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Devtest is built from a decade of experience gained in managing the quality and testing of software for Microsoft Corporation in the United States. Our leading edge Devtest Solution Teams are working in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Seattle, USA - where it all began at Microsoft Corporation. We partner with our clients to change their traditional approaches into a regime that delivers high quality, cost-effective results. Devtest evangelises and implements the Microsoft Rapid Application Development methodology to bring about the change. In 1999, Sarah Richey left Microsoft Corporation to start Advanced Software Testing Solutions (ASTS) in Sydney Australia with a business partner who owned a sister software testing consultancy. From this partnership and a client list of referrals from Microsoft, the company grew successfully to a staff of 18 employees. After two years experiencing the corporate side of software development in Australia, Sarah realised that "testing" had a stigma associated with it that was quite different to the role of testing at Microsoft Corporation. To remove an obstacle of "testing as an afterthought", Sarah changed the focus away from testing and towards managing the quality of Software Development projects. Devtest Pty Ltd was set up as a company that partners with development, and measures and guides the progress using metrics and development testing practices during the development cycle - not simply when development is almost completed. In 2001, Sarah became the sole Director of Devtest Pty Ltd. In 2003, Devtest commenced its first international Development project, partnering with CMSU Microsoft, Redmond, USA. Also in 2003, Devtest became a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner In 2004, Devtest hired an Ex-Microsoft Systems Development Engineer and Development Manager of 15 years, Jaybe Ammons, to assist on leading edge, .NET projects.