René Rohner
Principal Consultant Quality Management at imbus
Cologne Bonn Region Germany
Summary
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RockstarRené Rohner is a Principal Consultant in Quality Management with over 7 years of focused experience in software testing and test automation, based in the Cologne-Bonn region. At imbus he drives practical, auditable testing strategies and has a strong background in system certification and testing from earlier roles at GEUTEBRUCK. An active open-source contributor and current Chairman of the Robot Framework Foundation, he has hands-on contributions to flagship projects like Robot Framework and the Robot Framework Browser library, improving test coverage and adding robust keyword functionality. He excels at keyword-driven testing and Playwright-powered browser automation, blending deep QA expertise with full-stack automation improvements. Known for pragmatic refactoring and strengthening test infrastructures, he brings both governance-level leadership and day-to-day technical craftsmanship to quality initiatives.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (10)
automation10
robotframework10
playwright10
automations10
python10
test-automation10
testing10
javascript9
web-development8
json8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
MarketSquare/robotframework-browser
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Robot Framework Browser library powered by Playwright.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 32 reviews, 263 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:René contributed significantly to the `robotframework-browser` library, primarily enhancing its functionality and features. They focused on adding new keywords, specifically for actions like "Type Text", "Fill Text", and "Clear Text", alongside integrating support for secrets within those keywords. The user also worked on improving the library's code base, refactoring code, and fixing bugs related to the assertion engine and the handling of table elements, and by improving the test infrastructure through code refactoring, and test automation.
browserbrowser-libraryrobot-frameworkrobotframeworkrobot
robotframework/robotframework
Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
Generic automation framework for acceptance testing and RPA
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:77 reviews, 28 commits, 37 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:René primarily contributed to the test automation aspects of the Robot Framework project. Their commits focused on enhancing and expanding the existing test suite, covering areas like format specifications, command-line interface testing, and JSON output validation. The changes involved modifying test cases, adding new test scenarios, and improving the overall test coverage for various functionalities. These modifications included adjusting and augmenting test-related resource files and test suites to ensure accurate and reliable automated testing.
acceptance-testingpythontest-automationattdtesting
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