2024

Sérgio Freire

Director of Solution Architecture - Xray

Sérgio Freire is the Director of Solution Architecture at Xray. He works closely with many teams worldwide from distinct yet highly demanding sectors (Automotive, Health, and Telco among others) to help them achieve great, high-quality, testable products. By understanding how organizations work - their needs, context, and background -, processes and quality can be improved, while development and testing can “merge” towards a common goal: provide the best product that stakeholders need.

Karen Todd

Software Testing and Mental Health Advocate - Independent

Karen, of Karen Tests Stuff - a curious software tester who loves the testing community with her whole heart. She shares what she's learning with others through her YouTube channel and social media, @KarenTestsStuff. Karen enjoys meeting new and returning friends at conferences, and looks forward to being involved with more communities worldwide.

Patrícia Mateus

Solution Architect and QA Advocate - TestRail

Patrícia has been working in the QA area for more than 10 years, during which she had the opportunity to participate in several projects, working with different teams and cultures that led to the development of both soft and technical skills. She's a mentor, a speaker, a Software QA Consultant and also the founder/content creator of the project 'A QA Portuguesa'.

João Proença

Quality Engineer - Ada Health

João Proença comes from Lisbon, Portugal, and is a Quality Engineer at Ada Health. He has assumed various roles throughout his career in the past 16 years, including quality assurance, development, customer support and marketing. Finding innovative solutions for difficult problems is what drives him the most, so he is always eager to talk about how professionals are overcoming testing challenges around the world. Outside of IT, João is passionate about songwriting, movies and football.

Dusanka Lecic

Test Lead and Department Manager - Levi9 IT Services

In the last eight years, Dusanka has been actively involved in several different projects, using various technologies and tools daily. She likes to share knowledge and support various initiatives.She is also dedicated to her academic career as a Ph.D. in Technical Science, so she often writes papers for conferences, but also technical articles. She points out current trends and the importance of testing in software development.

Mags Rutkowska

Senior Director of Engineering - Talkdesk

Meet the Quality Whisperer: A code-wrangling nomad with 20 years of taming software bugs across Europe's tech frontiers. From Poland to Portugal, with pit stops in Spain, Gibraltar, UK, and Italy, I've left a trail of high-fives and error-free code in my wake. I'm the Agile acrobat and Waterfall surfer who believes quality isn't just a phase - it's a lifestyle. I've built QA empires, trained end-user armies, and even managed to make data interpretation sound sexy (okay, maybe that's a stretch). When I'm not busy injecting quality mindsets into unsuspecting development processes, you might find me starting small enterprises faster than you can say 'test case'. I'm a doer, not a talker—unless we're talking about quality, then wild horses can't shut me up. My mission? To prove that with the right mindset, even the tiniest quality effort can yield blockbuster results. So buckle up, folks - we're about to make software engineering quality the next viral sensation!