What Testers Can Learn from Airline Safety Improvements: An Interview with Peter Varhol and Gerie Owens

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March 29, 2019

Summary

Technologist and evangelist Peter Varhol and Gerie Owens, a test architect and certified ScrumMaster, discuss their STARWEST presentation, “What Aircrews Can Teach Testers about Testing.” They talk about how testers can apply airline safety practices to their teams’ delivery of high-quality applications through complementary expertise, collaboration, and decision-making. They also explain how blind deference to authority and automation can be detrimental to a testing team, and how to use everyone’s skills to achieve success.

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About The Author

Jennifer Bonine

PinkLion’s CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Bonine is the first female Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) testing tech CEO. Representing the United Nations sustainable development goals of equality, inclusivity, and promise in AI technology, PinkLion is the only company successfully integrating, delivering, and managing AI-based testing for gaming platforms and games without access to the code. PinkLion partners with Test.AI to retrain client workforces, resolving AI testing challenges previously considered impenetrable. Employing a human engagement and AI-first strategy, Jennifer collaborates with entertainment, gaming, media, and sports industries facing AI-based scrutiny.

A guest speaker at Davos’s World Economic Forum, Jennifer will be featured at the UN’s AI for Good summit. She is a member of AI Grrls and TeamWomen, a supporter of Lead the Way, and is a Founding Board Member of the US bid for a Minnesota World Expo 2027. PinkLion is a Google (Gradient) AI Backed Company.