Testers, Too
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Software Test Consultant
In testing for more than thirty years, Dorothy Graham is co-author of four books— Software Inspection, Software Test Automation, Foundations of Software Testing, and Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation (2012). Dot was a founding member of the ISEB Software Testing Board, a member of the working party that developed the first ISTQB Foundation Syllabus, and served on the boards of conferences and publications in software testing. A popular and entertaining speaker at conferences and seminars worldwide, she has been coming to STAR conferences since the first one in 1992. Dot holds the European Excellence Award in Software Testing. Her website is DorothyGraham.co.uk.
Full-day Tutorial:
Managing Successful Test Automation
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Concurrent Session:
Forgotten Wisdom from the Ancient Testers
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
Swisscom IT Services
Klaus Haller is an expert on the testing consulting team of Swisscom IT Services in Zurich, Switzerland. Klaus focuses on methodologies for testing database applications and information systems, test data management, and compliance testing. He is particularly interested in the interplay between organizations and individuals on one side, and tools and technologies on the other. Klaus enjoys working with large teams to improve their efficiency by aligning tools and processes with the team’s deliverables. Klaus also works on future quality assurance services of the testing consulting team. He is a regular speaker at conferences and author of several papers. You can find more about Klaus at klaushaller.net.
Concurrent Session:
Three New Technologies that Will Disrupt Your Test Organization
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:00 PM
Microsoft
With Microsoft in Redmond, WA, for the past seven years, Jean Hartmann is the principal test architect for the Office Division with previous experience as test architect for Internet Explorer and the Developer Division, makers of Visual Studio. Prior to joining Microsoft, he spent twelve years at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, NJ, as manager for software quality worldwide. Jean’s interests and responsibilities lie in supporting business units with world-class software quality solutions.
Concurrent Session:
Cross-platform Testing at Microsoft
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
PerfTestPlus, Inc.
Dawn Haynes is COO, principal trainer, and consultant for PerfTestPlus, Inc., and a former director of the Association for Software Testing. Dawn’s unique blend of experience, humor, and effectiveness at providing tools and techniques that help students at all levels generate new approaches to common and complex software testing problems has resulted in her international recognition as an elite trainer of testers. She provides consulting services and is a frequently invited speaker at testing conferences, local groups, and intimate gatherings of testers. Dawn has more than twenty-five years of experience supporting, administering, developing, and testing software and hardware systems—from small business operations to large corporate enterprises.
Afternoon Tutorial:
How to Break Software: Robustness Edition
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:00 PM
Concurrent Session:
How to Break Web Software
Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 AM
Unum
Mike Hendry has been working in financial services for twenty-five years, the last twenty of those in IT or business-change-related roles. A fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Chartered IT Professional, Mike was a founding member of the BCS Specialist Group in Business Change and secretary for the BCS Special Interest Group in Software Testing. He has built three testing organizations in two premier insurance companies in the UK and in Unum, a Fortune 500 company in the US. Mike’s past positions have included business analyst, project manager, release manager—and for a bit of fun, bartender for ten years.
Concurrent Session:
The Vital P’s of Testing: Purpose, People, and Process
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
Software Quality Methods, LLC
Founder and principal consultant at Software Quality Methods, LLC, Doug Hoffman has consulted, written, and taught about software quality for more than twenty years. Specializing in test automation, test oracles, organizational transformations, and training, Doug has held a variety of positions from software engineer to QA manager to VP quality in the financial, government, and technology sectors. He is the author of dozens of papers and conference presentations, president of the Association for Software Testing, a contributing author to several software testing books, and instructor for the black box software testing online courses offered by the Association for Software Testing. Contact Doug at [email protected].
Keynote:
Leverage Your Test Automation ROI with Creative Solutions
Thursday, October 04, 2012 4:15 PM
Nationwide
CSQA and PMP certified Anne Hungate discovered her passion for software quality after working in multiple IT roles—developer, analyst, and program/project manager—for more than twenty years in major companies and consulting firms. Experimenting with both engineering practices and organizational design, Anne determined that people and trust are the keys to better software. Most recently, she established the quality function for Nationwide Direct's IT business solution area where she led the implementation of static testing to help prevent defects in both waterfall and agile delivery environments. Anne has presented at local and national conferences, sharing the lessons learned on her software quality journey.
