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SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, announced the availability of SmartBear API Hub featuring HaloAI, an advanced AI-driven capability being introduced across SmartBear's product portfolio, and SmartBear Insight Hub. SmartBear has consolidated its most trusted developer tools into dynamic, modular hubs that streamline workflows and scale seamlessly as teams grow. With the flexibility to adopt only what they need, when they need it, teams can integrate their preferred workflows without sacrificing usability or quality.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has awarded Phyllo with its first Developer Visibility Award, demonstrating excellence in developer practices, particularly using SmartBear tools. Phyllo provides APIs that enable businesses to access and manage creator data directly from social platforms, facilitating seamless integration and real-time insights. Earlier last year, SmartBear launched a new quarterly awards program to celebrate its customers around the world.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, was honored in Built In’s 2025 Best Places To Work Awards. The company earned a place on 100 Best Midsize Places to Work in Boston and 100 Best Places to Work in Boston in 2025. The annual awards program includes companies of all sizes in tech markets across the U.S.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has appointed Dan Faulkner, the company’s Chief Product Officer, as Chief Executive Officer. Frank Roe, who has led SmartBear to significant growth over the last five years, will transition from CEO to a strategic advisor role. Dan’s wealth of experience across product leadership, operational management, and global strategy, make him uniquely qualified to drive SmartBear into its next phase of innovation and growth amidst rapidly changing markets in the age of AI.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is deepening its commitment to delivering exceptional customer value while solving customers’ biggest challenges with the appointment of Steve Boss to SVP of Global Core Sales. Previously, Steve was SVP Global Sales and General Manager at CB Insights, where he led the enterprise growth engine selling to the world’s largest companies. As SmartBear continues solving the complex and increasingly urgent challenges for software development teams, Steve will lead the company’s high-performance API and test management sales teams worldwide.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, today announced its acquisition of QMetry, provider of a comprehensive AI-enabled digital quality platform designed to scale software quality that is trusted by enterprises globally, including leading Fortune 500 companies. This strategic acquisition will further enable agility for DevOps teams to speed up feature delivery, shorten time-to-market, and consistently deliver high-quality software.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is hosting the live webinar, “Driving API Innovation: SmartBear Named a Leader by Gartner,” on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. SmartBear was recently named a Leader by Gartner in the 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for API Management report. Frank Kilcommins, Principal API Technical Evangelist, Ariel DiFelice, Director of Product Marketing, and Sean Butler, VP of Product Management at SmartBear, are providing insights into the report, an inside look at the future of API management, and SmartBear’s strategic roadmap for 2025, designed to equip development teams with comprehensive tools that span the entire API lifecycle.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the 2024 Magic Quadrant for API Management report. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute in the API management market. Gartner Magic Quadrant research methodology provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players, and Challengers. Defined by Gartner, Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is hosting SmartBear Connect Boston 2024, an in-person customer event at its headquarters on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This is part of the company’s annual global customer event series, SmartBear Connect. SmartBear users and stakeholders are joining 15 speakers as they explore the latest pressing issues in development and testing and discuss innovative approaches to revolutionize software quality in the GenAI era. Hundreds of customers from around the world recently joined SmartBear for its global virtual event as well as its in-person event in London. Registration is open for SmartBear Connect in Bengaluru on October 22 and Melbourne on October 24.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has integrated the load testing engine of LoadNinja into its award-winning automated testing tool, TestComplete. Testers can now re-use their functional tests and run them as a load test in a single workflow, optimizing efficiency and productivity, enhancing test coverage, and reducing costs – solving the pain of needing point solutions to run a complete UI testing suite.

