Members present themselves
All Board Members work honorary. Members of the German Testing Board are:
Founding member of the GTB
Graham Bath
Graham Bath can look back on more than 20 years of professional experience in testing. After studying Systems Engineering at the Middlesex University London and the University of Surrey, where he graduated with the Master of Sciences degree in this subject, his very first assignment led straight to the testing of software: in an (…)
Member of the GTB
Jürgen Beniermann (Sogeti Deutschland GmbH)
In 1985 Jürgen Beniermann got his first computer, since then the subject never left him. What began as a pure hobby became a serious occupation with the topic during his studies at the BUGH Wuppertal and has been his profession for over 25 years now. (…)
Member of the GTB
Ralf Bongard (ISARTAL akademie GmbH)
Ralf Bongard has been working for well-known companies more than 15 years – as a consultant, coach and trainer for the analysis and optimization of product development processes as well as their operative implementation. (…)
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Dr. Klaudia Dussa-Zieger (imbus AG)
Dr. Klaudia Dussa-Zieger is Principal Consultant at Method Park Consulting GmbH and has been involved in software testing and software quality for almost 20 years. She is convinced that “given the increasing complexity of today’s software systems, their development is not possible without testing”. (…)
Chairman of GTB
Florian Fieber (QualityDojo IT-Consulting GmbH)
Florian Fieber is founder and managing director of QualityDojo IT-Consulting GmbH in Berlin and has been working as a consultant and trainer in the quality assurance of software systems for almost 20 years. His focus is on test management, test process improvement and business analysis of enterprise applications. (…)
Member of the GTB
Thorsten Geiselhart (Marquardt GmbH)
Thorsten Geiselhart studied Electrical Engineering at the Ulm University of Applied Sciences and has been working since his diploma thesis in 2004 at Marquardt GmbH in Rietheim-Weilheim in the area of Functional Software Test. Subjects which have inspired and influenced him from the very beginning include „constructive destructivity“, reading between the lines in specifications, as well as the close cooperation with software development. Having started (…)
Member of the GTB
Jan Giesen (EUROIMMUN)
For Jan Giesen, good communication is an important prerequisite for successful project implementation. It is crucial that all parties use the same terms for the same things. Therefore, standardization and uniform terms are indispensable in order to detect errors as early as possible. (…)
Member and cash auditor of the GTB
Dr. Matthias Hamburg
It was a Year 2K project which introduced Dr. Matthias Hamburg, a software engineer of long-standing experience, to the new world of systematic software testing. As he checked through entire IT landscapes, the IT professional, who today is Managing Consultant at Sogeti Deutschland GmbH, quickly realized that software quality assurance was not (…)
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Georg Haupt
As a quality evangelist, Georg Haupt’s motto is: “From practice for practice!” As a test and quality management expert, he can look back on 20 years of practical experience in both agile and classic software and hardware testing. Georg Haupt also specializes in test automation, test analysis and security testing. He is particularly interested in cross-team and (…)
Member of the GTB
Prof. Dr. Timea Illes-Seifert (Technische Hochschule Aschaffenburg)
What is so special about software testing? For Timea Illes-Seifert the answer is easy: For her, quality assurance is distinguished primarily through an engineering approach and through the great variety of activities associated with it. This was the experience the software technician has made in all assignments where she was responsible for testing: during her studies, in projects in the economy, or in the context of research projects. (…)
Vice chairman of GTB
Dietrich Leimsner (DB Systel GmbH)
Dietrich Leimsner likes to speak of the tester’s “dirty fantasy”, which cannot be replaced by machines, when he explains why even in times of test automation and AI-supported test case generation, the human element of the trained software tester must not be missing in comprehensive software quality assurance.
