Australia Testing Awards 2016

Individual Categories include :

1. Testing Lifetime Achievement of the Year 2016 (Honorary)
The veteran Testing Thought leader whose contribution to the industry is memorable. The jury, comprising of CIOs of end user companies and celebrated thought-leaders, shall chose the winner.

2. Test Leader of the Year 2016
This will be awarded to the most outstanding individual test manager or team leader over the last 1 year.

Nominations for Testing Leader of the Year 2016 :

Watie Hassian

Test Director

ANZ Global Wealth

Joel Virtue

Head of Testing and Quality Assurance

Vodafone Australia

Chris Weskin

Head of Testing

Rubik Financial Limited

Vasant Gore

Vice President and Delivery Head

Capgemini

Robby Green

ANZ Practice Head

Infosys

James Elvin

Head of Testing

Macquarie Bank Ltd

Andrew Phillips

Test Director - Personal Banking

National Australia Bank

Gary James Russell

Test Director / Strategist and Head of Testing / QA

Seven Consulting

Anil Kumar

Head of Quality Assurance

Outware Mobile

Rashmi Trivedi

Practice Head - Quality Assurance & Release

NSW Australia

Fadi Hawli

Director

TestPoint Consulting

3. Testing Champion of the year 2016 (via Australia Testing Champion of the Year 2016) - Know More
These are Australia's most knowledgeable Testing Professionals. They need to win the prestigious and highly competitive Testing Olympiad 2015. All nominees shall be mentioned on the website.

Who can apply?
Individuals or corporate team can directly apply for any of the above categories. Agencies may apply on behalf of their clients, in which case an email approval from the brand owner must be attached with the application. In these cases separate certificates will be provided for the agency, but the trophy will bear only the name of the client.

Corporate Categories include :

1. Testing Project of the Year 2016 - Retail, BFSI, Manufacturing, Telecom
Awarded to the most outstanding testing project in the BFSI sector. The jury, comprising of CIOs of end user companies and celebrated thought-leaders, shall chose the winner. All nominees shall be mentioned on the website. However only the Top 5, selected by Jury members, comprising of CIOs of end user companies and celebrated thought-leaders, shall be on the awards main page.

2. Testing Community of the year 2016 for Australia Testing Awards
Will be awarded to the most outstanding community/ies (public or private) that have been playing a pivotal role in shaping Testing programmes and contributing at large to the realm of Software development, services and support. Any Testing or QA community - a not for profit or for profit or within a company, city or state is eligible for this award.

Who can apply?
Corporates (Brand Owners/Marketing team, CXO desk, HR, Program Managers) can directly apply for any of the above categories. Agencies may apply on behalf of their clients, in which case an email approval from the brand owner must be attached with the application. In these cases separate certificates will be provided for the agency, but the trophy will bear only the name of the client.