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Rebecca Cramer
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English
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Summary

Titus Fortner is a senior solutions architect at Sauce Labs who has been working in test automation for over a decade. He began his career as a submarine officer in the Navy before transitioning to test automation, where he became a core contributor to the Selenium project and later led the development of Watir, an open source testing library built on top of Selenium. Fortner believes that many companies mistakenly try to reinvent the wheel by developing their own test automation solutions from scratch, instead of collaborating with others to solve common problems in the field. He has implemented automated testing solutions at five different companies and now works closely with customers to improve their testing practices. In his free time, Fortner enjoys knitting and creating beer koozies for his colleagues.