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STP Radio

by Software Test Pro

STP Radio is brought to you from the community of Software Test Professionals to showcase contemporary software testing topics, techniques, tools, practices and thought leaders from the industry. More information can be found at: www.softwaretestpro.com.

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Episodes

  1. Cathy Huang with Applause on Automation Balance and Testing's Future

    Hello friends - in this episode we have an in-depth conversation with Cathy Huang from long-time sponsor and supporter of STP, Applause (www.applause.com). Specifically we learn from Cathy's customer feedback and experiences around automation strategy, artificial intelligence and some possible…

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  2. Jennifer Bonine on Disruption, AI and Beach Parties

    We welcome back to the show the co-founder and CEO of PinkLion.AI Jennifer Bonine to discuss her upcoming trifecta of a workshop, a session, and a keynote at STPCon in San Diego, California - March 30 - April 2. But please, don't be surprised if you hear Jennifer talk about her world-wide...

  3. Paul Merrill on Woodworking and Drones

    Paul Merrill is CEO and Principal Software Engineer in Test of Beaufort Fairmont Test Automation Services. He is also an incredibly ingenious tester, developer and teacher on the subjects of quality and test automation. We had a far-reaching conversation on topics from testing, DevOps…

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  4. Nancy Kelln on Risk-Based Test Reporting and Robots

    STP Radio welcomes Nancy Kelln back to the show, where we chat about her upcoming workshop and session at the Spring 2020 Software Test Professionals Conference in San Diego at the end of March. Nancy is a fantastic teacher and speaker, and this year she's going to include robots in her workshop....

  5. Leandro Melendez on Transport Level Data Correlation and So Much More

    Leandro Melendez (a.k.a. Señor Performo) joins us for a pretty in-depth conversation about his upcoming performance workshop in which he helps people to learn one of the hardest and most complex part so performance test scripting: transport level data correlation. Wow! Leandro has been a lead...

  6. Melissa Tondi on Agile Test Strategy

    In this episode of STPRadio I catch up with agile testing guru Melissa Tondi at the recent STPCON Conference held in Boston, MA. Melissa shares some insights about her fantastic workshop on agile testing management and strategy, her session on modern testing and even the future of her session...

  7. Kirk Walton and tapQA

    At the recent STPCON in Boston, MA I had a chance to catch up with Kirk Walton of tapQA - a fantastic bunch of test consulting gurus from my home state of Minnesota here in the Mid-west of the USA. We chatted about hot trends in customer demands of testing, the future of our practices and...

  8. Live from STPCon Fall 2019

    It's happened again, on this time Señor Performo Leandro Melendez joins us as we celebrate 10 years of STPCON here in Boston. In this episode, as usual, we have audience participation sharing testimonials from the conference, a heart-warming New of The Damned story, celebration of Dot Graham's...

  9. Catch up with Diego Molina from Sauce Labs

    Hola Software Test Professionals! This is an interview with attendee Diego Molina from Sauce Labs with our guest host Leandro Melendez. They had a great conversation about general test automation, new innovations from Sauce Labs and the STPCON conference here in Boston. The entire interview is in...

  10. Get Right with Robin Goldsmith

    Returning to STPCON this Fall 2019 is Robin Goldsmith, the president of the SQGNE - one of the longest running communities in New England. Robin is going to share the teachings from his forthcoming book "Write Right Agile User Story and Acceptance Test Requirements Right" - we had a delightful...

  11. Know Your Value as a Tester with Dawn Haynes

    In this episode, long-time Software Test Pro contributor and supporter Dawn Haynes joins me to share some insights....and when I mean insights, I'm serious. The connections she makes for the personal and professional experiences of software testers is as unique as it is profound. She's teaching a...

  12. Interplanetary Yoga Automation with Brendan Connolly

    What planet are you from? Did you say Jupiter? Well, let hang on there downward dog, you've gotta tune into what Brendan Connolly is teaching at STPCON this Fall. If you've never heard of Jupyter Notebooks - you're probably not alone. If you've never seen how to apply them to mob testing and...

