How I Became a Performance Engineer

How I Became a Performance Engineer

My career as a performance engineer started in a strange way. In 1998, I worked at Deloitte & Touche on the outskirts of Nashville. I had just been assigned to a new development team that built the firm’s internal time and expense tracking software. Prior to...
My Introduction To Load Testing

My Introduction To Load Testing

My introduction to load testing was interesting. The first time I ever heard the term “performance testing”, I worked at Deloitte just outside Nashville, Tennessee. I was selected to be on the newly formed “Implementation Team”. This was an internal group at the home...
How I Became A Consultant

How I Became A Consultant

This is the story of how I became a consultant and started consulting for multiple companies after working for one company for years. CommerceQuest In late 1999, I left Deloitte to join one of the first Mercury services partners. They were building a team focused on...
How I Started Loadtester Incorporated

How I Started Loadtester Incorporated

Loadtester Incorporated was my first company. It began with pure frustration. In 2003, I was in a complete rut with my career. While my employer was always good to me, paid fairly, and had great benefits, I had hit the ceiling of what I could accomplish there. I knew...
Tricentis Acquires Neotys And It Makes Perfect Sense

Tricentis Acquires Neotys And It Makes Perfect Sense

By now you have heard the news –  Tricentis acquires Neotys. To those of us in the performance engineering industry, this should come as no surprise. It will be welcome news for larger Enterprise accounts, and especially for those companies who rely heavily on...
DevOps or DevOOps?

DevOps or DevOOps?

Those of you who have known me for any length of time know that I use the hashtag #DevOOps often when referencing online articles where performance and availability failures have occurred in the public view. Why do I do this? Do I just hate people in DevOps? What Are...