Principal Consultant @ Testing Thoughts
Paul Holland is the Principal Consultant at Testing Thoughts, working remotely from his home in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Paul has over 27 years experience in software testing. Paul has worked in multiple industries (telecom, banking, medical, physical security, retail, and insurance). He has held multiple roles: Sr. Test Automation Architect, Senior Director of Test Engineering, and Head of Testing.
Paul specializes in adapting testing methodologies to reduce waste, and be more effective and efficient. Finding ways to document only that which needs to be documented. Modifying reporting of test activities to provide actionable information to stakeholders and reduce/eliminate potentially harmful metrics. Paul is one of four instructors of the Rapid Software Testing course, developed by James Bach and Michael Bolton. He wrote chapter nine of the book "Taklng Testing Seriously: A Rapid Software Testing Approach".