PLATO Panel Talks

PLATO Panel Talks is taking on Software Testing, AI and Machine Learning with our host, Mike Hrycyk , sitting down with Sean Wilson (Senior Director, Engineering, WindRiver) and Nathaniel Couture (VP Quality Engineering at Xtract One Technologies Inc.). How does AI impact the future of the testing profession? The panellists discuss the pressing question by exploring the benefits and challenges of...

In this episode of PLATO Panel Talks, guest host Heather Stapleton (Director of the Apprenticeship Program) is taking over to dive into the crucial topic of allyship within the tech industry. We're also joined by panellists Raena Steeves , Keisha Nguyen , and Joel Vautour , as they chat about what it means to be an ally, why it's so crucial for women in tech, and navigating the complexitie...

In this episode of PLATO Panel Talks, our host, Mike Hrycyk is diving into the importance of learning and growth in IT, particularly in software testing. He is joined by two panellists driving learning opportunities at PLATO Kevin Swaine , (Director - Delivery, Atlantic) and Amrit Bhattacharya , (Director - Delivery, Prairies). Together, they discuss the role of individuals and organizations in fo...

In this PLATO Panel Talks, our host Mike Hrycyk  brings together PLATO's Founder and CEO, Keith McIntosh , and Ron Hyggen , CEO of ⁠ Kitsaki Management LLP ⁠ and board member of PLATO. Keith and Ron share with us how PLATO came to be and how, together with partners like Kitsaki, PLATO has been able to achieve its goal of Indigenous ownership. Keith and Ron talk to Mike about how Indigenous own...

This month, PLATO Panel Talks is bringing together its panel of experts to help us better understand Enterprise Testing. Our host, Mike Hrycyk , and guest panellists, Jason Lee (Lead of Quality Engineering Practice for Deloitte Canada) and Kamal Ahuja (VP of Service Delivery, AB for PLATO) share their experiences to help answer, "what makes Enterprise Testing different from other testing proj...

PLATO Panel Talks is back for 2023, and our host Mike Hrycyk is sitting down with two returning panellists and experts in Test Automation, Jonathan Duncan , Chief Delivery Officer at PLATO Tech and Sean Wilson , Senior Director of Engineering at Wind River, to ask “is Test Automation a silver bullet?” While the panel may debate whether Automation is a silver bullet for your testing needs, they als...

We are excited to be back this week with part 2 of PLATO Panel Talks: Introducing the PLATO Training Program. In this episode, our host Mike is chatting with two of our PLATO graduates – Michael Jamieson (Sault Ste. Marie) and Nicholas Grant (Vancouver). The graduates are now full-time members of the PLATO team and are joining us for a conversation about their experience throughout the software te...

The PLATO Training program, which started in 2015 and has now taught and employed more than 250 Indigenous software testers, will be the topic of today's special two-part panel talk. Open to members of the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities, the program provides participants with the education and expertise necessary to begin a career in tech and become full-time software testers. John...

In this episode of PLATO Panel Talks, our host, Mike Hrycyk , is sitting down for a one-on-one conversation with our Director of Service Delivery in Ontario, Abhishek Gupta . In the last year, Abhishek has put together a training certification for PLATO on the fundamentals of accessibility testing. Since then all PLATO employees working on accessibility testing projects have taken the certificatio...

PQA Panel is back, and our host Mike Hrycyk is sitting down with two PQA's Automation Testing Team members, Shobana Muhilan and Jordan Coughlan, to dive into using locators in automation testing. Together all three panellists share how through time and experience, they have come to find real satisfaction in the challenge and creativity of making and finding locators in automation testing. Find...

For this episode of PLATO Panel Talks, we’re excited to bring you the intro episode of a special series on software testing in the lottery and gaming industry. Our VP of Lottery and Gaming, Jennifer Rushton, is taking over as guest host to bring you panel discussions with interesting guests from across the industry to share their insights. We’re kicking things off with two of our testing experts,...

While we learn a lot from discussions of tools, concepts, and processes at PLATO Panel Talks, we think some of the best lessons come from being out in the wilds of testing and sharing the stories of our experiences with each other. So, our host Mike Hrycyk is calling in with a few of his software testing friends and asking them to share their stories from being out in the field of software testing...

