3 Matches for Bret Pettichord from Austin, Texas, USA

Bret Pettichord

Austin, TX

Also known as: bpettichord

Bret Pettichord lives in Austin, TX.

Bret R. Pettichord Age 56

Austin, TX

Bret Pettichord lives in Austin, TX.

Bret L. Pettichord Age 57

Austin, TX | Sarasota, FL

Software testing expert and influential author and speaker. Extensive experience with automated testing tools, including commercial, open-source and home-built tools using over a dozen languages. Emphasis on agile methods. Lead developer of Watir, a popular open-source testing tool written in Ruby. It has seen some 160,000 downloads (8/09). Trained over a hundred people in hands-on classes. Watir automates browsers, allowing you to test web apps written in any language. Co-author of "Lessons Learned in Software Testing," a Jolt-award finalist that has sold 28,000 copies (2/09) and been translated into Chinese and Japanese. Published dozens of papers on software testing and test automation including well-cited papers on testability, agile testing and homebrew automation. Host of workshops that have brought together leading testers and developers to share and develop agile testing practices and tools. These have included the Austin Workshops on Test Automation, founded in 2000 and held regularly since. Invited speaker at events in Austin; Anaheim; Bangalore; Boston; Calgary; Chicago; Cleveland; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Madison, Wisconsin; Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne, Florida; Minneapolis; New Orleans; Orlando; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon; San Diego; San Francisco; San Jose; Seattle; and Wellington, New Zealand. Specialties automated testing frameworks, ruby development, agile testing and coaching, open source testing tools, test team assessment and mentoring.

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