Visionary leader. Skilled engineer. Storyteller and purveyor of epic.

James is a key visionary, innovator, and influencer in the areas of software testing, security, and DevOps. James has been a professor, leader at Microsoft and Googlel, authored many books such as How Google Tests Software, Exploratory Software Testing, and of course How to Break Software. (https://www.amazon.com/James-A-Whittaker/e/B00O92POLA). These books are the for many the first entry to software testing.

James combines an academic perspective, fearless mindset, amazing speaking and leadership abilities. In many ways, James helped transform testing from an ad-hoc experience to a far more reasoned and professional discipline and entertained everyone along the way.

James is a good friend to many, always available to nerd out over a beer, and a handsome man at that!