BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 13, 2010) - uTest, the world's largest
software testing marketplace, today
announced the results of its 2009 "uTester of the Year Awards" -- a program
that recognizes consistently outstanding performance within its testing
community. The winners were selected from more than 22,000 professional
testers from 162 countries around the world.
The winners were selected by the uTest community management and project
management teams, and were based upon testers' performance across several
hundred test cycles for web, desktop and
mobile
applications.
Brian Rock was named the overall uTester of the Year. Brian brings more
than ten years of software engineering and leadership experience to the
uTest community. After obtaining his Master's degree in engineering
management from the University of Texas, Brian served as Sgt. for Combat
Arms Forward Recon Team in the U.S Army. He joined uTest in early 2009 and,
with his strong testing background, Brian has earned MVT (Most Valuable
Tester) bonuses on multiple test cycles and also wrote a popular uTest
guest blog post, "
Software Testers: The Eyes of the
Battlefield."
"Working with uTest challenges me to learn new applications and to solve
new testing problems on different products every week," said Brian Rock.
"This keeps things fresh and exciting, and opens my eyes to see systems
holistically and keep my defect localization skills sharp. This is what I
enjoy most about working with uTest, and I am honored to be among this
elite group of testers."
"These winners have consistently demonstrated outstanding testing skills,
attention to detail, and the work ethic that has made uTest such a popular
choice for hundreds of software companies," said Matt Johnston, uTest VP of
Marketing & Community. "These testers have earned significant money as a
result of their involvement with uTest, as well as a prestigious honor
among the top testers of our entire uTest community. We sincerely
congratulate and thank them."
The complete list of 2009 uTester of the Year Awards winners is as follows:
Most Valuable Tester: Brian Rock, USA
Top Newbie uTester: Alexey Filippow, Ukraine
Top Tester - North America: Joseph Ours, USA
Top Tester - South America: Sofia Woloschin, Argentina
Top Tester - Europe: Jyoti Sheth, Sweden
Top Tester - Africa: Bahaa Osman, Egypt
Top Tester - Australia & Oceania: Bryan Fisk, New Zealand
Top Tester - Asia: Amit Kulkarni, India
Honorable Mentions: April Xia (China), Atul Angra (India), Bernard
Lelchuk (Israel), Brad Sellick (Canada), Dom Wolf (UK), Eman Nofal (USA),
Eureka Lopes (USA), Jet Li (China), Omer Perry (Israel), Ranchhod Prajapati
(India), Sweety Rumao (USA), Viacheslav Erofeev (Russia).
About uTest, Inc.
uTest is the world's largest marketplace for software testing services. The
company provides real-world testing services through its community of
22,000+ professional testers from 162 countries around the world. More than
1,000 companies -- from web startups to global software leaders -- have
signed up for the uTest marketplace to get their web, desktop and mobile
applications tested. More information can be found at
http://www.utest.com
or the Software Testing Blog at
http://blog.utest.com.
Contact Information: Contact:
Jennifer Moebius
uTest, Inc.
508-480-9999 x114
jenniferm@utest.com