maaretp - Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Practitioner. Change Agent. Tester of products and organizations.

Exploratory Tester. (Polyglot) Programmer.

Speaker. Author. Mentor. Conference Designer. She/Her.

Maaret Pyhäjärvi

About Me

Director, Consulting at CGI.
Testing Specialist. Polyglot Programmer.
Teaching/Consulting/Doing.
Serial volunteer.

Delivered 529 sessions at events in 28 countries

Finland

Sweden

Norway

Denmark

Latvia

Estonia

Switzerland

Hungary

France

Belgium

Croatia

Moldova

Portugal

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom

Bulgaria

India

Australia

Turkey

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

Malaysia

Slovakia

Awards

EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award 2020

Agile Testing Days MIATPP Award 2016

ICT 100 influencers list 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

Tester Worth Appreciating 2022 by Ohjelmistotestaus ry

Books

Exploratory Testing book

Ensemble Programming Guidebook

Strong Style Pair Programming book

Upcoming Talks

December 10th 2024 Lessons Learned from Landing a Job Offer with GenAI at Testaus & AI event, Helsinki, Finland
December System Tester's Guide to Unit Testing at Ohjelmistotestaus ry, Online
January 22nd 2025 [Training] Apply AI of Today on Your Testing (Finnish session) at TIVIA Infuture, Helsinki, Finland

Causes

Exploratory Testing Academy

Techvoices - diversity in conference speaking

Awesome Testers

Selenium PLC - Project Leadership Committee

Software Testing Finland ry, non-profit

TIVIA ry

Mimmit Koodaa

My Contents

Past Talks

I have spoken in 28 countries, delivering 50 keynotes and 529 talks by end of 2023.

Contributions

I have a collection of books, blogs, articles and podcasts I have contributed over the years. And some awards.

Speaking and Teaching

I teach many topics on talk, course and workshop formats, and tailor for specific needs. I teach courses hands-on, doing the work.

Maaret Pyhäjärvi

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