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Schalk Cronjé's experience in the software industry spans three decades and has spoken and taught on various software delivery techniques in Europe, USA, India and South Africa.

He has been an early adopter of test-driven design and development at all levels of testing and has applied TDD in many programming languages and on various platforms. One specific library he can recall is still in daily usage and is used in scanning millions of emails world-wide, yet the customer defect rate is less than one per year, all which can be attributed to TDD. He has been responsible for many a complex product roll-outs where continuous integration and continuous deployment have been the key. He does not consider TDD & DevOps to be a useful technique, but the absolute key to competitive and effective delivery in this age of globalization.

He is the creator of many open-source projects and contributor to a number of other projects. He serves on the steering committee of the Agile Testing Alliance and is a board member of DevOps++ Alliance in Europe. He holds two engineering degrees and an MBA in technology management. He lives and works from the small Principality of Andorra in the Pyrenees mountains.

Masa K Maeda has 27 years of international experience and as brought prosperity to companies from Fortune 500 to Startups in eleven countries in four continents. He is the creator of the Serious LeAP™ model.

Masa is also a Senior Consultant with the Cutter Consortium, a Consultant with the True North Consortium, and a member of the Agile Testing Alliance Steering Committee and is with the University of California at Berkeley Extension.

He is a leading figure in the lean-agile, Kanban and High Collaboration Frameworks communities; one of the first Kanban Coach-Trainers worldwide, one of the founders of the Lean Kanban University. Masa has over 60 publications and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.

Previously: In the USA Masa did R&D at Apple, was founding team member of 4 startups in silicon valley and was an associate of David J Anderson (co-developer of the Kanban method). In Japan did R&D for Justsystems Inc.. Masa has a PhD and MS from the University of Tokushima in Japan. Masa lives in Utah, USA.

Brijesh Deb has nearly 19 years of experience of leading, managing and coaching teams on Software Testing and embracing the Agile mindset. He is a Bachelor of Engineering – Electronics and Communication and an Executive Masters of Business Administration in Operations.

Being a hands on software tester for almost 2 decades now has also helped him stay close to technology and understand the intricacies. He has been involved in testing of applications from lightweight mobile apps to the large scale industrial IoT solutions. He works with some of the top most tech companies providing everyday solutions in the Automotive, Avionics, Semiconductor, Space, Agriculture and Energy sectors to name a few.

He has worked on many roles from being a software tester to a test manager to a senior consultant He has been responsible for establishing Test Engineering Practice rather than a Testing Practice ​in his previous roles.​ ​ He has worked on testing a wide range of products spanning several domains such as Education, Insurance, SEO, CRM, Storage and Telecom (Mobile Apps and Mobile Devices). Brijesh has extensive experience in setting up a Test Center of Excellence (TCOE) and defining sub functions, roles and goals of each sub function. He has been a pioneer in the evolution of a crowd testing service in one of his previous engagements. He is a crowd tester himself.

Impassioned about testing and being a social networking buff, Brijesh has been involved in testing numerous Mobile Apps . Brijesh is also very passionate about training and coaching. Certified in Agile testing, Brijesh is a huge proponent of Agile and the Agile mindset and has been working with some of the customers on their Agile transformation journey.

Apart from being a tester, Brijesh is an avid talker, he writes blogs, poetry and aspires to be a stand-up comedian!

Amol Deshpande is an accomplished professional with 16+ years of experience in facilitating Technical Program Management and Software Development initiatives. Amol is currently in the centralised leadership role in driving quality standards and governance.

Highly effective leader with extensive record of delivering critical projects on time with planned quality. Success achieved through taking a holistic approach of building in quality at each step of project lifecycle and working through intermediate milestones.

Key focuses include:
• Excellence in working with and influencing cross functional teams to accomplish common objectives; consensus building and facilitating skills to encourage ideas and viewpoints.
• Defining and implementing effective, common repeatable process to ensure constant focus on Quality deliverables.
• Defining and driving the Quality strategy, setting best practice, reviewing and approving the product releases
• Managing center of excellence for non-functional requirements such as Performance and Application Security.
• Product revenue influence by helping sales team, Customer reference for product, Presenting Product in multiple external events, strengthening customer relationships by providing support.
• Promoted Innovation culture by filing patents and thinking beyond by doing different stretch initiatives. (US20140365252, US20150006236)
• Effective management style and approach that creates dedicated, interested, and highly productive teams.

Poonam Jain, Manager, Tieto Software Technologies Limited is leading the Testing Process CoE where her responsibilities involve consulting, defining, optimizing, implementing efficient and effective testing processes, software measurement and process improvement programs within Tieto and Client organisations.

Prior to joining Tieto, she has held a variety of roles at Capgemini India latest being Testing Transformation Leader where her consulting engagements focused on helping international clients implement and improve quality, productivity and measurement processes using DevOps, Agile and Lean principles.

She has over 15 years of professional experience in Programme, Project Management and Consulting Client organizations in software measurement, benchmarking software productivity, development methodologies and process improvement using Lean /Agile Principles. She is also an international consultant and instructor in the areas of estimation, lean, agile.