Frank Roe, CEO of SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is delivering the keynote address, “Revolutionizing Software Development: The Critical Balance Between AI and Human Insight,” at All Day DevOps (ADDO), taking place virtually on Thursday, October 10, 2024. The largest DevOps conference in the world, ADDO is not your typical conference; it’s a transformative 24-hour experience with six keynotes, 160+ sessions, and DevOps content delivered through five different tracks. The event brings together developers and industry leaders from around the world to share insights, innovations, and best practices in the ever-evolving world of open source development.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has further invested in customer success with the appointment of David Phillips to the position of SVP of Customer Retention and Technical Sales Engineering. With over 20 years of experience leading and building high-performing sales teams, David comes from 3Play Media as Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Success. He will be focused on strategies to address customer needs, provide ongoing support, and help customers to solve their most challenging problems.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, named Jamie McNulty, Lead Product Owner of API Platforms at Lumen Technologies, as the recipient of its Q3 Women in Tech Award. Celebrating individuals who demonstrate passion, dedication, and a can-do spirit in technology, SmartBear’s Women in Tech Award recognizes various contributions to teams and organizations through positive impact, team energy, and skills. To celebrate the exceptional work of its customers, SmartBear launched a quarterly awards program this year to highlight extraordinary achievements in software quality, software for good, women in tech, and developer visibility.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has added OpenTelemetry-native performance insights and distributed tracing as part of its BugSnag error and real user monitoring solution. This new functionality empowers developers to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and systemic issues with a truly comprehensive view of application performance, increasing responsiveness and enhancing overall customer experience. These new capabilities are valuable for enterprises with highly critical applications and those that prioritize delivering exceptional user experiences, especially on mobile and other front-end platforms where quality of interaction is critical.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is launching its annual global customer event series, SmartBear Connect 2024, with a virtual session featuring 20 speakers on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Over a thousand customers from around the world are joining SmartBear leaders and other experts for a deep dive into the latest tech innovations and topics, including GenAI, testing, API excellence, and next-gen observability while gaining insights from real-world customer experiences. Registration is also open for SmartBear Connect in-person events taking place in London on October 9, Boston on October 16, Bengaluru on October 22, and Melbourne on October 24.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has elevated its product innovation strategy with the appointment of Ron Trackey as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Design. Ron brings more than 30 years of global experience to this key role that will guide the strategic direction of SmartBear products and the user experience that brings them to life. Most recently, he was Vice President, Product Management at Digital.ai, dedicated to helping Global 5000 enterprises automate software delivery workflows across complex technology environments.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, announced Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, is the recipient of its Q2 Software for Good Award. Telesat utilizes an energy optimization platform to improve energy usage and reduce waste across its facilities. SmartBear's test management tool, Zephyr Scale, ensures the reliability of the energy optimization software, which has resulted in significant environmental benefits. Earlier this year, SmartBear launched its quarterly awards program to celebrate the exceptional work of customers in software quality, software for good, women in tech, and developer visibility.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has been named in the 2024 AI Breakthrough Awards for the Best AI Quality Management Solution. Now in its 7th year, the annual AI Breakthrough Awards recognize the world’s most innovative companies, technologies, and products in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry with a comprehensive set of award categories that recognize trailblazing AI industry innovators.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has added Carolyn Loudenslager as SVP of Business Operations to its team. Carolyn has spent nearly 20 years helping Fortune 100 tech companies as well as industrial companies build and scale sales, marketing, and customer success organizations with data-driven insights. She was previously Head of Revenue Operations and Customer Experience at Solidigm (formerly Intel) where she led customer success strategy, measurement, and execution. By optimizing operations and leveraging data to support sales, this position plays a pivotal role in creating an environment where customer success soars.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has launched two innovations that fundamentally change how both API and functional tests are performed, integrating SmartBear HaloAI, trusted AI-driven technology, and marking a significant step forward in the company's AI strategy. GenAI technology, known for automating repetitive and error-prone tasks, enhances efficiency and reduces manual intervention, revolutionizing traditional software development and testing methods. According to Gartner®, “By 2025, 75% of developers will use generative AI to learn new software development skills.”1

