Kristina Sabotic

QA Consultant – Zington, Sweden

Kristina, “Stina”, has been working in QA for over ten years, and the last few years as a consultant for Zington. She loves operating in the grey area between tech and business, where there is need for a translator and sometimes a mediator. Favourite type of assignment is setting up test automation strategy for organizations that are new to automation. It’s diplomacy, techy know-how and change management rolled up in one! In the end you´re rewarded with seeing the team adopting that automation baby as its own. When not busy at work or with her family, Stina loves to knit and spin her own yarn for knitting.

Carin Norling

Head of Zington Quality – Zington, Sweden

Carin has a history of many years in IT. First as a developer but then as a performance tester, test manager and test strategist. Over the years, she has alternated this with being a consultant manager, running her own business and now for 7 years responsible for Zington Quality.

Over the years, Carin has met many organizations and thus even more people, and gained a lot of knowledge about people. But a disease like fatigue is so difficult to detect and very important to talk about. After all, it’s not about just “biting the bullet” or toughening up, but about finding a sustainable balance in life.

Benjamin Johnson-Ward

Lead Solutions Engineer – Curiosity Software, USA

Before spending the past 10+ years pioneering testing techniques and tools, Benjamin studied economics at the world-leading London School of Economics. He focused on behavioral economics and econometrics, questioning how unconscious biases and economic structures influence behavior. Benjamin has since applied these insights to become a better tester, seeking to understand how unconscious biases can mislead the critical thinking that lies at the heart of testing.

Benjamin has applied this introspective mindset to his work as a tester at both start-ups and multinationals. He has helped shape testing techniques at global banks, retailers, insurance companies, telcos and beyond. He has occupied many of the roles associated with “quality”, including developer, product manager, automation engineer and tester. Benjamin’s work has often gravitated towards model-based testing and test data management. He has most recently focused on applications of Generative AI to testing, both as a product manager and delivery specialist of AI-driven tools.

Rick Tracy

Test Pathfinder – Hapalion Consulting, Netherlands

Testing is about learning as much as you can and spreading that knowledge to people who need to hear it. That’s why I like to dive into every possible topic I can find, think about how each person might use it, and try to come up with a good story so people will want to hear it.

That’s who I am and what I do. I am curious; I want to engage others’ curiosity. I am exploratory; I want to enable other people’s explorations. I am talkative; I want to get people talking.

Whether it’s AI, Chain processes, communication, abstract exploration or just good old effective scripting, I want to explore every aspect in this testing world I can, and I invite you all to explore it with me.

Bert Fabry

Owner/Coach/Trainer – FabCore Consulting, Belgium

A passionate advocate for empathic leadership with a diverse background in the arts, technology, and international development. Overcame personal battles with illness by drawing strength from adversity.

As an IT consultant, coach, and Agile enthusiast, I now use my decades of broad knowledge to transform employee development. From Belgian theaters to Central African IT projects, I believe that authentic connection, continual learning, and embracing vulnerability are the keys to redefining success. When I’m not championing change, I’m in the kitchen creating culinary delights or weaving epic tales as a long-time tabletop roleplaying game master and storyteller.

Speaker at (inter)national events. Founder of FabCore Consulting.

Cynthia Zeinoun

QA Operational Manager – Murex, Lebanon

Cynthia Zeinoun is a Senior Test Consultant and a QA manager at Murex, with 8 years of experience in software testing and a Scrum Master, fostering agile methodologies, and championing best practices across various teams.She played a pivotal role in ensuring rigorous testing processes, where she meticulously scrutinized and verified software functionality to maintain top-notch quality.Her expertise in testing has flourished, enabling her to develop comprehensive learning programs for the entire QA department and establish learning leagues benefiting over 100 QAs.She says that “Her adventure at Murex has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, filled with thrilling challenges and an unwavering dedication to elevating the quality standards in testing and development”.

Pamela El Khoury

Test Consultant – Murex, Lebanon

Leveraging a background in electrical engineering, I transitioned into the fintech sector, and have been a Test Consultant at Murex for the past three years. In this role, I meticulously conduct testing activities on the volatility and foreign exchange modules of Murex’s capital markets software, to uphold and enhance the product’s quality and excellence.Beyond my central duties, I harbor a keen interest in expanding the horizons of software testing by integrating insights from varied disciplines, aiming to cultivate a more nuanced and enriched testing environment. I’m also actively involved in knowledge management within our department, and take part in shaping welcoming experiences for new team members, fostering a cooperative and vibrant workplace.

Maria Kedemo

Quality Coach – Volvo Cars, Sweden

Maria is a specialist generalist with deep knowledge in quality engineering and software testing. With more than twenty years in software development her experience ranges from different roles like mentor, teacher, team manager, developer, test lead, tester and coach in different domains such as Telecom, Retail, Security and lately Automotive. She thrives when she can help an individual, a team or a company to improve their testing skills, enhance their approach to testing and quality engineering, and see them taking pride in what they do. She sporadically blogs, runs workshops, speaks at conferences and helps organize conferences. In 2017 – 2019 she was a board member of the AST (Association for Software Testing).

Rafaela Azevedo

CEO & Founder – The Chain Academy, UK

Current CEO and Co-Founder at The ChainAcademy, with the mission to bring more people to the Web3 community. SC Cleared Full Stack SDET with +16 years of Experience in QA, +14 years of Experience in Test Automation, and +9 years in Leadership, Delivering and Releasing Software on different platforms (Mobile, Desktop, Web).

Became a STEM Ambassador , a STEM Women Member , and a Google Developer Expert making an impact and bringing more young people to the STEM area. Contributes to TestProject and instructor of Test Automation University (Contract Tests with Pact and Introduction to Blockchain Testing). Together with other Web3 and Blockchain Expert Testers created the Web3Tests Community on Discord and Twitter.

Martin Nilsson

Consultant in Software Test and Quality – House of Test, Sweden

Martin has been in the test profession for over a decade with a broad experience from embedded software to cloud, from test automation to exploratory testing, from consulting large organisations to educating testers. He started out his career in Ericsson Mobile Platforms and have spent the last decade at the consulting company House of Test. Today he consults organisations as a Test Manager with focus on enabling a good way of working with software quality. He is on a crusade to make sure that educated testers get to do the advanced testing they are capable of.

In his free time, when he can find an hour or two, he loves tinkering with technology with his main hobby being 3d printing and playing games with his kids.