Eric Patel is Chief Quality Officer for RapidSQA, a
Software Quality Service Provider (SQSP) of training
and consulting solutions. He is co-founder of the
Nokia Quality Forum (NQF) Boston and the QAI Greater
Boston Software Quality Assurance Association, and also
is creator of the RapidSQA methodology for Web testing.
Eric has 11+ years of experience in software testing,
test management, and software quality assurance.
Eric is a frequent presenter at software quality
conferences and meetings. He has been certified by ASQ
as a quality manager and software quality engineer, and
by QAI as a software test engineer. As Deputy Regional
Councilor for the ASQ Software Division Region 1, Eric
maintains active memberships in ASQ and IEEE.
Published in Software Quality Professional (SQP) and
STQE, he also serves as a reviewer for SQP and The
Journal of Software Testing Professionals. In
addition, Eric is co-founder and instructor with
Northeastern University's new Certificate Program in
Software Quality Assurance. He holds a BSEE from the
University of Vermont.