14+ years in testing and engineering | Co-host at Testing Minutes podcast | Writing and podcasting about test engineering, blockchain, and distributed systems | Views are my own
QA Lead at Cogapp, a web agency for museums & archives.
Also co-organiser for codebar Brighton: running coding workshops for underrepresented groups.
I identify as an investigative analytical thinker who likes to challenge the norms and doubt the (not so)obvious. I'm always up for contributing on open source projects!
Software testing professional with technical and leadership experience, most recently as QA Manager at Redstor. International conference speaker, avid learner and believer in continuous improvement.
Graduate (Philosophy & CS) from Stirling University '93, living in PNW past few decades. Quite the varied life as a QA analyst by profession, an artist by passion, and insightful one by far
Expert in Software Quality Engineering · Founder of QA Roots · International Speaker · Coach · Trainer
Leonardo Lanni, founder of QA Roots, is a global expert in Quality Engineering with 18 years experience. He helps companies build scalable QA strategies, focusing on automation, shift-left, coaching
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On the 1st & 2nd of October 2025 we're back in Brighton for TestBash: the largest software testing conference in the UK