Ard is a principal Test consultant at Alten IT since 2008 and started as a tester in 1997. He is focused on new developments in testing and looks how innovations can be used in testing. Therefore he was a speaker at different conferences, such as EuroStar, Sigist, Testnet, Expo:QA, CAST and the Belgium Testing Days.

He likes to have a broad view on testing and therefore he uses the knowledge and experiences form other fields of expertise. For example: sports. Ard has many years of experience as a sport coach (volleyball). As a sport coach, he must keep up with the latest developments and therefore he followed a course “sport psychology”. With this knowledge he saw a connection how to improve as a tester and therefore he wants to present his insights to the testing community.