Consultants & Trainers

Premier Team of On-Staff Consultants and Trainers

Lawrence Nuanez, Senior Staff Consultant

Lawrence's focus is helping clients improve their overall software quality. Lawrence has over 15 years of experience in software development. He has worked as a developer, tester, QA manager, and software consultant. He has worked with IT and business executives from many diverse industries, including healthcare, financial services, environmental engineering, space imaging, and commodities exchange. Lawrence is also the Principal Consultant for the LoadLabs division of ProtoTest. In that role, he uses his years of experience helping diverse clients tackle the challenging problem of load and performance testing.

Charity Stoner, Senior Staff Consultant

As a Senior Staff Consultant, Charity completes consulting engagements from short-term manual testing projects to full software development lifecycle process assessments. Charity also teaches Fundamentals of Software Testing (ASTQB accredited) and Applied Agile Testing publicly for individual students and privately for entire test teams. Charity has over six years of software test experience, holds a Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate from ASTQB, and is a Certified Scrum Master. Her work has included companies ranging from brokerage financial systems to entertainment. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from the University of Wyoming.

Justin Zimmerman, Staff Consultant

Justin has experience in many aspects of testing but specializes in load and performance consulting engagements for ProtoTest customers. He has over 13 years of experience in the IT industry as a software tester and technical writer, and has worked for startups and large established companies on software and hardware products, including wireline and wireless communications software, networking equipment, and printers. Justin has a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Davis, and holds an ASTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level certification.