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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Lopetin Twitterissä 2022 ja silloinen seuraajamääräni on enää dokumentoituna #TiVi-lehden syövereissä: 9406, silloisista #IT100Vaikuttajaa…
Lopetin Twitterissä 2022 ja silloinen seuraajamääräni on enää dokumentoituna #TiVi-lehden syövereissä: 9406, silloisista #IT100Vaikuttajaa…
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Tiedätkö, miten muutetaan maailmaa? Mä tiiän. Tapasin eilen naisen, joka aikoinaan otti minuun yhteyttä kertoen siitä, miten kaipaa rohkaisua ja…
Tiedätkö, miten muutetaan maailmaa? Mä tiiän. Tapasin eilen naisen, joka aikoinaan otti minuun yhteyttä kertoen siitä, miten kaipaa rohkaisua ja…
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Coming Up: #SeleniumConf In / Online, June 21st. While my name is in the speakers, my role for this community is holding space for good things to…
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Experience
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
Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
Tieto- ja viestintätekniikan ammattilaiset TIVIA ry
- 2 years
Science and Technology
Serving as member of the board 2022 - 2023.
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Board Member
Sytyke ry
- Present 6 months
Science and Technology
Serving as member of the board 2024.
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Chairman & Founding member
Ohjelmistotestaus ry
- Present 10 years 2 months
Science and Technology
Chairman of the board for Ohjelmistotestaus ry (http://testausyhdistys.fi), a non-profit for advancing context-driven testing and BBST course (BBST(tm), Black Box Software Testing by Altom) in Finland.
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Member of Executive Committee
Agile Finland ry
- 1 year 1 month
Science and Technology
Upgraded from a member to a member of executive committee for Agile Finland ry to contribute to sharing lessons learned and skills relevant to making software development productive and enjoyable to all of the professionals.
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Chairmain
Finnish Association for Software Testing
- 11 years
Science and Technology
Finnish Association for Software Testing (TestausOSY in Finnish) is a community of people interested in testing and quality.
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Member
Pyöreän tornin kilta ry
- Present 19 years 6 months
Education
Invite-only membership for outstanding contributions in Helsinki University of Technology Student Bodies. Since then, HUT became Aalto University
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Member of the Board
Tietokilta
- 1 year
Education
Member of the board. https://histotik.tietokilta.fi/Vuosi_vuodelta/index.html
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Treasurer
Teekkarispeksi ry
- 1 year
Education
Production of "Venetsian Merkantti", 1996. https://teekkarispeksi.fi
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Lakinlaskijaistirehtööri
Teekkarijaosto
- 1 year
Education
Organized 2000 people event in Dipoli 'Lakinlaskijaiset' that happens annually 30.9 when the student cap use is time period ends.
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I&E-tirehtööri
Teekkarijaosto
- 1 year
Education
Organized collaboration around student union guild events on Helsinki University of Technology Student Union events.
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
Tivi-lehti valitsee vuosittain 100 ICT-vaikuttajaa.
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Tivia70 Award
Tivia ry
Tivia ry - Kiitoksena työstä Suomen ICT-yhteisöjen rakentajana, kouluttajana ja avoimuuden edistäjänä.
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
Tivi-lehti valitsee vuosittain 100 ICT-vaikuttajaa.
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Tester Worth Appreciating 2022
Ohjelmistotestaus ry
https://ohjelmistotestaus.org/testaaja/index_en.html
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
Tivi-lehti valitsee vuosittain 100 ICT vaikuttajaa.
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
Tivi-lehti valitsee vuosittain 100 ICT-vaikuttajaa.
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EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award 2020
EuroSTAR
https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/eurostar-2020-final-day-highlights/
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Tivi 100 ICT vaikuttajaa
Tivi
Tivi-lehti valitsee vuosittain 100 ICT-vaikuttajaa.
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MIATPP Award 2016: Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person
Agile Testing Days
The Agile Testing Days MIATPP award 2016, selected by a vote from peers through an open online survey. More information on the award http://www.agiletestingdays.com/award/ and tweets announcing my win: https://twitter.com/AgileTD/status/806456408279580672
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Pyöreän Tornin Kilta, Arwoisa
Teknillisen Korkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunta
https://www.pyoreantorninkilta.fi/arwoisat/
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TKY kultainen ansiomerkki
Teknillisen korkeakoulun ylioppilaskunta
https://tky.polyteekkarimuseo.fi/fi/tky/kunnianosoitukset/kultainen-ansiomerkki/
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ProTiK
Tietokilta
https://tietokilta.fi/kilta/arvomerkit-ja-kunnianosoitukset/ansiomerkeilla-palkitut/
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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