Our Company

We are a company of experienced 'Software Testing' and 'Quality Engineering'
professionals dedicated to the advancement, promotion, and deployment of
ideas, techniques, and technologies involved in building software products and
services that deliver the best user experience.

With our team of consultants and implementation specialists we offer a variety
of services to our clients that help them differentiate their products from
competition, meet quality expectation of their customers, and create immediate
value within their internal operations.  

We are passionate about all aspects of software quality and the focus of
our business is to help our clients achieve their software quality goals
through a disciplined approach to software development, testing, delivery,
and maintenance.

Our services can be customized to meet the needs of any software
development organization, from traditional 'Waterfall' models to 'Incremental'
to rapid development and delivery such as XP/Agile practices.

Our team brings decades of practical experience in the field helping leading
edge companies deliver top quality products/services to their customers. It is
through closer and professional collaboration with members at all levels of the
organization that we are able us to formulate the best strategy to fit your
needs.

Let us help you deliver on the promise of software quality engineering.

            
                                   H. Joe Raassi
                                   President
                                               
                                               Joe has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. He first started his career as a
                                               lecturer in mathematics and computer science in Europe and the Middle East and then
                                               moved to Silicon Valley in 1986. Since then he has worked for several leading software
                                               and systems companies, including Informix, Veritas Software, Network Appliance,
                                               Chromatic Research, and NetIQ Corporation.

                                               At these companies, Joe was involved, as a developer, tester, and manager, in several
                                               projects including C/C++ Compilers, Unix Kernel, Storage Management, Programmable
                                               Multimedia Processors, and Systems and Applications Management Software. He has
also held executive management and consulting positions at several companies, including ‘Director of Quality Assurance’
at NetIQ and Chromatic, where he built, trained, mentored, and managed world-class software engineering teams in
the U.S. and abroad.

Joe's research and work interests include test tools and efficient testing, code coverage, risk and change management,
test automation, software release engineering, the cost of poor quality software, software engineering process models
and standards, software engineering training, and testing/QA in Agile and Open Source development environments. He
currently works as an independent software engineering contractor and is involved in QA consulting and training projects
in the U.S. and abroad.

Joe holds a MS degree in Computer Science from Loughborough University in the U.K, and is an honors graduate of
the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. He did his Ph.D. studies at
Universities of Warwick and Edinburgh, and
is currently a doctoral degree candidate at the University of Phoenix.

His hobbies include hiking, music, traveling, and reading about world history and cultures. He has three children and
lives with his wife in Los Altos, California.
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