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With more than twenty-five years’ experience in software testing, Paul Holland is a Sr. Test Automation Architect at New York City-based Saks Off 5th. Previously, he spent four years as a senior director at Medidata Solutions, two years as head of testing at a small consultancy, two years as the principal consultant/owner at Testing Thoughts, and seventeen years at Alcatel-Lucent. Paul specializes in adapting testing methodologies to reduce waste, and to increase effectiveness and efficiency by finding ways to document only what needs to be documented, modifying reporting of test activities to provide actionable information to stakeholders, and reducing or eliminating potentially harmful metrics. Paul is one of five instructors of the Rapid Software Testing course, developed by James Bach and Michael Bolton.