She has received her Commerce degree in Marketing from Pune University, a Computer Engineer degree from NIIT Pune and Diploma in Business Management from All India Institute of Management Studies.

She is Associate Certified Coach from International Coach Federation, SAFe Agilist , Agile Coach ,Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2008 by DNV and Cosmic Function Points Entry Level Certificate Holder

She is associated closely with Cosmicon and involved in the review of estimation guidelines. She is also an active member of TMMi Foundation and part of the Review and Author Panel for TMMi & Agile.

Charu Jain, Senior Test Manager at Fidelity International, is responsible for managing the Quality Assurance for all investment management applications, investment performance platforms and fund reporting data platforms. Charu specialises in defining and implementing effective functional and non-functional testing strategies covering all aspects for various UI based applications and data platforms. An expert in automation and core QA technologies, Charu has been re-defining QA to achieve business outcomes with niche innovative solutions. She is a seasoned expert in Agile and DevOps principles and is one of the champions leading its adoption across various portfolios within the organisation.

She is an accomplished leader with 16 years’ experience in QA domain and Project Management. Prior to joining Fidelity International, she worked with HP (R&D Labs) and gained extensive experience in development and testing of Cloud based technologies and web platforms. A certified Scrum Master, she has experience in implementing Agile and waterfall models for software development. Charu is a skilled leader with excellent communication and managerial skills with the ability to manage partner expectations for teams across geographies.

Durgesh Joshi a thought leader with 20 years of experience in leading organizational-wide Quality & Efficiency Programs. Durgesh has been with Amdocs for more than ten years. He currently supports testing pre-sales and leads the Test Centre of Excellence (TCoE) implementation, Test Assessments and measurements/benchmarking programs. Durgesh has authored many papers and presented in prestigious SW testing and international conferences.

Prasad Watve plays the role of Solution Architect for Tieto Testing Service. He has 15+ years of experience in IT industry across various domains and technology stack and head the Center of Excellence for Tieto Testing Service. Prior to Tieto, Prasad was working with Capgemini as Head of IP and Solution Development for Financial Service Group.

Dhananjay Deshpande leads the Technology Solutions & Integrations and Testing CoEs in Fujitsu Consulting India. An enthusiastic professional with keen interest in value-add to business through niche technology solutions.

His interests and knowledge spread around Cloud, AI, DevOps, QA and project management. He is passionate about helping and enabling the customers through the journey of Digital Transformation.

Sachin Kinare is a Program Test Manager with 23 years of work Experience, including 15 years of Software Testing Services.

He has worked with Voltas Ltd, Patni Computers & Capgemini in multiple IT roles and responsibilities.

He has managed complex test programs across geographies and has set up Testing centers for customers.

He understands structured Test Transformation and has worked on end to end testing assignments including Test Automation, Performance & other non- functional Testing assignments.

Manoranjan Das is working in Datamatics as Sr.Test Manager. Being Sr.Test Manager he is independently managing multiple off-shore/onshore testing projects since last 10 years.

He has been honored excellence award from Datamatics for his best execution of the multiple projects apart form that he has received many appreciations from his overseas client.

Specialize in Domains: Health Insurance, Supply Chain Management, Banking, Finance, Inventory Management, Planning and Budgetary, Restaurant and Hospitality, Database warehouse etc.

He has travelled some of the countries like USA, UK, Germany and Australia for of various business meeting and implementation software applications.

Implemented 10+ Six Sigma projects (Quick Hits, Green Belt and Black Belt).

He is a certified appraisal team member for CMMI assessment

Anuja Saraf, working in Fiserv as Director, Quality Assurance responsible for managing Testing Center Of Excellence supporting specialized testing services delivery with focus on Test Automation, Performance Testing, Service Virtualization, Mobile Testing and Security Testing. She is also responsible for Pre-Sales support function for testing services handling testing solutioning, customer presentations, analyst interactions, branding and marketing collaterals under this role.

Anuja has over 18 years of experience in the IT industry with expertise in delivering high quality technology solutions with specialization in the digital and automation domain. Seasoned in leading and building the testing practices at prior stints, she most recently established the Digital Testing practice ground up at Capgemini, achieving business goals in record time through strong competency and niche innovative solutions.

Mrs. Bharathi Venugopal – Manager Development, QA, Mentor, Coach and SPC (SAFe Programming Consultant) and also Jury for QAI-STC-2016, 17, 18. Bharathi is leading many QA initiatives at Allscripts and well known in the industry.

Bharathi Venugopal has strong leadership experience in Quality Engineering and passionate about Process and Quality improvements.

A process evangelist, coaching Agile practices and mentoring QAs on quality process and in organization initiatives.

Sougata Maitra Deputy Head, Service Delivery-Testing at Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Shridhar Bhat has more than 20 years of experience in Information technology with more than 15 years in QA. He is currently leading Technology Center of Excellence in Cognizant. Shridhar’s expertise spans across End to End Test Automation, Service Virtualization, Analytics, Consulting, Solutioning, Business Development, End to End automation delivery for complex Automation engagements. Shridhar has presented his ideas, thoughts and view on Analytics, Machine Learning and Future of Testing in various Software Testing Conferences.

