Maaret Pyhajarvi

Maaret Pyhäjärvi is an empirical technologist, a tester and a non-programming programmer, a catalyst for team improvement, and a speaker and an organizer. As software professional with a testing emphasis, her work is coaching herself and others in breaking illusions with empirical feedback. She works as “just a tester” in product companies, believing no one is just anything with daily focus on stretching our skills. She speaks in international conferences to learn more through sharing, and her themes revolve around exploratory testing mindset and skills applied throughout product development. Maaret is a serial volunteer for different non-profits driving forward the state of software development. She is the head organizer of European Testing Conference aiming to change the world of conferences, in addition to teaching skilled testing as both testers and developers see it. She was recently awarded as Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person 2016. She blogs regularly at http://visible-quality.blogspot.fi.