Concurrent Session:
Static Testing Comes to Agile: A Simplified Inspection Process that Works
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:00 PM
Constant Contact
Director of quality engineering at Constant Contact, David Jellison has twenty years of experience in quality/development management and test automation. A certified ScrumMaster, Dave currently is leading Kanban initiatives in quality engineering, project management, and continuous delivery at Constant Contact. He has driven culture change and continuous improvement in agile practices in three different SaaS organizations. Passionate about efficiency in product delivery, Dave drives continuous improvements in test automation infrastructure, test design patterns, and agile continuous integration practices. A frequent speaker and presenter at conferences and user groups, Dave shares his insights on his blog.
Concurrent Session:
Agile Defect Management: Focus on Prevention
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
Software Test Management, Inc.
Karen N. Johnson is a software test consultant, working on-site and remotely to help her clients build testing teams and strengthen their testing practice. Karen is considered an expert in software testing and has been part of the context-driven software testing community for a number of years. She is a frequent speaker at testing conferences; a contributing author to the book, Beautiful Testing; and co-founder of WREST, the Workshop on Regulated Software Testing. Karen has published numerous articles and blogs about her experiences with software testing. Visit Karen’s website at karennjohnson.com.
Morning Tutorial:
Strengthening Your SQL Skills
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Afternoon Tutorial:
Brainstorming Exercises to Discover New Testing Ideas
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:00 PM
Concurrent Session:
Testing a Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Project
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:30 AM
Microsoft
Ken Johnston is the group manager for the Microsoft Office Internet Platform & Operations team, which develops manageability features for server products and services, and provides live site operations support for Office Online, Office Live, CRM Online, and several other services. Since joining Microsoft in 1998, Ken has filled many other roles, including test lead on Site Server and MCIS, and test manager on Hosted Exchange, Knowledge Worker Services, Net Docs, and the Microsoft Billing and Subscription Platform service. He previously served as the Microsoft Director of Test Excellence.
Morning Tutorial:
What We Can Learn from the Big Bugs that Got Away
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Keynote:
State-of-the-Art Cloud Testing: Experiences with Bing Search
Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:30 AM
Concurrent Session:
Big Data and Quality
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
uTest
With more than a decade of experience at companies ranging from early-stage start-ups to publicly-traded enterprises, Matt Johnston leads uTest's marketing and community efforts. In 2008 Matt joined uTest as vice president of marketing and community, and early last year assumed the position of CMO, where he continues to lead uTest’s efforts in shaping the brand, building awareness, and creating a world-wide, world-class community of testers. In this role, he will focus on more strategic initiatives, such as forming key partnerships and helping to define uTest’s expansion strategy. Prior to joining uTest, Matt served as VP of marketing at crowdsourcing pioneer, OnForce.
Concurrent Session:
SoLoMo Is Shaking Up the Testing Landscape: How to Adapt, Keep Up, and Thrive
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:30 AM
Congruent Compliance, LLC
The owner of Congruent Compliance, Griffin Jones provides consulting services on context-driven software testing and regulatory compliance to companies in regulated industries. Recently he was the director of quality and regulatory compliance at iCardiac Technologies which provides core lab services for the pharmaceutical industry to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy or safety of their potential new drugs. Griffin was responsible for all matters relating to quality and regulatory compliance for an FDA regulatory compliant quality system, including frequently presenting the verification and validation (testing) results to external regulatory auditors. Griffin was previously a product quality lead for eighteen years at Eastman Kodak. He can be reached at [email protected].
Bonus Session:
The Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST)
Friday, October 05, 2012 8:30 AM
PayPal
Anu Kak is a director of software quality assurance at PayPal. In his twenty-three years in the software industry, Anu has been an enterprise applications developer, customer support engineer, and software quality assurance professional. For the past eighteen years, Anu has been in the field of software quality assurance in the areas of testing enterprise applications, relational database systems, and enterprise development tools. In addition to managing multiple testing teams of QA engineers spread across multiple locations, Anu coordinates with other QA groups in PayPal on managing new testing strategies, establishing best QA practices, and setting strategic QA direction.