Bhaskar Motouru High‐performing, strategic‐thinking professional with more than 13 years of experience in Employment services with 7.0 years in business analysis and six-plus years in leadership Highly skilled at the relationship‐ building with clients and across organizations and teams; Adept at assessing needs, generating options, and implementing solutions in collaboration with customers; and stakeholders. Well‐versed with scrum and agile development model. A vivid sportsman, regular runner and play various sports. Believe in providing synergies between sports and corporate life in developing mental, physical, emotional and spiritual energy strong believer of introducing sports philosophy to the corporate world to address day to day issues to motivate teams to build a great team with a sporting spirit.

Areas of Experience lies in: Team Building & Leadership, Ability to influence people, motivates teams to work together in the most efficient manner, Technical knowledge and Background, Good exposure to Scrum, an agile development Process, Tactfulness – to generate positive synergy and good at negotiating.

Aditya Garg has over 19 years of IT experience and he has been a test architect and principal consultant excelling in designing, strategizing and architecting manual and automation testing solutions. His primary focus has been in the area of establishing and leading testing center of excellence and practices, managing large IT projects, undertaking testing process studies using Six Sigma, CMMi and TMM models, proposing QA solutions, performance engineering and architecture reviews, designing automation frameworks, exploring open source test automation tools/frameworks and Business development.

Aditya has not only managed to establish the entire testing services grounds up but has been a chief innovator in testing processes, test automation and performance testing areas. Aditya has set up offshore testing service centers for large clients from sizes ranging from 10 to 100 people.

Aditya is a Certified Trainer Agile Testing, Qualified Project Management Professional (QPMP), Six Sigma Black Belt, ISTQB certified foundation and advanced level Tester, Sun Certified Java Programmer, Presenter in International conferences on Project Management, Quality and Testing.

Aditya holds B.E. CSE from Jodhpur Univ and MBA Finance from UMASS Lowell, MA, USA.

Anand Vyas did M.Tech (Computer Technology) from IIT, Delhi in 2001.
My area of interest has been Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Data Science (DS) and presently I am deeply involved in Research & Development of AI & ML enabled software Testing products and services. I have co-authored an International publication Titled, "Devising Interactive Access Techniques for Indian Language Document Images", And published in International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR-2003, August 4-6 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland. This publication was the outcome of research work in the area of Image Analysis and Computer Vision. Senior Technology Professional with more than 16 years’ experience and have delivered End to End successful deliveries in fast paced technologically advanced projects as a seasoned Technical Leader in areas like Java/J2EE, Responsive Design, Multi-Channel Support, Angular JS with high maturity DevOps practices for large scale agile and SAFe teams, cross located in India and abroad. Hands on Technologically enabled leader with very strong technology learnability index, including areas in Computer Vision, Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Data Visualization, NLP(Natural Language Processing), Data Analysis, BigData, Java/J2EE technologies, Perl, Unix, Sybase.

Anand is passionate about community driven learning specially in the area of technology. Anand does take lot of community programs like Java boot camps and participates in cutting edge Tech Conferences. Anand was a speaker and took a workshop/lab in the #ATAGTR2018 on the usage of Machine Learning and Data Science in the area of Testing.

Anand is a Licensed Trainer for CP-MLDS and undertakes public and corporate programs for the same.

• 27+ years of IT Industry experience with:
  • Forbes Gokak Ltd.
  • P&O Containers India P. Ltd.
  • Maersk India P. Ltd.
  • Arjuna Information Management
• QIPM- Quality Improvement Process (QIPM) Philip Crosby Quality College
• QES & QWG – Quality Education System and Quality Working Group (Maersk India)
• Business Analysis, Project Management, Training. Committee member of Indian Testing Board (ITB - Mumbai Chapter) and Agile Testing Alliance.
• License Trainer for Agile Testing Alliance – CP-BAT, CP-MAT

Valerian D'Souza is highly talented and accomplished IT Management professional with extensive skills and experience in Shipping and Domain knowledge. Ability to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical personnel. Knowledgeable in all financial and resource management aspects of shipping. In charge of IT training and requirement gathering at Maersk. Was sent to Singapore to train in QIPM (Quality Improvement Process-Management) from Phil Crosby Associates. Was in the QIT (Quality Improvement Team) as Step sponsor. Was in charge of implementing the QES (Quality Education System) across the organization. Handled QES training for Parent company employees to be held in India. Excellent presentation and communication skills give him the ability to train and motivate cross-cultural teams in optimizing their performance levels. Valerian specializes in testing specially on the new age testing concepts in agile and DevOps.

He has been a training for major MNCs and public courses since 1992, during this time he has trained on Basic computer principles, Systems Analysis & Design, Business Communication for Diploma in Computer Studies (DCS) and Diploma in Computer Management, Cambridge University level Courses and Systems Analysis & Design for Corporate level Batches (Indo German Chamber of Commerce). He has trained many on ISTQB, CP-BAT, CP-MAT and specializes in Agile Testing.