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is revolutionizing software quality with its Jira-native test management platform, Zephyr Scale, with no-code test automation and featuring SmartBear HaloAI, now available on the Atlassian Marketplace. With GenAI, software testers of all technical backgrounds can quickly convert manual tests into automated ones without coding, directly in Zephyr Scale, one of the fastest-growing apps on the Atlassian Marketplace with over 30K installs. SmartBear has also introduced a new add-on – Zephyr Scale Automate – for teams looking to further expand their automation with advanced automated tests, cross-browser automated testing, email and SMS automated testing, and parallel testing.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, introduces SmartBear HaloAI, trusted AI-driven technology deploying across its entire product portfolio. HaloAI harnesses pioneering GenAI technology to tackle complex, real-world problems, enhancing software development and testing by automating repetitive, error-prone tasks that often require manual intervention due to their complexity. Rooted in transparency and trust, HaloAI is more than another coding assistant; it accelerates development, enhances team productivity, and delivers innovative business outcomes, while addressing existing and future talent gaps.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, announced that Vineeta Puranik, the company’s SVP, Engineering and Operations, has been named a 2024 Women Worth Watching® in STEM by Profiles in Diversity Journal®. The 6th annual award recognizes high-achieving women in STEM who are blazing trails for other women in their organizations and across the globe—and for girls everywhere who want to build successful and satisfying careers in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM). Vineeta manages SmartBear engineering and operations with a global distributed team of more than 300.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, has welcomed Kevin Foster as Senior Vice President of Growth Marketing. Kevin comes to SmartBear from the startup Highway.ai and brings more than 25 years of experience in marketing for various high-growth tech companies. SmartBear is experiencing worldwide growth both organically and through strategic acquisitions, acquiring 10 companies in just over five years and launching three major products in 2023.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, named Amy Cohn as its new Chief People Officer, highlighting the company's dedication to fostering a high-performing team, delivering exceptional experiences to global customers, and fueling growth and expansion. A 20+ year veteran of the HR industry, Amy was most recently Chief People Officer at Allego. She joins SmartBear at a pivotal time of transformation, innovation, and growth for the company, driven by AI and automation. Amy will help guide the SmartBear team, currently 850+ strong worldwide and growing, in support of its global customer base through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Her leadership will be instrumental in paving the way to achieve the company's $500 million milestone.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, is increasing its investment in India as the market potential for software development solutions in the region continues to expand. SmartBear launched a new DevOps Academy, a best-in-class DevOps training program in Bangalore to prepare entry-level participants with the hands-on skills and confidence to be a successful cloud engineer. SmartBear is currently supporting more than 150 customers across India, representing fintech, health care, and transportation and logistics. The company opened an office in Bangalore in May of last year.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, has launched a quarterly awards program to celebrate the exceptional work of customers in software quality, software for good, women in tech, and developer visibility. The Q1 Quality Champion Award has been awarded to Ryan Bolt, Global Software Engineer Director and CoE Lead at Boston Consulting Group, and Mital Shah, Manager, Software Quality Engineering at Universal Destinations & Experiences (a division of NBCUniversal/Subsidiary of Comcast), for working tirelessly to maintain and grow software quality.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software testing and visibility solutions, has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Accelerate Program, a co-sell program for AWS Partners that provides software solutions that run on or integrate with AWS. The program helps AWS Partners drive new business by directly connecting participating ISVs with the AWS Sales organization.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, has added no-code test automation powered by GenAI to its Zephyr Scale, the solution that delivers scalable, performant test management inside Jira. By using GenAI, any tester, including those without technical skills, can quickly convert manual tests into automated tests without coding, directly in Zephyr Scale, one of the fastest-growing apps on the Atlassian Marketplace with over 27K installs. The test automation functionality is being unveiled at Atlassian Team, Tuesday, April 30 – Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Las Vegas, SmartBear booth #19. A beta version is available this week to Zephyr Scale customers.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, was honored in Built In's 2024 Best Places To Work Awards. Specifically, SmartBear’s headquarters in Somerville earned a place on the Boston, MA Best Places to Work and Boston, MA Best Midsize Places to Work lists. The company’s location in Coconut Creek, Florida earned a spot on the Miami, FL Best Places to Work and Miami, FL Best Midsize Places to Work lists. The annual awards program includes companies of all sizes, from startups to those in the enterprise and honors both remote-first employers as well as companies in large tech markets across the U.S.