  13. Postman Automation Workshoppin with Joyce Lin

    Joyce Lin is a Developer Advocate with Postman - one of the most popular API testing and development tools used across thousands of test practitioners across the industry. In this episode she shares a bit about the introduction workshop and potentially some of the advanced tips-n-tricks she's…

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  14. Addicted to Refactoring with Paul Merrill

    Paul Merrill is Principal Software Engineer in Test and founder of Beaufort Fairmont Automated Testing Services. Frequent writer and international speaker, Paul works with clients every day to accelerate testing, mitigate risks, and increase the value of testing processes with test automation.…

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  15. The Art of Data with PinkLion.AI CEO Jennifer Bonine

    In this episode, we catch up with Jennifer Bonine, the CEO, and co-founder of PinkLion.AI a new company in the artificial intelligence tech space working on integrations and wholistic solutions to help the customer overcome hidden challenges to building effective ML/AI solutions. In addition to…

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  16. Your AI is Already Here with Kevin Surace

    On this episode we take a dive into the AI automation pool with Kevin Surace the CEO & CTO of Appvance.ai - the inventor of AI-driven testing, which is revolutionizing the software QA process. Kevin shares his vast experience in tech innovation and insights into the current challenges for testers...

  17. Testing the Untestable with Angie Jones

    Welcome a community favorite back to the podcast to chat with us about her intriguing keynote at the upcoming STPCON conference which is entitled: “A Tale of Testing the Un-Testable." Angie Jones is an accomplished inventor, programmer, thought-leading automation guru and all-around one of the…

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  18. STPCON Spring 2019 Sue Jagodzinski Agile Change and Garlic

    Please welcome STPCON newcomer Sue Jagodzinski to our show today where in our first conversation, she packs a whole bunch of great ideas about her recent year's agile change experience into a seemingly short amount of time. Sue has been with Paychex for 27 years in several different roles at the...

  19. STPCON Spring 2019 Raj Subramanian Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

    Our time-traveling friend Raj Subramanian is back on STPRADIO to share some insights on paired testing and acceptance test driven development (ATDD). After years in many different organizations, Raj currently works as a Developer Evangelist for Testim.io, that provides stable self-healing AI…

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  20. STPCON Spring 2019 Brendan Connolly Panoramic Cheesesteak

    In this episode we hear from the one-and-only Brendan Connolly who is a Software Tester, Developer and blogger based out of Santa Barbara, California with nearly a decade of testing experience in a variety of different roles. He writes tests at all levels from unit and integration tests to API…

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  21. STPCON Spring 2019 Michael Bolton Critical Thinking and Asian Foods

    You've probably heard of this guy named Michael Bolton who has flown over a million miles to teach Rapid Software Testing in 35 different countries, who has tweeted more than 62,000 times almost always on software testing subjects and who enjoy's rare whiskies, asian food and playing bluegrass...

  22. STPCON Spring 2019 Jason Arbon Machine Learning Nerd Fest

    Jason Arbon is the CEO of Test.AI - his company which is the product of his passion for AI-Powered Test Automation. Jason will be joining us at www.stpcon.com to give a workshop, a session and a keynote talk on machine learning and artificial intelligence applied to the software testing...

  23. STPCON Spring 2019 Mary Thorn Artificial Swimming Experiences

    Mary and I met almost 10 years ago on project to optimize email marketing campaign automation. So I will now formally apologize for the volume and speed of spam in your inbox. Regardless, Mary is an absolute agile testing guru, author, teacher, leader, manager and mentor. Mary has held VP,...

  24. STPCON Spring 2019 Michael Larsen on Inclusive Meta Paradox Frameworks

    In this episode of This Week in Software Testing (TWiST) we hear from Michael Larsen and his plans for both a workshop on automation frameworks and inclusive design for the upcoming www.stpcon.com conference. If you don't know Michael (@mkltesthead) already, he has been a software tester or…

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  25. STPCON Spring 2019 Nancy Kelln Exploratory Geocaching

    After just 30 minutes of interview with Nancy Kelln, you might start asking: "what the hell kind of podcast is that!?" No, not really. Nancy is a passionate Test Manager with 16+ years of diverse IT experience working with teams that are enhancing their exploratory and context-driven testing...

  26. STPCON Spring 2019 Paul Grizzaffi Card Tricks and Ginger Zinc

    Stacking the Automation Deck is yet another great talk from Paul Grizzaffi, who is a Principal Automation Architect at Magenic (www.magenic.com). Paul and I have a brief chat about the layers of automation framework design and a few architectural patterns that he will describe in detail at his...

