As a senior technical staff member and chief technologist for the Quality Software Engineering team in IBM, Karen Rosengren is responsible for setting the direction on how the 20,000 plus testers across IBM approach their work. With more than thirty years of experience in software engineering, Karen has held positions in development, architecture, design, and testing in both operating system and middleware, as well as management positions. She has spent the majority of her career in various testing roles. Karen is a passionate advocate for advancing testing as a career and looks for every opportunity to mentor and guide testers.