Test Axioms

Paul Gerrard is a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach and most recently with this book – a publisher. He has conducted consulting assignments in all aspects of software testing and quality assurance, specialising in test assurance. He has presented keynote talks and tutorials at testing conferences across Europe, the USA, Australia, South Africa and occasionally won awards for them.

Educated at the universities of Oxford and Imperial College London, Paul was the founding chair of the BCS ISEB Testing Certificate Scheme and a member of the Working Party that produced BS 7925 – the Component Test Standard.

Currently, he is Principal of Gerrard Consulting Limited, a Director of Aqastra Limited and is the host of the UK Test Management Forum. He is married to Julia and lives in Maidenhead, UK.