We are the Test Society, a collaboration between Lina Kulakova from the Quality Talks testing community in Lisbon, Nuno Matos from the Porto Testers Meetup testing community in Porto, and Maik Nogens from Germany (a passionate community builder). We came together with a special goal: to give something valuable back to their community. We decided to organize a yearly conference that focuses on testing. This conference will serve as a place for discussions and sharing knowledge about different testing topics. They hope that by hosting this event, they can make a positive impact on the testing community and create a space where everyone can gather once a year to learn and grow together."
Nuno Matos
With a degree in Computer Management and over 20 years in IT, Nuno transitioned to testing in 2008. Climbing the ladder from junior to senior positions, he's honed his skills over the years. Nuno believes his dedication has significantly impacted key areas of business, such as product quality, timely delivery, team cohesion, and customer satisfaction, consistently achieving high-quality results. He also offers personal training courses in the QA field to help newcomers enter testing roles. Since 2016, Nuno has been actively supporting testing communities by hosting events for the PTM (Porto Testers Meetup). Committed to excellence, he aims to inspire both new and experienced IT professionals, contributing with a positive legacy in the industry.
Lina Kulakova
Lina is a passionate QA Engineer with more than 7 years of experience.
The challenges and growth opportunities in QA captivated me, leading her to establish a QA community called QualityTalks where she acts as an organizer, mentor and sometimes speaker. With more than 5 years of speaker experience, she shared her insights at various conferences like GoogleDevFest, Pixels Camp and UCAAT.
Being Head of QA, she loves building strategies to deliver quality products to the customer while investing time in strong and motivated teams. She advocates for good testing practices, contributes to open source projects and teaches QA-related courses.
Maik Nogens
Maik works as a consultant, where he focuses on the agile aspects of software testing.
Maik has 20+ years of work experience including the military, the Middle East and different industries.
His passion is to support the profession of testers and Testing; he is very active in many peer and community setups.
Maik is the co-founder of two international peer workshops, GATE and PotsLightning.
He facilitates several German and English speaking testing communities in Germany.
In 2014 he designed the Software Testing World Cup (STWC). This global event runs like the Olympics every two years.
Besides being a black belt in the Miagi-Do School of Software Testing, he attended the BBST course, is a practicing testing trainer, conducts dojos and workshops for Kanban, SCRUM and other agile areas.
He is experienced with agile and testing concepts and holds most testing certificates.
Rogério Castro
Hi, I’m Rogério Castro, originally from Porto, with over 11 years of experience in quality assurance. 🙌
I’m currently leading #QA at LetsGetChecked, focusing on #automation, process standardization, and #quality innovation. I’m also the co-founder of Ministry of Testing Porto, dedicated to growing a vibrant testing community.
Beyond work, I’m a gaming enthusiast who loves traveling and partying with friends, always up for new experiences and connections. 🎮
Excited to connect and share ideas with like-minded professionals!
Pedro Magalhães
Born and raised in Porto heart and known as “treipeiro” I have been working as a QA ever since 2016. Started as an Analyst and quickly made my way to Automation engineer where I am currently working as a Test Automation Engineer at Xelerate.tech.
Alongside this I am also a proud member of Ministry of Testing Porto and Test Society Conference together with my fellow Ministry members.
Passionate on learning how continuously improve my tech stack knowledge as much as I’m passionate about food and CrossFit.
Do you want a recommendation on where to eat in Porto? Any issue with your Cypress implementation? Any place you want to go to exercise? I am your point of contact :D
Fun fact about me: I’ve haggled my way with fishermen to take me to an art gallery in an abandoned island somewhere in Europe.
Nuno Ramos
I’m Nuno, and I’ve had a rather unusual journey to becoming a QA Engineer at Let’s Get Checked.
Before this, I was cabin crew for Ryanair and Swiftair, lived in London and Madrid, and even spent 18 months in South Sudan with the UN! ✈️
Now, I’m back in Portugal, loving the QA life, and co-organizing Ministry of Testing Porto and the Test Society Conference.
When I’m not testing, you can find me at the gym, cooking up a storm, rocking out at a concert or just relaxing playing a PC game. 🍳 🎮
Fun fact: One night in South Sudan, I found myself sharing drinks with people from all over the world – we had Samoan Kava, Norwegian Aquavit, Russian vodka, and even Colombian Aguardiente!! I also caught a fish in the Nile river! 🐟