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, announced a new version of its award-winning API design and documentation tool, SwaggerHub, integrating Stoplight’s API open source tools. The integration enriches the customer experience by giving development teams and others the ability to create higher quality, more reliable, and easily adoptable APIs. Last August, SmartBear acquired Stoplight, a global API design-first company popular with developers. The new integration, along with SwaggerHub’s recently launched API portal and contract testing from its PactFlow acquisition in 2022, is creating a comprehensive and composable API development hub, providing complete visibility, automation, and productivity for teams looking to modernize API practices.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has won the Winter 2023 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award. The first and only industry analysis and advisory firm, Intellyx presents this award to vendors that successfully navigate Intellyx's rigorous briefing selection process and deliver an effective briefing. As an industry analyst firm that focuses on enterprise digital transformation and the leading-edge vendors driving it, Intellyx interacts with numerous innovators in the enterprise IT marketplace. The Intellyx Digital Innovator Awards are now in their third year.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, announced that Jenn McAuliffe has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales to lead the enterprise sales team. She spent more than four years in high level sales positions at Tamr, a leader in data products. This addition supports SmartBear’s major B2B growth expected as the company rolls out three integrated hubs in Q3, delivering the industry’s most comprehensive API development, testing, and insight readiness across the entire software development lifecycle.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has been positioned by Gartner as a Visionary in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software testing and visibility solutions, today announced the acquisition of Reflect, an AI-powered no-code testing platform for web applications. Reflect allows developers and testers to write tests faster as text prompts, enabling greater automation. This acquisition accelerates SmartBear's AI strategy to meet diverse customer needs by intelligently powering its three integrated hubs for the industry’s most comprehensive API development, testing, and production readiness with insights that power great user experiences across the entire software development lifecycle. Prior to the acquisition, Reflect was backed by Battery Ventures, Craft Ventures, and Y Combinator.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has appointed Sean McGinn as SVP Global Indirect Sales and Worldwide Partners to lead the company’s global channel and partner efforts. He was previously Global Head of Partnerships at Tamr, a leader in data products, where he developed a partnership and alliances program with major cloud vendors, select resellers, strategic ISVs, and systems integrators globally from the ground up. Sean brings more than 25 years of business development and channel partner experience from multiple enterprise software companies.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility solutions, has won two 2024 DEVIES Awards, recognizing outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer technology across 31 categories. In the 12th annual awards program, PactFlow, the most comprehensive contract testing platform, earned the DEVIES Award in the Microservices and Serverless category for tools that help development teams develop, deploy, and manage microservice-based applications. API design and documentation tool, SwaggerHub earned the award in API Management and Support for helping API teams manage access to their services as well as API strategies.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has welcomed Melissa Campbell as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer. Previously, she served as CRO and General Manager at Tamr, Inc., leader in data products, for the last five years. Melissa brings 30 years of experience in enterprise software sales for companies ranging from early-stage venture backed to large public organizations to lead SmartBear’s global sales team.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has integrated VisualTest, its AI-driven automated regression visual testing tool released in February, with UI test automation tool, TestComplete. Testers can now automate visual regression testing without the need to write automation script, making visual testing capabilities available to more users. VisualTest leverages AI to catch visual defects while ignoring false positives to quickly confirm a website or app looks as designed before being released, ensuring the best customer experience. VisualTest’s AI capabilities allows TestComplete users to experience simpler workflows.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, released real user monitoring (RUM) in BugSnag, the company’s observability and application stability solution, that delivers production visibility insights to developers as they monitor and improve their applications with digital experience monitoring. These new capabilities enable application teams to rapidly identify and prioritize performance issues in production with the context required for faster resolution and quicker application development.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, released three significant product enhancements that bolster visibility across the software development lifecycle. These product updates include: 1) Aspecto’s OpenTelemetry-native distributed tracing for error monitoring in BugSnag, 2) SmartBear’s own developer portal for APIs for consumers to access SwaggerHub Portal, and 3) Zephyr Squad Cloud, the test management solution with core test planning and execution tools inside of Jira.