Maik works as a quality coach, where he focuses on the agile aspects of software testing.

His 25+ years of work experience include working in the German Navy, being a project leader in the Middle East as well as working as a tester in different industries.

As part of his passion to support the profession of testers and the craft of testing, Maik is active in many peer and community setups.

Maik is a co-founder of two international peer networks, GATE (German Agile Testing and Exploratory Workshop) and PotsLightning.
He runs several testing communities (STUGHH, ASQF SIG “Agility”) and established an English-speaking testing community in his hometown Hamburg, Germany.

In 2014 he designed and implemented the Software Testing World Cup (STWC). This global event is run like the Olympics and happens every two years (2014, 2016 so far).

He is a black belt in the Miagi-Do School of Software Testing, attended the BBST and RST courses, conducts Testing Dojos and runs workshops for TestSphere, Pipeline, Kanban, SCRUM and other agile areas.

He is experienced with agile and testing concepts and holds several certificates (CAT, CABA, IREB, ISTQB Full Advanced Level, CSM, etc.).