About
Results-oriented software development professional. A change agent who improves while she delivers. An exploratory tester extraordinaire. Polyglot programmer. Regretful manager. Sees things others don't and has track-record on delivering on time, with quality - because you can't be on time if you continue fixing after delivering.
I prefer specialist / individual yet collaborative roles over manager roles, and craft a manager job to include hands-on work, and a specialist job to include leadership.
Experienced with multiple contexts:
- working side by side with developers in product development context, complementing the team's available skills with business, value and system -oriented views and putting together test automation and exploration in a great mix.
- working side by side with business analysts on focused acceptance testing and guiding contractors on making acceptable deliveries.
- organizing and delivering testing in agile and traditional lifecycle models
- strong theoretical background through research and teaching work in the software testing area
Office with great public transport and possibility to work remotely are important to me. I pair and ensemble (to learn and contribute while raising everyone's skills level) a lot, and hold my part of the work without extensive supervision. I believe in learning to improve every day, and measure improvement through outcomes.
Specialties: Combining hands-on work, strategic quality/test management and teaching what I do for others, see https://maaretp.com
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Hei sinä, joka tulet pian olemaan kesätyöntekijän työkaveri, esihenkilö tai asiakas, yksi pyyntö: ole kiltti. Muistele, millainen olit itse työurasi…
Hei sinä, joka tulet pian olemaan kesätyöntekijän työkaveri, esihenkilö tai asiakas, yksi pyyntö: ole kiltti. Muistele, millainen olit itse työurasi…
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Super practical talk by Rowena Belt on Test Automation Strategy @ Testnet Voorjaarsevent! #testnet #sogeti #sustainabletesting
Super practical talk by Rowena Belt on Test Automation Strategy @ Testnet Voorjaarsevent! #testnet #sogeti #sustainabletesting
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I have three new talks I am working on now: - Chess timers and parallel timelines - Test Management for the Negative Space - Making releases routine…
I have three new talks I am working on now: - Chess timers and parallel timelines - Test Management for the Negative Space - Making releases routine…
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Experience
Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
Board Member
Tieto- ja viestintätekniikan ammattilaiset TIVIA ry
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Project Leadership Committee member
Project Leadership Committee member
Selenium
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Board Member
Board Member
Sytyke ry
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Chairman & Founding member
Chairman & Founding member
Ohjelmistotestaus ry
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Member of Executive Committee
Agile Finland ry
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Chairmain
Finnish Association for Software Testing
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Member
Member
Pyöreän tornin kilta ry
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Member of the Board
Member of the Board
Tietokilta
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Treasurer
Treasurer
Teekkarispeksi ry
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Lakinlaskijaistirehtööri
Teekkarijaosto
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I&E-tirehtööri
Teekkarijaosto
Licenses & Certifications
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Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
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Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
ISEB
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Practitioner Certificate in Software Testing
ISEB
Publications
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Ensemble Programming Guideboook
Self-Published
Ensemble Programming Guidebook introduces basics of getting started with Ensemble Programming.
Courses
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BBST Test Design
Oct 8 2021
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Black-Box Software Testing Foundation by AST
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Rapid Software Testing by Michael Bolton
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Rapid Testing Intensive by James Bach
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Specification by Example Workshop by Gojko Adjic
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Honors & Awards
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
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Tivia70 Award
Tivia ry
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
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Tester Worth Appreciating 2022
Ohjelmistotestaus ry
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
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EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award 2020
EuroSTAR
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
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MIATPP Award 2016: Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person
Agile Testing Days
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Pyöreän Tornin Kilta, Arwoisa
Teknillisen Korkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunta
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TKY kultainen ansiomerkki
Teknillisen korkeakoulun ylioppilaskunta
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ProTiK
Tietokilta
Languages
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English
Full professional proficiency
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Finnish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Swedish
Limited working proficiency
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Greek
Elementary proficiency
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