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Espresso Talks welcomes Don Jackson, Chief Technologist, Application Delivery Management at Micro Focus! He has over 20 years’ experience in lifecycle management (agile, iterative, and waterfall), functional automation, and performance engineering. In this episode we will be talking about this years Universe 2022 running March 22-23 (Americas & EMEA) and April 5-7 (APJ), sharing his insights in the ADM portfolio and what is coming down the ADM release train!   Micro Focus Introduces the ValueEdge platform. The ValueEdge platform delivers value stream management, from strategy to delivery. This flexible, cloud-based managed service powers the entire software product lifecycle. This AI-powered platform seamlessly works with existing commercial and open-source software development tools to align strategic business objectives with software resource investment. It optimizes production efficiency, mitigates risk, and maximizes ROI across an organization. A flexible design allows customers chose a single ValueEdge service or the entire platform that can be customized to meet any organization’s unique needs.   Find out more at: https://bit.ly/ValueEdge

Espresso Talks welcomes Anna Murray, Director of Product Management at ASG Technologies a Rocket company!  She is an energetic product manager with excellent cross-functional communication skills. Passionate about customer satisfaction. Able to conceive innovative solutions to satisfy customers while adhering to the corporate vision and deadlines. A pragmatic natural leader who is adaptive and team-oriented with a can-do attitude and the ability to quickly learn and apply new knowledge. ASG Technologies Group, Inc. provides global organizations with a modern approach to Digital Transformation to succeed in the Information Economy. ASG is the only solutions provider for both Information Management and IT Systems.

Espresso Talks welcomes Yarden Naveh, VP of Customer Success & Support at Applitools!  He is an experienced Vice President of Customer Success with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in many programming languages including Java, JS, C# and more, Management, and Optimization. Strong Customer Success professional with a track record of building a successful CS department from the bottom up. Applitools is on a mission to help Test Automation, DevOps and Development teams release and monitor flawless mobile, web, and native apps. It is the only commercial-grade, visual AI-based cloud engine that validates all the visual aspects of any Web, Mobile and Native app in a fully automated way. It supports Continuous Deployment in multi-device, multi-browser environments.

Espresso Talks welcomes Sarah Saunders, Managing Software Engineer from Capgemini. Winner of the Women in IT Excellence Award!   Sarah is a Senior Developer at Capgemini. Designing and building performant, maintainable, cloud-native distributed systems in Java and C# with a DevOps mindset. Worked at all levels of the technology stack from shell scripting to agile coaching. Interested technologist, enjoys staying abreast of current trends. She is also an amazing conference speaker and headlined in last years Vivit Virtual Community Days (VCD 2.0)! 

Espresso Talks welcomes Bertold Kolics, Software Quality Manager at Mabl. He is an engineer at heart who enjoys solving both technical and non-technical problems. I am a true believer in servant leadership and work hard to create an atmosphere where engineers can strive and prosper. I pay close attention to and rely on the engineers on the team as they often have insightful suggestions about improving the product and processes. I also act as the cheerleader of the team as engineers - in quality assurance in particular - have the tendency to assume the worst. Building a trusting relationship with the team is critical to my success.  Mabl was a sponsor at Testing-Festival.com last month which is now available on-demand (https://bit.ly/3vV0f2i)

Espresso Talks welcomes Micro Focus Platinum Partner Whitlock and is joined by Kate Seamans, Director of Service Management previously Micro Focus / HPE AMS Practice Manager SMA.   Kate has extensive experience in the IT Service Management industry, currently studying for her ITIL v4 course, always learning and sharing her extensive knowledge on Enterprise Service Management. In this Women in Technology episode, we explore the paradigm of going from working for an enterprise-scale organization trying to implement ITSM, to her journey to Micro Focus who made the software to Whitlock been a strategic partner who now helps global customers implement ITSM. Sponsored by: Whitlock Founded in 2003, with the clear commitment to: Our Position: Helping global enterprise IT identify, plan, and deliver Next-Generation IT Operations Our workplace: Attracting, developing and retaining the most talented and caring professionals within our industry, and continually promoting their personal growth. Our thinking: Differentiating ourselves with a valuing others approach that emphasizes effective listening, accountability, results, and, above all else, the highest ethical and professional standards. Our performance: Our passion is performing as expected, and we have well-defined processes that address both elements of our passion, namely, the explicit understanding of your criteria for success, and the corresponding and requisite elements of a successful engagement. Our operations: Managing our business in such a way that we continue to achieve superb and sustainable financial performance while adhering to the business-to-business requirements of our clients and partners. Our attitude: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” We exemplify affirmative thinking and enthusiasm knowing full well that without these we don’t stand a chance of realizing our goal (and frankly, neither do you). Contact us: info2@whitlockis.com or 919-941-1900  

