Hello! I’m a test automation architect, living in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I’ve worked in automated testing for 16 years, working for companies including big ones like Microsoft and small ones like GovDelivery. My current employer is a medium-sized company called Healthland, which makes healthcare information systems for small, rural hospitals. All opinions expressed by me on this blog are solely my own and do not represent the views of any of my past, present, or future employers. Heather’s opinions are also her own – I can’t take credit for those, though I generally respect them a great deal. 
I spent several years studying with Cem Kaner at Florida Tech and align myself with the Context-driven testing school of thought, and am one of the original signers of the 7 Basic Principles, as published in the book Lessons Learned in Software Testing by Cem Kaner, James Bach, and Bret Pettichord. I also consider myself a Software Craftsman.
Currently, the automation that I’m working on is Ruby-based, using Cucumber and Selenium-WebDriver. It’s in the early stages of development, but is really shaping up well. I’m excited about how it’s coming out.
When I’m not coding away, I can often be found playing board games, doing logic puzzles, reading (non-fiction, history, and sci-fi/fantasy mostly), researching my family genealogy, or enjoying the beautiful state and vibrant metro area that I live in, possibly with camera in hand.
Here are the books that have my attention now, drawn from LibraryThing:
And here are the games I’ve most recently played, drawn from BoardGameGeek:
I’ve recently started playing a lot of online asynchronous games on my iPad – if you’re interested in challenging me to a game, you can usually find me as andytinkham if I’ve registered for that game (or if it uses GameCenter or OpenFeint for its user tracking). Feel free to send me a challenge or game request, though be aware that I only make moves once or twice a day at most. You may also find me logged in as andytinkham on BrettSpielWelt.de, though these days I mostly go on there for prearranged games with friends.
You can find me all over the ‘Net – the side bar has links to many of my more active profiles. You can also email me at andy
tinkham
org. Thanks for stopping by our blog!
