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Meet the visionary behind T&VS, Dr. Mike Bartley Mike Bartley has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Bristol University, an MSc in Software Engineering and an MBA from the Open University, and over 25 years of experience in software testing and hardware verification. He has built and managed state- of-the-art test and verification teams in a number of companies (including ST Microelectronics, Infineon, and Elixent/Panasonic) who still use the methodologies he established. Since founding TVS he has consulted on multiple verification projects for respected organizations including ARM and Infineon. Dr. Bartley is currently Chair of the Bristol branch of the British Computer Society and Chair of the High Tech Sector Group of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and is a Technical Advisor to the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI). He has had over 20 articles published on the subject of verification and outsourcing. • • Body: Body domain controller, Gateway and Advanced Body Application Driver Assistance Systems: Radar Systems (Long/Mid Radar/ Short Range) and Camera bases Systems/Laser/Infrared Secure Car Access • Work Areas: Functional Verification—AES block, FPGA Implementation, Lab Debug and • Bring up support Applications: Automotive NFC, Passive Keyless Entry and Remote Keyless Entry Automotive Testing • Wireless Connectivity, Safety & Driver Aids, Intelligent Transport Systems, In-Vehicle networks, and Electromagnetic Interference Fintech Testing FinTech is short for Financial Technologies and is the term used to represent the digitalization of traditional financial services. FinTech technologies are undoubtedly going to disrupt and define how financial services operate in the future. The FinTech model creates several technical challenges for testing and QA. A typical FinTech startup delivery approach is fast-paced, agile and extremely customer focused. T&VS are helping FinTech organizations around the world deliver products and services that are reliable, safe, and secure. The company’s consultants are trained to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and coverage of your software testing. Benefits • Increase quality whilst in parallel reducing the amount of effort and cost spent on managing the testing • Establish good working cooperation between development and test to • • maximize the benefit of any automation strategy Automation Centre-Of- Excellence that has enabled T&VS to build a wealth of automation expertise and experience Measurably improve the quality of software by adding independence in the testing process Healthcare Verification and Testing Services The opportunities for IT systems to revolutionize healthcare are vast. In the future, increased connectivity between systems, devices, and medical services will create unprecedented quantities of patient data and monitoring capabilities. However, this increased level of connected devices, in turn, raises potential quality, safety, and security issues for the healthcare industry. There have been some very public examples of malware attacks affecting healthcare organizations around the world such as the WannaCry ransomware. It is essential the healthcare industry embraces the benefits of IT but also protects against the increased security and safety risks. The T&VS Healthcare services are built on a deep understanding of the latest test, verification, and safety methodologies combined with years of practical experience working with customers to deliver critical healthcare systems, covering both hardware and software. SR “Organizations developing complex systems use T&VS to test and verify their hardware and software products to make sure they are reliable, safe and secure.” AUGUST 2019 43