2023

Kevin Harris

QA Manager – SixWorks, UK

Kevin is a Test Manager with more than 20 years test experience (he started when he was 12!!!), with the last 15 years of that working in an Agile environment in a variety of successful, and not so successful (!) companies. Kevin has been talking at Test Conferences since 2015, where he gave his very first talk at EuroSTAR in Maastricht. Since then Kevin has spoken on a variety of topics, mostly related to Testing in an Agile environment, and has recently given keynotes in Europe and South America. Kevin spends most of his spare time running, writing, reading, watching films, avoiding tomatoes, and trying to not kill the goldfish he just got for his garden pond.

Keith Yorkston

Director – Quality Risk Management, UK

After a circuitous route into IT, Keith Yorkston has spent the last 23 years involved with software quality and risk. Cutting his teeth early in technical testing, Keith went on to work as a consultant and trainer across the world. He currently works as an independent consultant and author specializing in security and performance.

Jørgen Lund

Program Test Manager – Systematic, Denmark

After graduating with a master’s degree in Computer Science, I ventured into the world of testing. Over the past 15 years, I have served in every thinkable and unthinkable role related to testing. Today, I work as a Program Test Manager where I coach other Test Managers and Testers, implement strategic initiatives and train new employees in testing.

Dylan Lacey

Manager of Developer Relations – Sauce Labs, Australia

G’day! I’m Dylan, and I love to solve problems, help people, hold opinions, make things, and the oxford comma. Usually I do this with computers, although sometimes a kitchen and, on one memorable occasion, 120’000 bees.

I’ve been engineering software for over 13 years; My very first job as a baby engineer had me setting up a Selenium grid and bullying browsers into submission. I’ve build an Uber competitor (it failed), multiple teams (they didn’t), and a dozen or so open source projects (they’re… mixed.). Oh, and did I mention the bees?

For the past 10 years I’ve been fixing Appium problems, dispensing Selenium advice and resetting passwords at Sauce Labs. As the Manager of Developer Relations, I love working to help developers provide digital confidence to their companies and customers.

Gitte Ottosen

Expert Test Consultant – Key2Quality, Denmark

Gitte Ottosen is a test manager and agile/quality coach with a strong focus on a value driven approach to software development. She has more than 25 years of experience in IT, primarily within test, test management and process improvement, in both traditional and agile contexts. The last fifteen years she has primarily worked within an agile context, focusing on supporting a quality mindset across teams and organizations, and improving the processes for some of the largest international companies in Denmark. As a self-confessed test and agile evangelist who preaches the need for a strong quality and value driven focus, Gitte is a strong advocate for a context-driven approach, a role requiring profound professional insight, passion, and persistence— qualities that Gitte holds in abundance. Gitte is a dedicated trainer within the areas of agile and test and is a regular speaker at international conferences. She holds several certificates within testing as well as agile; ISTQB Expert Level Test Management – Full, Certified agile tester (CAT), TMap Test Engineer, TMAP Organizing Built-in Quality at Scale, Certified SCRUM Master, SAFe Program Consultant.

Phil Royston

CEO – Tesena, Czech Republic

Phil is an experienced Test Manager and Test Consultant with 20 years of experience. He has helped a number of major organizations in their IT and digital transformations. He is the co-founder of Tesena and supports the company and its staff in changing the testing world.

Graham Freeburn

Principal Testing Consultant – Shared Services Connected , UK

Graham has nearly 40 years’ experience in IT services starting as a developer and working in a variety of roles but has specialised in testing for most of his career. A recognised industry expert and international speaker, he co-founded and chaired the Scottish Testing Group (STG) for over 12 years. In 2016 was presented with the European Testing Excellence Award in recognition of his contribution to the wider testing community.
For the last 20 years he was worked cross a wide range of industry verticals in strategic consultancy, training and test programme management to ensure testing meets the client and project’s needs and context. He is a firm believer in testing as a skill-based discipline and is a leading advocate in use of mindmaps to support test strategies, planning and exploratory testing.

Cecilie Haugstvedt

Test Lead – SOCO, Norway

Cecilie is an accessibility enthusiast working as a test consultant. She loves working in agile teams and has a special interest in making applications accessible for all.