Learn from the Testing Experts

Keynote Speaker

Amit Shah

Vice President, Site Reliability and Quality Engineering, Carnegie Learning

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Featured Speakers

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Chris Spera

Sr. Quality Engineering Consultant | Project Manager – AI Implementation, Scigon Solutions

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Derrick Sibbitt

Sr. Enterprise Account Executive, TestMu AI

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Sergey Buciuscan

Lead SDET, Vivun

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Supradeep Peyyeti

Software Engineer – Cloud Native Automation | Principal, Medline Industries

Krupali Pilgulwar

Enterprise Quality Architect, Rocket

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Paul Grossman

Consultant, Self-employed

Saurabh Sharma

Enterprise Sales Director | GTM, ContextQA

Panel Discussion Speakers

Sravanthi Vadlamudi

Sr. QA Director, KinderSystems

Experienced Practice Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Automation, performance, Bug Tracking, Test Automation, Databases, and Test Management. Strong engineering professional with a Master’s degree focused in Business Administration and Management.

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Sri Harish Mukthavi

Senior Test Architect, Coforge

Certified HP Integration Specialist for Functional Testing and also ISTQB Certified.

Expert in IoT, Automation and Manual Testing.

Total experience of 13+ years into Test Automation.

Designed Test Automation Framework to support End-to-End Functional testing of Devices, communication, capturing device logs and OTA installation.

Designed Integrated Automation Framework (IAF) for Web applications which includes both Data driven approach and Hybrid Frameworks along with Continuous Integrations tools as Jenkins for Web, extJS Flex, Java swing and WPF based applications.

Expert in Agile methodology and Waterfall Methodology.

Expert in Automation Testing of Web application and Mobile applications using automation tools as Selenium, Python, QTP, SoapUI and Appium.

Expert in Test Management using HP Quality Center, Zephyr-JIRA, MTM_TFS, Xray-JIRA

Experience in creating SQL Queries to verify Transaction data in database during test execution.

 

Zac Harlan

Vice President of Application Development and Chief Architect, Lee Enterprises

Technology executive and transformational leader with a proven track record of building high-performing engineering organizations, modernizing technology platforms, and delivering business outcomes through innovation, data, and AI.

I lead enterprise application development, software engineering, architecture, data integration, and digital transformation initiatives that enable organizations to scale, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate growth. My experience spans enterprise software development, cloud technologies, AI enablement, data platforms, subscription and revenue systems, customer-facing applications, and large-scale modernization programs.

Throughout my career, I have successfully:

  • Built and led high-performing engineering, architecture, and data teams
  • Delivered complex enterprise initiatives across application development, integration, analytics, and digital platforms
  • Modernized legacy technology environments while reducing technical debt and operational risk
  • Leveraged AI and automation to improve productivity, accelerate delivery, and enhance decision-making
  • Partnered with executive leadership to align technology strategy with business objectives
  • Developed scalable architectures that support growth, security, reliability, and innovation

My leadership philosophy centers on creating strong teams, empowering talent, and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation. I believe technology leaders are most successful when they combine technical expertise with business acumen and a relentless focus on delivering measurable value.

 

Amruta Pawar

Lead SDET II, Deloitte

Amruta brings extensive experience leading large-scale enterprise technology implementations and digital transformations powered by AI. She has driven complex, cross-functional programs spanning Technical Program Management, Strategy & Governance, Intelligent Automation, Pre-Production Environment Management, Product Implementation, and CI/CD, helping organizations achieve Enterprise Agility through SAFe Agile, XP programming, and DevOps.

Known for bridging strategy and execution, she partners with teams to modernize complex systems while maintaining reliability and scale. Passionate about advancing technology through disciplined program leadership and automation-first thinking, Amruta continues to champion agile transformation and engineering excellence across the enterprise.

Sneh Giri

Lead SDET II, Deloitte

Sneh is a QE & SDET Engineer at Deloitte Consulting with 15+ years of experience engineering quality into large-scale digital transformation programs across complex enterprise systems. He specializes in architecting test strategies and automation frameworks for enterprise SaaS platforms, leading global QE teams, and driving AI-enabled test automation across the SDLC. Sneh has led cross-functional teams to validate mission-critical platforms at scale, bringing deep technical leadership and a passion for building quality into modern, cloud-native systems.

 

Karthikeyan R

Sr Director QA, RAPP

Karthikeyan Ramachandran is a technology leader with 17+ years of experience building quality engineering practices, data pipelines, ML models, and LLM-powered systems on the cloud.

He has designed ML algorithms for identity resolution and invalid traffic detection, and built evaluation frameworks that measure the accuracy, reliability, and safety of RAG pipelines, AI agents, and fine-tuned LLMs.

Karthikeyan’s work bridges cloud native data and ML platforms with real-time decisioning at enterprise scale, helping teams ship high-quality AI models that hold up in production.

He has spoken at STAREAST and Pega World on model evaluation and the data pipelines that power ML algorithms