Ash Coleman Hynie
Founder & CEO - CountrPT
Ash, a former chef, put recipes aside when she began her career in software development, falling back on her skills in engineering she acquired as a kid building computers with her brother. A progressive type, Ash has focused her efforts within technology on bringing awareness to the inclusion of women and people of colour, especially in the Context-Driven Testing and Agile communities. An avid fan of matching business needs with technological solutions, you can find her doing her best work on whichever coast is the sunniest. Having helped teams build out testing practices, formulate Agile processes and redefine culture, she now works as an Engineering Manager in Quality for Credit Karma and continues consulting based out of San Francisco.
Achievements
Certificates
Level up your software testing and quality engineering skills with the credibility of a Ministry of Testing certification.
Activity
earned:
Thanks for going above and beyond in October 2025. Your community contributions are much appreciated.
earned:
MoT Berlin meetup #48 with Ash and Ashutosh
contributed:
Our very first Meetup at Assecor GmbH is in the books! Thanks to everyone attending, I had so much fun 😊 I hope we can do it again soon!
🎤 If you're interested to speak at one of our next meetups,...
earned:
Thank you so much for your contribution to the MoT Berlin meetup! It was a very engaging conversation and I loved how the audience got involved :)
earned:
Ash Hynie, hosting Day 1 of MoTaCon
Contributions
Our very first Meetup at Assecor GmbH is in the books! Thanks to everyone attending, I had so much fun 😊 I hope we can do it again soon!
🎤 If you're interested to speak at one of our next meetups,...
Ash Hynie takes the stage to host the first part of MoTaCon 2025.
We are back! Our summer break is finally over, the suitcases are heavy with TestBash swag (MoTaCon swag, actually), and we can't wait to see you all again!
🎤 Quality Talks
Ash Hynie, Ashutosh M...
Test bash is no more- we now have MoTaCon
Ash leading our conversation for "Building with Intelligence: How Quality-Driven Teams Lead with AI" at leading quality
I’m excited to share that, alongside TeamMoT, we’ll be gathering 50 Leaders in Quality on September 30th.
What looks like a one-day event is actually the beginning of a bigger journey: a committ...
Check out our chat about career development, performative DEI, being a good manager, and a lot about how to look out for yourself in today’s job market…enjoy! - Keith Klain
Test Team Roulette is an activity where, as a team, you get to select and present an ideal candidate
Unravel the power of diversity in testing
Watch "Combating Bias with Heuristics of Diversity" with Ash Coleman from TestBash Brighton 2019
Watch Ash Coleman's talk "Culture Is Often Framed By What You DON’T Say, Not Necessarily By What You Do Say" from TestBash Germany 2018
Watch this awesome talk by Ash Coleman at TestBash Philadelphia 2017