Discussion: Critical Thinking

10th January 2023
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Elizabeth Zagroba's profile
Elizabeth Zagroba

Lead DevOps Engineer - Test Automation

Jitesh Gosai's profile
Jitesh Gosai

Principal Tester

Maaike Brinkhof's profile
Maaike Brinkhof

Tester & iOS Developer

Gwen Diagram's profile
Gwen Diagram

Head of Engineering

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In this session, we were joined by three guests who have a great deal of knowledge and experience in Critical Thinking: Elizabeth Zagroba, Jitesh Gosai and Maaike Brinkhof. Hosted by Gwen Diagram, the panel discussed your burning questions about Critical Thinking. 

Lead DevOps Engineer - Test Automation
Elizabeth sets out to prove that when “it should just work” it actually does. She's the go-to person for thinking critically about what’s being built and creating a common understanding.
Principal Tester
Jit’s expertise in testing spans over two decades. He currently works as the Principal Tester for the BBC. He aims to help teams build quality into their products and cultivate a Culture of Quality.
Tester & iOS Developer
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Maaike is an independent Test Consultant and iOS developer. She loves testing because there are so many ways to add value to a team.
Head of Engineering

Gwen Diagram is a technology professional from Leeds who specialises in testing.  She is an avid automation evangelist with a focus on testing complemented by repeatable build processes with monitoring. She has had varied roles throughout her career including Scrum Master at a Start Up, Engineering Manager at a bank and DevOps kid at a large Financial Services organisation. She is currently the Head of Engineering at Glean in Leeds.

As a strong believer in making the tech industry as open and punk as possible, she co-organises a twice yearly free day long testing conference called the Leeds Testing Atelier.  She speaks regularly at local meet-up groups, Agile Yorkshire and Leeds DevOps, duels with creative types at events like the Tech Off, speaks internationally at conferences such as Nordic Testing Days in Tallinn and was the closing keynote at Agile on the Beach in Falmouth, UK in 2018.

Outside of work, you will usually find her hanging around a Natural History Museum somewhere in the world marvelling at how incredibly excellent dinosaurs are, feeding pigeons or ducks or obsessing over transport.

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