René Schwietzke is the Managing Director of Xceptance, based in Germany and the US. As co-founder, he has played a major role in shaping the company’s profile, including the continuous evaluation and development of their test tools and services.

Almost two decades ago, René started with Java version 1.0 and has since then gained extensive experience in performance tuning and performance measurements. Working for various e-commerce and quality assurance companies, he became an expert in performance testing and tuning large-scale applications.

René holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and likes to share his knowledge by giving university lectures. He is a regular speaker at international software development conferences and gives training talks on Java, GC and memory management, as well as quality assurance and testing.

René Schwietzke ist Mitgründer und Geschäftsführer der Xceptance GmbH. Er arbeitet seit der Version 1.0 mit Java und beschäftigt sich seit 2004 intensiv mit den JVM-Interna für Analyse und Performance-Tuning von SaaS-Commerce Applikationen. René spricht regelmäßig auf Konferenzen zu den Themen Performance, JVM, Qualität und Softwaretest.