In a complex, regulated legacy environment with minimal test automation and tight deadlines, technical and non-technical challenges can make it difficult to accelerate the QA process. This session uses Mighty Acorn Digital's experience launching an automated testing program for the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Modernization initiative as a case study on introducing automation to ensure safety across thousands of test scenarios spanning multiple different technologies. Introducing test automation in this environment presented several challenges. There was skepticism about the...
Sean Eddings
Technical Product Manager
Mighty Acorn Digital
In another life, Sean Eddings might have been a cartographer. Fortunately, in his decade of experience as a technical product manager, he found many of the same skills relevant in software testing: precision, visualization, and exploration—essential for mapping requirements, identifying edge cases, and creating flow. He uses those skills to design and launch software testing programs for governments, with a focus on introducing and improving test automation capabilities. When he’s not building maps, Sean enjoys sharing his expertise by delivering training sessions and talks at software conferences around the world. In 2023, he co-founded Mighty Acorn Digital, a DevOps consultancy that reduces the cost of quality and improves delivery lead times for governments. He holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.