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Company
OVERVIEW
The innovation you need. The experience you trust. From development to QA, Parasoft’s comprehensive software testing solutions reduce the time, effort, and cost of delivering secure, reliable, and compliant software. Leverage our AI-infused automated testing solutions to drive continuous quality practices throughout your CI/CD pipeline.
Built on a foundation of innovation with more than 38 patents, Parasoft has been leading the industry in automated software testing and continuous quality solutions for 35+ years.
Parasoft’s Continuous Quality Testing Platform seamlessly integrates into dev ecosystems and workflows, providing teams with market-proven, AI-enhanced solutions, from static analysis and unit testing to API and web UI testing, and beyond, to optimize testing practices across the SDLC.
With offices distributed across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, we empower leading companies around the globe to deliver high-quality software safer and faster with worldwide access to our top-tier support and solutions.
Our customers are valued partners and come first. Parasoft’s customer satisfaction and product support team is dedicated to their success. Customers shape our product roadmaps and research as we evolve and scale together.
PARASOFT VALUE PROPOSITIONS
Parasoft ensures companies deliver software that’s compliant to industry standards in safety and security. Achieve business and technical goals with test automation to increase quality, accelerate deliveries, reduce costs, and boost productivity.
Partnering with enterprise companies of all sizes, Parasoft enables the delivery of high-quality software applications with the Continuous Quality Testing Platform, which includes AI-enhanced testing solutions. Achieve business and technical goals with continuous test automation to deliver on time and budget and increase productivity.
Parasoft empowers companies that develop network-connected embedded devices for automotive, medical, industrial automation, IoT, and more. By providing advanced testing for APIs and protocols, deep code analysis, coverage, and on-target testing, they can deliver secure, reliable, and safe software that real-time embedded systems in diverse environments demand.
INNOVATION & AWARDS
Leader for API Functional Automated Testing
2025
Best Innovation in Microservices & Serverless
2025
SourceForge Top Performer
2025
Best in Show
2024
Best in Show for Testing
2024
LEADERSHIP
Our executive team focuses on helping customers ease the pain of software testing.
CEO
Elizabeth Kolawa leads the overall direction and operations of the company. Her in-depth knowledge and experience managing large, diverse technical organizations have proven invaluable as Parasoft continues to evolve its industry-leading automated software testing solutions.
Dr. Kolawa joined Parasoft in 2011 with over 25 years of experience leading and managing technical projects at CalTech and JPL/NASA. She has authored over 140 technical papers and has been granted 11 patents. In 2010, she was awarded the JPL Explorer Award for strategic leadership.
Dr. Kolawa holds a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland.
CEO
Igor Kirilenko focuses on the strategy and execution of all product-related activities including product vision, innovation, development, and quality. He is also responsible for managing and expanding both the Development and Product Management organizations to support the rapid growth of Parasoft offerings to the market.
Since joining the company at the beginning of 2013, Igor has been in charge of technical strategy, architecture, and development of Parasoft’s cutting-edge technologies, bringing over 20 years of experience leading engineering teams. He enjoys building a culture of excellence through establishing and promoting the best Agile practices in software development environments, supporting customers’ needs, and delivering frequent releases of products without compromising their quality. Igor received his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute of Cybernetics at NAS of Ukraine.
Chief Product Officer
Joanna Schloss leads Parasoft’s marketing, business development, branding, strategic positioning, go-to-market strategy, and sales enablement. With 25 years of experience transforming and evolving both global 500 companies and startups, she’s worked on various projects involving artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and business intelligence. Joanna has launched a variety of tools and applications for various companies, including SmartBear, Confluent, IBM, and Oracle, among others.
With a background in engineering, coupled with a deep understanding of AI and machine learning, Joanna delivers impactful marketing strategies that drive measurable business results. Before joining Parasoft, Joanna was chief marketing officer at Adeptia. Other previous roles include senior vice president of marketing at SmartBear, vice president of product marketing at Sauce Labs, senior director of product marketing at Confluent, and director of product marketing at Datameer, among other positions. Joanna holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Chief Marketing Officer
Arthur Hicken is an evangelist at Parasoft where he has been involved in automating various software development practices for over 30 years. He has worked on projects including the software development life cycle, application security, functional safety, and software safety in industries like automotive, aerospace, and medical.
