Adam White (adamkwhite.com)

Current

Director, Test Engineering, Data Center Products, SRM business unit at Novell
Manager, Test Engineering and Escalations at PlateSpin Ltd.

Education

Acadia University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Adam White (adamkwhite.com)’s Summary

Currently I am responsible for recruiting and maintaining a highly motivated and technical testing team. My core abilities are getting things done, being able to arrange all the pieces and deliver results in a way that allows the business to make smart decisions.

I am continually developing my investigative testing skills by practicing testing, trying new tools, reading and networking with other testers.

I love working for companies that value my core abilities and encourage people to get the job done regardless of the underlying process. I don't subscribe to the one size fits all methodology. I like to use the right techniques and tools at the right time to deliver results.

Adam White (adamkwhite.com)’s Specialties:

- Building high performance teams through mentoring/coaching/leadership

- Risk identification/management by asking the right questions and leading to process Improvement

Adam White (adamkwhite.com)’s Experience

Director, Test Engineering, Data Center Products, SRM business unit

Novell

(Public Company; NOVL; Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Testing as One

My current objective in this role is to simplify and streamline the testing process for DCA products in Provo, Utah while keeping the test team in Toronto invested and high performing.
Manager, Test Engineering and Escalations

PlateSpin Ltd.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 5 months)

Responsible for managing confidence and risk by testing our software and reporting to stakeholders. Areas of focus are shipping software, building teams and testing.

My major role is software test manager focusing on the human skill of testing. I take a tester-centric approach believing that testing should focus on people's ability to think about software.

I love philosophical discussions about testing. A goal for me is to bridge the gap (if only for my own understanding) between philosophy and business.

I love coaching people to be better testers and thinkers. It allows me to watch people learn and grow which really gives me a rush.

Escalations is like being an ER doctor or SWAT team. I lead 3 developers dealing with support and often with customers. If an issue can't be solved on the phone we do a "Differential Diagnosis" (reference from TV show House), get the situation under control and then fade into the background when it's all over.

Additional Information

Adam White (adamkwhite.com)’s Groups:

Associations
- TASSQ (Toronto Association for Systems and Software Quality)
- AST (Association of Software Testing)
- Future Leaders (http://www.futureleaders.ca)

Conferences
- StarWest 2005 & StarEast 2006.
- WHET 3 2006 (Workshop on Exploratory Testing)
- Rapid Software Testing presented by Michael Bolton
- TWST 2, 3,4 '06, '07, 08(Toronto Workshop on Software Testing)
- CAST 2007 & CAST 2008 (Conference of the Association of Software Testing)

Workshops
- Problem Solving Leadership - 2007