QA Speaker / Coach / Leader

Martijn Goossens brings over 20 years of expertise in the QA field, evolving from an Agile QA automation engineer to fulfilling various leadership roles over the past 8 years. Currently serving as an Agile quality consultant at Xebia.

ISTQB and TMAP certified, Martijn is a frequent participant in QA meetups and conferences worldwide. In recent years, he has graced international conference stages, sharing his hard-earned experience from the trenches with passionate audiences.

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Speaking Track Record

Upcoming Conferences

  • Targeting Quality 2025 - Keynote , workshop
  • SAST 2025 - Keynote
  • HUSTEF 2025 - Headline speaker , workshop
  • Tokyo Test Fest 2025 - Keynote
  • This year's calendar is full, though I'm still available for speaking opportunities next year.

Past International Conferences

  • A4Q Global Testing Summit 2025 - Online
  • Live2Test 2025 by TesterYou - Keynote Online
  • Tokyo Test Fest 2024 - Best speaker ratings
  • HUSTEF 2022/2023 - Review committee 2024, Program committee 2025
  • Agile Testing Days - US 2023 & Conf-in-conf 2023, Potsdam 2024
  • TestCon 2024 - Keynote , track talk, panel discussion
  • Targeting Quality 2024 by KWSQA
  • Nordic Testing Days 2023
  • UCAAT 2023
  • Test Automation Summit - Boston 2023, Washington DC 2024

Workshop Experience

  • Event Storming workshops
  • Behavior Driven Design (BDD) workshops
  • Specification by Example (SBE) workshops
  • Internal knowledge sharing sessions
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Signature Talks

Latest Talks

  • Be a better test friend - Keynote
  • Putting the Q in DevEx - The role of QA in the latest DevEx trend
  • Maximum quality with minimum testers
  • Become a performance test master - The less-technical side
  • QA Maturity Scan - How would your project score?
  • Find the tester in your team - Interactive LEGO workshop
  • Shift Left using BDD right - workshop

Earlier topics

  • Transforming a FinTech startup to fit in a multinational corporation
  • Shift left using Example Mapping and 3 amigo sessions
  • Performance Testing Mastery - Analyzing results like a pro
  • Growing Automation Coverage as a happy, healthy tree
  • Test automation pyramid for microservices
  • DevOps success factors for large corporations

Available Topics

With 20+ years in QA and Agile, Martijn brings authentic experiences to every audience. Available for speaking on:

  • The state of testing and QA
  • Holistic Quality Mindset and high-performing teams
  • QA and IT leadership
  • Performance testing
  • The joy of analog cameras
    (a personal passion)

Let's Connect

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Professional speaking inquiries welcome. Let's create something memorable together.