Sylvain Prudhomme

Sylvain Prudhomme has worked in the software engineering field since 2007. Sylvain began their career at Autologic Diagnostics Limited as a Software Engineer, where they were responsible for the development of software used on vehicles from 1995 to 2004, and for the majority of software support for all VAG vehicles. In this role, they also trained new members on the VAG team. Sylvain was then promoted to Senior Software Engineer, where they developed software to carry out performance upgrades on VAG vehicles and was responsible for the support and development of the OBD2 software. In addition, they were promoted to Lead Test Analyst, where they developed and implemented testing structures and testing frameworks for all Autologic projects, implemented test policy in line with the company policy, implemented test strategy and test plan for all projects, and set up a defect prevention process. In 2018, they began working at Caristo Diagnostics as a Software Test Lead, where they developed a test automation framework for a medical software using Python and BDD, set up and managed the team responsible for developing the automated and manual tests, and was actively involved in the software development lifecycle following the QMS for medical devices (ISO 13485).

Sylvain Prudhomme has a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Robotics and Automated Systems from the University of Plymouth, which they obtained between 2004 and 2006. Sylvain also has a Diplome Universitaire Technologique (DUT) Electronics and Computing from IUT de Nimes, which they obtained between 2002 and 2004. Sylvain'sfield of study included Mathematics, English, Physics, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Computing, and Automated Systems. Prudhomme also has two certifications from the ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board. Sylvain obtained the ISTQB® - Certified Tester Advanced Level (2012) - Test Manager certification in January 2018 and the ISTQB® - Certified Tester Foundation Level certification in November 2017.