Conference Speakers

As CTO at QASymphony, Jonathan Alexander leads the research and development of the qTest platform, including the development of new product offerings. With extensive experience in using analytics to understand and improve software teams and quality, Jonathan has written articles on this subject and authored Codermetrics: Analytics for Improving Software...Read more

Balaji Arunachalam initially worked at Intuit as a software developer and then moved into QE out of a passion for software quality. Balaji is currently leading the QE group for Intuit's Core Services, a group comprised of strong engineers who share his passion for software quality. The QE group started...Read more

Rajesh Bala (Raj), an Assurance Leader, has handled multiple domains in North America during his extensive career spanning close to three decades in IT. He is passionate about assurance, and focused on providing automated QA solutions for various market challenges. Currently he is responsible...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

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

Tom Chavez has more than twenty years of experience as a manager and product manager in the software development tools field. Today, he works in product management as a senior evangelist at SOASTA. Tom has worked across the Silicon Valley at companies including Apple, Sun, PalmSource, and...Read more

Selena Delesie is a visionary speaker, coach, and trainer who inspires people to get “lit up” from within, radiate positive energy, and empower everyone around them to step into their greatness. A successful corporate manager, consultant, and coach, Selena brings fourteen years of experience across the technology, financial, agile, software...Read more

As the VP of strategy and business development at QASymphony, Kevin Dunne ensures their continued commitment to innovation and delivering tools to create better software. With a deep interest in the emerging trends in software development and testing, he is dedicated to collaborating with thought leaders in this space. Kevin...Read more

An agile methodologist, practitioner, and coach, Bob Galen ([email protected]) helps guide companies in their adoption of Scrum and other agile methodologies and practices. Bob is director, agile practices at Zenergy Technologies; president of RGCG; and frequent speaker on software development, project management, software testing, and team leadership. He is a...Read more

Gene Gotimer is a senior architect at Coveros, Inc., a software company that uses agile methods to accelerate the delivery of secure, reliable software. As a consultant, Gene works with his customers build software better, faster, and more securely by introducing agile development and DevOps practices. He has many years...Read more

Jon Hagar is a systems software engineer and testing consultant, supporting software product integrity and verification and validation (V&V), with a specialization in mobile and embedded software system testing. For more than thirty years, Jon has worked in software testing and engineering projects. He authored Software Test Attacks to Break...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

An executive coach at Pillar Technology, Jim Holmes works with organizations trying to improve their software delivery process and ship higher value to their customers. He's the owner/principal of Guidepost Systems, engaging directly with struggling organizations. Since joining the US Air Force in 1982, he has been in various corners...Read more

A technical lead at Amazon, Prakash Karaka has more than nine years of experience building highly scalable testing tools and automation frameworks across cloud, web UI, and API systems. His experience spans roles as an automation engineer, senior SDET, and test architect at Microsoft and Intel. While developing and refining...Read more

Nikhil Kaul is product manager, testing products at SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world. Nikhil was previously at Digité, an application lifecycle management solutions provider, where he gained insight into the software development and testing market. Nikhil is very involved in discussions taking place...Read more

As a software QA architect, agile coach, and coder, Stacy Kirk has championed quality and process innovation in software development for more than twenty years. Stacy has led global IT teams to deliver cutting-edge web, mobile, and enterprise applications in the entertainment, security, advertising, finance, healthcare, and telecom industries. She...Read more

Wilson Mar has been building and bringing enterprise applications to market on major platforms—from mobile to server clouds—as an architect, developer, performance tester, and manager. His website wilsonmar.com provides concise, in-depth advice on leading technologies, especially on LoadRunner and performance engineering....Read more

A software tester and QA maven for more than seven years, Arylee McSweaney has done full QA testing of desktop applications, business intelligence dashboards, web, mobile web, and apps. She is currently focused on eCommerce QA at Etsy where she serves as a product quality manager to Etsy centralized QA...Read more

Paul Merrill is principal software engineer in test and founder Beaufort Fairmont Automated Testing Services. Paul works with clients every day to reduce risk to their brands, customers, and reputation, and to increase the efficacy of their testing processes. He takes personally the company mission—“to rid the...Read more

