I've been elected to be on the Board of Directors of the Software Quality Group of New England (sqgne.org) on the volunteer leadership committee! The Software Quality Group of New England (SQGNE) is an all-volunteer, nonprofit professional community in New England dedicated to software quality. Since its founding, SQGNE has brought together QA engineers, SDETs, and software quality professionals for monthly educational presentations, discussions, and networking -- covering everything from testing techniques and process improvement to the latest tools and industry trends. I also have founded…
I have two announcements: I've accepted a job offer as a Senior SDET role at AAA Life Insurance Company, and will be starting Monday, June 15th! And I have been nominated to be one of the volunteer Directors on the leadership board of the Software Quality Group of New England. Man, the job market is brutal! It took me four months of job searching in 2025 to find SELF Id when MassMutual outsourced its technology department. And it took me four months of near constant job searching in 2026 to find AAA Life when I was caught up in the second round of SELF's layoffs in the end of January. After…
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With AI, what is useful when it comes to testing and what is workslop? How do you create workflows in AI? With AI producing massive amounts of code, how can a tester keep up? These are some of the topics attendees decided to talk about in our first ever SDET Lean Coffee, as part of the Software Quality Group of New England ( sqgne.org ). We exchanged war stories, horror stories, shared insights, and provided a bit of group therapy as we talked about the stress involved being the main support role of the software development team. A surprise guest was Lisa Crispin (LisaCrispin.com), author of…
"Open-Source Malware: Defending Your Software Supply Chain From Evolving Threats" will be the topic of the next Software Quality Group of New England (sqgne.org) meeting. Speaker: Bryan Whyte, CISSP Director, Solutions Engineering @Sonatype Date: June 17, 2026 @ 6:00 pm Join us on Zoom or in person at Burlington, MA ( Register Here ) "Bryan Whyte breaks down the latest wave of open source malware, explains how these threats diverge from traditional vulnerabilities, and shares actionable steps for organizations to defend mission-critical software. "As organizations deepen their reliance on…
Are you in Boston? Come hear me talk about Building a a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework in tonight's Software Quality Group of New England meeting in Burlington, MA: Registration Page: https://sqgne.org/n-May-2026.html Slide Deck: https://tinyurl.com/detox-demo-sqgne Taken from the Registration page: "Building a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework Thomas F. - T.J. - Maher, Jr. "Wednesday May 20, 2025 6:30-8:00 PM - in person (free pizza!) Register Here "Check in between 6:00 and 6:30 to network "About the Presentation. . . "Writing automated tests for a React Native…
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