BIOGRAPHY

Geoff is the Consultancy Director for Experimentus Ltd (www.experimentus.com), a leading Software Quality Management consultancy based in the UK.

Over the last 20 years he has an excellent track record in Test Management and Process Improvement. He is particularly passionate about Test Process Improvement. In 1997 he started working with ISEB developing the original Software Testing Foundation syllabus and exams; he then managed the development of the original Software Testing Practitioner syllabus and exam in 2002. Geoff initiated the ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualification Board) and is the UK representative to the board. He Chairs the UK Testing Board. He is a founder member and Chairman of the TMMi Foundation Management Executive (see www.tmmifoundation.org.uk), He is also the Vice Chairman and Treasurer of the BCS SIGiST (Specialist Group in Software Testing). Geoff is a popular international speaker on all things testing, having delivered keynote presentations in the UK, Germany, Sweden. Denmark, Australia, Malaysia and India and being a regular speaker at the EuroSTAR conferences (the largest software testing conference in Europe), last year (2011) he was particularly proud to have been selected to Programme Chair EuroSTAR in Manchester. He is also co-author of the biggest selling testing book on www.amazon.co.uk – ISTQB/ISEB – A Software Testing Foundation. In 2008 he was awarded the European Testing Excellence award for his work in the field of testing.