Quality Sense Podcast

We're closing season 5 of Quality Sense Podcast with an interesting interview with Ben Dowen, also known as the Full Snack Tester. Alongside Federico Toledo, they will discuss all things Pair Testing.

Today's guest is Micaela Rodriguez! She's joining Federico Toledo for another episode of Qualit Sense Podcast! They tackle the testing hurdles within agile setups, from shifting priorities to rapid iterations. Reflecting on the shift from waterfall to agile, we explore its value propositions and fundamental changes. Personal anecdotes highlight the perks of agile, like quick iterations, while also...

Our guest for today is Mark Tomlinson! He’s a Performance Engineer and Consultor with more than 20 years of experience in the field. He’s the creator of the term Performacology which he’ll be explaining all about in today’s episode.

Today’s guest is a performance enthusiast. He is the Co-founder and Performance Engineering Director at OctoPerf. Today we welcome Guillaume Betaillouloux to Quality Sense Podcast!

Today’s guest is Darrel Farris! a dear friend of mine. He's a Partner at Abstracta and a US Country Manager, and has been in the industry for over 20 years! Let’s jump right into the interview and explore QA in the field! ------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗Follow Darrel on X: https://twitter.com/djbfarris 🔗Follow Darrel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/d...

Today’s guest is Noel Wurst! He’s the director of Storytelling at Smartbear. He’s responsible for building communications strategies, and managing public relations initiatives, and also has a deep, personal interest in helping build diverse, inclusive, and balanced workplace cultures. Join him and Federico on this episode of Quality Sense Podcast! --------------------------------------------------...

Today’s guest is a very special one, and it is an honor to have him on the show. He has more than 15 years of experience in Software Testing and has contributed to the community in many amazing ways. Joe Colantonio is the host of the most popular podcast about software testing. He is the founder of Test Guild, and has recently released his book Automation Awesomeness! Join Federico and Joe on this...

We’re starting the fifth season of Quality Sense Podcast with a hot topic! Federico Toledo will be discussing genAI and its impact on our daily work, alongside a very special guest! We've been waiting a long time to chat with her on the show and we're very excited to finally have her on the very first episode of the season! She’s Vera Babat, Abstracta’s Chief Culture Officer. Vera is a clinical ps...

We are closing this cycle of Quality Sense with a very interesting guest... Maaret Pyhäjärvi, has more than 25 years of experience in software testing, and is constantly sharing her knowledge and helping others. She has experience organizing conferences around the world, meetups, and more. Maaret is currently working at Vaisala as a Principal Test Engineer. In today’s episode, we talked about the...

Vaishali Padghan is responsible for different quality initiatives, trying to deliver quality products faster at J.P.Morgan where she has worked for almost a decade. She empowers teams to continuously improve by leading automated testing strategies and quality transformation. Today we'll bring real and high-risk scenarios where test automation is key for the success of JP Morgan software developmen...

Alan Brande is the CEO and Co-founder of Light-It. Combining his two passions, software and medicine, he helps healthcare start-ups and organizations build successful software products and scale their development teams. In the episode, we’ll discuss the challenges that working in the healthcare industry entails, the importance of testing software in this field, and more.

Matias Fornara is a Senior Leader at Abstracta and has been working in the industry for more than 10 years. In today's episode, we discussed everything Test Automation, how to ensure its quality, and much more. Episode Highlights Matias’ start in the industry and his transition to Software Testing. His take on how to continuously improve the quality of your test automation. Opportunities for impro...

Mukta Sharma has been in the world of testing for over a decade and is very active on social media where she shares her knowledge with her community. She often gives advice to those interested in the world of testing through her social profiles. In this episode, we'll discuss Defect Management and some tips on how to create a good and useful LinkedIn profile to reach your professional goals and mo...

Gev Hovsepyan is the Head of Product at mabl with over a decade of experience in Software Product Management, Analysis, and Development for B2B SaaS and PaaS products. He is also an Agile advocate with proven ability to successfully capitalize on emerging market trends at large and small companies. In this episode, we’ll discuss the topic of Accessibility Testing, its importance, how to make it a...

In todays episode, I interviewd Lewis Prescott. He is a QA Lead at Cera Care and has worked across testing projects including property management, e-procurement, electronic trading platforms, and government. In different areas such as Functional, Automation, and Performance Testing. We talked about contract testing, its advantages, and how it can be paired with API testing. Our takes on pair progr...

Andrew Knight, better known as "Automation Panda". He describes himself as a software enthusiast, with a specialty in test automation and behavior-driven development. And he is a developer advocate at Applitools. They’ll discuss Test Automation at Scale, how to keep up with changes in the system, how to maintain the quality of your test suite, and more. Episode Highlights How Andy got into softwar...

Nicola Lindgren is an experienced Senior Test Engineer, QA Lead, and Manager for ustwo. She's worked on projects in many different industries such as trade, education, and e-Commerce. She founded the Stockholm Software Testing Talks meet-up and co-founded the WeTest Auckland testing meet-up. She has also recently published her second book “How Can I Test This” which she will tell us about. We’ll t...

S4E02 - Eran Kinsbruner - The future of mobile applications by Federico Toledo

S4E01 - Paul Holland - From computer science, to pilot, to tester. by Federico Toledo

As the New York Times best-selling author, Brené Brown says, "Leadership is not about titles or the corner office. It’s about the willingness to step up, put yourself out there, and lean into courage." In today's cultural and work environment, we're no longer capable of avoiding sensitive and pressing issues, but many leaders are paralyzed by the fear of making mistakes in the way they address the...

Simon Prior is a co-host of the Testing Peers podcast (https://testingpeers.com/) as well as an advocate for bridging the gap between academia and industry. Having been a university professor myself, I found we had quite a lot in common! Simon Prior is a senior test manager at Easy Jet, with many years of experience in testing and management. Not only that, but he helps run a meetup group, Ministr...

Ashley Hunsberger started as a manual tester at Blackboard 16 years ago and today, she’s the Director of DevOps Engineering, creating their Developer and Agile Advocacy program. She focuses on the ways they can advance the work their teams are doing, as well as the way in which they do it. Listen to this fascinating conversation about how she managed to evolve her career and all of her eye-opening...

Today’s guest is an inspiration for any test engineer out there who wants to drive their organization’s quality engineering and shift-left testing practices, working in a way that devs and testers can best collaborate. Get to know Andrey Momot, a QA Lead at WalkMe, the company that pioneered the Digital Adoption Platform to simplify user experiences by combining insights, engagement, guidance and...

My guest today, Sumit Agarwal, has over 20 years of professional experience in the technology field. Today he is the Lead Cloud Architect at a global fintech company, with experience in performance testing, DevOps and agile methodologies. Listen to today’s episode where we discuss the origin of DevOps, testing and dealing with legacy code, making the necessary culture shifts to successfully implem...

A self-proclaimed "stage mom" and "recovering social worker" Tristan fell into test automation and community management a few years ago by taking a new role at Sauce Labs and hasn't looked back. In our conversation, we talked about the meaning of community, how testers can take more advantage of their network, overcoming imposter syndrome, and much more. Episode Highlights: - Tristan's story of fa...