Events
CQAA October 2025
Scaling Automated Tests to Infinity and Beyond
About the Topic
Testing is a risk-mitigating activity that takes time. Ideally, we want to cover as many behaviors as possible in the shortest amount of time for fast feedback. The only way to speed up is to scale up. But how?
This talk outlines a playbook for the five most impactful ways to scale up tests. From improving infrastructure to arranging tests more efficiently down to refining the performance of particular steps, you will learn tried-and-true techniques for running more tests in less time. With this playbook, you could scale up to hundreds of tests running concurrently without crashing.
Join this session to supercharge your testing efforts and scale your test execution to infinity and beyond!
Key Learning Objective
About the Speaker
Andrew Knight, Automation Panda, Senior Director of Product Management at Cycle Labs
Registration
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS PROGRAM.
Please register by October 6th, 2025 at www.cqaa.org.
If you have any questions, please contact info@cqaa.org.
Date: Wednesday, October 8th 2025, from 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/94338050650?pwd=B8B5M8psWSgskwnbkMba2nWkgooZLB.1
CQAA November 2025
The Ethics of Quality
The Ethics of Quality: Just Because We Can, Should We?
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." - Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
This iconic line from Jurassic Park wasn’t just about dinosaurs...it was a warning about unchecked innovation. And in today’s tech landscape, it feels more relevant than ever.
As quality professionals, we don’t just ensure software works; we have the power to shape how technology impacts real people. But in a world driven by speed, automation, and AI, are we asking the right questions? Are we testing more than just functionality? Are we testing for fairness, security, and ethical responsibility?
Gwen Iarussi - President of Association for Software Testing
Gwen Iarussi is a relentless advocate for quality, a passionate technologist and engineering leader who's committed her career to improving and shaping the next generation of technology delivery practices.
With three decades of experience in the industry spanning support, quality & testing, enterprise engineering strategy, and SDLC governance across a diverse set of domains including financial services, early and higher education and global eCommerce, she currently serves as VP, IT Strategy and Responsible Innovation Lead for Zions Bank and is the current President for the Association for Software Testing (AST), a nonprofit focused on building a global testing community and evolving testing methods and disciplines. She is also the Founder of Athena IQ Consulting, where she helps organizations focus and fine tune their approaches to technology transformation and solution implementation. Gwen holds a MS in Information Systems from the University of Utah.
Beyond the professional sphere, Gwen is a Colorado native living in Utah, a born "mountain woman" who would rather be outside exploring nature than just about anything, and an avid amateur photographer and sourdough baker. She is the single mom of two adult kids, two 90 lb rescue pups, and a mustached parakeet named Matisse, who may or may not contribute her own opinions on testing and quality depending on the day.
Please register by November 17th, 2025 at www.cqaa.org.
Date: Wednesday, November 19th 2025, from 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location Webinar - https://zoom.us/j/96893774070?pwd=Yo9JmbY8BiqAwqMbcYa0RxPVu7oubb.1
