TAO QA Forum Event: The Future of QA w Lee Copeland

Technology Association of Oregon QA Forum is putting on a lunch time Expert Panel on the Future of QA. Looks like a great and entertaining group. Hope to see you there!

RSVP here but you must register at the site: http://www.techoregon.org/events/event_details.asp?id=252147

$30 for TAO members, $50 for non-members

QA has seen so much happen in the last 5 years, from mobile, to cloud, to social media and beyond - challenging every company to do things faster and still maintain high quality. The question on the table is: Where does QA go from here? We’ve been hearing from our members that they would like a discussion about the future of Quality Assurance, Testing methodologies, and the impact it may have on our career paths. This is highlighted by the need to define the role of QA on an Agile team, which may differ from the classic "career QA” path.

We have assembled a panel of thought leaders representing the academic, business, and practitioner view to discuss and clarify the future path of QA . We hope you can join us for this interactive lunch event!

Moderator:

• Andrew Richards – CTO at nResult

The Panelists:

• Frank D’Andrea, Digital Solutions Manager, Agile evangelist, mentor and educator – Frank has extensive experience in managing web and software development projects as well as mobile application and Content Management System development efforts.

• Lee Copeland, instructor, author and information systems professional – Lee has held a number of technical and managerial positions with commercial and non-profit organizations in the areas of applications development, software testing, and software development process improvement.

• Robert Hotchkiss, Test Architect, IBM's Tivoli Storage Software - specializing in performance and capacity management for enterprise storage systems.

• Gregory Rose, Ph.D., CIS, Georgia State University, M.B.A. from Binghamton University, and an Associate Professor of Management Information System in the College of Business at Washington State University – Gregory has had more than 35 papers published in outlets such as MIS Quarterly, IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management, and Information Systems Journal.

• Joy Shafer, Consulting Test Lead, Quardev Laboratories - Joy is recently on assignment at Alaska Airlines and has been a software test professional for almost twenty years and has managed testing and testers at diverse companies including Microsoft, NetManage and STLabs.