Have you ever been dragged into a production emergency that severely drains deadlines, budgets, morale, and weekends only to find out—yet again—that the problem is related to application stability and performance under load? Building a culture that embraces proactive and well-planned performance testing is no small feat. Tom Poirier shares a journey that begins with clarifying enterprise performance requirements, performing competitive analysis, cost-justifying purchases, and closing the deal with senior management. Tom walks through practical challenges including technical difficulties,...
Tom Poirier
IDEXX Laboratories
Tom Poirier is manager of the performance and automation solutions group at IDEXX Laboratories, the worldwide market leader in immunology and diagnostics for animals. At IDEXX, he introduced performance testing in 2014 and has built it into a capability that delivers more than thirty projects annually across the enterprise. With more than two decades of experience in software performance testing and automation, Tom has spent his career helping Fortune 500 companies and government agencies with their software performance and automation needs. A cofounder of Worksoft and past president of the New England Software Quality Assurance Forum, Tom is a frequent speaker at software development groups, QA groups, PMI chapters, and agile groups.