Concurrent Session:
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Quality: Realigning Your Thinking
Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 AM
Mimos Berhad
Proudly calling himself a hands-on lead for software testing and implementation, Kiran Karnad has more than fifteen years of experience in all aspects of open source test management, data warehouse, and business intelligence implementation. Kiran has worked with several Fortune 500 companies and mentored test teams in multiple geographies. His strength lies in setting up end-to-end test automation processes. Currently leading the functional and performance efforts at Mimos, Kiran strives to identify process improvement opportunities throughout the organization and to implement them effectively.
Concurrent Session:
Agile, Automation, and the Cloud
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:00 PM
Bank of America
Senior vice president, ePayments and Commerce testing leader at Bank of America, Mari Kawaguchi leads a global testing organization responsible for strategy and functional testing of next-generation ePayments, remote deposits, online banking card, and connected commerce (BankAmeriDeals™). With extensive experience in technology and operations, Mari has held leadership positions in information technology, web accessibility, strategic transformation, program management, and quality and productivity. Bank of America received the 2011 ComputerWorld Laureate Award for Accessibility. Mari is a certified Master Black Belt and ScrumMaster.
Concurrent Session:
A Test Manager’s Transformation Toolkit
Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:30 PM
ThinkSec
The founder and principal consultant with ThinkSec, Frank Kim is the curriculum lead for application security at the SANS Institute. With more than fourteen years of experience in software development, information technology, and security, Frank has designed, developed, and tested applications for large healthcare, technology, insurance, and consulting companies. He currently focuses on security strategy and application security program development with a special interest in integrating security into the software development lifecycle. Frank is the author of the SANS Institute's Secure Coding in Java/JEE course and a speaker at international events.
Concurrent Session:
Security Testing: Thinking Like an Attacker
Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:30 PM
Pearson eCollege
After more than twelve years of experience in the software quality world, Brian Kitchener is still passionate about QA. Brian specializes in test automation, specifically in open source web testing tools, and is currently exploring different ways to model and validate user interfaces. He has held a wide range of roles in manual testing, test automation, management, and user acceptance testing. Brian has experience with most of the common automation tools—Selenium, WebDriver, TestComplete, QTP, Fitnesse, and others. A frequent speaker at quality assurance conferences in the Denver area, Brian is currently writing a book on automating with TestComplete.
Concurrent Session:
Engineering an Enterprise Selenium Framework
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
Kohl Concepts, Inc.
Jonathan Kohl is an internationally recognized consultant and technical leader. A popular author and speaker based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Jonathan is the founder and principal consultant of Kohl Concepts, Inc. He assists teams with testing, helps companies define and implement their ideas in products, coaches practitioners as they develop software on teams, and works with leaders to help them define and implement their strategic visions. As a thought leader in mobile application testing, exploratory testing, developing policy and strategy, and helping teams adjust to methodology changes, Jonathan doesn't just write and talk about developing software. He actively works with teams to deliver the best possible products.
Full-day Tutorial:
Testing Mobile Applications
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Keynote:
Tapping into Testing Mobile Applications
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 8:30 AM
TVWorks
Clark Malmgren is a senior engineering manager at TVWorks (a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast), where he manages developers and serves as lead architect for internal client testing tools. In his time there, he has lead the way in adopting test-first principles and advocated for utilizing unit testing and other automated testing. Then working directly with a dedicated QA team and developers, he architected and lead the creation of a framework that has allowed the QA team to automate almost all of their functional and integration tests. Clark has spent much of his career working to improve the stability, testability and quality of existing enterprise software. He loves learning and sharing his knowledge and experience with various testing methodologies.
Concurrent Session:
Building a 21st Century Test Automation Framework
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:30 AM
InfoStretch
Manish Mathuria has more than fifteen years of professional and management consulting services experience. As the CTO and leader of the mobile testing practice at InfoStretch, Manish leads the team in developing architecture, scalability, performance, and IT strategies for customers, especially in the mobile domain. InfoStretch provides certification and testing services to some of the leading national and international app stores. Manish and his team help optimize major global app stores’ testing and certification processes. They have tested and certified more than 50,000 mobile applications in the InfoStretch Mobile Lab. Manish speaks regularly at leading quality and software engineering conferences worldwide.
