Michael R. Fine (born November 29, 1966) is a

beta testing Software testing is the act of examining the artifacts and the behavior of the software under test by validation and verification. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to apprecia ...

consultant, author, and inventor. He is the author of "Beta Testing for Better Software" (Wiley, 2002), and is a founder of and currently a senior test manager at Centercode, a beta testing software and services company. Fine is actively engaged in the promotion of

as a concept, speaking on the topic, teaching courses, and authoring several articles on it. Fine conducted beta tests on the first

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handheld devices, as well as the original

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designs, and was significantly involved in the launch of

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and

WiFi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves ...

. He was also actively engaged in the testing of new

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standards, starting with V.32 up through V.92. Prior to helping found Centercode, Fine was the beta test manager for Megahertz, U.S. Robotics, and ultimately,

3Com 3Com Corporation was an American digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney and others. Bill Krause joined as President in 1981. Metcalfe ex ...

Corporation. He was responsible for managing the beta testing of 3Com's networking and communications products for three of their global divisions. In addition to

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for

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and several magazine articles, Fine is the author of three books: * Beta Testing for Better Software () * Utah: The Complete Ski and Snowboard Guide () * Canoeing and Kayaking Utah () Fine contributed to U.S. Paten
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for an

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the digitalised circuits of the public switched telephone network. Wo ...

Analog Interface, and U.S. Paten
6275933
for a security design. Fine's experience in

quality assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...

alpha testing Software testing is the act of examining the artifacts and the behavior of the software under test by validation and verification. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to apprecia ...

, and delta testing has him teaching courses on these subjects fo
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Fine graduated from

Loyola Academy Loyola Academy is a private, Catholic, co-educational college preparatory high school run by the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, and in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago ...

in 1984, then

Weber State University Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. History Weber State University was founded ...

in 1989, and currently serves as a member of its Alumni Association Board. Fine is a member of the

Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha (), commonly known as PIKE, is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and abroad with over 15,500 undergraduate members over 30 ...

national fraternity.

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