Jeff Nyman

“While I can never hold a candle to Jeff's amazing and articulate style of writing, I can say without reservation that he is the most intelligent, driven quality assurance professional I have ever met. It's hard to characterize what he does as "engineering." Instead, it's more like "thought leadership." I can only say that working with Jeff was an absolute delight. His articulation of concepts from basic to complex was spot-on, and while I sometimes struggled to understand some of the ideas he was saying, once I eventually got it I realized that the problem was that I just wasn't ready to hear his message. His ability to engage when called and lead when needed was also nothing less than awesome. He saw quality as an organizational problem, not a team problem, which is absolutely true, and when we partnered up to change hearts and minds around that, he was fully on-board and able to collaborate without hesitation. I would work with Jeff in a heartbeat given the chance, and can't recommend him enough!”

“I worked with Jeff when he was Director of Quality Assurance at Canopy Financial. I have been fortunate to work with many talented colleagues in my professional experience, but very rarely have I had the opportunity to work with individuals as talented, as knowledgeable, and as skilled as Jeff is. More so than probably anyone else I have met, Jeff has the ability to enter into new situations and understand the needs of a company quickly and thoroughly. He is an expert at all facets of Software Quality Assurance. He seems as comfortable at building an automation framework as he is at leading a team to manually test enterprise level software. Concerning his knowledge and capability, I would trust him to test the software of an airplane on which I would be flying. Concerning his dedication, I have never met anyone more willing to put in the time and extra effort that may be required to handle the task at hand. Canopy was an interesting experience for all of us. I know that Jeff learned a great deal about his own professional goals, likes, and dislikes. Canopy was an exciting, sometimes chaotic environment, and Jeff brought a level of maturity - and, well, quality - that Canopy had rarely seen before he joined. Jeff has a thorough understanding of the fact that quality assurance isn't just about testing. It's about overall process improvement and optimization. It's organizational as well as project-based. He taught me and our entire team a great deal about quality assurance, process improvement, and even client relations. He expected each of us not just to test, but to understand why we were testing and how we could improve what we do. In this blurb, I do not expect to fully convey Jeff's level of expertise. I do fully expect Jeff to do so when he writes his book on Quality Assurance. If anyone could write one, he could. On a personal level, Jeff is engaging, friendly, kind, and understanding. He treats everyone with whom he works with respect. It would be my pleasure to work with him again, should that opportunity ever arise. If you have the opportunity to hire him, I absolutely encourage you to do so.”