The QA Lead Podcast

Jonathon Wright is joined by Niko Mangahas, the global practice lead for quality engineering at RCG Global Services. Listen to learn more about redefining quality strategies for agile and DevOps, and what modern QE looks like.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Sanjay Kumar, creator of Selectorshub, and James Walker from Curiosity. Listen to learn more about how open source tools help simplify xPath writing and integration in automation engineering.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Michael Ritchson, Flight Data Enterprise Solutions Architect at NASA. He has more than 20 years of Software Application programming experience developing solutions for several NASA Centers. Listen to learn more about teamwork, AI, and containerization.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Bertold Kolics, Software Quality Manager at mabl. He works directly with the team to elevate the software testing practice following The Modern Testing principles. Listen to learn more about autonomous automation and what the next generation of automation looks like.

This week, host Jonathan Wright is joined by two special guests. First up is Artem Golubev, Co-founder and CEO of testRigor, to talk about what they've been working on in the test automation space (it will blow you away). Second is the Dark Art Wizard himself, Paul Grossman, to share his insights into how testRigor is solving his automation challenges.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Eran Kinsbruner, Chief Evangelist at Perfecto. Eran is a recognized mobile testing influencer and thought leader, as well as an experienced speaker in major software engineering conferences. Listen to learn more about the next generation mobile testing.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Paul Gerrard, a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach, and publisher. He has been working in the test automation arena for nearly 30 years. Listen to learn how to use machine learning and AI to improve your test automation.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Sarah Saunders, a Senior Developer at Capgemini. She designs and builds performant, maintainable, cloud-native distributed systems in Java and C# with a DevOps mindset. She worked at all levels of the technology stack from shell scripting to agile coaching. Interested technologist, she enjoys staying abreast of current trends. Listen to learn how we can relate technology to business problems.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Wayne Ariola and Thomas Pryce from Curiosity Software.5 or 8 years ago, they met and had a conversation about the idea of nodes and connected nodes and the interconnectedness of what necessarily needs to have in order for the actual test to execute.Listen to learn how to curate information to make testers more productive.

Jonathon Wright is joined by Giles Lindsay, CEO and Business Agility Coach of Agile Delta Consulting to celebrate Agile Manifesto turning 20 and about an upcoming event celebrating this massive milestone in the agile world.

Jonathon speaks with Ileana Herrera, an organizer for Ministry of Test in Salta. They discuss challenges and successes in team building and engagement.

Jonathon covers gamification, its uses across industries and applications, and important considerations when implementing the tactic with guest Pete Jenkins.

Jonathon chats with Senior Test Consultant Laveena Ramchandani about data science, big data, and finding opportunities to learn from your peers.

Lewis talks about how QA approaches are changing as NoOps begins to replace DevOps. He talks about the tools, training, and culture of QA automation, projects he's led, and the future of automation in QA.

Jonathon chats with Royi Haddad of 21 Labs about autonomous testing, functional UI testing, personalizing tests to devices, and more.

Jonathon chats with Joel Montvelisky of PractiTest about changes in the testing world and how testers and quality assurance managers can keep up.

Jonathon chats with Henna Ashraf about the switch from software development to testing, tester interviews, career development, and more. Listen here.

Jonathan chats with Mike Lyles about service virtualization, crowd testing, and future importance of accessibility testing. Listen to the episode here!

Guest Mike Harris discusses GraphQL testing, knowledge graphs, and capturing data. Listen to the podcast episode here!

Jonathon chats with Adrian O-Leary of NIIT Technologies about quality engineering, the importance of using data, and how software testing has changed.

Join Bernardo Guerreiro, Senior Engineer at Auth0, as he explains his approach to contract testing, mutation testing, and applying design patterns across clients.

SQA consultant Niall Lynch talks about the Time to Quality metric and the trade-offs between shipping on time and shipping quality products.

In this episode, Test Architect Tatiana Zinchenko talks about how QAs can communicate well with teams, manage expectations, and defend their ideas while still maintaining great relationships.

How can automation testing be more inclusive to software testers? Brendan Connolly from Procore Technologies explains his approach.

How do you do quality at scale? Milan Kuveljic, Head of Quality Engineering at N26 Group, explains how they've provided the best digital experiences for 5 million customers.

Learn from a veteran of the QA community about his mindset around containerization and implementing and improving test automation frameworks.

Kolton Andrus, CEO and co-founder of Gremlin—the world's first "Failure-as-a-Service" platform—about the future of chaos engineering and shift right.

Join for an inspiring session about inclusion in QA with Theresa Neate, QA practice lead, developer advocate, and co-organizer of DevOpsGirls.

Huw Price, Managing Director of Curiosity Software, talks about the mistakes companies make when implementing complex data management systems, plus examples of how to do it right. 

How does "shift-left" actually work in real life? What kind of role can and should developers play in the testing process? In this episode, we learn about the role software developers can play in the QA process with Arun Kumar, Vice President of QA at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

In this podcast, I talk with Damian Synadinos—QA speaker, author, and legend—about how to develop the QA field by starting with its most valuable asset: its people. 

What kind of brand damage can happen to a broadcaster when streaming cuts out? Who gets the blame? In this episode, Mariia Hutsuk, B2B QA Team Lead at Zattoo, joins me to chat about protecting brands testing B2B/B2C live streaming services.

The week I'm joined by Poppulo's Head of Testing Conor Fitzgerald to chat about the importance of communication within testing, along with his leadership approach and what organizational practices he recommends to ensure good quality software.

In this episode, I'm joined by global technology and business leader Todd DeCapua to share the exciting details of MIT's COVID Safe Paths app that has been designed to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how you can get involved with testing the Safe Paths app and help fight the coronavirus outbreak. 

Today I'm joined by Eran Kinsbruner—Chief Evangelist, Author, Public Speaker and Blogger at Perfecto—for an engaging discussion on the latest industry trends for 2020 and how to test next-generation devices.

The Dark Arts Wizard of Quality is upon us! In this episode, I'm joined with my good friend and automation expert Paul Grossman for a technical discussion surrounding automation and the Magic Object Model (MOM).

Looking to grow your IT career or considering IT as a career path? This week I'm joined with IT consultant, mentor, coach, and host of the IT Career Energizer podcast, Phil Burgess, who is on a mission to inspire testers to grow successful careers in tech.

Join me as I sit down with leader, mentor, and STEM ambassador Simon Prior for a heartfelt conversation on the importance of mentorship, neurodiversity, and giving back within the QA community. 

Sit down with Joe Triccas, a long-time test engineer who's making the "shift left" by coaching development engineers on the testing mindset. We talk about the testing mindset and how agile teams can help involve development teams sooner and deeper in the testing process without sacrificing quality.

Join me for a valuable opportunity to explore the capabilities, challenges, and international standards for building quality AI testing systems with Adam Smith, the CTO of Dragonfly (AI testing solutions and consulting) and expert in QA, testing, and AI. 

In this episode, I'm joined with Senior Test Engineer, Parveen Khan, to discuss the evolution of the role of testing within DevOps.

In the midst of the global health crisis, I sit down with author, futurist and newly appointed associate fellow with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Theo Priestley, to discuss the evolving role of testing in the future.

Agile testing has developed exponentially over the last two decades, with the role of QA continuously transforming. In this episode, I'm joined with Kate Falanga, Associate Director of QA at Code & Theory, to discuss the evolution of the QA role in Agile.

In this inaugural episode, you will be introduced to the host of The QA Lead podcast as we embark on our exciting podcast journey. What is The QA Lead? What are we all about? What can you expect? And why should you join our community? Keep listening to find out.