Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Nicholas Hjelmberg.

 

Nicholas Hjelmberg is a test and requirements manager at Systembolaget in Stockholm.

Prior to Systembolaget, Nicholas has developed his IT skills as a senior consultant at SQS and Accenture and his finance skills as a controller at Softronic.

Nicholas has also delivered speeches at EuroSTAR and designed board games about learning testing. Nicholas’ expertise is within quality assurance and testing. His experience covers the quality effort from business case to deployment as well as quality strategies on program and corporate level. He has led large technical and functional test teams in implementations of complex system solutions, often in close cooperation with clients, 3rd party suppliers and offshore resources.

Nicholas’ functional domain is Finance and Business Intelligence and his industrial domain is Banking and Telecom. Nicholas has a CEMS Master’s in International Management from Stockholm School of Economics and certifications in project and test management.

 

Nicholas will present his session ‘Testification – Learn Testing with Gamification‘ at UKSTAR 2018 in London.

 

1. What is your favourite testing book/blog? Why is this your favourite?

Rita Mulcahy’s PMP Exam Prep. Although this book mainly discusses project management, it does take quality into account in a way that too few project managers I have worked with do.

 

2. How do you keep up to date with the software testing industry?

I attend local test conferences and seminars to learn the latest testing trends and meet test professionals from other areas.

 

3. What is the biggest misconception about testing that you’ve heard?

Testers can be replaced by automated tests.