Insights from World Quality Report 2018-19 - Cincinnati

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Key Note – Digital Transformation & QA

The World Quality Report is the most definitive blend of primary research and expert opinion on the state of quality assurance and software testing. The 2018-19 report is the 10th edition, jointly produced by Capgemini, Sogeti and Micro Focus.

We interviewed a mix of 1700 QA, Testing, business and IT (operations, Applications) leaders across 32 countries and 8 sectors and focused on these 6 Themes:

• Artificial Intelligence– A force multiplier for QA and Testing
• Test Automation- The single biggest enabler of maturity in QA and Testing
• The Quality Assurance Organization-Greater adoption, newer challenges and a move away from Test Centers of Excellence
• TDM & TEM- The biggest obstacles to progress in QA and testing/ One of the most important bottlenecks to progress
• Efficiency and cost containment in quality assurance

Sathish Natarajan – Group Vice President, Digital Assurance & Testing

Sathish leads the Digital Assurance & Testing practice in the US for Sogeti/Capgemini and has Global responsibility to drive our Digital Assurance strategy & Innovations and market positioning with Analyst community. He is part of the leadership board that drives the World Quality Report agenda and a key contributing Author for the past 5 consecutive years.

 He has over 20 years of dedicated testing experience leading hyper-growth initiatives, building practices and high-performance teams, and delivering across multiple industry sectors. Frequent speaker in several industry conferences & entrepreneurial venture labs in Silicon Valley and contributes to several publications on Testing & Assurance.

Deepika Prabhakar – Divisional Practice Manager, Digital Assurance & Testing

Deepika has over 18 years of IT experience leading large transformation programs, strategic initiatives and managing large scale global delivery. She has been instrumental in setting up, operating, and growing TCoEs in financial services, insurance, manufacturing and retail sectors. She has published on topics such as performance testing, TCoEs, and transforming test organizations at regional and International Conferences.

In her current role, Deepika is responsible for solution design on quality engineering and transformation, provide thought leadership, customer advisory and consulting and managing the QA and testing delivery for Ohio based accounts for Sogeti.