Arthur’s popular blog, Code Curmudgeon, is known for its Hall-of-Shame lists covering SQL injection and IoT vulnerabilities. He also has a YouTube channel with software development and AppSec videos. As an expert in his field, Arthur speaks frequently at conferences on development strategies, compliance, and security best practices. He’s involved with software safety and security standards as a member of organizations like CERT, IEEE, UL, and ASQ.
Evangelist
Dave drives the overall strategy, vision, and execution of sales for Parasoft’s Americas region. He ensures that Parasoft is a dedicated partner in helping its customers deliver high-quality solutions faster and with less risk.
Dave brings more than 20 years of experience in technology sales and services. Prior to joining Parasoft, Dave held a variety of senior go-to-market leadership positions with Micro Focus, NetIQ Corporation, and BMC Software. Dave retired from the U.S. Navy with over 20 years of service both in active duty and as a reservist. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College.
Chief Revenue Officer
Dirk Giesen develops and manages alliances with Parasoft’s key partners to support revenue growth and market expansion. He also identifies and evaluates new strategic markets.
With a degree in Computer Science, Dirk’s extensive experience helping customers achieve success in high-tech, embedded, and business IT markets includes roles with Telelogic (acquired by IBM in 2006), Benelux and German distributor QA-Systems, and Benelux distributor Koning en Hartman. Dirk joined Parasoft in 2006.
VP of Global Alliances & Strategic Market Development
Marek Pilch provides strategic management and operational oversight of the company’s APAC region and has been managing Parasoft’s Chinese branch in Shanghai since 2012. Pilch specializes in growing partnerships, streamlining operations, raising market visibility, and increasing profitability. After studying Civil Engineering at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow Poland, Pilch joined Parasoft in 1989 as owner and CEO of Parasoft Poland.
Upon moving to Parasoft US in 2002, Pilch was responsible for directing special projects, including business development, account retention, and global customer care. Pilch has over 25 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning, business unit development, project and product management, and system engineering strategies.
VP of Sales, APAC | Director, Subsidiaries Operations
Kenny drives the overall strategy and execution of technical services for Parasoft, including pre-sales engineering, professional services, customer success, and support. He ensures the effective use of Parasoft solutions by customers to drive outcomes, meet their business objectives, and realize long-term value.
Kenny has over 25 years of experience leading successful global teams of both pre- and post-sale technical services. His background includes a variety of leadership roles with organizations such as KPMG, IBM Global Services, Smarsh, and Micro Focus. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Centenary College and a master’s degree in information systems from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Chief Customer Officer
Adam Sontag is responsible for the global oversight and consolidation of Parasoft in the areas of accounting, tax, treasury, finance, and audits. Adam joined Parasoft in 2015 with experience leading accounting teams towards process improvement, accounting principles, strengthening internal controls, and mitigating credit/FX/audit risk, while acting as a business partner to Executives and VPs managing their regions.
Prior to Parasoft, Adam was responsible for a $1B budgetary process and business units comprising $300M in sales. He received his MBA from Arizona State University and is a board-recognized, active CPA in California. With a specialty in International Finance, Adam has helped several companies effectively scale their global expansion without sacrificing accountability, visibility, compliance, and efficiency, supporting entities in the UK, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, NL, Poland, Sweden, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, and India.
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Wang joined Parasoft in 2013 and is responsible for the overall legal functions and strategies of the company. He has a particular focus on preparing and negotiating complex license agreements in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Peter is an advisor to the CEO and to Parasoft’s global sales leadership on legal approaches to customer issues, as well as risk mitigation for the company.
Peter has over 25 years of experience in various roles related to legal transactions and software licensing. Prior to Parasoft, he held senior positions at McAfee, Serena Software, and Veritas/Symantec. Peter has a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Sr. Director, Legal
Join a team of passionate employees who take great pride in the software products we build. Here, you’ll make lasting friendships, learn from some of the most brilliant developers in the world, expand your depth and breadth of technical knowledge, and work on incredible projects that influence the way other developers write code.
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LOCATIONS
For more than 35 years, our automated software testing company has grown from our California headquarters to offices around the globe.
Parasoft Corporation Headquarters
+1(888)-305-0041 (main)
+1(626)-305-0041 (support)
+1(626)-305-9048
Parasoft (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Parasoft UK Ltd
Parasoft Deutschland GmbH
+49 (0) 30 – 700 140 150
Parasoft India Private Limited
Parasoft Polska Sp. z o. o.
+48 12 290 91 01 (main)
+48 12 296 6088 (support)
+48 12 290 91 02
Parasoft South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
Parasoft Netherlands B.V.
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