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xx Editor and Contributors Kaspar van Dam With approximately 15 years of expe- rience in IT, Kaspar van Dam advises colleagues and clientsonmattersconcerningtestingand/orcollaboration and communication within (agile) teams, projects and organizations. He has published a number of articles on test automation, agile ways of work and continuous communication. He also trains and coaches people on these subjects and has been a speaker on related items at events. HansvanLoenhoudgraduatedasabiologistandworked in ecological researchat the UniversityofAmsterdam. In 1980 he switched to IT as a Cobol programmer. Later, he specialized in consultancy on information and quality management. Around Y2K Hans entered the field of software testing.Formanyyears,hewasaboardmember ofTestNet, theDutchassociationofprofessionalsoftware testers. As a tester, he took interest in requirements engineering, because he is convinced that good require- ments are a prerequisite for professional testing. He is committed to build bridges between these disciplines, as a writer, speaker and trainer, and is a lecturer on related topics at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Hans is second chair of IREB and active there in the Foundation Level and the Advanced Level Elicitation workinggroups. Rini van Solingen is a speaker, author, professor, and entrepreneur. Each year he gives over 100 lectures and workshops. His expertise lies in the speed and agility of people and organizations. Rini makes complex matters simple and can explain things in understandable and humorousways.Hisstrongestfocusisonempoweringhis audience. He helps people see why things are going the way they are and what they can do about it themselves. In addition, Rini is a part-time full professor at Delft UniversityofTechnologyandalsoregularlygiveslectures at Nyenrode Business University in master classes and MBAs. He is also CTO at Prowareness We-On, where, as a strategic consultant, he helps clients render their organizations fast and agile. Rini is the author of a number of management books, including The Power of Scrum (2011—with Jeff Sutherland and Eelco Rusten- burg),Scrum forManagers (2015—withRob vanLanen)