Eric Montgomery

Progressive Insurance

A system test engineer for Progressive Insurance, Eric Montgomery joined Progressive as a C/C++/C# developer, programming their quoting, rating, and renewal logic. On a project to replace Progressive's mainframe servicing system with a .NET version, Eric transitioned to testing, first developing headless test harnesses for business logic functions and then becoming test lead of one of the largest test events ever run at Progressive. Since 2011, Eric has been the test lead for Progressive’s mobile transformation program, which created several native apps, including the award-winning Progressive flagship app and the “mobilization” of many of Progressive's web sites.

Speaker Presentations

Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 1:30pm

Mobile Testing

Introducing Mobile Testing to Your Organization

Mobile is an integral part of our daily lives, and if it’s not already part of your business model, it soon will be. When that happens, will you be ready to tackle the demands of testing web and native mobile apps? From the perspective of a test lead, Eric Montgomery describes the challenges Progressive Insurance, a company with a strong web presence, recently faced—learning new technologies, transforming the approach of testers from PC-based to mobile-based, and working with testing tools in a market that has yet to see a definitive leader emerge.