About
We’re bringing together a panel of industry experts who will share their experiences and insights on balancing thorough testing with the need for speed. By leveraging targeted testing strategies, you can ensure maximum code reliability without overburdening your development cycle. Attendees will gain actionable advice for improving visibility into coverage, preventing defect leakage, and optimizing their testing efforts.
Presenters
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Amanda Scheldt
Cybersecurity Writer and Webinar Host
Amanda Scheldt is a cybersecurity writer with an extensive background in cybersecurity research, threat intelligence, national security intelligence, and security awareness training. She has a Masters of Science in Cybersecurity from Webster University. Amanda combines her past industry expertise along with a passion for writing to promote more awareness and education in cybersecurity.
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Alan Shimel
Founder & CEO - Techstrong Group
Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.
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Mitch Ashley
Chief Technology Advisor, The Futurum Group CTO, Techstrong Group
Mitch Ashley is a technology executive and entrepreneur who is an advisor, analyst, product creator and tech leader, bringing 30+ years in cybersecurity, cloud, AI, product development, software engineering and networking. Mitch is Chief Technology Advisor with The Futurum Group and CTO of Techstrong Group’s tech media platforms covering digital leadership, DevOps, cybersecurity, AI, cloud native, cloud infrastructure, platforms and ITSM. A highly sought-after advisor, analyst, CTO, CIO and head of engineering, Mitch’s analyst research is available on TechstrongResearch.com and FuturumGroup.com.
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Liam Doolan
Senior Account Executive - Tricentis
Liam Doolan is a passionate enterprise sales professional and SeaLights SME dedicated to connecting organizations with solutions that dramatically improve outcomes, add business value, and make individual contributors’ lives easier.
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Marc Hornbeek
CEO and Principal Consultant, Engineering DevOps Consulting
Marc Hornbeek, a.k.a., DevOps-the-Gray, is CEO and Principal Consultant at Engineering DevOps Consulting, Author of books Engineering DevOps, Continuous Testing, and Quality, Security, and Feedback, Ambassador, Author and Instructor for PeopleCert, and The DevOps Institute, Blogger on DevOps, CloudNativeNow, SecurityBoulevard, and PlatformEngineering websites. Marc is a globally recognized strategic consultant who applies engineering practices, holistically, for Continuous Testing, DevOps, DevSecOps and SRE digital transformations. Marc has led more than 95 transformations for enterprises, manufacturers, service providers and government institutions. He is an IEEE Outstanding Engineer, and an IEEE Life member. His education includes engineering and executive business degrees and numerous DevOps, DevSecOps and SRE certifications.
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Miriam Holland
Staff Tech Lead Manager, Slack
Miriam Holland (formerly Makshanoff) is a passionate tech professional with a strong focus on test automation, CI, and test infrastructure. Currently a Staff Tech Lead Manager at Slack, she’s spent 12 years in the tech sphere - ranging from working as a customer service representative to a Staff software engineer with a focus on test infrastructure. Her true passion lies in helping to make testing easier - whether that be for Quality orgs or for Software Development teams, from startups to large, well-established organizations. She enjoys using her background in Psychology to get at the root of usability problems and developer experience woes.
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Ixchel Ruiz
Senior Software Developer - Karakun AG
Ix-chel Ruiz has developed software application & tools since 2000. Her research interests include Java, dynamic languages, client-side technologies and testing. Java Champion, CDF Ambassador, hackergarten enthusiast, Open Source advocate, public speaker and mentor.
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Lisette Zounon
Founder, Zsquare Solutions Inc.
Lisette Zounon is a passionate engineering leader with over 18 years of experience helping
people and companies improve the quality of their applications, with solid tools, a simple
process, and a smart team. She strongly believes that industry best practices including
implementing agile methodologies and DevOps practices are invaluable.
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