BlogSTAR is a contest where software testers from across the globe get to post on the EuroSTAR blog and give their views on different aspects of testing. Contestants will get to blog until October 15th, when a panel of test experts will then select their best 3 bloggers from the contest. Then, the test community get one day only to vote for their favourite. The winning blogger, known affectionately as BlogSTAR will win an all expenses paid trip to EuroSTAR 2010 where they will be the EuroSTAR blogger for the duration of the conference.

 

Below is a roll call of all of the contestants:

Don't foget to check out the EuroSTAR blog to see what these guys are posting on.

 

BlogSTAR Contestants

 

Ajay Balamurugadas

Ajay Balamurugadas, is a software tester passionate to learn to test any software. He has been awarded scholarship from Software Testing Club and is a proud student of Miagi-Do School run by Matt Heusser. He is co-founder of "Weekend Testing". Ajay shares his testing activities and learning through his blog  EnjoyTesting.blogspot.com and tweets @ajay184f

 

Adam Brown

I have been working in the IT industry for around 5 years and for the last 4 years I've been a tester. I'm really passionate about my job, hence the Blog! I'm still learning, and write from the perspective of a young tester starting out in this crazy industry.

 

 

 

Ard Kramer

Since 1997, I am working in the quality and testing branch. I found that thinking about & working on quality is my passion but I am also convinced that looking at other branches will keep your eyes & mind open. Therefore I try to learn from others and see that the network society will help me to learn alot of new things and using philosophy I am able to keep asking questions without too many assumptions

 

Bogdan Bereza Jarocinski

 

MSc in Computer Science (Lund University), post-grdaute studies in business psychology (London University). Has work experience form Sweden, Poland and Germany, and teaching experince from other countries as well.  Participated as speaker in many international conferences on SQA and Software Testing.

 

 

 

Dishit Devasia

Dishit Devasia has a bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication engineering and he has over 4 years experience in performance testing having worked on different banking and finance, insurance and life sciences related applications.  He is an ISTQB (foundation level) certified tester as well as Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP). He has co-authored a paper on Performance testing of mobile applications. His interests include blogging and reading

 

 

Eric Jimmink

 

With a technical background as a developer / lead engineer, Eric gradually chose the testing profession. He is a strong advocate of agile development and testing, and passionate about sharing his experiences. Eric co-authored a Dutch book about agile testing which was launched at EuroSTAR2008, where he was also a speaker.

 

 

Erik Petersen

 

Erik's an ex-dev, who's tested, managed & consulted on dozens of applications, with deep knowledge of process, automation & tools. He's mentored & trained hundreds of testers & devs at conferences, workshops & workplaces.

 

 

 

Gerard Numan

12 years of experience in testing within various roles, projects, companies and countries. Has a thorough knowledge of testing methods, techniques and  process improvement. Was a  speaker at international testing conferences (on chain testing, risk based testing and testing data warehouses). Accredited trainer (i.e. on ISTQB, TPI, Tmap, Chain Testing).

 

 

Graham Parsons

In his role as CEO, Graham is directly responsible for business strategy and growth and has played a key role in the success of Reflective Solution's flagship product - StressTester. Graham has a wealth of experience in performance testing and regularly speaks at international industry conferences.

 

 

 

Jesper L. Ottosen

 

Jesper L. Ottosen is a senior test manager at CSC working as a release- and program test manager on large-scale enterprise UAT and integration testing. Jesper's primary interests are improving processes, providing management information, test tracking and establishing test services. He is an active testing blogger on an internal blog.

 

 

Lalatendu Rath

Lalatendu Rath has 8 years of experience in IT services industry and currently leads the SOA Testing Practice Presales, Wipro Technologies. He offers consulting on SOA test solutions and strategies. Conversing about how technology can be made simpler to understand and use interests him.

 

 

Matthew Sherlin

 

Sherlin is part of the performance testing team at Cognizant, and has an experience of 5 years in PT, having worked with open source and commercial tools.. She is an ISTQB (foundation level) certified tester. Has participated in external events like Swiss Tetsing Day, GTAC, and ISQT.

 

Malini Mohan Kumar

Malini resides in India and has over 10 years of experience in IT including development, testing and project management and her passion is in advancing the profession of software testing. Active within the software testing industry, Malini participates in public forums such as NASSCOM, STEP-IN-Forum, QAI Forum and HYSEA, and her technical articles and white papers have been published. She holds an MBA in IT and a GNIIT diploma. Read more from Malini on her blog at http://malinimohankumar.blogspot.com

 

 

Paul Gerrard

Paul Gerrard is a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach and - a publisher. He has conducted consulting assignments in all aspects of software testing and quality assurance, specialising in test assurance. He has presented keynote talks and tutorials at testing conferences across Europe, the USA, Australia, South Africa and occasionally won awards for them.

 

 

 

Shmuel Gershon

Shmuel Gershon is a software tester fascinated by everything related to people and software quality. He shares his life with a wife and 5 kids, all testers in their own way.  Shmuel thinks that the most significant factor in our quest for quality is people, not features or technology.

 

 

Teemu Vesala

 

Thrash, trashing software, beating it to death, annihilation of trust. And I'm writing about it. I am technical tester doing security and performance testing and test automation. My background is at development. I am curious; I want to find out how things are working and how to break them.