Conference Speakers
 Senior Software Engineer VISA USA, INC
Navya Alapati, a Senior Software Engineer at VISA USA, INC, is celebrated for her innovative contributions to data processing. With a robust background in designing, developing, maintaining, and optimizing database solutions, Navya has driven business success through high-performance databases supporting complex applications and large-scale data processing. Her deep understanding of...Read more |
 VP of Cloud and DevTestSecOps EPAM Systems
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 |
 Chief Quality Officer Forte Group
Concurrent SessionsLee Barnes has over 30 years of experience in the Software Quality Assurance and Testing field. He has been involved in the implementation of test automation and performance testing solutions in hundreds of environments across a wide array of industries. Most recently, he has been involved with bringing quality practices...Read more |
 CEO Code Lingual LLC
Training ClassHajer Ben Moussa, founder and CEO of Code Lingual, has been a prominent figure in the testing industry for almost a decade. Specializing in agile software development practices, she brings extensive expertise in manual and automation testing of client servers and web-based applications. Code Lingual, her brainchild, is a multilingual...Read more |
 Sr. Engineer FamilySearch
Concurrent SessionsPaul Burnside is a seasoned QA Engineer with 25 years of experience, including two decades in performance testing. As a Senior Engineer on FamilySearch's Performance and Scalability team, he brings diverse industry knowledge from consulting, telecommunications, cable, travel, banking, and education. This background gives him a unique perspective on performance...Read more |
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 QA Manager Gold Bullion International (GBI)
Amanda Curtis is the QA Manager at Gold Bullion International (GBI), recognized for her exceptional communication skills and attention to detail. With over 17 years of experience in the tech industry and a decade of expertise in both manual and automated testing, she excels at guiding cross-functional teams and cultivating...Read more |
 Principal QA Automation Engineer Capco
Concurrent SessionsJúlio de Lima is a specialist in Software Testing with 15 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 |
 CEO and Founder Engenious.io
Leadership Summit SessionsIgor Dorovskikh, CEO and Founder of Engenious.io, is a renowned expert in mobile development and testing with 15+ years of experience. His company serves elite clients, including Apple, Grammarly, and RewardStyle (LTK). Known for his proficiency in building exceptional engineering teams, Igor has successfully delivered top-notch mobile applications with high...Read more |
 Independent Consultant
Women Who Test SessionsKeynotesAfter over 30 years in industry, software quality and testing practitioner Isabel Evans is now a post-graduate student at the University of Malta. Her research takes people-focused approach to designing tool support for testing. This arose from real-life experiences in industry and led to the academic papers: “Stuck in Limbo with...Read more |
 Senior Principal Solutions Architect Amazon Web Services
Concurrent SessionsTod Golding is a cloud applications architect who has spent the last 11 years immersed in cloud-optimized application design and architecture. As a global architecture lead within AWS, Tod has been publishing and providing cloud best practices guidance through a broad set of channels (speaking, writing, and working directly with...Read more |
 QA & Automation Director Merkle
Concurrent SessionsAugustin Gottlieb Pequeno has been working on the IT space for the last 10 years, both as a developer and as a QA. He felt in love with everything tested related early in his career, when wanting to deliver high quality features to the customer, which also started his journey...Read more |
 Founder Blockchain by Women, Appdome
Concurrent SessionsKaren Hsu co-founded BlockchainIntel to identify fraud in ACH, credit card, and crypto transactions, becoming part of Appdome to extend the mission of protecting people and companies from bad actors. With over 25 years of experience in tech, Karen is co-inventor of 5 patents and has led teams for security,...Read more |
 Sr. Director, Quality Engineering EPAM Systems India Pvt Ltd
Over two decades of experience, Srinivas Rao Labhani has established himself as an accomplished engineer and architect, consistently successfully managing technology roadmaps, driving solution/accelerator development and fostering employee growth within global organizations. Mr. Labhani has a proven track record in various facets of IT, including delivery, project management, software development,...Read more |
 Principal Testing Manager Testlio, Inc.
