Albert Haaring

Albert Haaring has extensive work experience in the field of market operations and quality assurance. Albert has held various roles at EPEX SPOT, starting as the Head of System Quality Assurance for Day Ahead Trading & Continuous Trading before becoming the Head of Market Operations for Continuous Trading. In these positions, their responsibilities included managing test teams, implementing agile methodologies, and maintaining Jira software.

Prior to their time at EPEX SPOT, Albert worked as a Quality Assurance Manager and Test Manager at APX Group, where they focused on implementing and testing trading platforms and back-end systems for power spot trading. Albert also held roles at SQS Group, APX-ENDEX, Capgemini, ING Insurance Central and the Rest of Europe, and Visma, where they gained experience as a test coordinator, consultant, and analyst.

Albert's work experience also includes a teaching position at Albeda College, where they taught business and economics subjects and contributed to educational development.

Overall, Albert Haaring has a strong background in quality assurance, testing, and market operations, with experience in implementing software systems, managing test teams, and improving efficiency and agility in their roles.

Albert Haaring attended Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences from 1999 to 2003, where they obtained a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree. Their field of study was Teacher Training, with a specialization in Business economics and General economics.

In addition to their formal education, Albert Haaring has obtained several certifications. In 2008, they earned the WFT Basismodule deskundigheid (Wet op het financieel toezicht) certification from EBFS. In 2011, they completed the "Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL" course offered by Microsoft.

From 2012 to 2013, they obtained the Test Engineer Certificate based on TMap NEXT® (TMPTE) and the Test Manager Certificate based on TMap NEXT® (TMPTM) from EXIN. In 2014, they earned the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification from ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board.

Their most recent certifications include the PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management (PR2F) from EXIN in 2016 and the Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM 1) certification from Scrum.org in 2020.