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

Development Manager at Vaisala.
Testing Specialist.
Teaching/Consulting on the side.
Serial volunteer.

Delivered 527 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 and 2022

Tester Worth Appreciating 2022 by Ohjelmistotestaus ry

Books

Exploratory Testing book

Ensemble Programming Guidebook

Strong Style Pair Programming book

Upcoming Talks

SESSION: Let's Play Rhetoric for All Things Testing at TestMu, August 22-24th 2023, Online
TALK: TBD at Hungarian pre-conference meetup to HUSTEF, October 3-5th 2023, Budapest, Hungary
KEYNOTE: Make Your Impact with Testing at HUSTEF, October 3-5th 2023, Budapest, Hungary
I am retiring from public speaking, focusing on other things. Delivering occasional experiential training but no talks/keynotes.

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 39 keynotes and 509 talks by end of 2022 in total.

Books, Blogs and Articles

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

Training

I teach many courses that I am happy to deliver, or tailor for specific needs. I teach hands-on, doing the work.

Maaret Pyhäjärvi

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