Concurrent Session:
Mobile Test Automation: Lessons Learned in the Trenches
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
Moser Consulting
A career tester, John McConda has been seeking to improve his skills and his teams' effectiveness for more than ten years. In his current role, John consults for a high-profile US Government contract, providing training and strategy as well as getting his hands dirty with exploratory testing, automation, and performance. He is an instructor for the Association for Software Testing and co-founder of WREST. John authored Busted: Five Myths of Testing Regulated Software, an article published in Better Software magazine (November/December 2010). He's also passionate about songwriting and being a dad. Contact John at [email protected] or @mcconda.
Bonus Session:
The Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST)
Friday, October 05, 2012 8:30 AM
Perfecto Mobile
Yoram Mizrachi is a mobility veteran with a wealth of experience in mobile quality, networking, security, and telecommunications. Yoram founded Perfecto Mobile after serving as CTO of the Comverse Mobile Data Division. In this capacity, he encountered a variety of technological aspects in mobile applications, WAP, and location-based services. In 1999, Yoram was the founder and CTO of Exalink, which was later acquired by Comverse. Even earlier experience included several technology-related positions in the communication and cryptography fields. With hands-on experience in enterprise mobile quality, Yoram is an established thought leader in the industry, presenting and writing for many events and publications.
Concurrent Session:
Testing Mobile Apps: Three Dilemmas Solved
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
Sabre Airline Solutions
Mr. Sha Mohammed, Director Software Quality Engineering at Sabre Airline Solutions, has over 13 years of experience in Software/IT industry in both product development and consulting roles. Sha has deep knowledge and experience in software testing and successfully delivering high volume, high availability eCommerce applications for air travel and finance industries. He carries an excellent track record in building and sustaining high performing teams and supporting infrastructure and logistics in large and complex multi-national corporations. Sha has also had remarkable success in finding the right mix between deploying proven traditional methods as well as innovative cutting edge technology, tools and processes to enable faster Time-To-Market with great quality at the right cost. Prior employers include Fidelity Investments, Ariba, American Express & EMC2.
Concurrent Session:
Mobile Test Automation: Lessons Learned in the Trenches
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Manoj Narayanan is the director of testing services at Cognizant Technology Solutions, a leading provider of information technology and consulting services. Manoj is the QA practice leader for Cognizant’s retail and consumer goods, travel and hospitality, and manufacturing verticals in North America. He provides thought leadership and implementation assistance for his clients as they transition the QA organization toward the next maturity level. During his fifteen years in the IT services industry, Manoj has successfully played multiple roles including performance services evangelist, program manager, and transition advisor. Prior to Cognizant, Manoj was a management consultant with A T Kearney where he focused on business process re-engineering and risk optimization.
Concurrent Session:
Testing in the DevOps World of Continuous Delivery
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:00 PM
Intuit, Inc.
Eing Ong oversees quality and test automation of more than 500 iPhone, Android, and iPad applications as well as mobile web and messaging for financial institutions in Intuit. In addition to working on mobile, Eing has led efforts in performance, security, and implementing test infrastructure for continuous integration. Eing began her career developing real-time databases for an air traffic control system and continued to develop mission critical solutions at Sun Microsystems, implementing SOAP messaging for enterprise systems. Her passion for identifying and implementing efficient test automation led her to PayPal where she pioneered an end-to-end test automation framework for all PayPal financial transactions.
Concurrent Session:
Innovative Tools for Your Mobile Testing Toolkit
Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 AM
OsmanIT
Brian Osman, principal consultant for OsmanIT, an independent New Zealand-based software testing training and consultancy company, has more than thirteen years of experience in software testing with government agencies, vendors, and banks. Brian is a community builder who founded the first Kiwi Workshop on Software Testing with James Bach, organized the software testers New Zealand Google group, and helped establish Weekend Testing down under. A passionate trainer, tester, and presenter, he is an advocate for excellent exploratory testing, teaching, and sharing in his projects. Follow Brian on twitter @bjosman and read his contributions to testing blogs at The Tao of Software Testing and HelloTestWorld.
Concurrent Session:
Using Agile Techniques to Manage Testing—Even on Non-agile Projects
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
Sogeti
Gitte Ottosen is a managing consultant at Sogeti Denmark, a company delivering test consultancy to the local market. A career tester, Gitte has seventeen years of experience in test engineering and test management, is a certified ScrumMaster, and holds an ISEB Practitioner Certificate in software testing. She has worked with test process improvement, first as a test architect/manager in Systematic and lately as a test coach for a large shipping-related IT company in Denmark. Gitte is a self-confessed test evangelist who preaches the need for a structured and committed approach to testing, a role requiring not only profound professional insight but also passion and persistence—qualities that Gitte holds in abundance.