  27. STPCON Spring 2019 Rex Black visits the Yoda Fountain

    Dead, testing is not. In this episode I get to chat with Rex Black who has been thriving in the industry for 35 years of software and systems engineering experience. Rex is the President of RBCS (www.rbcs-us.com), a testing leader, providing consulting, training, and expert services. He has…

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  28. STPCON Spring 2019 Melissa Tondi and The Do NOTs

    What a great conversation with Melissa Tondi who is the founder of Denver Mobile and Quality (DMAQ), a board member of Software Quality Association of Denver (SQuAD) and the lead of the Professional Services at Rainforest QA (www.rainforestqa.com). We chat about how NOT to test and Testing in...

  29. STPCON Spring 2019 Joel Montvelisky Windy Weather and Carnivores

    Joel has been in testing for 20+ years as tester, a manager, a consultant and now a speaker. He has worked for companies in Israel and the USA and he is now the Chief Solution Architect at PractiTest (www.practitest.com). Joel supports various industry projects such as the OnlineTestConf...

  30. STPCON Spring 2019 Angie Jones and Smelly Code

    Angie Jones is a Senior Developer Advocate who specializes in test automation strategies and techniques. She shares her wealth of knowledge by speaking and teaching at software conferences all over the world, as well as writing tutorials and blogs on angiejones.tech.

  31. TWIST #4 (2010): Gerald (Jerry) Weinberg - This Week in Software Testing with Matt Heusser

    Back in 2010, Matt Heusser took some time to talk with Gerald (Jerry) Weinberg. Listen in as Matt chats with Jerry about software and testing from the Project Mercury (1958-1963) all the way to modern times. Jerry provides his insight into testing through his many publications, Jerry and Matt…

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  32. STP Radio with Peter Kim & Cynthia Wu of DCAST

    Welcome to another episode of STP Radio. In this episode, Mike Lyles chat with a couple of speakers from STPCon and the organizers of DC Agile Software Testing Group or DCAST (Meet-Up group based in the DC Metro area). Peter Kim and Cynthia Wu chat with Mike about how each of them got into…

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  33. STP Radio Paul Grizzaffi Summer 2017

    Returning host Mark Tomlinson (@markontask) and Paul Grizzaffi chat about testing automation and taking the responsibility to only apply it when appropriate. Also, gain a better understanding about the importance of the "language of testing"... Listen to this episode as Paul provides a little...

  34. STP Radio: STPCon Sponsor Sauce Labs, Charles Ramsey, Bill McGee and workshop leader Leo Laskin

    Today Mike Lyles, STPCon Spring 2017 Conference host, chats with the guys from Sauce Labs about where they have been and where they are going in the industry. Listen in to hear a little about the upcoming "SauceCon" in San Francisco and find out more about Leo Laskin's workshop; Selenium –…

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  35. STP Radio: Test (R)evolution III – An Expert Panel on Software Testing - STPConS17

    Well this STP Radio episode is packed with testing pros! Take a few minutes and hear from the Keynote Panel from the upcoming STPCon in Phoenix, AZ March 14-17. This panel is the third in what is titled: Test (R)evolution III – An Expert Panel on Software Testing. Mike Lyles chats with Amber…

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  36. STP Radio: Jess Lancaster, QA Practice Manager on Paired Testing

    This STP Radio episode features Jess Lancaster, QA Practice Manager at TechSmith, the makers of Snagit, Camtasia, and other visual communication software applications. Mike Lyles takes some time to find out about Jess’ thoughts on Paired Testing. Jess also tells us how he designed session “40+ of...

  37. STP Radio: Hans Buwalda talks about Automation Success

    Today on STP Radio we have a true veteran of the software testing industry, Hans Buwalda. A California transplant from his native home, the Netherlands, Hans is a frequent international speaker and co-author of Integrated Test Design and Automation (http://amzn.to/2m7TvxW). Mike Lyles learns how...

  38. STP Radio: A testing chat with Anand Bagmar & Curtis Stuehrenberg

    Time for another great STP Radio... Today our host, Smita Mishra chats with two testing professionals that are leading both workshops and sessions at STPCon this March in Phoenix. Anand Bagmar, a hands-on and result-oriented Software Quality Evangelist with 20+ years in the IT field, tells us why...

