Test Automation Meetup – September 2025

After 15 years of being a software developer and trainer, I transitioned to test automation in 2016. Currently, I work as a Test Automation Engineer at trivago N.V. in Düsseldorf, Germany. There, I focus on backend and frontend test technologies and pipelines. I authored the book “Writing API Tests With Karate” and maintain some test related open source projects. I am a regular conference speaker and also write blog posts about testing, automation and software craftsmanship on my website, softwaretester.blog.

Eyal Geva is an accomplished Head of QA and Test Automation Lead with more than 25 years of experience transforming quality assurance operations in Government, Technology, Oil & Gas, and Digital Media sectors.

As Head of Global QA & Release Management for a leading SaaS company, he spearheaded a QA transformation program that delivered measurable business impact. His achievements include developing an AI-powered, no-code automation platform that cut testing efforts by 70% and leading continuous improvement initiatives that reduced production incidents by 30%.

Eyal’s technical expertise spans Selenium, UFT, LoadRunner, JMeter, and Azure DevOps, with a proven record of optimizing deployment pipelines and release processes for medium and large-scale organizations. His work has resulted in significant outcomes, such as a 35% defect reduction and an 80% increase in release capacity.

Today, Eyal provides consultancy and Talent Acquisition services through Tech-it-Consultancy.com in large-scale RPA and test automation implementations, performance testing, and QA leadership. Tech IT Consultancy helps organizations accelerate digital transformation and reduce delays by delivering scalable process automation frameworks, risk-based testing strategies, and proven methodologies that enable high-performance applications in mission-critical environments.

Larry Goddard is the Test Automation Architect at Oxford University Press (OUP) with responsibility for developing the organisations. Testing Strategy and Framework. Larry is a member of BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT (MBCS), co-founder & CEO of the KLASSI brand, Creator of 'klassi-js' a open-source Test Automation Framework, Larry is also a Mentor (Aleto Foundation, Black Girls in Tech and Private Individuals) and Speaker at Tech Conferences and meet-ups dealing with and highlighting Test Automation.