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

Marc Beaulieu is a Software Quality Engineer with 30 years of IT experience in the Application Quality Management space.   He has a passion for technology and an accomplished QA professional with a proven record of successful contribution in quality management, performance management, security and automation technologies.   He has worked for...Read more

Melissa Benua has worked in nearly every software development role—dev, test, DevOps, and program management—at companies big and small and somewhere in-between. She's created and run high availability, high-quality services for PlayFab, Bing, Cortana, and Xbox One, and now for mParticle's enormous data platform. Melissa discovered her love of massively-scaled...Read more

Nagesh Chetan is an accomplished technology leader with over 15 years of success in the financial services, hedge funds and most recently in the Customer Data Platform space. He is passionate about people management and has managed teams with over 14 people under him, including managers, that are both local...Read more

David Dang, VP of Automated Solutions for Zenergy Technologies, has been a leading figure in the software automation industry for over twenty years. At Zenergy, David coaches companies in DevOps and Automation to help them develop better software faster. As a former developer, DevOps and automation were natural fits for...Read more

Júlio de Lima is a specialist in Software Testing with 13 years of experience. Júlio has a Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, a specialization in Teaching in Higher Education and a Master's Degree in Electrical and Computational Engineering with a focus on Testing and Artificial Intelligence. He currently lives in...Read more

Maryna Didkovska is a Quality Engineering Director at EPAM Systems. As a Test Manager, Delivery Manager, and Software Automation Engineer, Maryna has managed teams to build scalable testing processes on projects with over 600 participants. She has also developed testing ecosystems at the enterprise level, found solutions to quality architectural...Read more

Peter Földházi was first involved with QA as a beta tester of DOTA in 2006. Since joining EPAM in 2012, he moved towards test automation, and is currently working in the USA as a Quality Architect. He has experience in designing and developing solutions for mobile, web and desktop applications within...Read more

Julie Gardiner works as a Principal Consultant at EPAM Systems, providing consultancy, delivery, and advice in all aspects of testing, management, and agile/DevOps. She is a certified Scrum Master and agile coach, who has over 25 years of experience, including time as a Developer, DBA, Project Manager, Head of Operations...Read more

Payson Hall is a former U.S. Army Ranger and consulting project manager for Catalysis Group, Inc. in Sacramento. Formally trained as a software engineer, Payson’s early career included software development, hardware/software system integration, and Independent Verification & Validation. As his career progressed, his role shifted to include increasing project management...Read more

Susan J. Harrington brings more than 25 years of software development experience serving as a consultant and mentor to clients including the Federal Reserve Bank, Sprint, Bell Atlantic (Verizon), Direct Energy, and MetaSolv Software (Oracle).  When she has not been on a client site, Susan has been in the classroom...Read more

Dr. Suzette Johnson serves Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems sector as a Northrop Grumman Fellow, Lean-Agile and Technical Fellow Emeritus. Suzette works across the organization and in concert with the divisions and business units to support programs and functions in the adoption and implementation of Lean-Agile principles, processes, and digital capabilities. As...Read more

Jonathan Kauffman works as an agile software development and test consultant at Coveros, a company that helps organizations develop secure software using agile methods. In this role, Jonathan has helped both government and commercial organizations develop and test high-quality applications, and he has gained his experience by working with health...Read more

Tariq King is the Vice President of Product-Service Systems at EPAM, where he manages a portfolio that lies at the intersection of software products and services, and supports the business through technology consulting. Tariq has over 15 years' experience in software engineering and testing and has formerly held positions as...Read more

Chris Loder, a QA Automation Manager at Upland Software, is an automation enthusiast to the core. His passion and experience allow him to 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...Read more

Alex is a seasoned leader in the technology industry with extensive international business experience in agile software engineering, continuous testing, and DevOps. Starting out as a developer and then moving into software testing, Alex raised through the ranks to build and lead quality engineering practices across multiple enterprise companies from...Read more

Theron Melrose currently works at State Farm Insurance Companies as a Techology Manager. He has been there for over 23 years and has tremendous experience in waterfall delivery from the service and delivery side. His current responsibilities include leading a capacity and performance testing team through a transformational effort that...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

Shailaja Patel is a Principal Automation Engineer with the CIO office of IBM. She comes with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Business Automation & Test Automation strategies, Shailaja also provides guidance to teams on various facets of automation. She brings over...Read more

Greg Patterson's career started with language and functionality testing for a Unix systems for Novell in 1993. He has been testing and writing automation since then, creating and using different frameworks including Java, Python, JMeter, C#, Selenium, and many commercial products. He has tested a variety of products from Operating...Read more

Jeff Pierce has more than 20 years of experience in software engineering management, specializing in program, project, and software quality assurance management. Jeff is also experienced in building technical teams that are rapidly able to implement solutions and deliver business value. More recently, Jeff has focused on Agile project management...Read more

Brianna Roby is a Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Highlight Inc. Her past experience includes time as a backend developer working in Golang, Python, and Elixir. She moved into Quality Assurance when given the opportunity to build a QA Team in a company lacking one, and fell in love...Read more

Dionny Santiago is an Engineering Manager at Indeed and has 12+ years of industry experience working as an SW/QA/ML engineer, software/test architect, and engineering manager. Dionny completed his master's thesis on exploring the intersection between AI and test automation and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in this problem space. One...Read more

Mark Schettenhelm has 40+ years of mainframe experience and his specialties are in Source Control Management, Testing, and Application Portfolio Analysis. Mark has received the Certification of Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, (IAPP) and previously served on the IAPP's Education Advisory Board and as...Read more

I have over 24 years of experience in the systems/software development industry with a focus on Quality Assurance, Operations, Agile SCRUM, and SDLC development. I have functioned at a director and Vice President level for the past 13 years, and have specialized in building Quality Assurance Test organizations from the...Read more

Helena Song has over 20 years of experience in test automation, test tool development, and continuous integration (CI) in the internet software service domain. In the past 10 years, she focused on solving test automation and CI challenges in the microservices domain. During this endeavor, she learned a lot of...Read more

Tom Stiehm has been developing applications and managing software development teams for over twenty years. As CTO of Coveros, he is responsible for the oversight of all technical projects and integrating new technologies and testing practices into software development projects. Recently, Tom has been focusing on how to incorporate DevSecOps...Read more

Scott Tilley is an emeritus Professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, President and Co-Founder of Big Data Florida, President and Founder of the Center for Technology & Society, Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, past President of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow....Read more

Ariadna Trueba studied technology at University and started working in the IT department, until she realized she had a passion for checking bugs and issues. She decided to start investigating further into the QA side and after working as a long experienced QA manual, started diving further into QA automation....Read more

Alison Wade is the President of TechWell and an accomplished executive dedicated to the business of software. For the past fifteen years, she has worked with industry leaders developing programs for software development and testing professionals. She currently serves as the Program Chair for EPIC Experience, STAREAST, and STARWEST. She plays a...Read more

Lisa Waugh is an exceptional Software Development Engineer in Test and DevOps, passionate about quality and innovation, and currently a Testing Engineer Lead at IBM. She brings over 30 years of experience in information technology, with concentration on DevOps, Continuous Testing, and Performance Testing. She has a diverse background in...Read more

Robin Yeman has expertise spanning over twenty-five years in software engineering with focus on Digital Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile building large complex solutions across multiple domains from submarines to satellites. She advocates for continuous learning with multiple certifications including SAFe Fellow, SPCT, CEC, PMP, PMI-ACP, and CSEP. She is a Systems...Read more