He has been with DB Systel GmbH (…)
Member of the GTB
Werner Lieblang (trendig technology services GmbH)
In 1974, when Werner Lieblang first programmed a microprocessor at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany had just become Soccer World Champions for the second time. That was over 40 years ago. Today he is tutor at Díaz & Hilterscheid Unternehmensberatung GmbH (…)
Founding member of the GTB
Tilo Linz (imbus AG)
Tilo Linz is board member and co-founder of imbus AG, a leading solution provider for software testing, and has been active in the field of software quality and software testing for more than 25 years. He started the German Testing Board in 2002 (since 2005 registered as non-profit association ‘German Testing Board e.V.’), which he led as Chairman until 2013. (…)
Vice chairman and founding member of the GTB
Horst Pohlmann (Lemförder Electronic GmbH)
Horst Pohlmann, born in 1958, studied Computer Science at the University of Paderborn and worked initially as a system developer in a branch of a software house belonging to the Rheinmetall group, where he first introduced the subject of software quality assurance. Following that, he implemented this in the areas of management and (…)
Member of the GTB
Prof. Dr. Ralf Reißing (Hochschule Coburg)
Prof. Dr. Ralf Reißing has been intensively involved with software engineering, quality assurance and testing since his studies in computer science. After obtaining his doctorate in design quality at the University of Stuttgart in 2002, he worked at Daimler AG as a specialist for test methods and test tools within product development (…)
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Maud Schlich (The Qualiteers)
The main focal points of her activities are the coaching of test managers and test teams, the sustained introduction of software reviews and improvement of processes in test management. In e-Learnings, workshops and in personal coaching at customer sites, she has been teaching practically oriented knowledge based on recognized standards for more than 20 years (…)
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Annette Simon (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft)
“It’s not about testing as much as possible – it’s about testing the right thing.”
This is the motto under which Annette Simon worked for more than 10 years at the world’s leading independent software quality specialist, the SQS Software Quality Systems AG in Cologne, which was merged into the Expleo Group in February 2019.
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Member of the GTB
Dr. Frank Simon (Zurich Versicherungsgesellschaft Deutschland)
“Quality assurance is a holistic task, and it has something to do with competitiveness.” This is beyond question for Dr. Frank Simon, since holistic quality assurance ensures that software does not just run, but also has other facets, for instance being user-friendly, secure, easy to maintain, portable, efficient, etc(…)
Member and cash auditor of the GTB
Tanja Tremmel (TM Tremmel Consult GmbH)
Tanja Tremmel is CEO of TM Tremmel Consult GmbH, which is focused on improving software quality. After graduating as Diplom Kauffrau from Julius Maximilians University in Wuerzburg, she gained cross-industries experience in the consulting business. Her expertise lies (…)
Founding member of the GTB
Sabine Uhde (sepp.med gmbh)
The fact that Sabine Uhde today works as an expert in tester training is not merely a result of one single decision. It is rather a role that the system analyst has grown into step by step. She is responsible for the tester training courses at the IT service provider sepp.med GmbH, and she leads the GTB (…)
Member of the GTB
Stephanie Ulrich
Stephanie Ulrich belongs to those who were enthusiastic about software testing even back in the nineties, at a time when quality assurance did not have the status it has today. Consequently, she was not distracted by one of her former bosses, who asked her: „Why do you want to test? (…)
Member of the GTB
Dr. Stephan Weißleder (MBition GmbH)
Quality is the location advantage in Germany – Dr. Stephan Weißleder is dedicated to maintaining this advantage and works in software development for the automotive industry. His involvement in the GTB is primarily with the working group, “Hochschulen” which he heads. In addition, he supports the Examination working group.
As a student, Dr. Weißleder often worked (…)
Member of the GTB
Marc-Florian Wendland (Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS)
Marc-Florian Wendland studied media informatics and then computer engineering at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences (formerly TFH Berlin). His diploma thesis “Information Integration in Heterogeneously Distributed Databases” was awarded the prestigious Joachim Tiburtius Prize for the best diploma thesis in Berlin in 2008. (…)
Founding member of the GTB
Prof. Dr. Mario Winter (TH Köln)
As scientist, Prof. Dr. Mario Winter is per se committed to independence. The professor works at the „Institute for Computer Science“ at the Technology Arts Sciences TH Köln, where he is a member of the main research subject „Software quality”. As far as the GTB is concerned, it is also the aspect of its independence, which motivates him to support the organization. Together (…)
Member of the GTB
Dr. Erhardt Wunderlich
Dr. Erhardt Wunderlich already dealt with programmable pocket calculators during his school days and also had to do with software programming during his studies of physics/astronomy. Already at that time he asked himself the question (…)
Member of the GTB
Peter Zimmerer (Siemens AG)
Peter Zimmerer knows the challenges of software testing in practice – and he has done so for many years. After studying computer science, he went into industry and joined Siemens AG, where he deals with the testing and quality engineering of large software systems (…)