The more information we have, the better decisions we can make. That's as true in testing as it is in life, and on this episode, we are talking how teams capture that information: metrics. Join host Mike Hrycyk , along with Sean Wilson of Ubisoft and PLATO's Jonathan Duncan, as they break down which metrics really matter for the team and which ones your stakeholders will be looking at to m...

We're passionate about accessibility testing and helping to create an accessible web for all. To mark both National Accessibility Week in Canada and Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Mark Pope , a Partner and Web Accessibility Specialist at  Pope Tech , and Abhishek Gupta , the lead of our accessibility practice at PLATO  sit down with host Mike Hrycyk to dive into how developers, designers,...

This month we're talking all things microservices. While they're certainly not new to the world of testing, microservices have changed the way we ensure quality for applications. Our host Mike Hrycyk sits down with  Suhaim Abdussamad , host of " That's A Bug Podcast !", and PQA Senior QA Manager  Matt Villeneuve  to discuss how microservices impact the way we test and can mak...

To help PLATO Panel Talks kick off the new year, our host  Mike Hrycyk  sat down with friends of the pod Director of Quality Engineering at Slalom Build,  Dr. Christin Wiedemann  and  Nathaniel Couture , QA Manager at Patriot One, to take a look at the future of testing in 2021. Together our panellists share their thoughts on which testing topics will be on everyone's minds this year, from AI...

In recent years, the process and tools used for performance testing have evolved as organizations moved to the cloud. Our host Mike Hrycyk is joined by PLATO VP of Customer Success, Jonathan Duncan and PLATO Senior Performance Tester Lakshmi Narasimhan . Together they discuss how the cloud has changed the way we test for performance, from making it faster to how automation has changed the game. Fi...

Where does QA fit in DevOps? This month, our host, Mike Hrycyk talks with experienced DevOps experts Jonathan Duncan and Terri McAllister about what quality and testing mean in DevOps and where it fits in. The three also have a short-lived debate about how to rename the concept of DevOps to make it inclusive of developers, testers, and everyone involved in a successful software development life cy...

This month we’re talking about testing from home! Our host Mike Hrycyk called up Patriot One Technologies Director of Platform Quality Nathaniel Couture and PLATO's VP Customer Success Jonathan Duncan for a brainstorming session on the potential impacts to quality assurance while your teams are working from home. The panel dives into how to manage and mitigate the quality challenges that come...

This month, our host Mike Hrycyk is joined by PLATO Delivery Manager Abhishek Gupta and two members of our accessibility testing team, PLATO's Annamalai Nachiappan and Mirjam Sharpe, to chat about accessibility testing. Together, they explore what the world of accessibility testing looks like and their clients' experiences working on it. Most importantly, they discuss the critical role acc...

For our fourth episode of PLATO Panel Talks, we asked test automation experts Jim Peers , Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at OXD, and PLATO's QA Manager, John McLaughlin to join our host Mike Hrycyk . Together they reflect on their experiences working in test automation, revisit some of their automation war stories, and provide insight on the pitfalls projects can hit and how to avoid them....

In honour of International Women’s Day, we want to discuss what it means to be a woman in software testing in 2020. We asked Dr. Christin Wiedemann , President of Radical I/O and passionate diversity advocate, to join us as a guest moderator and lead a discussion about the software testing experiences of individuals who identify as women. We spoke about the state of testing for women now, and wher...

PQA Panel Talks is back with our second episode! This month we are bringing together PLATO Testing's Keisha Nguyen, Keith Joe , and Chris Wagner , to talk with Mike Hrycyk about their experiences working on their first content migration project. The panel also has an excellent discussion on the keys to success in content migration, and the software tester skills that made them the right team f...

For the first PLATO Panel talks, we're talking with PLATO's testing experts,  Mike Hrykcyk ,  Allyson White ,  Nat Couture , and  Brian Doyle . In this conversation, our experts will explain how we define Shift Left and Shift Right and how they can improve your testing practices. Please Rate & Review! Find us at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://platotech.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter....