Passionate
Dynamic
Engaging
Knowledgeable
These are the words most used to describe me. I have spoken at numerous conferences across North America, Europe and Asia. My speaking opportunities have included keynote presentations, full and 1/2 day workshops, 60 – 90 minute track talks, debate panels and facilitating breakfast/lunch roundtables. Feedback on my engagements is consistently very positive. Additionally, I am honoured to have been recognized with speaker awards and commendations on my session ratings.
Upcoming Events in 2022
Now that conferences are resuming I am excited to see what opportunities there arena 2022! Please reach out if you are interested in having me speak at your event.
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I currently have no events scheduled for 2022. |
Past Events
The following is a listing of conferences, workshops and events I have attended over the last 10+ years.
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June 7-10, 2022 Copenhagen, Denmark |
EuroStar Conference 2022 Guest attendee |
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October 22-25, 2018 Arlington, Virginia |
STPCON Conference 2018 Presented “Test Metrics & Measurement – What’s Working, What’s Not and Why” as a 1/2 day workshop. |
September 24-25, 2018 Kitchener, Ontario |
KWSQA Targeting Quality Conference 2018 Presented “Test Metrics & Measurement – What’s Working, What’s Not and Why” as a full day workshop and “Planning for the End Game” as a track session. |
May 21-25, 2018 San Antonio, Texas |
QUEST Conference 2018 Presented “Test Metrics & Measurement – What’s Working, What’s Not and Why” as a full day workshop and “Planning for the End Game” as a track session.I also joined fellow industry leaders in facilitating the Manager’s Solutions full day workshop. |
February 27-28, 2018 Raleigh, North Carolina |
TISQA Conference 2018 Presented “Planning for the End Game” as a track session. |
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March 2-3, 2016 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
TISQA Conference 2016 Delivered a session on “Weighing and Re-weighing the Risks”. |
April 18-22, 2016 Chicago, Illinois |
QUEST Conference 2016 Delivered a full day workshop on “Test Leadership – Problem Solving”. |
April 20-24, 2015 Atlanta, Georgia |
QUEST Conference 2015 Delivered a 1/2 day workshop on “Leading Business Testers”. |
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March 12 – 13, 2014 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
TISQA Conference 2014 Delivered a keynote presentation on “Raising the Bar by Raising Awareness” and a track session on “The Power of Mindmapping”. Also co-facilitated a full day workshop with Jason Kowaluk on “Is Your Testing Dead? How Would you Know?”. |
April 7 – 11, 2014 Baltimore, Washington D.C. |
QUEST Conference 2014 Delivered a 1/2 day workshop on “The Power of MindMapping” and a track session on “Raising the Bar by Raising Awareness”. |
October 29 – 31, 2013 Bilbao, Spain |
QA & Test Conference 2013 Delivered a keynote presentation on “Snowflakes and Stakeholders: No Two Are the Same”. |
April 23 – 25, 2013 San Diego, California |
STPCON Spring Conference 2013 Delivered a keynote presentation on “Transforming Testing in Your Organization”. |
April 16, 2013 Calgary, Alberta |
SQDG April Session Participated in a panel debate on “Quality Assurance vs Testing”. |
April 13, 2013 Calgary, Alberta |
POST Workshop 2013 Co-hosted the workshop with Nancy Kelln. Presented on the topic “Test Reporting and Communication”. |
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November 4-8, 2012 Albuquerque, New Mexico |
AYE Conference 2012 Attended the AYE Conference as a participant with hosts Esther Derby, Don Gray, Johanna Rothman, and Jerry Weinberg. |
October 17-19, 2012 Bilbao, Spain |
QA & Test Conference 2012 Received the “Best Speaker” award for the conference. Delivered “The Power of Mindmapping” as a keynote, presented “Transforming Your Organization” as a track session, and was invited to speak at the round table. |
July 16-18, 2012 San Jose, California |
CAST Conference 2012 Presented “Thinking About Testing as a Service” as a workshop. Also attended as a participant and as a member of the AST Board of Directors. |
April 17, 2012 Calgary, Alberta |
SQDG April Session Presented a lightning talk on “Using Mindmaps in Testing”. |
March 26-29, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana |
STPCON Spring Conference 2012 Co-facilitated “Testers: Behind the Scenes of Every Great Project” as a full day workshop with Nancy Kelln. Also presented “Tomorrow’s Test Management”. |
March 24-25, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana |
AST Board Meeting |
March 17-18, 2012 Calgary, Alberta |
POST Workshop 2012 Co-hosted the workshop with Nancy Kelln. Presented on the topic “Testing as a Service”. |
February 29 – March 1, 2012 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
TISQA Conference 2012 Co-facilitated “Testers: Behind the Scenes of Every Great Project” as a full day workshop with Nancy Kelln. Also presented “Inspiring Passion in Testing Teams” and “Tomorrow’s Test Management”. |
November 21-24, 2011 Manchester, England |
EuroSTAR Conference 2011 Co-facilitated “Test Estimation and the Art of Negotiation” as a 1/2 day workshop with Nancy Kelln. |
October 2-7, 2011 Anaheim, California |
STARWEST Conference 2011 Co-presented “Test Estimation and the Art of Negotiation” with Nancy Kelln. |
August 8-10, 2011 Seattle, Washington |
CAST Conference 2011 Attended as a participant and as a member of the AST Board of Directors. |
May 9-13, 2011 Bangalore, India |
STEP-AUTO Conference 2011 Presented “A Revolution in Test Management” as a keynote presentation. |
April 4-8, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts |
QUEST Conference 2011 Presented “Beyond the Templates: Adaptive Test Planning” as a 1/2 day workshop and “Deception Dangers of the Numbers Game” as a 90 minute workshop. Facilitated roundtable “Table Talk” session on the topic of “Metrics and Measurement”. |
March 22-24, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee |
STPCON Conference 2011 Presented “Deception Dangers of the Numbers Game” and track host for the “Test Processes” and “Management Side of Testing” tracks. Presented “Speed Geeking Breakfast Bytes” session on the topic of “Weekend Testing Americas”. |
March 15, 2011 Calgary, Alberta |
SQDG March Session Presented “Deception Dangers of the Numbers Game”. |
March 12-13, 2011 Calgary, Alberta |
POST Workshop 2011 Co-hosted the workshop with Nancy Kelln. Presented as part of the “Test Estimation – Perspectives on the Facts and Fictions” topic for 2011. |
February 7-9, 2011 Calgary, Alberta |
Rapid Software Testing by Michael Bolton Co-hosted the Rapid Software Testing course instructed by Michael Bolton with Unimagined Testing. |
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November 29 – December 2, 2010 Copenhagen, Denmark |
EuroStar Conference 2010 Presented “Inspiring Passion in Testing Teams”. |
November 13-14, 2010 San Francisco, California |
AST Board Meeting |
November 7-10, 2010 Phoenix, Arizona |
AYE Conference 2010 1st time attending the AYE Conference with hosts Esther Derby, Don Gray, Johanna Rothman, Steve Smith, and Jerry Weinberg (host emeritus). |
October 18-21, 2010 Toronto, Ontario |
TesTrek Symposium 2010 Presented the “Beyond the Templates: Test Planning in Context” as a 90 minute workshop and “Inspiring Passion in Testing Teams”. |
August 2-4, 2010 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
CAST Conference 2010 Presented “Assessing Your Value as a Tester”. |
July 17-18, 2010 Toronto, Ontario |
TWST Workshop 2010 Presented “No Place for Emotions in Software Testing!” as part of the “Reporting on Testing to Project Stakeholders” topic for 2010. |
April 19-23, 2010 Dallas, Texas |
QUEST Conference 2010 Co-Facilitated “Rowing Together Through Effective Communication” as a 1/2 day workshop with Nancy Kelln and presented “Inspiring Passion in Testing Teams”. Facilitated roundtable “Table Talk” sessions on the topics of “Leadership & Teams” and “Testing Techniques”. |
March 26, 2010 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Co-Facilitated “Rowing Together Through Effective Communication” as a 1/2 day workshop with Nancy Kelln. |
March 20-21, 2010 Calgary, Alberta |
POST Workshop 2010 Co-hosted the workshop with Nancy Kelln. Presented “Believing in Yourself” as part of the “Perspectives on Your Most Valuable Testing Skill” topic for 2010. |
October 26-29, 2009 Toronto, Ontario |
TesTrek Symposium 2009 Co-presented “Enhancing the Agile Testers Toolbox” with Nancy Kelln. |
September 26-27, 2009 Toronto, Ontario |
TWST Workshop 2009 Presented “Inspiring Passion in Testing Teams” as part of the “Coaching and Mentoring Testers” topic for 2009. |
September 15, 2009 Calgary, Alberta |
SQDG September 2009 Session Presented “Continuous Improvement – From Incremental Changes to Monumental Leaps”. |
July 13-16, 2009 Colorado Springs, Colorado |
CAST Conference 2009 Co-presented “Testing Within All the Shades of Agile” and “Rowing Together – Communication Roadblocks between PM’s and Testers” with Nancy Kelln. |
June 18, 2009 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Test Estimations”. |
March 12, 2009 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Co-facilitated “Testing Within Agile” as a full day workshop with Nancy Kelln. |
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September 15, 2008 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Vision for Software Testing Centre of Competency”. |
July 30, 2008 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Test Plans & Strategies” as a 1/2 day workshop. |
May 7, 2008 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Release Management” presentation. |
February 20, 2007 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Software Quality Assurance & Testing Approaches”. |
January 10, 2007 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Co-facilitated “Expanding Your Testing Knowledge – A Balderdash Workshop” as a full day workshop with Nancy Kelln. |
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November 8, 2006 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “What the Numbers Can & Cannot Tell You – Analyzing Defect Metrics” as a full day workshop. |
October 22, 2006 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Co-facilitated “Adapting to Agile – Tester Roleplaying” as a full day workshop with Nancy Kelln. |
August 16, 2006 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Co-facilitated “Software Test Planning” as a full day workshop with Nancy Kelln. |
July 13, 2006 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Defect Management” as a full day workshop. |
October 28, 2005 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Testing Tools & Methodologies”. |
October 23, 2005 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Software Industry Testing Types & Uses”. |
May 31, 2005 Calgary, Alberta |
Local Client Presented “Facilitating Effective Lessons Learned Sessions”. |