Testronic acquires QA specialist Whyttest
With two new locations in Romania and Serbia, Testronic's headcount will reach 1,000 technicians
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Marie Dealessandri, Academy Writer
Marie Dealessandri joined GamesIndustry.biz as its first Academy writer in October 2019. After living and working as a journalist in France and Canada, she entrenched herself in the UK games industry in 2015, working for B2B magazine MCV. She can be found occasionally tweeting @mariedeal, usually on a loop about Baldur’s Gate and the Dead Cells soundtrack.
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