2024

Rick Tracy

Test Pathfinder – Hapalion Consulting, Netherlands

Testing is about learning as much as you can and spreading that knowledge to people who need to hear it. That’s why I like to dive into every possible topic I can find, think about how each person might use it, and try to come up with a good story so people will want to hear it.

That’s who I am and what I do. I am curious; I want to engage others’ curiosity. I am exploratory; I want to enable other people’s explorations. I am talkative; I want to get people talking.

Whether it’s AI, Chain processes, communication, abstract exploration or just good old effective scripting, I want to explore every aspect in this testing world I can, and I invite you all to explore it with me.

Bert Fabry

Owner/Coach/Trainer – FabCore Consulting, Belgium

A passionate advocate for empathic leadership with a diverse background in the arts, technology, and international development. Overcame personal battles with illness by drawing strength from adversity.

As an IT consultant, coach, and Agile enthusiast, I now use my decades of broad knowledge to transform employee development. From Belgian theaters to Central African IT projects, I believe that authentic connection, continual learning, and embracing vulnerability are the keys to redefining success. When I’m not championing change, I’m in the kitchen creating culinary delights or weaving epic tales as a long-time tabletop roleplaying game master and storyteller.

Speaker at (inter)national events. Founder of FabCore Consulting.

Cynthia Zeinoun

QA Operational Manager – Murex, Lebanon

Cynthia Zeinoun is a Senior Test Consultant and a QA manager at Murex, with 8 years of experience in software testing and a Scrum Master, fostering agile methodologies, and championing best practices across various teams.She played a pivotal role in ensuring rigorous testing processes, where she meticulously scrutinized and verified software functionality to maintain top-notch quality.Her expertise in testing has flourished, enabling her to develop comprehensive learning programs for the entire QA department and establish learning leagues benefiting over 100 QAs.She says that “Her adventure at Murex has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, filled with thrilling challenges and an unwavering dedication to elevating the quality standards in testing and development”.

Pamela El Khoury

Test Consultant – Murex, Lebanon

Leveraging a background in electrical engineering, I transitioned into the fintech sector, and have been a Test Consultant at Murex for the past three years. In this role, I meticulously conduct testing activities on the volatility and foreign exchange modules of Murex’s capital markets software, to uphold and enhance the product’s quality and excellence.Beyond my central duties, I harbor a keen interest in expanding the horizons of software testing by integrating insights from varied disciplines, aiming to cultivate a more nuanced and enriched testing environment. I’m also actively involved in knowledge management within our department, and take part in shaping welcoming experiences for new team members, fostering a cooperative and vibrant workplace.

Maria Kedemo

Quality Coach – Black Koi Consulting, Sweden

Maria is a specialist generalist with deep knowledge in quality engineering and software testing. With more than twenty years in software development her experience ranges from different roles like mentor, teacher, team manager, developer, test lead, tester and coach in different domains such as Telecom, Retail, Security and lately Automotive. She thrives when she can help an individual, a team or a company to improve their testing skills, enhance their approach to testing and quality engineering, and see them taking pride in what they do. She sporadically blogs, runs workshops, speaks at conferences and helps organize conferences. In 2017 – 2019 she was a board member of the AST (Association for Software Testing).

Rafaela Azevedo

CEO & Founder – The Chaincademy, UK

Current CEO and Co-Founder at The Chaincademy, with the mission to empower junior developers to build their credibility and find their first job in web3 and soon expanding to web2. SC Cleared Full Stack SDET with +16 years of Experience in QA, +14 years of Experience in Test Automation, and +9 years in Leadership, Delivering and Releasing Software on different platforms (Mobile, Desktop, Web).

Became a STEM Ambassador , a STEM Women Member , and a Google Developer Expert making an impact and bringing more young people to the STEM area. Contributes to TestProject and instructor of Test Automation University (Contract Tests with Pact and Introduction to Blockchain Testing). Together with other Web3 and Blockchain Expert Testers created the Web3Tests Community on Discord and Twitter.

Martin Nilsson

Consultant in Software Test and Quality – House of Test, Sweden

Martin has been in the test profession for over a decade with a broad experience from embedded software to cloud, from test automation to exploratory testing, from consulting large organisations to educating testers. He started out his career in Ericsson Mobile Platforms and have spent the last decade at the consulting company House of Test. Today he consults organisations as a Test Manager with focus on enabling a good way of working with software quality. He is on a crusade to make sure that educated testers get to do the advanced testing they are capable of.

In his free time, when he can find an hour or two, he loves tinkering with technology with his main hobby being 3d printing and playing games with his kids.

Khimanand Upreti

Director Quality Assurance – Nagarro, India

Khimanand Upreti, Director of Quality Assurance at Nagarro. At Software house Nagarro, I have been leading and driving the strategy for the testing centre of excellence and the testing business unit. My passion in testing ranges from QA consulting, QA strategies, thought leadership and also on new digitalization topics, such as testing of artificial intelligence, DevTestOps, continuous testing, or quality assurance of chatbots and so on. So basically, any testing topic that is innovative and brings efficiency in testing solutions is of my interest.

I started my testing journey almost 19 years back at an Indian consulting firm and after that I moved to AUS where, after spending many years while working on testing topics, I joined Nagarro. Today I have worked in many geographies across globe including Europe, US, middle east and so on, primarily driving the testing topic, testing research and strategies. So this was me professionally. Personally, I live in Delhi, India and I am married and have two little cute daughters.

Deepshikha

Principal Engineer – Nagarro, India

An enthusiastic quality assurance professional with over a decade of in-depth experience, I lead the automation testing team at Nagarro, pioneering innovative strategies to streamline processes and boost efficiency. My insightful approach allows me to develop solutions that accelerate time-to-market and enhance customer experiences. Staying ahead of emerging technologies, I continually challenge status quo QA models, equipping engineers to succeed with next-gen platforms. Leading distributed teams through digital transformations at global enterprises, I have a proven track record in designing, scaling and optimizing robust, multi-layered QA frameworks from the ground up. Driven by creative thinking and a passion for excellence, I envision pioneering innovations that propel QA engineers to new heights. My vision is to continue exploring cutting-edge technologies to transform quality assurance. When not working, I enjoy immersing myself in novels, drawing inspiration from the world of literature.

Mark Micallef

Associate Professor – University of Malta, Malta

Mark is a software testing researcher, lecturer and occasional practitioner. Whilst his day job is now focused mostly on academic aspects of the field, Mark has worked and consulted for companies internationally, spoken at industry conferences such as the Google Test Automation conferences and has a doctorate in software engineering. Today, Mark spends most of his time looking into open problems in software testing with a particular focus on the human tester.