AutoTester Inc. Realigns, Adds to Executive Team; Catalyst to Change Reflects Renewed Commitment to Software Quality.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1998--AutoTester Inc., a leading provider of software quality assurance solutions, today announced several key organizational changes, including a new executive management team. The changes reflect the company's recent transition from being primarily a developer of automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. tools, to providing comprehensive software quality assurance solutions to Fortune 3000 companies worldwide, said Kathleen O'Halloran, president and chief executive officer of Dallas-based AutoTester Inc. "For the past 12 years, AutoTester has helped companies optimize software quality and application development with an array of automated testing tools," said O'Halloran. "Today, the marketplace better understands how important software quality is -- not as a technical issue -- but as an issue that is at the heart of business success, progress and productivity. Our new organizational structure  This article has no lead section.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, one should be written. , effective immediately, reflects our continued emphasis on advancing software quality as our core business goal and direction." The new executive management team includes Kathleen O'Halloran, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ; Paul Gregory
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