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has released Swagger open source tooling support for the latest version of the OpenAPI Specification, OAS 3.1. A vendor-neutral, open description format for HTTP APIs, the OAS is widely used by development teams at organizations worldwide. Swagger is used by millions of developers and has evolved into one of the most popular open source tool sets for developing APIs with rich support for the OAS, as well as the AsyncAPI Specification, JSON Schema, and more.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stoplight, a global API design-first company, which will create the most comprehensive API development platform in the industry, providing enhanced visibility, automation, and productivity for development teams looking to modernize API practices. Adding Stoplight’s API strengths, including governance, mocking, and no-code editing to SmartBear’s industry-leading API design, documentation, and enterprise readiness capabilities delivers the most optimal development workflow for scaling APIs. SmartBear’s large open source communities, including Swagger, SoapUI, and Pact, are now joined with Stoplight’s Prism, Spectral, and Elements global communities for a dynamic and collaborative network of OS developers, totaling in the tens of millions.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, released SwaggerHub Portal, SwaggerHub’s new feature to customize consumer-facing documentation that drives the adoption of APIs. The developer-centric tool allows API providers to create customizable landing pages, providing consumers with comprehensive resources for easy implementation. Portal is integrated with SwaggerHub, the popular API design and documentation tool, and Explore, the API client that supports REST and event-driven specifications, allowing teams of any size to explore, design, test, and document all in one place for a better developer experience.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, released the results of its 2023 State of Software Quality | API survey, which garnered responses from over 1,100 API practitioners in more than 17 industries. Although microservices continue to be the main driver of API growth, 38% of respondents say artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as an increasingly influential driver in future growth of APIs. First published in 2016, SmartBear has regularly surveyed the API community to identify industry benchmarks, including trends, best practices, methodologies, and tools used by developer teams to manage the API lifecycle.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, is expanding its cloud marketplaces strategy with the launch of SwaggerHub, one of the industry’s leading API design and documentation tools, in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Customers can now buy SwaggerHub directly in AWS Marketplace or via AWS private offers, a purchasing program that allows sellers and buyers to negotiate custom prices and end user licensing agreement (EULA) terms for software purchases in AWS Marketplace.

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Frank Roe, CEO of SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New England Award finalist. Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who are building a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world for all.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, today announced the acquisition of Aspecto, an OpenTelemetry (OTel) pioneer. Aspecto has been instrumental in driving and defining the OTel project and community since its founding in 2019. The acquisition provides developers a unique capability to rapidly identify and correct bugs in distributed environments through the integration with the market-leading error tracking and performance monitoring solution, BugSnag from SmartBear.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has integrated the powerful contract testing capabilities of PactFlow with SwaggerHub, the company’s award-winning API development platform. The integrated solution allows architects and developers to gain previously unavailable visibility into how a proposed change would impact the use of an API by the consumer – instantly from the SwaggerHub Editor.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, is giving developers instant access to RESTful and Apache Kafka endpoints with the new SwaggerHub Explore. The free API exploration tool has an easy-to-use interface and accelerates the development lifecycle, allowing developers to easily visualize API data in a single place and quickly evaluate functionality before investing valuable time in API integration. This addresses a major developer challenge and speeds up development of high-quality software with limited resources.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the 15th annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. The Top Places to Work 2022 issue published online at Globe.com/TopPlaces after the award ceremony last night and will hit in Globe Magazine on Sunday, December 4. Top Places to Work recognizes the most admired workplaces in the state voted on by the people who know them best – their employees.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, released VisualTest, a new AI-powered automated regression testing tool that allows developers to easily catch visual defects and quickly confirm their website looks as designed, ensuring the best customer experience. Automatically uncovering errors and highlighting inconsistencies using a robust comparison engine, VisualTest delivers component-level visibility alongside the automation processes for CI/CD, giving developers and testers visual accuracy and automation at scale. VisualTest also integrates with mobile and web application testing solution, BitBar, enabling teams to reduce context switching between visual, web, and real-device testing.