Prasad is responsible for TCS' assurance solutions and consultancy for the Telecom, Media and HiTech industry verticals.  He has managed and worked on transformation projects and delivered expected business results through best in class Quality Assurance & Testing practices. Currently, he leads Quality Assurance & Testing Sales for North America. ...Read more

Jaimee Newberry brings industry leadership and experience gained from advising C-level and senior management teams at startups, agencies, and Fortune 500 companies to her role as COO at MartianCraft. Her insight, practices, and a personal ecology have proven to elevate the culture, processes and product quality of high-performance software design and...Read more

Jeffery Payne is CEO and founder of Coveros, Inc., a software company that builds secure software applications using agile methods. Since its inception in 2008, Coveros has become a market leader in secure agile principles and recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the...Read more

After several years working as a scientist in particle physics and computational fluid dynamics, Ingo Philipp immersed himself in the multifaceted worlds of functional software testing and development. Ingo is on the product management team at Tricentis where his responsibilities range from product development and product marketing to test management,...Read more

Huw joined CA Technologies in 2015 as Vice President of Test Data Management, when specialist testing vendor Grid-Tools was acquired into the CA DevOps portfolio. During a 30 year career, Huw has gained a deep understanding of the challenges faced by modern organizations, and, with an understanding of the science of...Read more

A lead testing engineer at Mutual of Omaha, Jin Reck has diverse global experience with multiple Fortune 500 companies within the technology, telecommunications, and financial domains. Jin spearheads test automation for Mutual of Omaha by developing advanced frameworks that emphasize reusability and reduce maintenance efforts. She is currently responsible for...Read more

Martin Ringlein is the CEO and co-founder of nvite, an on-line events planning software company. Previously, Martin was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House leading teams around strategic innovation within the Executive Office of the President. Martin’s first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired pre-IPO...Read more

Rob Sabourin, P. Eng., has more than thirty-three 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,...Read more

As Director of QE at Cvent, Yassi Shayesteh leads the company’s global quality engineering team. With more than ten years of IT experience focused on QA & Testing, Yassi has grown her team to 80 QE professionals, positioned on a few continents. Yassi joined Cvent as one of the earlier...Read more

TechWell’s IT director Mike Sowers has more than twenty-five years of practical experience as a global quality and test leader of internationally distributed test teams across multiple industries. Mike is a senior consultant, skilled in working with both large and small organizations to improve their software development, testing, and delivery...Read more

Brad Stoner is a Senior Sales Engineer with AppDynamics. In his fourteen years of IT experience, Brad has held roles in performance engineering, systems engineering, and operations management. Previously, Brad managed the load and performance team at H&R Block where he spent seven years leading his five-person team in pursuit of...Read more

Chief Storyteller of The Three Pillars of Agile Testing and Quality, Mary Thorn is Director of Agile Practices at Ipreo in Raleigh, NC. Mary has a broad testing background that spans automation, data warehouses, and web-based systems in a wide variety of technologies and testing techniques. During her more...Read more

Jim Trentadue has more than seventeen years of experience as a coordinator/manager in the software testing field. Jim’s various career roles in testing have focused on test execution, automation, management, environment management, standards deployment, and test tool implementation. In the area of offshore testing, Jim has worked with multiple large firms to...Read more

A leading international consultant and trainer, Erik van Veenendaal (erikvanveenendaal.nl) is a recognized expert in software testing and requirements engineering. Erik is the author of a number of books and papers, one of the core developers of the TMap testing methodology, a participant in working parties of...Read more

Vandana Viswanathan is a solutions-driven information technology leader with more than fifteen years of experience providing consultative management in regulatory compliance, intelligent process automation, program and quality management, SDLC/QA transformation, testing account management, and client relationship management services for clients worldwide. Her consulting industry experience spans across life sciences, healthcare,...Read more

Elizabeth Wisdom has more than thirty years’ experience in IT software development and delivery, the most recent nineteen years leading quality assurance, performance testing, and user acceptance testing teams. Elizabeth’s extensive project portfolio covers the telecom, retail, financial, manufacturing, and insurance industries. As a QA enthusiast, she has built and...Read more