Richard Ede

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About Richard Ede

Richard is a respected technical trainer with over 15 years of experience covering Software Development in Quality Assurance. As an ISTQB® and BCS certified instructor, Richard has delivered appraised courses all over the world for companies from variety of industry sectors. Richard’s training consultancy company, SQA Skills continues to deliver courses on behalf of clients like QA, TSG, KnowledgeHut, ALP International, to name a few. He has worked in the USA, UK, China, Middle East and Europe providing him with a wealth of experience to share with his students. Richard’s career in software quality assurance started at Sogeti (devision of Capgemini), where his career quickly progressed to Team Lead for the UK training division. He was a regular guest speaker at several industry seminars and conferences to share his experience and guidance. Richard is also the co-founder of Vocate, a UK based apprenticeship recruitment and training company. He pioneered bringing together Ofsted approved apprenticeship programmes by designing and managing the delivery of a virtual curriculum covering a range of technical subjects. Richard’s students particularly value his energy and use of relevant, real-world scenarios to help bring courses to life. An approach that has helped thousands of students advance their careers. Below are a few testimonials:"The experiences Richard shared with me are very inspiring and useful for my future career in software development.“ Sylvia - ANX International "It was an amazing learning experience. “High Quality and High Energy” are the best words to describe the training course." ANGUS - Sun Life Insurance "I would highly recommend SQA Skills without reservation to any organisations who are looking for quality." Teresa Cheung - Eurofins “Practical Acceptance Test” conducted by Richard Ede was packed with useful knowledge about the industry best practices on testing.” Joe - The Hong Kong Jockey Club "An expert in software testing. The ISTQB Foundation course is definitely valuable for beginners of software testing or experienced testers.” Keith Lam - Lane Crawford "By providing comprehensive material and professional experience sharing we learnt far beyond taking an examination." Kin - RTX Ltd