Test Automation Engineer

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Becoming an automated software testing expert first requires knowledge and understanding of an organizations development methodology, tools, schedules, and resources. Within this context, an overall strategy for implementing automated testing can unfold. Development of automated tests needs to be coordinated alongside other test activity and become

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Since 1993, Andrew Pollner has been President and CEO of ALP International Corporation, a leading organization that specializes in test process improvement and test automation to bring efficiency and effectiveness to the testing process. As an early adopter of test automation and quality assurance tools, Pollner has built a consulting and training practice that serves major financial, insurance, healthcare, and telecommunications companies, as well as government agencies, to ensure the successful implementation of software testing and other processes. Pollner serves on the executive committee of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB), which standardizes tester certifications in the US. He also chairs the Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer working party for the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), the leading worldwide tester certification body. Mark Fewster has over 30 years of industrial experience in software testing spanning test management, testing techniques, and test automation. He has provided consulting and training in software testing, has published papers, and has coauthored two books with Dorothy Graham; Software Test Automation and Experiences of Test Automation. Mark has spoken at numerous national and international conferences and has participated in the ISTQB working group, which is responsible for the advanced level certification for test automation engineers. Mark is the Director of Grove Software Testing Ltd. (formerly Grove Consultants), which offers ISTQB accredited training and licensed courseware, and test automation management consulting. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ina Schieferdecker is Director of Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin and is Professor for Quality Engineering of Open Distributed Systems at the Technical University Berlin. Her research interests include critical infrastructures, communication networks, conformance, interoperability, security, testing, and certification. She received her PhD in electrical engineering from Technical University Berlin. Schieferdecker is President of the Association for Software Quality and Education (ASQF) and is a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) as well as the German Testing Board (GTB). She is the spokesperson for the Smart City Network Berlin. Schieferdecker is a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) and of the German Science Platform Sustainability 2030. In 2017, she became founding member of the German Internet Institute.