  39. STP Radio: How to Improv(E) Your Requirements & More - Damian Synadinos

    Damian started testing software – on purpose and for money – in 1993. Since then, he has helped “build better software and build software better” using various methods and tools in numerous roles at many companies in diverse industries. Damian also enjoys performing improv comedy... How can that...

  40. STP Radio: The Future of Risk-Based Test Chartering - Connor Roberts

    Connor Roberts is a Quality Manager with over 11+ years of testing experience. From building integration software to security testing and web services and test team management, his varied background has provided insight into multiple contexts and perspectives to aid in the build out of high-value...

  41. STP Radio: The New Face of Quality in Testing: Anne Hungate

    In this STP Radio episode, Mike Lyles takes some time to talk with Anne Hungate – President, Daring Systems. Anne has more than twenty years of IT experience in major companies and consulting firms. Experimenting with both engineering practices and organizational design. Anne and Mike chat about...

  42. STP Radio: The Dominoes of Automation! Angie Jones and Paul Merrill

    Yet another great STP Radio episode with Mike Lyles! Mike talks with Angie Jones - Consulting Automation Engineer at LexisNexis and Paul Merrill - Principle Software Engineer in Test and Founder of Beaufort Fairmont about "The Dominoes of Automation," Angie and Paul's workshop at STPCon. Also…

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  43. STP Radio: The Importance of Human Skills in Testing - Rajesh Mathur

    In this episode, Mike Lyles talks with Rajesh Mathur, International speaker, blogger, writer, and Head of Testing at an Australian federal regulatory agency all the way down under in Melbourne, Australia. Mike and Rajesh discuss not only how human skills are just as important as technical skills…

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  44. STP Radio: STPCon Keynote, Workshop, and Session Leader Christin Wiedemann

    In this episode of STP Radio, Mike Lyles talks with Christin Wiedemann – CEO & Chief Scientist, PQA Testing about her "Speaker Trifecta" at STPCon in Phoenix, AZ - March 14-17, 2017. Listen in as Mike and Christin talk about the future of testing, building knowledge and how to keep it, juggling…

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  45. STP Radio: Nancy Kelln - What the Hell Kind of Testing Is That?

    This episode is a real treat! Mike Lyles spends time with Nancy Kelln, a test manager with 16 years of diverse IT experience. Nancy and Mike discuss how to implement Exploratory Testing into your organization and what's behind the name of her session "What the Hell Kind of Testing Is That?" Learn...

  46. STP Radio: STPCon DevOps Workshop Leader Michael Hackett - Senior VP, LogiGear

    Today on STP Radio Mike Lyles chats with Michael Hackett, Senior VP at LogiGear about his upcoming session and workshops at #STPCon in Phoenix, AZ - March 14-17, 2017. Listen in as Mike and Michael touch on DevOps, test case design, offshore teams and the new face of quality in testing. Learn…

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  47. STP Radio: Participant Interviews from STPCon Fall 2016

    This special episode of STP Radio was recorded during the Fall 2016 Meet & Greet Reception in Dallas Texas. Mike Lyles spoke with several attendees to get their perspective on the workshops that they attended and what they are looking forward to as the show progresses. Find out more about STPCon…

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  48. STP Radio: Agile Coach Pradeepa Narayanaswamy STPCon Spring 2017

    Today on STP Radio, Mike Lyles interviews Agile Coach Pradeepa Narayanaswamy about her workshop and session at the up-coming STPCon in Phoenix, AZ, March 14-17. Learn the key factors to a successful agile project and how paired testing can make your organization more effective and efficient....

  49. STP Radio: Speaker, Keynote & #STPCon Host - Mike Lyles

    We have a special treat for you on STP Radio today. Damian Synadinos turns the table on Mike Lyles (normal STP Radio host) and interviews him about his STPCon session, workshop and Keynote coming up in Dallas, TX September 19-22. Damian and Mike chat about the 80’s and the piano and how Mike is...

  50. STP Radio: #STPCon Speaker - Richard Bradshaw a.k.a. @FriendlyTester

    Richard Bradshaw a.k.a. the @FriendlyTester and the creator of Whiteboard Testing, took some time to chat with Smita Mishra and Paul Grizzaffi. They discuss Richard's upcoming workshops and sessions at STPCon starting on September 19th in Dallas, TX. Find out how Legos can help you write better...

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