Ruth Levy graduated in electrical engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in 1994. She has over 6 years of diversified experience in the telecom and software industry. She gained her test expertise in telecommunication products (Access Networks and SONET transport network elements) working for Nortel Networks as a system engineer and later on as documentation team leader. Her interest for the software testing industry took her to contribute to the implementation of an quality assurance group in a smaller software compagny MEI that develops CRM solutions for the Consumer Goods industry. She is currently working for the CRIM Software Test Center as a software test specialist. CRIM operates in hi-tech computer application and information technology sectors. A non-profit organization, CRIM was founded in 1985 to bolster ties between business and academia in these areas.