SOLMAR Knowledge Networks

Meir Bar-Tal, co-founder and co-CEO (also Head of R&D) of SOLMAR Knowledge Networks Ltd., is one of the world’s leading automation architects. With his extensive experience in software analysis, design and development, Meir has focused since 2003 on research and development of cutting-edge methodologies and tools to streamline the automation practices in order to increase the productivity of automation developers. Among the firms that enjoyed his excellent services one can find Ness-ISI (dbMotion), Typereader (Acumen), Amdocs, Matrix, AT&T Unified Communications (Interwise), Bank Leumi and Super Derivatives. Meir also acts as senior consultant at XIV (an IBM Global Brand).

Formerly Meir initiated, as VP R&D of SOLMAR, the development of My System (TM) - the new generation automation framework, which has been already deployed at XIV (an IBM Global Brand). In addition to his other duties, Meir currently continues to push forward an ambitious roadmap for My System (TM).

Meir is also the Chief Editor of AdvancedQTP and Administrator of the AdvancedQTP Q&A Forums, and has his own blog. Meir holds a M.A. degree in Cognitive Psychology from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Yaron Assa, co-founder and co-CEO (also CTO) of SOLMAR Knowledge Networks Ltd., is one of the world’s leading automation experts. In June 2007, Yaron launched a personal blog on QuickTest Professional matters with a vision that can be summarized by the slogan "'coz we’re programmers, not users". After joining forces with Dani Vainstein in publishing the best-freebie book Scripting QuickTest Professional and later with Meir Bar-Tal’s cutting-edge article on Function Pointers in VBScript, this modest blog proved to be a turn-key milestone in the history of testing automation as it changed the way QTP professionals think and work. Until the advent of SOLMAR, Yaron has been with Tescom as Senior Automation Expert. In addition to his duties at SOLMAR, Yaron also acts as senior consultant for various SOLMAR customers. Yaron is also the Site Administrator of AdvancedQTP and has his own blog. He also runs a Hebrew podcast on skeptical thinking and science

Dani Vainstein, co-founder and  former CEO of SOLMAR Knowledge Networks Ltd., is one of the world’s leading automation experts (Mercury CPC ID: 0630-24567). With nearly 10 years of international experience in the field, Dani has rich experience in automation development with a vast variety of technologies and platforms as consultant and team leader and also as trainer. Among the firms that enjoyed his excellent services one can find Tact (Matrix), Ness Technologies, Creo Scitex (Kodak), SAP, Amdocs, and Comverse, as well as Sela and John Bryce. Dani resigned as CEO of SOLMAR last summer due to his relocation to the USA, and since then he is member of SOLMAR’s Board of Directors. Dani is also the author of the excellent book Scripting QuickTest Professional freely available for the benefit of the worldwide QTP community.

Marcelo Printac, co-founder and VP Sales & Marketing of SOLMAR Knowledge Networks Ltd. Marcelo has more than 10 years of experience in the fields of business development and  management. Among the firms that enjoyed his excellent services one can find Mafil (rep. of RICOH and TOSHIBA in Israel), Karat (rep. of Canon in Israel) and Yeda Computers & Software (rep. of Apple in Israel). Marcelo holds a Bachellor degree in Business Management from the College of Management at Tel-Aviv.

Tarun Lalwani, founder of KnowledgeInbox.com and author of QuickTest Professional Unplugged, is one of the most prominent contributors to the worldwide QTP community. Tarun is a passionate automation developer, eager to help others with his knowledge. As such, he conducted several seminars on various Automation topics, and also contributed more than 85 articles on KnowledgeInbox and over 12,000 posts across various QTP forums. He also has passion for development and has created various free tools for the community (available here). Tarun has also been involved in the design and implementation of a number of Automation Frameworks (Data/Keyword Driven, Hybrid and HP BPT framework) for different Telecom projects in US and Australia.

Anshoo Arora, Web and Java forums co-moderator. Holding a degree in Electrical Engineering, his first testing assignment was during his University days when he was sent to Germany for testing an Elevator car system. He hasn’t looked back since and has been in the SQA industry for the past 5 years. Anshoo is a QTP and LoadRunner expert and has good experience with Quality Center/Test Director and SilkPerformer. Currently he is also putting an effort into learning IBM Functional Tester. He is currently working as a SQA Consultant at EDS, USA.

Stefan Thelenius, General, Web & Web-Services forums co-moderator. Stefan has been practicing QA professionally since 1994 in various business segments such as Finance, Medical technology and Telecom. Since 2000 he is engaged mainly in technical aspects of automated functional and performance testing, as well as developing testing tools. Stefan is an expert in QuickTest Professional, Loadrunner and TestDirector. He lives and works in Sweden and has his own blog.

Monika Arora Gautam, FR Project forum co-moderator. Monika has a degree in Chemistry and Biology, and has undergone a 2 year course in system management. Monika acquired extensive experience in developing Internet technologies for two years, and has been practicing QA professionally since 2002. Monika has ample experience working internationally, as she’s worked in the US, UK, and India.

Olga Ivolgin, TE forum co-moderator. Olga lives in Israel, and employs her extensive expertise in automatic test engineering in her work at the Log-On company. She has deeply grounded experience with the Test Automation cycle. She has developed different projects for corporations like Orange, Comverse, Sapiens, and possesses unique experience in Mainframe and AS400 automatic testing in large corporations. Olga thinks QTP is the most advanced automated testing tool available, and finds it fascinating to work with it.

Shay Ginsbourg, moderator of the Load & Performance forum. Shay is an expert in verification and validation of software and medical devices, and also experienced with various regulatory certifications. Shay has near 20 years of experience in the field of QA and software testing. Among the positions he fulfilled: QA manager of LoadRunner at Mercury Interactive (now part of HP software), ISO 9000 project manager at Tedea Huntleigh, PO and SW QA manager at Cadent, and Head of QA at Paeion Medical. Currently Shay is an independent Regulatory & Testing Affairs Consultant (www.ginsbourg.com). Shay holds two M.Sc. degrees: one in Bio-Medical Engineering (cum laude) from Tel Aviv University and another in Mechanical Engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Paul Grossman, General, QC and TE forums co-moderator. Paul Grossman is an HP Certified Instructor who holds a Quality Center CPS/CPC and QuickTest Professional CPS.
Paul has seven years experience leading automation projects in both WinRunner and QuickTest Professional, as well as installing and customizing Quality Center. In addition, Paul has been a featured Track Speaker at several conferences including Mercury World 2004 & 2005 and HP Software Universe 2007.

Asiq Ahamed, co-moderator of the General Q&A Forum, has a master degree in Information Technology. He has been in the field of software development and testing since 2007, and focused on manual and automated testing since 2008. He has developed automation scripts for various customers. Asiq is enthusiastic about QTP automation and is eager to share with others his knowledge on scripting, which he acquired through his extensive professional experience. Prior to joining AdvancedQTP as co-moderator, Asiq has been learning Perl script and Adobe Flex. Asiq lives and works as Testing Engineer in India (Hewitt Associates) and has his own blog.

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