Mr. Rob van der Pouw Kraan
SQorr

[Netherlands]

r.vdpouwkraan@sqorr.nl

Mr. Rob van der Pouw Kraan started his ICT career in 1985 as a programmer. He became involved in Software Testing not long after he started as a programmer. As a test manager he has been responsible for the QA and QC of very large systems.

In 1996 he joined QualityHouse, an ICT company in the Netherlands, where he started the new business unit Testing, which has grown from 1 to 100 employees under his management in a few years.

Today he is one of the two ‘r’s, the founders and managing directors of SQorr, a fast growing consulting company with their main focus on Software Quality (i.e. testing, test process improvement and software process improvement). Rob is frequently asked as a guest speaker and lecturer.

Rob is a member of the board for TestNet, the Dutch Special Interest Group in Software Testing, He is responsible for following the market developments. As one of the first testers in the world, Rob became ISEB certified because he believes in the importance of that quality can be measured and managed.