Nigel Tracey graduated from the University of York in England (Computer Science Department) in 1996. He went on to complete his Doctorate in 2000 based on original research into automated software testing for safety-critical applications whilst a research associate at the University of York. Since 2003 Nigel has worked for ETAS (part of the Bosch Group). Nigel is General Manager for the ETAS Embedded Software development centre in the UK and also Vice President for the RTA Solutions business unit. The RTA embedded software products are today deployed in more than 2 billion ECUs around the world with a further 2-3 million being produced each week. Nigel has organised a number of international workshops and published more than 30 papers on real-time and safety critical systems topics.