Espresso Talks welcomes Laveena Ramchandani, Consultant at Deloitte UK to our Women in Technology podcast series. Laveena is a senior tester with a comprehensive understanding of tools available for software testing and analysis. Currently, she is testing a data science-based model. In her words “data science” has always thrilled me to exceed and learn further about it. She finds the world of testing very interesting and enjoy exploring and learning new skills within it. She would like to share her knowledge and help those who attend the session take away something that could help them in their day to day testing exercises. Her talk on Testing a Data Science Model featured at last year's Virtual Community Days (VCD 2.0) and is now available on-demand (https://youtu.be/a-QqrKQGF2g)

Espresso Talks welcomes CTO, Technology Leader, Business Agility Coach, Conference Chair & Keynote Speaker, Giles Lindsay. A UK leading practitioner in Scaled Agile Delivery, as well as a Certified Enterprise Agile Coach, speaking at Agile conferences globally and delivering huge numbers of projects of exceptional quality. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gileslindsay/) In this episode, Giles talks about the celebration of the Agile turning 20 on 12th February 2021 and the exclusive Vivit sponsored event (Global Agile20Reflect Festival Event - An Agile Manifesto Futurespective | Meetup). Make sure you register now at Agile20.org for the upcoming An Agile Manifesto Futurespective on February 12th from 5pm until 8pm GMT! The event is totally free and our incredible line-up includes... For our Futurespective Panel Event: • Brian Marick • Ray Arell • Jurgen Appelo • Geoff Watts For our 15 min TED style lightning talks: • Mark Lines • Jurgen Appelo • Geoff Watts • Brian Marick For our closing Keynote: • Laura M. Powers This event will allow attendees to voice their opinions, views, as well as their experiences of Agile Ways of Working over the last 20 years and they will also get the opportunity to discuss what the future holds for Agile moving forwards. It will also give attendees a chance to network and collaborate with others in a global agile community setting.  

#WeSupportYou#EspressoTalks Rocky Pisto is our Vivit Engage Coodinator & LUG Leader (rocky.pisto@vivit-worldwide.org) He has been a vivit member for over 20 years, sharing his wisdom on the change of landscape from OpenView, Mercury, HP, HPE and Microfocus. Check out this epictastical episode (linkedin.com/in/rockypistovppci/)

Live from Day 3 of the Virtual Community Days 2020, the Founder of Technology Leadership Forum, an expert in systems testing, award-winning keynote speaker, author of 6 books on risk, assurance, and testing.  The one and only Paul Gerrard (gerrardconsulting.com)the eminent software consultant, author, teacher, coach, and the winner of multiple lifetime achievement awards.  This is your life ... After graduating from Oxford University in 1979 with a MA in Engineering Science his rowing friends still talk of his legendary debating and drinking skills.  In 1984 he took his first role as a developer for a leading communications company, since then he has worked for the Foreign Office (no wonder Brexit happened), Walt Disney himself said that the Mandalorian series on Disney plus was actually based on Paul character. He has dabbled with Parliament (out drinking and outdebating Nigel Farage a good friend of Trump), he was a lecturer on Python back when it was still cool, in a recent interview with the BBC he controversially, said 'Testing is Dead' even before Dave Snowden had the chance to announce 'Agile is Dead' during this week's Virtual Community Days. Jonathon has the chance to ask him about his 'New Model for Testing' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7xAhPACyso) which will change the testing world forever!  

