Programme Chair

Chris Armstrong

Chris is a dynamic quality engineering leader, Agile Testing Fellows, and community advocate passionate about fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. With a strong focus on adaptability, empiricism, and mentorship, he drives teams to deliver high-quality software.

Jo Richards -Steele

Jo is a QA engineer with over five years experience, specialising in exploratory and functional testing. 

She has a genuine passion for both “quality” and “community” and throughout her career has always strived to bring the two together with the goal of building a strong and supportive test community.

Bruce

Bruce is a fingers-in-pies tester, keeper of long pets and absolute legend.

A true generalist, they’ve worked on everything from diversity in tech to test automation, education and accessibility. They are always ready to hear a story or five and share their own learnings and mistakes.

Kat  Obring

Kat Obring stumbled into testing, like many before her, and stayed. 

Over her 20 year career, she became obsessed with demonstrating that good quality practices help speed up software delivery and won’t slow it down. This is the hill she’s willing to die on.

Yogita  Lad

Yogita is a passionate software tester committed to excellence in quality assurance.

She enjoys actively engaging in the testing community through challenges, meetups, and blogging, and loves to contribute and engage with others.