Board of Directors
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Scott Barber |
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Scott Barber is the chief technologist of PerfTestPlus, executive director of the Association for Software Testing, co-founder of the Workshop on Performance and Reliability and lead contributing author of Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications. Scott's particular specialties are testing and analyzing performance for complex systems, developing customized testing methodologies, testing in Agile environments, embedded systems testing, and authoring instructional materials. Scott is an international keynote speaker and contributor to various software testing publications. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, American MENSA, and the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, and he is a signatory to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Scott is a Founding, Life Member of AST. |
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Juliann DeSutter |
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| Julie DeSutter is currently Director, Testing Services for a Fortune 100 company. With almost 30 years experience working in both private industry and consulting across several different I/T disciplines Julie applies lessons learned from other I/T areas to software testing. | |
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Jeff Fry |
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| Jeff Fry is a software tester, writer and teacher. He is currently a Lead Software Tester for Freebase.com, a free public database for and API to Creative Commons licensed data. Since 2000, he has built and led the test teams and processes for several San Francisco Bay Area technology start-ups. Jeff enjoys the challenges of testing well under real-world pressures and fast development cycles. His writings about software testing can be found on his blog http://testingjeff.wordpress.org | |
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Dawn Haynes |
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Dawn Haynes is a Senior Trainer and Consultant for PerfTestPlus, and Director of the Association for Software Testing. A highly regarded trainer of software testers, she blends experience and humor to provide testers of all levels with tools and techniques to help them generate new approaches to common and complex software testing problems. In addition to training, Dawn is particularly passionate about improving the state of performance testing across the industry. She has more than 20 years of experience supporting, administering, developing and testing software and hardware systems, from small business operations to large corporate enterprises. Dawn holds a BSBA in MIS with a minor in programming from Northeastern University. Dawn is a Life Member of AST. |
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Doug Hoffman |
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Doug Hoffman http://www.softwarequalitymethods.com has attended (at last count) 30 LAWSTly style workshops and been kind enough to share the lessons and observations of that experience with WOPR organizers. Doug has thirty years experience as a consultant, manager, and engineer in the computer and software industries. Twenty years experience in evaluating, creating, and turning around software quality departments in medium and small start up companies. Experience with corporate, quality assurance, development, manufacturing, and support functions and procedures. Management Consultant, Course Developer, Instructor, Author, and Project Manager for SQM, LLC. Adjunct Instructor for the University of San Francisco. Instructor for UCSC-Extension, ASQ-CSQE, ASQ-CQM, ISO 9000 Auditor. Chair of ASQ's Santa Clara Valley Section (0613). Founding member, Past Chair, and current Treasurer of the Santa Clara Valley Software Quality Association (SSQA), a task group of the ASQ. Program Chair for the Third International Conference on Software Quality (ASQC Software Division). US Program Chair for the First World Congress on Software Quality (ASQC Software Division). Conference Chair for the Third SSQA Software Quality Conference. Publisher of dozens of papers and speaker at numerous conferences. Doug is a Founding, Life Member of AST. |
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Paul Holland |
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| Paul Holland is the manager of a verification group at Alcatel in Ottawa Canada. Paul has been involved in the testing of telecommunications gear since 1995. He is currently testing new releases of Alcatel’s DSL switches that allow telephone companies to sell triple play solutions (Video, Voice, and Data) to their customers. Prior to joining the DSL team, he had been an automation verification engineer/manager, testing Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) data switches using Tcl based automation - working primarily on Cell Relay line cards, Frame Relay line cards, and Switched Services. Prior to joining Newbridge (which was purchased by Alcatel in May, 2000), Paul flew Sea King helicopters for the Canadian Military for a few years (1990-1995), and managed to stress-test the helicopters in innovative ways. | |
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Cem Kaner |
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Cem Kaner has pursued a multidisciplinary career centered on the theme of the satisfaction and safety of software customers and software-related workers. With a law degree (practice focused on the law of software quality), a doctorate in Experimental Psychology, and 17 years in the Silicon Valley software industry, Dr. Kaner joined Florida Institute of Technology as Professor of Software Engineering in 2000. Dr. Kaner is senior author of three books: Testing Computer Software (with Jack Falk and Hung Quoc Nguyen), Bad Software (with David Pels), and Lessons Learned in Software Testing (with James Bach and Bret Pettichord). At Florida Tech, his research is primarily focused on the question, How can we foster the next generation of leaders in software testing? See TestingeEucation.org for some course materials and this Proposal to the National Science Foundation for a summary of the course-related research. Cem is a Founding, Life Member of AST. |
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Michael Kelly |
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Mike Kelly is currently a Software Development Manager for a Fortune 100 company. Mike also writes and speaks about topics in software testing. He is currently the President for the Association for Software Testing and is a co-founder of the Indianapolis Workshops on Software Testing, a series of ongoing meetings on topics in software testing, and a co-host of the Workshop on Open Certification for Software Testers. You can find most of his articles and blog on his website www.MichaelDKelly.com. Mike is a Founding, Life Member of AST. |
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Anne Martin |
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| Anne Martin has over 10 years of experience in a variety of testing roles from tester to test manager in start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Currently she is focused on systems, infrastructure, and performance testing in a unique role that reports to Operations rather than Development. Anne has been an active supporter of the testing community nearly from day one by being an activist through her local QA community, volunteering as a moderator on SQAForums.com and as the manager of member services for the AST. Her passion for and dedication to the field of software testing, her positive attitude, integrity, and her willingness to lend a helping hand with a smile are just some of the traits that make Anne a highly valued member of any project team. | |
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Ben Simo |
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| Ben Simo has been testing software, and developing testing tools, for 17 years. Ben is a Context-Driven tester and a signatory of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. As a believer in both sapient testing by critical thinkers and the power of automation, Ben seeks to balance the use of people and machines to provide information that helps each team meet its goals. Ben is currently a performance tester and test automation developer for a Fortune 500 company. Ben is the President of the Association for Software Testing, and a co-founder of ThinkTalkTest, Ltd. -- organizer of the FROSST Conferences. Ben also writes and speaks about software testing. You can find much of his writing on his blog at www.QuestioningSoftware.com. | |
