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QASymphony Hires Software Veteran Bas Nijjer
February 2017 by Marc Jacob
QASymphony announced the appointment of Bas Nijjer as General Manager of the EMEA region. Nijjer previous held leadership positions at several enterprise software companies including Hewlett-Packard, CollabNet and WANDisco.
Nijjer joins QASymphony at a transformative time. The company has achieved rapid growth in the past three years as enterprises move away from expensive legacy software like HP Quality Center to modern solutions like QASymphony’s qTest platform. qTest integrates with popular developer tools like Atlassian’s JIRA, Selenium and Jenkins, enabling teams to develop high quality software at an agile pace. Below are some of the key highlights from 2016:
• 180% year-over-year revenue growth
• Added over 210 new customers including Cisco, Boeing, Sony, Amazon and Air Canada
• Hosted first user conference — Quality Jam with over 200 attendees
• Delivered 10 major product releases including qTest Insights 2.0, a self-service business intelligence tool that enables teams to consolidate, manage and analyze testing metrics
• Gained significant traction with the channel, forming partnerships with five leading Atlassian resellers — Clearvision, CPrime, Go2Group, Adaptivist and RightStar
• Added depth and experience to its executive team with the appointment of CFO Mike Vandiver, CTO Jonathan Alexander and Chief Customer Care Officer Suzanne Dunham
• Received several awards including the Entrepreneur 360 Award, Red Herring Global 100, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s "Best Place to Work", SD Times 100 and Technology Association of Georgia Excalibur Award