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, released the results of its fifth annual State of Software Quality | Testing survey conducted over five weeks earlier this year. The 61-question online survey collected industry benchmarks from more than 1,500 development, testing, and software delivery lifecycle professionals. Reaching across industries, the report reveals emerging trends year-over-year and provides insights into what teams globally think the future in testing holds.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, announced that its error monitoring and app stability tool Bugsnag now supports the Nintendo Switch system, giving gaming studios visibility across platforms and devices. With Bugsnag, developer teams can achieve better collaboration, faster deployments, and more stable applications to ensure every end user has a next-level experience. Earlier this year, SmartBear released Bugsnag error monitoring and stability management support for Unreal Engine mobile games.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, is hosting an in-person event for customers at its headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. SmartBear experts will share how they're adapting to market conditions as well as product-specific tips, tricks, and plans. The company recently brought customers together virtually from around the world on September 22, 2022 for an online version of the event. SmartBear launched its inaugural user conference in 2017 and has brought thousands of users together both virtually and in-person.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, announced Dr. Jackie Glenn, the founder and CEO of Glenn Diversity Inclusion & HR Solutions, has joined the company’s board of directors. As the former VP, Global Chief Diversity Officer at technology giant Dell EMC, Jackie brings 25+ years of experience creating inclusive corporate cultures that attract and retain top talent and diverse workforces globally. She is the best-selling author of, “Lift as I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America,” her instructional biography on how she journeyed from a nanny to a Global Chief Diversity Officer of a Fortune 100 company.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has been recognized by TrustRadius, the most trusted research and review platform, with a 2022 Tech Cares Award for the second year in a row. This third annual award celebrates companies that have gone above and beyond to provide impactful corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs for their employees and surrounding communities.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, unveiled its expanded headquarters in Somerville, Massachusetts earlier today at an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Katjana Ballantyne. The company recently signed a seven-year lease for its office at 450 Artisan Way at Assembly Row, while increasing its footprint by nearly 16,000 square feet to occupy 52,400 square feet and up to 385 seats. SmartBear added an onsite gym, coffee bars, and several new collaboration areas for its 260 employees. Office tours included the unveiling of a new mural commissioned by Artists for Humanity. The company moved to Somerville in 2015 and continues investing in the local community.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has promoted Shital Whitmore to Chief Financial Officer after spending nearly four years as the company’s Senior Vice President of Finance. Bryce Chicoyne, who has been serving in dual capacity as both COO and CFO, is shifting his focus exclusively to Chief Operating Officer responsibilities. SmartBear has been accelerating in both revenue and profitability, scaling through organic growth and acquisitions, backed by successful investors, industry awards, and analyst recognition.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has hired Nikki Morcom as the new VP, Global Talent Acquisition & Culture, based in the UK, to drive global hiring and advance a multisite strategy with focus on diversity talent. SmartBear has also promoted Christina McCollum, based at its corporate headquarters, as Head of ESG & Diversity, advancing the company’s global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and diversity missions, while promoting good in the local communities SmartBear serves worldwide through philanthropy and volunteering. Next month, the company will be unveiling office expansions in Somerville and Bath, followed by other global office expansions in 2023, to bolster company culture and collaboration for its employees.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has released its 2022 App Stability Index Report measuring the stability of the top 250 mobile and web apps used by Bugsnag customers worldwide. Using Bugsnag data from a 30-day period, the third annual report shows mobile apps are continuing the release trend of once per week, moving from a weekly release cadence to delivering a full release every four to five days, a 40% increase. Web apps have also moved from a biweekly cadence to a slightly faster pace with new products deploying into a production average of every 10 days.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has released AsyncAPI Specification support in SwaggerHub, the company’s integrated API development platform and choice of API designers, developers, and architects who are building, testing, and deploying high quality APIs. In addition to the OpenAPI Specification for REST APIs, development teams working across event-driven architectures (EDAs) can now collaborate in SwaggerHub to develop, document, and standardize their APIs. AsyncAPI is the leading specification to document and describe event-driven API architectures, including Apache Kafka.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has promoted Christine Whichard to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), supporting the company’s global offices. She is taking on this new position in addition to her current responsibilities as SVP of IT Services and Infrastructure. Christine joined SmartBear more than four years ago and has been an instrumental leader in the company’s cybersecurity plans, including an overhaul of its Information Security program.