Many organizations are using virtualization technology to increase the number of available test machines. However, this increase creates a new dilemma for testers. How can you confirm that all test systems are running properly and not showing signs of serious defects? Since many companies are reluctant to add additional staff members to simply “babysit” test environments, teams are forced to do...
Stephen Burlingame
Navicure
Stephen Burlingame’s introduction to software quality assurance occurred during his university senior project where he discovered critical defects in software designed to diagnosis breast cancer in digitized mammograms. Since graduation, Stephen has worked exclusively in the quality assurance field. In 2006, he joined the medical claims clearinghouse Navicure, Inc., where he is director of quality assurance, responsible for overseeing the testing for an application that processes more than one million transactions daily. Living in the Atlanta metro area with his wife, Julia, Stephen has served as president of Atlanta SPIN (Software and Systems Process Improvement Network).