My keynote speech at RTC online (romaniatesting.ro) on Sep 30, 2020 about Children encouraged into software testing. Some learning theory, the story of my book project Dragons Out and comparisons of dragons and defects and other fantasy characters into software testing. Preorders of the book available at https://www.dragonsout.com/p/preorder-dragons-out-book.html and the live recording of the presentation at https://youtu.be/ulrUxjJeQ5E
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• ACHIEVEMENTS
• Influencing testing since 1996
• Ranked in 100 most influential IT persons in Finland
(Tivi magazine)
• Great number of presentations in Finnish and
international conferences
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• ISTQB Expert Level Test Management & Advanced
Full & Agile Tester certified
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• SPICE provisionary assessor certified
• M.Sc.(Eng), Helsinki University of Technology
(present Aalto University), Otaniemi, Espoo
• Marketing studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
the USA.
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Dragonsout.com
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