Implementing Test Automation in a DevOps, Cloud and Mobile World

7:30am – 8:15am Registration, Breakfast and Networking
8:15am – 9:30am Panel Discussion and Q&A
9:30am – 10:00am Networking

Event Overview:

It is no longer a question of “if” and “when”, but “how” to successfully Implement Test Automation in a DevOps, Cloud and Mobile World.

You have heard a lot about test automation, but why is it so important for DevOps, cloud and mobile? Companies have turned to agile software development in pursuit of faster release cycles and have embraced technologies like cloud and mobile. Yet even as they strive towards continuous integration, delivery and deployment, some companies ignore the importance of automated testing as part of this process. Fast releases and support for multiple devices increase manual testing efforts and as a result manual testing becomes a bottleneck in the release cycle. The only way to support a rapid cadence of releases on multiple devices is to automate testing.

At Optimus’ test automation breakfast event we will speak with a panel of local technology executives who will share their experiences and discuss how to Implement Test Automation in a DevOps, Cloud and Mobile World. Discussion topics will include test automation processes, tools and best practices.

Panelist Bios:

Stuart Ashman, QA Director, Vision Critical
Stuart is currently working as the QA Director for Vision Critical and has worked in a variety of roles over the past 20+ years, almost all of which had testing or QA as part of them. His previous role was Director of QA for a Cloud Software Company and before that he helped transition the Vancouver Sophos team to agile (as the QA & Release manager), then spent 6 years learning how to grow and improve on that.

Larry Ng, Director of QA and Release Management, QuickMobile
Larry is the Director of Quality Assurance at QuickMobile and has more than 15 years experience in software quality assurance and testing and release and delivery management in a wide variety of industries. Larry specializes in managing and building automation and performance/load testing capability for technical testing teams and has extensive hands-on experience in the full spectrum of software testing.

Dave Liggat, Solution Architect, TriNimbus
Dave Liggat is a Solution Architect at TriNimbus, Canada’s leading and only Premier Consulting Partner for Amazon Web Services. Dave is a professional software engineer with a diverse background; he has worked for several Fortune-500 companies including Google and Boeing, and prior to joining TriNimbus, spent a number of years doing DevOps/application consulting work with a web/mobile focus.

Pankaj Agarwal, Founder, Optimus Information (Moderator)
Pankaj Agarwal is the Managing Partner of Optimus Information Inc. Optimus is a Vancouver-based software outsourcing company and has a leading test automation practice as part of their full service outsourcing business. Pankaj is an active investor in Canadian, US and Indian startups and private technology companies serving on the boards of a number of companies. Pankaj has over two decades of experience working in the technology outsourcing industry. Before founding Optimus, he was a co-founder and CEO of Momentum Technologies Inc. until they were purchased by the European IT consulting company Sopra Group where he served on the Executive Committee.