Scott Barber

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Scott Barber, Chief Technologist of PerfTestPlus, is a thought-leader in delivering performant systems and software testing who is best known as “one of the most energetic and entertaining” keynote speakers in the industry and as a prolific author (including his blog, over 100 articles and the books Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications, Beautiful Testing, How to Reduce the Cost of Testing & Web Load Testing for Dummies). His writing, speaking, consulting, training and industry activism all focus on improving the effectiveness and business alignment of software development practices. Additionally, Scott Co-Founded WOPR, has served as a Director of both the AST and the CMG, is a member of ACM, IEEE, American MENSA, the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, and is a signatory to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development

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Scott Barber, Chief Technologist of PerfTestPlus, a thought-leader in delivering performant systems and software testing, is best known as an “energetic and entertaining” speaker and author (including his blog, over 100 articles and 4 books; co-author, Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications, Microsoft Press; 2007, contributing author Beautiful Testing, O’Reilly Media; 2009, contributing author How to Reduce the Cost of Testing, CRC Press; 2011, author Web Load Testing for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011). His writing, speaking, consulting, training and activism focus on the effectiveness and business alignment of software development. Scott Co-Founded the Workshop on Performance and Reliability, served as a Director of both the Association for Software Testing and the Computer Measurement Group, is a member of ACM, IEEE, American MENSA, the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, and is a signatory to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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Scott Barber, Chief Technologist of PerfTestPlus, a thought-leader in delivering performant systems and software testing, is best known as an “energetic and entertaining” speaker and as an author (blog, articles and books). His writing, speaking, consulting, training and activism focus on the effectiveness and business alignment of software development. Scott Co-Founded WOPR, served as a Director of AST and CMG, is a member of ACM, IEEE, American MENSA, the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, and is a signatory to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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Scott Barber, Chief Technologist of PerfTestPlus, a thought-leader in delivering performant systems and software testing, is best known as an “energetic and entertaining” speaker and as an author (blog, articles and books; Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications, Beautiful Testing, How to Reduce the Cost of Testing & Web Load Testing for Dummies). His writing, speaking, consulting, training and activism focus on improving the effectiveness and business alignment of software development practices. Additionally, Scott Co-Founded WOPR, served as a Director of AST and CMG, is a member of ACM, IEEE, American MENSA, the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, and is a signatory to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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Scott Barber, Chief Technologist of PerfTestPlus, is a thought-leader in delivering performant systems and software testing who is best known as “one of the most energetic and entertaining” keynote speakers in the industry and as a prolific author (including his blog, over 100 articles and 4 books; co-author, Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications, Microsoft Press; 2007, contributing author Beautiful Testing, O’Reilly Media; 2009, contributing author How to Reduce the Cost of Testing, CRC Press; 2011, author Web Load Testing for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011) and as “one of the most energetic and entertaining” keynote speakers in the industry. His writing, speaking, consulting, training and industry activism all focus on improving the effectiveness and business alignment of software development practices. Additionally, Scott Co-Founded the Workshop on Performance and Reliability, has served as a Director of both the Association for Software Testing and the Computer Measurement Group, is a member of ACM, IEEE, American MENSA, the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, and is a signatory to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.