Martin Pol is working for Polteq International Testing Services, based in The Netherlands. He has played a significant role in helping to raise the awareness and improve the performance of testing worldwide. Since1983 he’s completely dedicated to Testing.
He’s gained experience by managing testing processes and implementing structured testing in many organizations in different branches, worldwide. During recent years he has also specialized in test outsourcing and he has developed an approach to successfully deal with this phenomenon. Together with the other Polteq specialists, he is still working in the testing practice every day.
With exceptional insight and experience in practical testing issues, Martin is a regarded presenter (keynotes, tutorials and track presentations) at conferences and training sessions throughout Europe, North and South America, India, China and Australia, e.g.: > 30 appearances at the American STAR conferences, > 15 at EuroSTAR, LatinSTAR, AsiaSTAR, etc.
He was responsible for the creation of the structured testing approach TMapò and the Test Process Improvement model, TPI ò. Martin Pol is the co-author of books on TMapò and TPI ò which are available in Dutch, English, German, French, Japanese and Chinese. Both TMapò and TPI ò have become world standards.
He received the “European Testing Excellence Award” for his contribution to the field of testing across Europe. Martin Pol chaired the Dutch SIGIST TestNet for 5 years and was the program chair of EuroSTAR 1995, 1996 and 2005 (Copenhagen). |