Conference Speakers

Adam Auerbach is the Vice President of Cloud and DevTestSecOps at EPAM Systems, a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services. Before joining Epam, Adam served as the VP of Quality and DevOps Engineering at Lincoln Financial Group where Adam was responsible introducing and leading the...Read more

Nick Baynham has more than 30 years of testing and automation experience. He has served in a range of industries, from the mission-critical medical devices field to telecommunications to insurance. He designs and implements automation frameworks to achieve world-class performance and contribute to the field by providing teaching and training....Read more

Michael Bolton is a consulting software tester and testing teacher who helps people solve testing problems that they didn’t realize they could solve. He is the co-author (with senior author James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing, a methodology and mindset for testing software expertly and credibly in uncertain conditions and...Read more

Jenny Bramble came up through support and DevOps, cutting her teeth on that interesting role that acts as the 'translator' between customer requests from support and the development team before diving headlong into her career as a tester. Her love of support and the human side of problems lets her...Read more

Hans Buwalda has been working with information technology since his high school years. In his career, Hans has gained experience as a developer, manager, and principal consultant for companies and organizations worldwide. He was a pioneer of the keyword approach to testing and automation, now widely used throughout the industry....Read more

Chloe Chen is an automation developer at Upland Software. Before Chloe became an automation developer, she was a quality assurance tester in the same company. Chloe now works with her team members to design and implement the automation framework that powers thousands of test cases. She also helps write and...Read more

Derk-Jan de Grood works as agile coach for Squerist. He has guided many organisations with their Agile Transformation. He wrote several successful books and frequently publishes articles and columns for the major magazines. In 2014 he won the EuroSTAR testing excellence award. In 2016 he published his 7th book: “Agile...Read more

Gene Gotimer is a Principal Consultant at Coveros, Inc., a software company that uses agile methods to help customers build software better, faster, and more securely. They do this by focusing on agile development and DevOps practices such as continuous integration, repeatable builds, unit testing, automated functional testing, analysis tools,...Read more

Dawn Haynes is CEO, testing coach, and consultant for PerfTestPlus, Inc. A highly regarded trainer of software testers, Dawn blends experience with a real-world view to provide testers with tools and techniques to help them generate new approaches to common and complex software testing problems. Passionate about improving the state...Read more

Richard is the president of Accentient, a company that helps software teams deliver better products by understanding and leveraging Scrum and DevOps. He is a certified Professional Scrum Trainer, Microsoft Developer Technologies MVP, author of Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio, and co-creator of the Scaled Professional Scrum framework....Read more

Lightning keynote speakers coming to STAREAST! Prominent speakers will include Aprajita Mathur, Melissa Benua, Jenna Charlton, Adam Auerbach, Tariq King, Isabel Evans, Jennifer Bonine, Derk-Jan de Grood, and Talia Nassi—all hosted by Alison Wade!Read more

Tom has been a professional software engineer for over 40 years after earning degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. With the exception of one year suffered in management, he has spent his career as a software developer. For the past dozen years, that development has been in the realm...Read more

Ralph Jezierski has been working in the DevOps, continuous delivery and continuous testing world for more than seven years helping customers navigate their transformation to becoming more agile. He brings over 30 years experience in the IT industry as a developer, architect and consultant for applications in the retail, oil...Read more

Byron Katz has been in love with computers since his father bought the family a Commodore 64. A degreed architect, he found his way back to software development in 2010, and his career has included roles as a quality assurance lead, a full-stack developer, consultant, and sales engineer. Byron has...Read more

Christine started her career as a high school history teacher, but a switch to software training got her started on a career path in technology, where she has held various positions in professional services and development over the past 15 years. Currently managing a team of business analysts and software...Read more

Chaithanya Kolar is a specialist leader in Deloitte’s systems integration practice with 15 years of experience in the information technology field. He is focused on managing complex testing efforts for critical system integrations initiatives. He has extensive experience in leading and driving implementations in specialized testing areas such as Test...Read more

An Automation Architect at Upland InGenius, Chris Loder is an automation enthusiast to the core. His passion and experience help companies reduce regression time and improve overall software quality. With over two decades of automation experience, he designs and implements automation frameworks with his team of automation developers. Chris is...Read more

Stephan Marceau is a Quality Engineering Practice Director at Slalom. He has spent his 20-year career in consulting, with the last 12 years working in the quality assurance and testing domain. He currently leads an organization of 150+ quality engineers who excel at incorporating the core principles of quality into...Read more

Geoff Meyer is a test architect in the Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group and has thirty-five years of industry experience as a software developer, manager, program manager, and director. He drives the test strategy and architecture for over four hundred software and hardware testers across India, Taiwan, and the United...Read more

Jaimee Newberry worked in the web interaction, design, and development industry from 1998 to 2013, with emphasis on empathetic and behavioral psychology-applied interface design for web, mobile web, and iOS applications. Currently, she is the cofounder and CEO of Picture This Clothing, which started as a passion project launched by a...Read more

Kristoffer Nordström is a test developer who has worked with telecommunications systems, distributed compilers, cloud technology, smartphone OS development, embedded systems, and much more. As a testing devotee and a member of the context-driven test community, with his own company Kristoffer consults and teaches the course Python for Testers because...Read more

Jeffery Payne is CEO and founder of Coveros, Inc., a consulting company that helps organizations accelerate delivery using agile methods. Since its inception in 2008, Coveros has become a market leader in agile and DevOps engineering while being recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies...Read more

Ramapriya Raju is an IT delivery executive with experience in client relationships, new client engagements, and complex program management. She has managed global team management, complex contracts, and KPIs and SLAs, and driven business development through innovation and transformation. A software delivery and agile expert, she has helped shape and...Read more

Robert Ross is the co-founder and CTO of Curtail Inc. Curtail is changing how IT is implemented for service providers, government agencies, and enterprise organizations that are developing and launching new software and services, particularly in DevOps environments. Prior to Curtail, Ross served as CTO of Translattice, as a research...Read more

Rob Sabourin has more than thirty-five years of management experience leading teams of software development professionals. A highly-respected member of the software engineering community, Rob has managed, trained, mentored, and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA, testing,...Read more

Katy Sherman started her career as a developer, then development manager. She worked for a number of companies, was introduced to Agile, loved it, and tried to apply those ideas wherever she could. In her current job of Director of Software Engineering she was put her in charge of a...Read more

Rajni has twelve years of experience in the field of software testing and is currently a manager in quality assurance. She is a dynamic, self-driven, results-oriented leader with an excellent technical ability to deliver seamless solutions. She possesses excellent management and leadership skills with a focus on continuous improvement and...Read more

Coveros' Executive Vice President of Training Mike Sowers has more than twenty-five years of practical experience as a global leader of internationally distributed test teams across multiple industries. Mike is a senior leader, skilled in working with both large and small organizations to improve their software development, testing, and delivery approaches....Read more

Raj Subrameyer is an international keynote speaker, writer and tech career coach who helps people step into the leadership role of their dreams through his services and speeches. He is helping countless people to discover their zone of genius and leverage it to live the life that they love. On...Read more

Troy Walsh is the national quality engineering Practice Lead and DevOps lead for Magenic Technologies. He started his career in the DevOps space as a Release developer, creating custom build, deployment and installation solutions. He later transitioned to consulting where he developed a love for test automation. Troy is a...Read more