Espresso Talks welcomes Chief Evangelist of Perfecto.io, Eran Kinsbruner. Author of the recently published Accelerating Software Quality: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FKW8B9B/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_736UFbEJ6VMVC). In this episode, Eran explores the future of mobile working with next-generation industry trends and insights. If you want to stay ahead of the curve, then do not miss this episode, featuring the Digital Mobile Index (Mobile & Web Test Coverage Index | Perfecto by Perforce). Make sure you register now for the upcoming Virtual Community Days 2020 from December 1st to 4th which Eran will be the opening keynote on Friday! Massive thanks to the team at Perforce.com who will be gold sponsors for this event! 

Espresso Talks welcomes CEO & Founder of testRigor, Artem Golubev, and the Dark Arts Wizard, Paul Grossman. In this episode, we have set down the gauntlet to automation gurus to complete the CandyMapper Sandbox Challenge! Artem talks about the power of testRigor and how they cleared both www.CandyMapper.com and www.CandyMapperR2.com in record time!  We also explore the holy grail of test automation and natural language processing (NLP). Check out this exclusive demo (https://youtu.be/c5FkP5SOf8E)

Espresso Talks welcomes Micro Focus Americas Alliance Partner Marketing Leader, Sheryl Wharff.  Sheryl is responsible for helping Alliance partners to creatively leverage Alliance Marketing Funds to drive programs that generate pipeline, market visibility, and revenue growth for both companies.  Jonathon Wright chats with her about her career path and all that she has accomplished along the way - the list is long.  Sheryl offers some great insight on the industry and many tips for those getting started or looking for advancement.  This Women in Technology episode is sponsored by Micro Focus.  Be sure to view the benefits of the Micro Focus Partner Program.  

Bob Crews (@BobCrews_CPTech), Vivit Board Director/Community Chair and CEO of CheckPoint Technologies (checkpointtech.com)  steps in as the host for this Women in Technology episode of Espresso Talks.  Bob chats with Vivit’s dynamic duo; Teri Sarallo, Americas Liaison and Iris Boers, EMEA/APJ Liaison about the benefits of being a part of our Local User and Special Interest Groups.  Join the enthusiasm from this trio and expand your role in the Vivit Community.    Become a Vivit Member at vivit-worldwide.org and select REGISTER Join a Local User Group https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/page/LocalUserGroups Join a Special Interest Group https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/page/SIGS Register for an event on our Community Calendar https://www.vivit-worldwide.org/events/event_list.asp

Espresso Talks Women in Technology Espresso Talks welcomes QA Consultants, Tammy Young. It was a warm welcome from Jonathon Wright to former Vivit Board Director and Community Chairperson.  Tammy explores her notorious career with Mercury, HP and now Micro Focus tooling on this episode.  She proves how you can make a career out of leveraging Micro Focus products from startups to elevator companies - the only way is up!  This Women in Technology episode is sponsored by QA Consultants.  

This Espresso Talks “Women in Technology” series episode welcomes Micro Focus Community Manager, Raquel Winkler.  Jonathon Wright discusses the ins and outs of the online community and all that it offers its users. Raquel highlights Online Expert Days, Blogs and Tips, and their Discussions Forums. She explains how to subscribe to product areas, blogs, categories and specific posts. This online community prides itself on “sharing knowledge and listening to its users”.

#WeSupportYou #VivitClinics #RTTS in this episode we cover  #TheSecretLifeOfATester #CrowdTesting & #ChaosEngineering thanks Damian Synadinos, Lewis Prescott, Pete Jenkins, Eran Kinsbruner, Adam Leon Smith FBCS CITP, Diarmid Mackenzie, James Bach & Michael Bolton. Special thanks to Jack Cole of Method Resourcing for Organising this special VIP event!

#WeSupportYou #VivitTalks Todd DeCapua the Vice President of Strategy & Innovation for the Vivit-Worldwide.org community. Talks on how you can become a volunteer for the MIT Safe Places project and join the fight the Coronavirus pandemic and help stop the spread of COVID-19 by empowering people to keep themselves and their families by helping crowd test the "COVID Safe Places" mobile app.

#WeSupportYou #VivitTalks helping you become a power user with some low-cost #WFH (working from home) hacks, tips and tricks from the Vivit-Worldwide.org community. 

#WeSupportYou our first ever episode #VivitTalks helping you get started with the Vivit-Worldwide.org community.