Testing is Rocket Science Not Brain Surgery

Howard Clark – A 14 year veteran of IT, having served in the role of developer/analyst for single-site, national and global ERP and CRM implementations in a myriad number of industries. From Boeing’s Aerospace&Defense division to the United States government agency of Health and Human Services, he has played an integral role in developing the code driving his client’s various long-term technical solutions. More recently he has made the transition into Software Performance Testing custom Java, .Net and COTS application solutions from Oracle Siebel CRM, Oracle Peoplesoft Financials, Siemens Soarian Financials and a LabWare LIMS solution. His previous employers include Deloitte&Touche, Siebel Systems now a subsidiary of Oracle and lastly Wellpoint. At present he is an at-large consultant with the Software Testing Advocate Group, LLC. where he has met the needs of clients such as Veolia Environmental Services(VE), St. Vincent Hospitals, Covance(CVD), Kaiser Permanente and Roche Diagnostics(RHHBY).

Ed Cook – a 12 year veteran of IT, transitioning help desk experience into software test analyst experience for application projects in several industries. Originally providing custom help desk services for Unisys, he has since provided expert functional test solutions for the State of Indiana’s Department of Child Services and Sallie Mae on a wide range of in-house applications based on PowerBuilder/Oracle, .NET/Oracle, and BEA Aqualogic. Currently, he is a software testing consultant for Fusion Alliance, where he has worked on internal projects as well as provided solutions for OneAmerica and Covance.

Bobby Washington – An IT professional with 7 years of experience in Information Systems concentrated in both manual and automated software testing. Bobby has either facilitated the application of best practices to embed QC within organization’s software development lifecycles. Conducting the following activities of requirements analysis/elicitation, development and maintenance of test plans/scripts, test automation, test execution and post-production tasks. He has worked in the following industries of insurance, retail and access control security, on platforms ranging from IBM AS400 midrange systems to virtualized servers via VMware.