The People Behind Your Favorite Apps Noel Wurst

The responsibility of quality assurance falls on the whole organization, not just the developers and/or testers. Our guest today joins us to share her thoughts on what it will take to make quality cool again.

Raisa Mahomed is a technology executive at Bahwan CyberTek, a global provider of digital transformation solutions in Predictive Analytics, Digital Experience, and Digital Supply Chain Management. In this episode, Raisa discusses the state of software quality testing and how organizations can bring back excitement to quality.

Join us as we discuss:
How Raisa feels about the state of software quality testingThe importance of quality assurance in agile developmentEffective ways to combat the assumptions of what quality isNext steps that people can take to start moving towards the mindset of making quality cool

Over 300,000 whales, dolphins and sea turtles are killed annually due to human action. Should these keystone species go extinct, it would cause cascading ecological collapse, drastically impacting our ability to fish and support the people who rely on the ocean for food.
Sam Malagon, CEO & CTO of Navfeas, and his team have set out to address this problem with Dynamic Ocean Management through spatial planning software and mathematical modeling, which can equip people to not just mitigate bycatch but to do avoidance.
Join us as we discuss:
The specific challenges that Navfeas is trying to solve
How data management plays a role in protecting our oceans keystone species
The gap between information about our ecosystems and the need to measure their impact
What’s in store for the broader tech sector in this space

Over 300,000 whales, dolphins and sea turtles are killed annually due to human action. Should these keystone species go extinct, it would cause cascading ecological collapse, drastically impacting our ability to fish and support the people who rely on the ocean for food.
Sam Malagon, CEO & CTO of Navfeas, and his team have set out to address this problem with Dynamic Ocean Management through spatial planning software and mathematical modeling, which can equip people to not just mitigate bycatch but to do avoidance.
Join us as we discuss:
The specific challenges that Navfeas is trying to solve
How data management plays a role in protecting our oceans keystone species
The gap between information about our ecosystems and the need to measure their impact
What’s in store for the broader tech sector in this space

In some situations, testing for microservices can be tricky and complicated. Contract testing offers a way to make testing easy for microservices.
Lewis Prescott, QA Lead at Cera, and his team are creating new ways to bring technology into homecare. Cera is transforming the healthcare industry by providing digital first healthcare at home. 
Join us as we discuss:
 How contract testing works. 
 How Cera is solving real world problems in homecare. 
 How Lewis and his team are improving how users give feedback and what they are doing in response. 

Bringing humanity into API design is vital for the ongoing development, collaboration, and empowerment of developer teams. 
Lorinda Brandon, VP of Engineering at BetterCloud, and her team are developing innovative new ways to discover, manage and secure the growing stack of SaaS applications across the digital workplace. 
Join us as we discuss:
Setting API Standards
Developing Engineering Principles 
User-Centered API 

When creating space for engagement within open source software (OSS), is it as welcoming as it could be?
Often, people from various non-technical backgrounds may not feel like they have much to contribute to OSS communities. So, even when those people spot potential areas of improvement, a host of problems might prevent them from sharing their observations and ideas. Where should those suggestions be made? What type of feedback should they expect to receive? Are there mentoring/learning/collaboration opportunities to meet other contributors?
Listen as ​​Alexandra McDougall, Sr. RFP Specialist at SmartBear, and Yousaf Nabi, Developer Advocate at SmartBear share their perspectives on how to make feedback more inclusive and welcoming.
Join us as we discuss:
What makes an OSS community open and inclusive
The importance of “outside” voices software
Collaborating on elaborate issues