Featured Speakers, 2019
Adam Sandman
Adam Sandman has been working in the IT industry for the past 20 years. His areas of expertise span from software architecture, to agile development, software testing, test automation and project management. Currently Adam is a Director of Technology at Inflectra. Adam is a prolific speaker, whose speaking engagements include STPcon 2018 and 2019, DevGeekWeek Israel 2017 & 2018, to Swiss Testing Day 2019, NDIA/Agile In Government Summit 2019.
Alexey Grinevich
Alexey Grinevich is a Software Developer at Inflectra Corporation. He is one of creators of Rapise test automation tool. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and PhD in Applied Mathematics and has been working in the IT industry for the past 20 years in areas such as compilers, computer languages, runtime debuggers. For last ten years the major interest is software for automated testing. At Inflectra, Alexey has been responsible for researching the tools, technologies and processes in the software testing and quality assurance space for the past five years. His special interest is a legacy APIs and desktop system testing.
ANDREAS ECKERLE
Andreas Eckerle is the head of test and quality management for Generali Insurance in Switzerland where he has worked since 2005. He oversees all testing and QA activities in the application life cycle in the headquarters offices in Adliswil and Nyon. Prior to joining Generali, Andreas worked at Credit Suisse, ZH consulting on a variety of testing, support and QA projects for trading systems, including support and defect tracking for trading floor exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange, SWX, CS Singapore and Xetra.
Denis Markovtsev
Denis Markovtsev is a Principal Software Developer at Inflectra Corporation. He is one of creators of Rapise test automation platform. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and PhD in Mathematics and has been working in the IT industry for the past 20 years in areas such as compilers, development environments, software verification and testing. At Inflectra, Denis has been responsible for researching the tools, technologies and processes in the software testing and quality assurance space for the past five years. Currently his special interest is test automation of Web applications.
Dennis Haßlöcher
Dennis Haßlöcher is managing director of DATIS IT-Services GmbH and member of the management board of the sister company PTA GmbH from Mannheim. The computer scientist has been working for PTA for more than 25 years, has many years of experience in the international consulting environment and has built up extensive know-how in the areas of system architecture, management of complex and extensive IT projects as well as software quality assurance.
Jeffery Payne
Jeffery Payne has led Coveros since its inception in 2008. Under his guidance, the company has become a recognized market leader in secure agile software development. Mr. Payne is a popular keynote and featured speaker at technology conferences and has testified before Congress on technology issues such as intellectual property rights and cyber-terrorism. Prior to Coveros, he was co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Cigital, where he led the startup and growth of the company for 16 years. Mr. Payne is a former ACM National Lecturer and the co-founder of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Allegheny College and an M.S. in Computer Science from The College of William and Mary.
Peter Brackstone
Peter Brackstone is the founding manager of Influence IT Consulting Pty. Ltd. His has over 30 years of experience delivering and supporting large-scale business and IT transformational change programmes and associated Project and Quality Management strategies and advisory services. His expertise has been used in many industry sectors in the UK, Australia and other parts of the World. With expertise in wholesale and retail banking, payments, insurance, health, government (local, state and federal in Australia), mining, and others, in both Project or Quality/Testing roles, Peter puts this knowledge and skill to use in a variety of innovative ways.
Remco Putker
Remco is a result-driven hands-on ICT (project) manager with roots in Quality and Testing. He believes to getting the job done within time and budget but without concessions on quality or loss of employee satisfaction. Remco started in 1999 as a consultant, but progressing quickly to IT-management positions in various multinational corporations. He has worked independently since 2014 and is currently the owner of three companies. He is passionate about DIY, cooking and sailing.
Simon Bor
Simon Bor has over a 15 years experience in technical roles for the British government and international organizations, and, since 2015, with Inflectra. He is the Spira product manager at Inflectra, focused on helping his team making the application meet the needs of Inflectra's global user base. He really enjoys working on user experience problems, as well as design. In his spare time at Inflectra he likes to make cool stickers.
Sriram Rajagopalan
Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan is a project management guru with extensive software development and project management experience in many industries. He holds a BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Madras in India; MS in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University and MBA in Management from Concordia University. His PhD was in Organization and Management from Capella University. Dr. Rajagopalan possesses many professional certifications in PfMP, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, CSP, CSPO, CSD, CSM, ACC, IT Project+, Six Sigma, SCM, SCPO, SCD, SAMC, SCT, and CSOXP.
Teresa Langston
Teresa Langston is a highly motivated team leader with 10+ years of technical program management experience in telecommunications, IT, and manufacturing. As the newest member of Inflectra’s team, Teresa leads product demonstrations and provides new client support. Teresa has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