Concurrent Session:
The Many Flavors of Exploratory Testing
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 3:00 PM
QA InfoTech
As Director of Engagement, Global Testing Services, at QA InfoTech, Rajini Padmanaban leads the engagement and relationship management for some of QA InfoTech's largest and most strategic accounts. Rajini has more than ten years of professional experience, primarily in the software quality assurance space. She actively advocates software quality assurance through evangelistic activities; writes on test trends, technologies, and best practices; speaks at conferences including STAR WEST 2012; and provides insights on software testing to firms such as Gartner, IDC. Read Rajini’s official blog and reach her at [email protected].
Concurrent Session:
The Art of Designing Test Data
Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:30 PM
Coveros, Inc.
Jeff Payne is CEO and founder of Coveros, Inc., a consulting company that uses agile methods to accelerate the delivery of secure, reliable software. Prior to Coveros, Jeff was co-founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Cigital, Inc., a market leader in application security and software quality solutions. A recognized software expert, he speaks to companies nationwide about the business risks of software failure. Jeff has been a keynote and featured speaker at CIO and business technology conferences. He testifies before Congress on issues of national importance, including intellectual property rights, cyberterrorism, and software quality.
Afternoon Tutorial:
Security Testing for Testing Professionals
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:00 PM
Software Quality Engineering
Dale Perry has more than thirty-four years of experience in information technology as a programmer/analyst, database administrator, project manager, development manager, tester, and test manager. Dale’s project experience includes large-system development and conversions, distributed systems, and both web-based and client/server applications. A professional instructor for more than twenty years, he has presented at numerous industry conferences on development and testing. With Software Quality Engineering for fifteen years, Dale has specialized in training and consulting on testing, inspections and reviews, and other testing and quality-related topics.
Full-day Tutorial:
Fundamentals of Risk-based Testing
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Polteq Test Services BV
Martin Pol has played a significant role in helping to raise the awareness and improve the performance of testing worldwide. Martin provides international testing consulting services through POLTEQ Test Services BV. He’s gained experience by managing testing processes and implementing and improving structured testing in many organizations around the world. A co-author of Test Process Improvement, a classic text on models for improving testing, Martin has developed approaches to successfully manage test outsourcing services. In 2010, Martin received the Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau award from the Netherlands for his lifetime contributions to the IT and software industries.
Morning Tutorial:
Compact Test Process Improvement
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
The Nielsen Company
With more than twenty years of leadership experience and currently at The Nielsen Company, Michael Portwood is passionate about advancing the business of software development. His focus is on the innovation, management, methodologies, and technologies that enable business value creation. Michael has brought practical development and quality innovations to companies from start-ups to Fortune 50. He has led, architected, and developed diverse systems including Web 2.0 category and brand management micro-segmentation decision support services supporting web and mobile devices; patented prescription compliance services; patented rapid software application development tools; and developed real-time embedded systems and associated automated test equipment. Learn more about Michael at michaelportwood.com.
Concurrent Session:
Code Coverage in the Internet Age
Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 AM
Atlassian
In 2008 Andrew Prentice joined Atlassian, maker of collaboration and development tools including JIRA and Confluence, as its first QA manager. Andrew built the QA team from scratch, implementing and improving testing practices across the company, and inventing the session-based test management tool Bonfire. His current focus is adapting and transitioning testing to the continuous deployment model. Prior to Atlassian, Andrew served as a program manager responsible for delivering mobile services and applications for phone carrier Singtel Optus. Earlier experience included working as a tester at Optus, T-Mobile UK, and IBM Global Services, helping to deliver enterprise scale CRM, ERP, and billing systems.
