Erik has over 17 years of experience in and around software testing. He's been everything from a junior tester to a manager of managers. Most recently, Erik was focused on expanding automation within the test team at Hyland Software. He also lead the team selivering all internal test education to their 200+ testers. Erik has been a member of AST since 2012 and was on the board from 2014-16. He has been a conference speaker since 2013, and continues to find ways to engage his local community. Most recently, Erik helped co-found the NEOST (North Eastern Ohio Software Testers) meetup.