Board

The CSTB (Canadian Software Testing Board) is the Canadian national branch of the ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board). As such, it advocates education and examination as a practical means to excel in the software testing field. The CSTB is one of many national boards participating in the ISTQB; other countries include England, France, Sweden, Spain, China, Denmark, Brazil…

The CSTB was founded on January 12, 2007.

The Directors of the Board are:

• President – Gary Mogyorodi (Foundation Level, Foundation Level Agile Tester Extension, Advanced Level Functional Tester, Advanced Level Test Manager)
• Vice President – Sarah Savoy (Foundation Level)
• Treasurer – Derek Law (Foundation Level)
• Director, English Accreditations – Cees Artz (Foundation Level, Foundation Level Agile Tester Extension, Advanced Level – Security Tester, Full Advanced)
• Director, Examinations – Frances Flor (Foundation Level)
• Director, Marketing – Amanda Logue (Foundation Level, Foundation Level Agile Tester Extension, Advanced Level Test Analyst, Advanced Level Test Manager)
• Director, Partner Program – Frances Flor (Foundation Level)
• Director at large – Melinda Kinney (Foundation Level)
• Director at large – Barb Donovan (Foundation Level, Advanced Level Test Analyst, Advanced Level Test Manager)

These Directors work on a voluntary basis on the board. All are specialists, practitioners, consultants and trainers that have experience in software testing and quality assurance related positions in Canada.