Democratizing Quality: Are You Ready for the Autonomous Testing Era?

🎤 Speaker
Raj Uppadhyay & Rafael Castillo
🔗 LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-uppadhyay-13335329/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-talentdojo/
👨‍💻 Speaker Bio
Raj Uppadhyay
Seasoned Engineering Leader (Ex-Microsoft) with 20 years of experience, a proven track record of driving large-scale technology transformations and software innovations. I specialize in bridging the gap between high-level strategy and hands-on execution, particularly across Banking, Retail, and E-commerce.
My focus is on merging AI/ML with human-centric processes to achieve "man and machine harmony", optimizing delivery efficiency and product lifecycles. I am a culture-first leader, dedicated to mentoring world-class teams and implementing DevOps strategies that realize significant cost savings while maintaining peak performance.

Rafael Castillo
Rafael Castillo is a 2x Founder and Founder Institute Alumni.
Rafael is passionate about building Products People love, through Lean Experimentation.
He helps Founders build rapid Prototypes in order to focus on Testing and Market validation. He brings technical expertise around DevOps, Test Automation and Quality Assurance. His domain expertise lies in Technology, Banking and Retail.
Specialities: OKR's, Automation testing, DevOps, engineering manager, Consulting service, Recruitment, data and AI.

📌 Event Title
Democratizing Quality: Are You Ready for the Autonomous Testing Era?

📝 Event Summary
The shift from "AI as a future concept" to "AI as an operational reality" is already happening - the question is whether your QE (Quality Engineering/testing) workflow is built for it. This session goes beyond theory with a live walkthrough of AI agents autonomously planning, generating, and executing tests from scratch. Real workflow. Real demo. Real results. Walk away with a concrete blueprint for embedding autonomous testing into your organization before your competition does.

Agenda
This meetup will be delivered in English.

• 5:30 pm | Check in
• 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | The sharing
• 7:30 pm - 8:00pm | Networking and social

# Date & Venue
🗓 Date: 08-04-2026 Wednesday
⏰ Time: 5:30PM – 8:00PM (NZST)
📍 Location: Whitecliffe, level 8, 67 Symonds Street, Grafton, Auckland 1010
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yy2HJ35yAf762izGA

Fees

• CITA member**：free**
• None CITA member**: $5 donation**

💳 Bank Account Details

• Account Number**:** 06-0513-0847960-00
• Account Name: CHINESE IT ASSOCIATION NZ

Notes:
This event will be delivered in English.
Light refreshments and drinks will be provided.