Conference Speakers

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

Budhaditya Das (BD) is a senior software engineer at Netflix. With more than 15 years of experience in architecting and building highly scalable test automation infrastructure using open source technology stacks. He is currently working on solving the testing challenges of Netflix’s Membership ecosystem. [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/budhash/ Budhaditya Das Budhaditya (BD)...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

Bob Foster is a Technical Manager with over 20 years experience as a senior software engineer and team lead. Bob has proven experience in all aspects of software development and delivery (including DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code). He is a firm believer in the benefits gained by software teams...Read more

My name is Gregory Goldshteyn and I am a QA Manager working at Fox corporation (formerly known as 20th Century Fox) with 20 + years of experience in the IT industry. The list of well knows companies I've worked for include Canon Inc., Salesforce, Thomson Routers, Sony Pictures, Sony Playstation,...Read more

Aaron Haehn is Director of Quality for T-Mobile’s Enterprise Technology Services organization, responsible for maintaining the company’s reputation as industry leader in customer service. He leads a team that handles certification of software for internal and external customers, accounting for test data delivery, software certification and quality best practices.
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Thomas is presently serving as a Test Automation Architect. He leads a team of testers, ops engineers, and production support analysts in the adoption of DevOps practices. Previously, he led the enterprise automation support of 73 applications at Huntington National Bank that encompassed testing, metrics & reporting, and data management....Read more

John Hill is a Web UI Test Engineer working at the NASA Ames Research Center on the VIPER Mission's Web-based Mission Control Software. He has 10 years of UI Testing experience ranging from 5-man startups up to Fortune 50 enterprises. John specializations in Web Test Automation, Performance Engineering, and Test...Read more

Daniel Jiregna is a software quality engineer manager with extensive experience in test automation, performance and managing QA team. Enjoys being tech-savvy, learning new software tools in order to improve application testing quality and performance. Daniel also leads Ministry of Testing Kansas City.Read more

Tania Katan is a potent keynote speaker, bestselling author, and co-creator of the globally viral social impact campaign #ItWasNeverADress; a social movement that has inspired over 100 million people to see, hear and celebrate women for the superheroes they are.  Her visionary way of formulating ideas led to the groundbreaking...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 fifteen years' experience in software engineering and testing and has formerly held positions as...Read more

Andrew Knight is the Automation Panda and a Developer Advocate at Applitools. He strives to help others in solving problems in software development, testing, and quality. Over the past decade, he has designed and built robust test automation projects from the ground up that can run thousands of tests continuously....Read more

Yoosuf Maktoum has over 13 years of experience in the IT industry specializing in Quality Engineering. His areas of expertise include architecting QE platforms, strategizing testing solutions, and leading multinational quality engineering organizations. As a Senior Manager of Quality Engineering in the Business Technology organization at Sysco Corporation, a leader...Read more

Leandro Melendez is a performance testing advocate with K6-Grafana helping everyone to ramp up on their performance practices. He has over 20 years of experience in IT and over 10 in the performance testing practice where he served multiple S&P500 customers all over the USA, Mexico,...Read more

Talia Nassi is a Lead Developer Advocate at Akamai Technologies and international keynote speaker who delivers content on building in the cloud, testing, and Linode. She enjoys helping developers understand how to build efficient applications in the cloud seamlessly and at scale.Read more

With passion of lifelong learning, Prashant Patil has been leading his life by setting examples, adapting to situations and solving technical challenges. He completed his Master's from Southern Methodist University in 2006 and started working at AT&T as a Performance Test Engineer after graduation. His keen eye for detail, efforts toward streamlining...Read more

Mustafa Pesh, has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has been enhancing organizations to achieve maximum productivity with innovative IT solutions. Through his exceptional management skills, he has helped to transform a technology start-up into a global enterprise. An alumnus of the Illinois Institute of Technology,...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

Mala Punyani is a Director of the Salesforce Ops where she manages a global team responsible for dev/ QA infrastructure, source code, debug build management, code coverage and central development environment support at CrowdStrike. She has extensive experience in product quality and automation, building enterprise-quality products, and automation solutions. Prior to...Read more

Cheryl Raya is a quality enthusiast with a development background. Having been a developer, she turned her talents and dedication to quality assurance for the last 12 years . With a passion for mentoring, she is often helping others enhance their skills. She is also a consummate learner and has...Read more

Adam Sandman was a programmer from the age of 10 and has been working in the IT industry for the past 20 years in areas such as architecture, agile development, testing and project management. Currently Adam is a Director of Technology at Inflectra Corporation, where he is interested in technology,...Read more

Adam Satterfield, Sr Director of Test Engineering at Global Payments, has been in the software testing industry for 20 years. He has a wide background in industries such as military, SaaS, telecom, mobile, healthcare and finance. Adam enjoys leading and mentoring quality assurance teams as well as teaching testers how...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

During her more than 20 years of experience with financial, health care, and SaaS-based products, Mary Thorn has held VP, director, and manager-level positions in various software development organizations. A seasoned leader and coach in agile and testing methodologies, Mary has direct experience building and...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

James Wood is Software QA Architect for Trimble PPM. As researcher, developer, and tester, he has worked 36 years for firms including Siemens, Google, and Ultimate Software. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania. Robert Vanderwall, quality advocate, is Data Scientist for Trimble...Read more

Noel Wurst has covered the software testing, development, and cloud computing space for the last 9+ years, and is currently the senior manager of communications at SmartBear. While “professionally responsible” for building communications strategies, and managing public relations initiatives, Noel also has a deep, personal interest in scaling diverse and...Read more