Conference Speakers

Tricia Broderick, co-author of Lead without Blame, is a leadership and organizational advisor. With over twenty-five years of experience, her transformational leadership ignites the growth of leaders and resilient high-performing teams to deliver quality outcomes. Tricia boldly role models putting people first. She aims to create inclusive connections and collaborations...Read more

As a strategic thought leader with over 20 yrs experience, Charlotte Chang is dedicated to human-centric business outcomes. Known for her impactful keynotes such as "Creating Systems of Compassion" and "Humanizing Work," she specializes in crafting technology-driven customer experiences (CX) that deliver value across customers, employees, and organizations. Charlotte's career...Read more

Since he got his first computer at age thirteen, Kaushal Dalvi has been interested in systems and software performance. He spent days researching performance characteristics of different motherboards, CPUs, GPUs, RAM, and disks to configure and overclock them in order to squeeze the maximum frames per second out of the...Read more

Philip Daye is a seasoned software quality professional with over 25 years of experience in the field. Currently the QA Team Lead at EMARKETER, he has a diverse background as a tester, manager, architect, and leader, and has worked with companies of all sizes to ensure the delivery of high-quality...Read more

Aaron Evans has been testing software for over 20 years. During which time he has made a lot of stupid mistakes, which is the only way he knows how to learn. He is a test architect and QA consultant at One Shore, the company he started when he gave up...Read more

Sindhu Gandavarapu's experience comes from nearly 20 years working in various multinational companies in Singapore & US within the Financial & Health field. Sindu has experience working in QA, Agile, Automation, Leadership, Project Management, Web services, and Database Testing. She is a hands-on manager with proven ability to direct and...Read more

Gene Gotimer is a DevSecOps Engineer with Praeses, LLC, helping to build products for the US Air Force and other government clients. He loves playing with new tools, focusing on agile processes, making development more secure, and automating everything. Gene considers himself a developer but usually focuses on DevSecOps practices...Read more

Dion Johnson has spent much of his 25+ years in IT as a contractor working on mission critical efforts in various roles within the software development lifecycle. Former President and CEO of the Automated Testing Institute he currently functions as a Data Engineer and Cloud Engineer with a Security+ certification...Read more

Carlos Kidman is a Director of Engineering at Qualiti but was formerly an Engineering Manager at Adobe. He is also an instructor at Test Automation University with courses around architecture, design, containerization, and Machine Learning. He is the founder of QA at the Point, which is the Testing and Quality...Read more

Jen Krieger is a technology enthusiast with 25+ years of experience in delivering software and infrastructure development products in open source software environments. She is passionate about building strong happy teams, taking a no BS approach, and ensuring that effective lean process improvement is a cornerstone of any organizations she...Read more

Natalia Kuzmina, PhD is a Head of Agile Practices at S&P Global Ratings division focusing on successfully leading large-scale Agile Transformations, Enterprise Agile coaching, mentoring, and teaching. Being a passionate Agilist, Technologist, and a creative problem-solver, Natalia promotes sustainable development with the people first culture. ...Read more

Rob Myers has been in the software development profession since 1986, and has been training and coaching organizations in Agile engineering practices since 1998.  His courses are always a blend of fun and practical hands-on exercises, Sharon Bowman's "Training From the Back of the Room" techniques, and first-person stories from...Read more

Vijay Panwar has a commitment to continuous learning and professional development, underscored by several prestigious certifications. As an AWS Certified Developer, Vijay has honed his skills in cloud infrastructure, enabling scalable, resilient, and efficient application deployment. Additionally, Vijay holds a Professional Scrum Master certification as well as being a Certified...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

Derrick 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

Kendra Schmid is an Delivery Transformation Lead Consultant for WillowTree partnering with clients across all industries to build enterprise- and consumer-critical digital products. Kendra specializes in helping organizations transform how they build products, interact with customers, and foster great work environments; all while continuing to deliver on time. Kendra has...Read more

Monalisha Singh, a Software Engineer at NetApp Inc., is at the forefront of delivering cutting-edge Observability solutions for new hyper scalar products. Collaborating closely with various departments and partner organizations, she designs innovative solutions tailored for cloud-native products. With an extensive background ranging from virtual machines in the cloud to...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

Cholette Voehl is a Senior Principal Agile Program Manager at Discover Financial Services. She's a highly accomplished technology professional with 20+ years of experience in the industry featuring a strong background in project/program management, Scrum, Agile methodologies, and software implementation. Cholette has consistently utilized metrics to drive informed decisions and...Read more

Jonathon Wright is a strategic thought leader and distinguished technology evangelist. He specializes in emerging technologies, innovation, and automation and has over 25 years of international commercial experience within global organizations. Jonathon combines his extensive practical experience and leadership with insights into the real-world adoption of Cognitive Engineering (Generative AI)....Read more