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fter fourteen years in the professionals more time to focus on
business of supplying solutions their task at hand—producing quality
and training to software testers, software. That remains Seapine’s
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Seapine mission today.
Software can lay claim to being one of Seapine’s first product was
the pioneers in this sector. The company TestTrack for the Apple Macintosh
specialises in helping companies identify platform, which was introduced
the problems they have developing quality in 1996. We followed this with a
products and implementing cost-effective Windows version in 1997 and a web
solutions to those challenges. These browser version in 1998. From there
solutions can come in the forms we moved to an office and began to
of consulting or tools, or a combination grow the company.
of both. In 2002, we began to expand our
product portfolio by developing
T.E.S.T: What are the origins of the and releasing Surround SCM, a
Seapine’s mission at the
company; how did it start and software change management
time was to reduce the develop; how has it grown and how tool, and acquiring QA Wizard, an
complexity of software
is it structured? automated testing tool. In 2006,
we released TestTrack TCM, a test
development tools,
Rick Riccetti: Seapine Software case management tool developed
allowing developers
Inc is a privately held corporation internally. In 2007, we released QA
and quality assurance headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio in Wizard Pro, a more robust functional
professionals more time
the USA. My wife, Kelly, and I founded and regression testing tool than the
to focus on their task at
Seapine in 1995, and operated the original QA Wizard.
company out of our home for the first Seapine has grown from two
hand-producing quality
three years. Seapine’s mission at the employees to over 100, and has
software. That remains time was to reduce the complexity of added offices in London, Munich, and
Seapine’s mission today.
software development tools, allowing Melbourne. With all of this growth, the
developers and quality assurance company has remained faithful to its
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