Marcel Kwakernaak

Marcel Kwakernaak is a seasoned QA professional with over 20 years of experience in Testing, Quality Assurance, Release Management, and Agile / DevOps Coaching.

He is dedicated to helping organizations in building balanced teams and fostering the development of impactful products with a focus on value and quality.

With a mantra of starting with the end-user in mind, Marcel emphasizes finding the most valuable Minimum Viable Product (MVP), encouraging experimentation, embracing quick failure, and advocating for increased practice in overcoming difficulties.

His expertise lies in User Story Mapping (USM), Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Test Automation, Performance Testing, Containerization, CI/CD, Cloud-Native, Scaled Agile (SAFe) Frameworks, and LEAN principles.

Marcel Kwakernaak holds a degree in Electrotechnics from Hogeschool Rotterdam and Economics from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.

Throughout his career, Marcel has held key positions in various organizations, including Test & Migration Lead at Royal Schiphol Group, Founder of Creating Value Alliance, Chapter Lead Testing EDSN at Energie Data Services Nederland (EDSN) B.V., Test Manager at Stibo Systems, User Acceptance Test Lead / Test Coach at Shell, and Agile Coach / DevOps Transition Consultant at Dunea, among others.

He is the co-founder and Managing Director of the Creating Value Alliance, an active author and international speaker in the industry.

Marcel Kwakernaak brings a unique blend of profound QA skills and a business-oriented background, spanning from strategic concepts to operational deployment.