Concurrent Session:
Prime Directive: Improve Dev Testing Skills
Thursday, October 04, 2012 3:00 PM
Net Objectives
A fellow consultant with Net Objectives, Ken Pugh helps companies transform into lean-agile through training and coaching. Ken’s particular interests are in effectively communicating requirements, delivering business value, and using lean principles to deliver high quality quickly. He trains, mentors, and testifies on technology topics ranging from object-oriented design to Linux/Unix, and has helped clients worldwide. Ken has authored Interface-Oriented Design, the 2006 Jolt Award winner Prefactoring, and his latest Lean-Agile Acceptance Test Driven Development: Better Software Through Collaboration. When not computing, Ken enjoys snowboarding, windsurfing, biking, and hiking the Appalachian Trail. He can be reached at [email protected].
Concurrent Session:
Tests and Requirements: You Can’t Have One without the Other
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:30 AM
Rice Consulting Services, Inc.
A leading author, speaker, and consultant with more than thirty years of experience in the field of software testing and software quality, Randy Rice has worked with organizations worldwide to improve the quality of their information systems and optimize their testing processes. He is co-author (with William E. Perry) of Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing and Testing Dirty Systems. Randy is an officer of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB). Founder, principal consultant, and trainer at Rice Consulting Services, Randy can be contacted at riceconsulting.com where he publishes articles, newsletters, and other content about software testing and software quality. Visit Randy’s blog at randallrice.blogspot.com.
Afternoon Tutorial:
Free and Cheap Test Tools
Monday, October 01, 2012 1:00 PM
Full-day Tutorial:
Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
IBM
As a Senior Technical Staff Member and chief technologist for IBM’s Quality Software Engineering team, Karen Rosengren is responsible for setting the direction on how the more than 20,000 IBM testers approach their work. With more than thirty years of experience in software engineering, Karen has held positions in development, architecture, design, and testing in both operating system and middleware. She has spent the majority of her career in various testing roles and held management positions as well. A passionate advocate for advancing testing as a career, Karen looks for every opportunity to mentor and guide testers.
Concurrent Session:
Combinatorial Test Design: Beyond the Gee-wiz Numbers
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.
Johanna Rothman works with managers and leaders to identify problems and seize opportunities regarding how they manage their product development, focusing on removing management and technical staff impediments. Johanna is the author of Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects; the 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management; Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management; and Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People. She is the technical editor of AgileJournal.com, writes for Stickyminds.com and Gantthead.com, and blogs at jrothman.com.
Keynote:
Becoming a Kick-*** Test Manager
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 10:00 AM
AmiBug.com, Inc.
Rob Sabourin, P. Eng., has more than thirty years of management experience leading teams of software development professionals. A well-respected member of the software engineering community, Rob has managed, trained, mentored, and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA, testing, management, and internationalization. Rob wrote I am a Bug!, the popular software testing children's book; works as an adjunct professor of software engineering at McGill University; and serves as the principle consultant (and president/janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc. Contact Rob at [email protected].
Morning Tutorial:
Rob Sabourin: On Testing
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Afternoon Tutorial:
Test Estimation in Practice
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:00 PM
Concurrent Session:
Forgotten Wisdom from the Ancient Testers
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
Gorilla Logic
In 1982 Stu Stern got his first programming job and remains a geek to this day. Twenty years later Stu founded and became CEO of Gorilla Logic, an enterprise application consulting firm specializing in web and mobile development and testing services. Gorilla Logic's MonkeyTalk open source tool for mobile application testing and FlexMonkey for Adobe Flex application testing represent a major leap forward from the industry's previous generation of web-centric test automation tools. In the late 1990s, Stu was vice president of Java Consulting Services at Sun Microsystems (now Oracle), where he was responsible for many innovative web application deployments.
Concurrent Session:
Automating Mobile Application Testing with MonkeyTalk
Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:30 PM
Go Daddy
With Go Daddy for five years, Brent Strange is a QA Manager in the Go Daddy Hosting group, working with the latest cloud technologies. He also leads the Go Daddy Automation User Group, sharing his experience and passion for test automation and tools. Fourteen years of SQA and development experience has led him through an interesting SDLC evolution. Now on a more agile path at Go Daddy, Brent is loving life, practicing and teaching others about testing, automation, and how QA and testing fit into agile. When not working in the Go Daddy cloud, Brent enjoys blogging and cartooning about his QA, testing, and development experiences on QAInsight.net.