Ramy Loaiza is a Principal Testing Manager at Testlio, a leading software QA and testing company that provides quality assurance, crowd testing and QA consultancy solutions. He has over 26 years of experience in QA and testing for consumer hardware and software, working with companies like Microsoft, Palm, EA, Bose,...Read more |
 Manager of Software Quality Assurance Kickfin
Concurrent SessionsStephanie McSwain got her start fresh out of college in manual testing at IBM. In her several years at IBM, she was encouraged to gain coding skills and learned Java and Javascript. This propelled Stephanie into a few backend developer positions, but she eventually madehery way back into testing by...Read more |
 Principal Test Strategist Sauce Labs
Concurrent SessionsAs Principal Test Strategist at Sauce Labs, Marcus Merrell uses experience from 20+ years in test architecture to build robust, customer-centric solutions around test automation, release management, and the entire SDLC. He started using Selenium/WebDriver in 2007, is a Selenium Project Leadership Committee member, and enjoys living in Marin County,...Read more |
 CEO and Founder Coveros
Jeffery Payne is CEO and founder of Coveros, Inc., a company that helps organizations accelerate software delivery using agile methods. Prior to founding Coveros, he was the co-founder of application security company Cigital, where he served as CEO for 16 years. Jeffery is a recognized software expert and popular keynote speaker...Read more |
 Managing Consultant Coveros
Training ClassJeff 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 |
 AI/ML SDET FamilySearch
Concurrent SessionsKevin Pyles works for FamilySearch as an AI/ML SDET where he is learning how to test AI with AI. Yeah, it has come to that. He has been in the QA industry now for over 15 years with project, product, and management roles throughout. Kevin worked previously for test.ai where...Read more |
 Application Security Consultant Coveros
Training ClassDerrick Roach is a member of the Application Security Team at Coveros and an accomplished information security professional with experience implementing security programs as well as securing enterprise assets. Previously serving in an IT analyst capacity, he swiftly observed the necessity to integrate security into all critical systems and processes,...Read more |
 Principle Consultant AmiBug.Com, Inc.
Training ClassRob 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 |
 Test Architect Sii Poland
Michal Slezak has over 9 years of experience in test automation. He has led projects for large banks and has worked on aviation projects as well as for other major companies. Additionally, he has experience with startups such as ArtistGrowth and WhatClinic.com. At Sii, he serves as a test architect,...Read more |
 Coveros
Training ClassMike Sowers has over forty years of practical experience as a global leader of internationally distributed IT teams across multiple industries. Mike is a senior leader, skilled in working with both large and small organizations to improve their agile software development, testing, and DevOps delivery approaches. Mike is an industry...Read more |
 Coveros, Inc.
Training ClassThomas Stiehm has been developing applications and managing software development teams for eighteen years. As CTO of Coveros, he is responsible for the oversight of all technical projects and integrating new technologies and application security practices into software development projects. Most recently, Thomas has been focusing on how to incorporate...Read more |
 Cloud Architect Otis Elevator Co
Concurrent SessionsAyisha Tabbassum is a certified Enterprise and Multi-Cloud Architect with over nine years of industry experience. She has a proven track record in enterprise, business, and cloud architecture, focusing on infrastructure automation and CI-CD application deployments. Ayisha currently leads observability and AI/ML test automation initiatives at her organization, creating robust...Read more |
 Product Engineer III Esri
Junuen Villa is a Senior QA Automation Engineer as a contractor for Esri, bringing over 5 years of experience in the testing field. As a passionate advocate for quality and agile solutions, she has played an important role in enhancing the automation framework at the company. When she first started...Read more |
 President TechWell Corp.
Women Who Test SessionsAlison 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 AI Con USA, STAREAST, and STARWEST. Alison strives...Read more |