I'm an independent test automation consultant with over 14 years of experience helping my clients improve their testing efforts through smart application of tools. I'm an experienced trainer in a range of topics related to test automation and software development.

Aaron Hodder hails from Wellington, New Zealand, where he works for Assurity Consulting to coach testers to develop and deliver new and innovative testing practices to better suit the demands of modern-day software development. Aaron is a passionate software tester with a particular enthusiasm for visual test modelling and structured exploratory testing techniques. He regularly blogs and tweets about testing and is a co-founder of Wellington Testing Workshops/

Michael Bolton is a consulting software tester and testing teacher who helps people to solve testing problems that they didn't realize they could solve. He is the co-author (with senior author James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing, a methodology and mindset for testing software expertly and credibly in uncertain conditions and under extreme time pressure. Michael has 25 years of experience testing, developing, managing, and writing about software. For the last 18 years, he has led DevelopSense, a Toronto-based testing and development consultancy. Prior to that, he was with Quarterdeck Corporation for eight years, during which he managed the company’s flagship products and directed project and testing teams both in-house and around the world.

Claire is a Test Lead at MoneySuperMarket in Manchester, with prior experience in testing Financial and Security software.

A tester for over 10 years, she is active within the testing community, contributing articles, speaking at conferences including Testbash Manchester and Nordic Testing Days.

tester, team catalyst, software rebel, leader, the calm before the storm

Eric Proegler is a Staff Test Instructure Engineer for Credit Karma in Oakland, California. Previously, he’s been a Senior Director of Quality Engineering, a performance testing consulting practice lead, a Testing Tools Product Manager, and the President of the Association for Software Testing. At work, Eric is hacking processes, writing documentation, asking questions, and generally splitting the difference between Solver and Right Hand StaffEng Archetypes. He’s presented and/or facilitated at CAST, TestBash, Agile, PNSQC, CMG Impact, STARWEST, Jenkins World, Oredev, Nordic Testing Days, Romanian Testing Conference, Yerevan Testing Days, CodeFest, STPCon, WOPR, and STiFS. In his free time, Eric spends time with family, runs a science fiction book club, and is looking forward to resuming a busy schedule of live literary events, music, and stand-up comedy. He also seeks out street food from all over, plays video games, collects Lego sets, and follows the NBA.

Brendan Connolly is an experienced Software Tester, Developer and blogger. Currently he is a Senior Quality Engineer at Procore Technologies in Santa Barbara, California. He's written tests at all levels from unit and integration tests to API and UI tests and is responsible for creating and executing testing strategies while using his coding powers for developing tooling to help make testers lives easier.

As a QA engineer, Angela’s work has ranged from feature testing to leading department-wide process changes. She believes that empathy and curiosity are driving forces of quality, and uses both to advocate for users and engineering teams. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the aisles of Powell’s and the forests of the PNW. She has an enthusiasm for karaoke, and serious debates about what can truly be categorized as a sandwich.

Rhian is a freelance SDET and AWS Certified Developer. She is also the co-developer of cryptocurrency portfolio tracker CountMyCrypto and the co-host of London Women in Bitcoin. She has been involved in blockchain technology since 2014 and is an instructor for the B9Lab Ethereum QA Engineer course.

I've been in testing for 15 years now. My passion for testing comes second only to my family. I am passionate about continual improvement and challenging myself. My early career was very much driven by learning from books and colleagues as I was thrown into the deep end as QA Manager (as the only developer showing any interest in making sure any testing was done and no test department). After a number of years in test and test management positions I realised the part of the job I enjoyed the most was supporting the teams growth and development. I’ve recently taken the step into contracting and consultancy.

Conor Fitzgerald is a Quality Advocate with over 15 years of experience. He is passionate about whole team testing and working with teams on quality improvements. Currently, he is working as an Engineering Manager(Quality) for Poppulo| FWI in Cork, Ireland. He has spoken at a number of conferences in recent years, including SoftTestDublin, TestBash, OnlineTestConf, AgileLeanInternational, Romania Testing Conference and RebelCon. Conor is an active member of the test community and is a Co-Founder of the Ministry of Testing Cork. Previous positions included Test Consultant, Test Lead/Manager, and Automation focused roles. These positions were held in a wide variety of industries from embedded systems to financial systems with companies ranging from startups to large multinationals such as Intel. Occasionally blogs at conorfi.com and frequently tweets at @conorfi.

Award-Winning International Conference Speaker | Software Testing Veteran | Father | Mental Health First Aider | Humanist