Paul Gerrard

Paul Gerrard

Paul Gerrard
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Company: 
Gerrard Consulting
Username: 
paulgerrard
Job Function: 
Consulting
Industry: 
Computer Software - SaaS
Member For: 
22 years 6 months
Interests: 
Agile
Architecture
Business Analysis
DevOps
Leadership
Open Source
Performance Testing
Programming
Quality Assurance
Requirements
Test Automation
Testing
Personal Bio: 

An internationally renowned, award-winning software engineering consultant, author and coach. Host of the UK Test Management Forum and Programme Chair of the 2014 EuroSTAR Testing conference.

Paul likes to work with clients that...

  • Want to be agile rather than follow Agile dogma
  • Are large SMEs or corporate organisations
  • Have a pragmatic approach and are focused on delivery
  • Use or want to use Open Source software solutions
  • Want a solution that fits, not a badly fitting suit.

He is a consultant, coach/mentor, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach and publisher. He has conducted consulting assignments in all aspects of software testing and QA, specialising in test strategy and assurance.

Specialities: Test Assurance, Test Strategy, Open Source Implementation, Test Automation, Shift-Left approaches (Behaviour-Driven Development, Test-Driven Development etc.) and helping testers to become more business-aware and/or more technical.