systems ag type aktiengesellschaft traded as lse sqs industry information technology founded 1982 ; 34 years ago 1982 founder heinz bons rudolf van megen headquarters cologne germany key people diederik vos ceo ren gawron cfo ralph gillessen coo products software testing managed services revenue 320 million 2015 number of employees 4 600 2015 1 website www.sqs.com sqs software quality systems ag is a consultancy company based in cologne germany . the company describes itself as the largest independent provider of software testing and quality managed services . the sqs group was founded in cologne in 1982 and has approximately 4 600 employees . sqs maintains offices in germany the uk australia egypt finland france india ireland italy malaysia the netherlands norway austria singapore sweden switzerland south africa the uae and the usa . in addition sqs maintains a minority stake in a company in portugal . in 2015 sqs generated revenues of 320.7 million . sqs is listed on the london stock exchange aim and has a second listing on the open market on deutsche b rse frankfurt . business activities edit the company s main business activities involve the provision of products and services within the scope of software quality assurance software quality management and software testing . all services form part of a consultancy concept that covers the entire software lifecycle . further sqs services include managed testing services management services for the long term outsourcing offshoring and homeshoring of software tests tool solutions and high end engineering in test systems and embedded systems . the company particularly focuses on the following activities test management test environment analysis internet and web testing sap system testing test asset management health checks performance and load tests and test automation . by taking on the role of an independent quality manager sqs assesses existing testing processes and provides recommendations and solutions that are tailored to specific customer requirements . the company operates in many different business fields including finance industry & engineering mass media & entertainment transport & logistics telecommunications it services civil service and energy . sqs clients include barclays bp credit suisse daimler deutsche post ag dresdner bank eurobet eurogate messagelabs phoenics t mobile t systems and zurich group . it counts half of the dax 30 nearly a third of the stoxx 50 and 20 % of the ftse 100 companies in its client base . another important facet of the company s business activities is its education division in particular its courses for the istqb international software testing qualification board and iseb information systems examination board hp tools training microsoft visual studio 2010 training and practical and specialist test courses including agile testing performance testing test analysis test management and test automation . sqs also organises it conferences with nine well established events in germany the uk switzerland ireland australia scandinavia austria and south africa . the iqnite conferences formerly software & systems quality conferences are among the leading quality management and software testing conferences . 1 references edit a b company profile . sqs . retrieved august 11 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title software quality systems ag & oldid 734034330 categories information technology consulting firmssoftware companies of germany1982 establishments in west germanyconsulting firms established in 1982companies based in colognehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 18 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view