Nathan Middleton is a Sr QA SDET at Sirona Medical. He possess expertise in technical support, system administration, management, security, networking and 73 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the distinct pleasure to work with Nathan while I was Technical Lead at Dell. Nathan is always thinking about working as efficiently as possible – if something is too early to test, he lets you know while continuing to build out the infrastructure to support the testing when it is ready. He looks for ways to help himself and others using tools and best practices. He takes initiative if he thinks there is a better way of doing something - he created a tool to track sprint progress that works better than what TFS offers. He is highly skilled at his job – one of the best engineers I have seen in his role, if not THE best. He provides guidance on the best way for developers to do their testing and tries to initiate positive change when it comes to that. He is one of the only people I have seen that can do not just his job with skill, but also do a developers job to ACTUALLY FIX THE DEFECTS HE FINDS – and he does it in a trustworthy manner! If he fixes something, or EVEN works an entire story – I trusted that work. Effective, efficient, highly skilled, provides guidance, takes initiative. These are only a handful of his strengths, I think anyone who knows or works with him can see the others easily.", "Nathan is impressive. He demonstrates a patience and a perspective that sets him apart from other developers. We hired him as a QA intern a little over 5 years ago, and he has quickly promoted to a Staff Developer with Technical Lead responsibilities. Nathan has earned the respect and trust of Users, Team members, and Management across the company. While he is an extremely fast learner, he is also an excellent mentor. I trained him in QA and Testing when he started at IV in 2008, and I found him to be a great tester with the passion, tenacity, and attention to detail that makes a rock star tester. Then, when the tables turned and I was testing his code, Nathan became a mentor to me in building my skills as an SDET using C# and SQL. He has a clear vision of the automated test approach as well as the implementation details, and he can explain them. What makes him a great mentor is his ability to teach while building confidence. He describes the details and the big picture at the same time. This valuable skill will translate to success wherever he goes. Nathan has a fantastic career ahead of him in the discipline of his choice, as an SDET and as a Dev.", and "I quickly came to appreciate and rely on Nate as someone I could trust to get the job done. Nate immediately demonstrated a can-do approach with sound technical and problem solving skills. He has developed in-depth business knowledge and applies it to critical thinking. He has also gained the support and respect of some of our most demanding business users through his business-value based customer service approach."