Stephen Allott is managing director of CaseMaker International Ltd, a Diaz & Hilterscheid group company, which offers test case design & test data generation tool and related consultancy services using CaseMaker®.  Stephen is a popular and well known international speaker on software testing and quality and was a founder member of the iseb software testing board.  His IT career spans some 28 years and includes development, testing and project management experience in telecommunications, financial services, CRM software and test consultancy.  As well as holding an honours degree in Computer Science, Stephen is a full member of the BCS and a chartered information professional (CITP).  In his spare time he enjoys amateur dramatics and is a professional badminton coach with the BAofE (Badminton Association of England).

Brian has worked with Ericsson for over 6 years, testing 3G products. During that time he has worked in a range of test team leading and in other more technical testing roles. He has spent most of this time focusing on test process improvement and test automation. Currently he is working as a tester for a 3G network product, with a particular emphasis on test automation and improving overall test efficiency. Prior to that he worked with Accuris for nearly 2 years and with Ericsson for another 2 years.