Concurrent Session:
Beyond the Silver Lining: Testing Go Daddy’s Cloud
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
Cognizant Technology Solutions
As a manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sai Subramanian is responsible for delivering web performance innovations and performance engineering services to Fortune 500 clients in North America. During the past six years, Sai has supported major performance initiatives for well-known healthcare, insurance, and retail clients in varied roles including performance tester, performance analyst, performance architect, and performance engineer. Sai is a member of the Computer Measurement Group and has published in its monthly journal, MeasureIT. Prior to Cognizant, Sai was a researcher at the Software Engineering Institute and Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University working on software engineering processes and methodologies that can be applied to robotics application development.
Concurrent Session:
Performance Testing in an Agile World
Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:45 AM
Polteq Test Services BV
An international test consultant at POLTEQ Test Services BV, Ruud Teunissen has performed several test functions in a number of IT projects: tester, test specialist, test consultant, and test manager. Ruud participated in the development of the structured testing methodology TMap®—Test Management Approach. Together with Martin Pol and Erik van Veenendaal, Ruud is co-author of several books on structured testing, including Software Testing: A Guide to the TMap® Approach.
Morning Tutorial:
Compact Test Process Improvement
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Afternoon Tutorial:
Test Management for Cloud-based Applications
Monday, October 01, 2012 1:00 PM
Morning Tutorial:
High-flying Cloud Testing Techniques
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:30 AM
Deutsche Bank Global Technologies
A VP of QA at Deutsche Bank Global Technologies in Cary, North Carolina, Mary Thorn has a broad testing background that spans automation, data warehouses, and web-based systems in a wide variety of technologies and testing techniques. During her more than fifteen years of experience in healthcare, HR, agriculture, and SaaS-based products, Mary has held manager and contributor level positions in software development organizations. She has a strong interest in agile testing methodologies and direct experience leading agile teams through Scrum adoption & beyond.
Morning Tutorial:
Seven Keys to Navigating Your Agile Testing Transition
Monday, October 01, 2012 8:30 AM
Seapine Software
Solutions evangelist at Seapine Software Peter Varhol is a writer and speaker on software development and quality topics. Peter has authored dozens of articles on tools and techniques for building applications, and has given conference presentations and webcasts on topics such as user-centered design, integrating testing into agile development, and building the right software in an era of changing requirements. He has held key roles on engineering teams that produced award-winning quality tools such as BoundsChecker and SoftICE. Peter’s past positions have included technology journalist, software product manager, software developer, and university professor.
Concurrent Session:
Moneyball and the Science of Building Great Testing Teams
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:45 PM
Enteros, Inc.
The founder and CEO of Enteros, Ron Warshawsky has more than twenty years of experience in IT production, operations, and software development. Ron’s expertise includes architecture, management, and optimization of the complex terabyte-size transactional and data warehouse database systems. He has strong troubleshooting skills, a deep knowledge of software testing and database internals, and innovative thinking that has translated into tremendous savings to clients by resolving complex performance problems, turning around failing projects, automating processes, and significantly raising productivity. Prior to Enteros, Ron worked at eBay as a principal of database technology in production architecture and SWAT team.
Concurrent Session:
Database Load Testing and Performance Analysis: New Approaches for Fast Results
Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 AM
Cloud Perspectives
Founder and CEO of Cloud Perspectives in Ottawa, Canada, Steven Woodward is a leader in a number of cloud computing and international standards organizations. Steven co-leads the Cloud Metrics Working Group at the National Institute of Standards for Technology, helping the industry focus on appropriate measures, metrics, and analytics for cloud computing. Consulting in advanced ICT solutions for more than eighteen of his thirty years in the IT industry, Steven is a frequent presenter and instructor on cloud computing, enterprise architectures, software measurement, estimation, and governance. He is author of the “Cloud Computing Solution Measurement” chapter in The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement. Learn more about Steven at cloud-perspectives.com.
Concurrent Session:
Testing in the Cloud: Policy, Security, Privacy, and Culture
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:30 AM
Trafigura
Jonathon Wright has over 12 years of commercial automation experience with a number of international organizations. He currently works as Global Head of Automation for Trafigura while also leading the Test Innovation and Automation team for BJSS based in London. Jonathon also contributed to the recent Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation (2012) and a number of upcoming books on test automation and testing in the cloud. He is an active blogger on “Test Automation as a Service” ( TaaaS.net) as well as presenting at various testing conferences.
Concurrent Session:
Test Automation as a Service
Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:30 PM
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