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, continues expanding its commitment to the Atlassian Marketplace, adding Bugsnag for Jira and SwaggerHub Integration for Confluence. Bugsnag developers monitoring application stability and documenting in Jira no longer need to interrupt their workflow to access the app. Developers working in SwaggerHub can use the macro to push API definitions and changes directly to other teams and business stakeholders that work within Confluence. By increasing the presence of SmartBear tools on the Atlassian Marketplace, the company continues meeting developers where they are.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, is answering developers’ call for an all-in-one web and native mobile app testing solution with the release of web testing on BitBar. The company has added web browser testing capabilities into its next-gen mobile app testing platform, BitBar, for the most reliable and streamlined cloud-based testing available with instant access to all the latest browsers and devices to support a consistent digital customer experience.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has released the next generation of Swagger Editor, the most widely used open source API editing tool on the market, now with support for the AsyncAPI Specification. Used for designing, defining, and documenting RESTful APIs in the OpenAPI Specification, the new Swagger Editor adds rich support for teams and individuals working across Event-Driven APIs using the AsyncAPI Specification.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, launched the Features Dashboard within Bugsnag, the company’s application stability management solution. The new decision-support tool gives developers the real-time visibility and actionable insights they need to speed up software innovation. With the new dashboard, Bugsnag becomes the only platform to offer advanced observability and insights in making data-driven decisions throughout the progressive delivery process. Today, development teams practicing progressive delivery are accelerating releases by introducing code changes supported through feature flags and experiments.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, has hired world-class artificial intelligence (AI) leader Jim Wu as VP of AI and Data Science working in the SmartBear Innovation Labs and product management leader Anthony Bryce as VP of Product Management. Both are supporting the company’s strategy to provide critically-needed visibility for developers to manage quality outcomes across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) as the market shifts to modern developer-led practices. Jim previously served Nuance Communications for more than 14 years, most recently as VP, Corporate Research. Anthony served BMC Software for 12 years, most recently as Director of Product Management.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, released the findings of its 8th annual State of Software Quality | Code Review survey. With nearly 800 respondents, code review remains the biggest influence on improving code quality with unit testing a distant second. With development teams getting larger and remaining remote, a tool-based code review process offers the best advantage, as indicated by 80% of satisfied respondents.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, is emphasizing its people and culture investment with the appointment of Veronica Curran as the company’s new Chief People & Culture Officer. Most recently, Veronica was Chief People Officer at Alumni Ventures (AV) where she led people strategy and culture. She brings 15 years of experience and investment in talent, onboarding, and culture programs at various disruptive global tech companies.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, has announced that Maureen Plowman has joined the company’s leadership team as Senior Vice President, Brand and Corporate Communications. In this new role, Plowman will lead the development of the brand’s strategic narrative to continue to elevate its position as a global leader in the software quality and development space. Most recently, she was Vice President of Marketing at Alignable.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, is hosting the webinar, “Leveraging Automated Software Quality to Optimize Applications and Business,” with guest speaker and IDC Research Director, Melinda-Carol Ballou, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. She is joined by Joanna Schloss, SVP, Product Marketing at SmartBear and Noel Wurst, Director of Storytelling. The panel is discussing key findings from the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Automated Software Quality and Continuous Testing for Digital Execution1 and examining the successful approaches customers are using to improve software quality.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Enterprise Automated Software Quality and Continuous Testing for Digital Execution.1 This IDC MarketScape evaluated 24 vendors for inclusion in the study, based on the strength of their products' ASQ capabilities and strategy, revenue share, and differentiated position in the rapidly emerging market. The report examines ASQ adoption patterns and trends and how they are impacting business success.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, announced today that it is entering into a definitive agreement with DiUS, an Australian technology consultancy, to acquire the leading global contract testing collaboration platform, Pactflow, advancing their next-generation API development platform.

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, is showcasing Zephyr, Cucumber, Bugsnag, and other tools that are helping development teams to achieve Progressive Software Delivery at Atlassian Team ’22, taking place on Tuesday, April 5 – Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Las Vegas. A modern software development lifecycle that builds upon the core tenets of CI/CD, Progressive Software Delivery is allowing teams to release code faster, progressively, and with less risk.