Development director with extensive experience leading and building teams that deliver value to business and consumer audiences quickly. Leveraging experience in software development, sales, leadership, and organizational change, I am responsible for the software running on millions of systems today. Specialties Agile Software Development (Scrum), web application development and design, iPhone application development and design, software program & project management, software quality assurance, cloud computing, Ruby on Rails, Objective-C, C#, C/C++, Perl, JavaScript https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011 2013-01-22 09:44:10 -0500 The role of QA is actually best served when we concentrate on providing short-burn feedback loops to the developers, analysts, and the business. This is a talk given at last year's QA or the Highway conference in Columbus, Ohio, bragging about some our success and trying to convert the masses to ATDD. The role of QA is actually best served when we concentrate on providing short-burn feedback loops to the developers, analysts, and the business. This is a talk given at last year's QA or the Highway conference in Columbus, Ohio, bragging about some our success and trying to convert the masses to ATDD. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011/feedback-loops https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011/feedback-loops We may be a "boring insurance company," but we're pushing the envelope for software development and testing. Leveraging ATDD and Agile practices with Cucumber and Watir, we have seen a dramatic increase in team productivity and quality. We may be a "boring insurance company," but we're pushing the envelope for software development and testing. Leveraging ATDD and Agile practices with Cucumber and Watir, we have seen a dramatic increase in team productivity and quality. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011/agile-testing-at-grange-insurance https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011/agile-testing-at-grange-insurance Presentation I gave a few years ago at a local conference on some of the principles behind how we shipped WinXP SP2 and Win Server 2003 R2, back in the day. Presentation I gave a few years ago at a local conference on some of the principles behind how we shipped WinXP SP2 and Win Server 2003 R2, back in the day. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011/shipping-software-at-microsoft https://speakerdeck.com/maharris1011/shipping-software-at-microsoft