Webinar: The Evolution Of Performance Engineering: Mastering Trends and Tackling Challenges by Techstrong Learning

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The Evolution Of Performance Engineering: Mastering Trends and Tackling Challenges

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2024.10.31-OpenText_Roundtable_DO

Presenters

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.

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.

Vicky Giavelli

Vicky Giavelli leads the product management team for the Performance Engineering portfolio within OpenText. She has more than 17 years of industry experience working with automated performance testing. With roots as a software engineer, Vicky has built a successful career leading IT initiatives for enterprise software and cloud computing projects. Prior to her product management role, Vicky held a variety of technical positions starting as developer and then moving to pre-sales, professional services and support all of them related to performance engineering, automation and monitoring. She has a computer science degree from Universidad Internacional de las Americas in Costa Rica and a business degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jer Smith

Principal Product Manager Performance Engineering - opentext

Jer Smith brings over 25 years of IT and software experience from a variety of disciplines including data center IT management, software development, technical support, customer success, and product management. As a member of the OpenText performance engineering product management team, Jer is the Product Manager of core technologies (scripting, protocol technologies, and the performance testing shift-left tool for developers). Jer works with and directs the efforts of a team of over 30 software engineers to ensure the OpenText suite of performance engineering testing tools are the industry standard. To ensure our development efforts deliver our customer needs, Jer regularly meets with customers, works with presales engineers and sales teams, and support and customer success managers to keep a close pulse on industry trends to ensure we are the best of breed.

Paul Adrian Utiu

Principal Product Manager - opentext

Passionate technology enthusiast with more than 17 years’ experience in customer management, software engineering and product management. I hold a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca.

David McLeish

Principal Product Manager Performance Engineering & Service Virtualization - opentext

David McLeish is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in Technical Support, Customer Success, and Product Management. As the current Product Manager of the industry-leading Performance Engineering suite, David leads a team of 30+ engineers, supporting over 2000 customers worldwide. His expertise spans software testing, SaaS, configuration management, and customer relationship management. With a focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences, David collaborates with development, QA, sales, and consulting teams, ensuring seamless software delivery and top-tier support across EMEA, APAC, the US, and beyond.

Sharon Levin

Senior Product Manager, OpenText performance Engineering on Cloud - OpenText

Sharon's 20+ year journey in performance engineering has taken him from leading teams at Shunra to spearheading network virtualization at HP. Now, he's driving the future of performance engineering in the cloud at OpenText.