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Dori Gonzalez-Acevedo is the Co-Founder and CEO of ProcellaRX, as well as the host of both the Software Quality Today and Women Leading Validation podcasts. She has over 20 years' experience in the life sciences industry, specializing in regulatory compliance strategy and computer systems validation. She started her pharmaceutical career developing FDA-approved manufacturing processes and later built on that experience to establish risk-based quality systems for operations quality groups in biotechnology firms. 
After making the transition to software quality as a consultant at Genilogix, Dori continued her emphasis on risk-based strategy and compliance which continued to evolve through to her role as Director of Quality Systems for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Avnet / Tech Data. Prior to forming ProcellaRX, Dori was the VP of Strategic Solutions at Tx3 Services, where she expanded Tx3’s delivery capabilities with a focus on increasing technology adoption and advancing client understanding of compliance, automation, testing, and digital validation. 

The IT management experience of John Willis spans over 40 years. Currently, he works at a startup called Kosli that focuses on modern governance. He has worked as a consultant and evangelist for Red Hat and Docker. Willis previously founded Socketplane (sold to Docker) and Enstratius (sold to Dell). He was the VP of Training & Services at Chef before joining Enstratius, where he formalized the company’s training, evangelism, and professional services functions. Gulf Breeze Software, an award-winning IBM business partner specializing in Tivoli technology deployment, was also founded by Willis. He is the co-author of the DevOps Handbook and Investments Unlimited. Over the past 40 years, he has written 12 books and built 12 startups with three successful exits.

Ben Simo is a Principal Product Researcher at Tricentis and a context-driven software quality leader with over 30 years' experience helping software development teams make informed decisions that lead to delivering better software that improves lives.
Known for his human-centered automation-assisted investigative approach to testing, Ben advocates for both experimental and observational testing to demonstrate capabilities and to expose risks.
At Tricentis, Ben focuses on two key areas at the intersection of AI and testing: exploring strategies for testing AI systems and developing methods to leverage AI to empower people to test their products more efficiently and effectively.

Mitch Ashley is VP and Practice Lead of DevOps and Application Development for The Futurum Group. Mitch has over 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, industry analyst, product development, and IT leader, with deep expertise in software engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud, and AI. An in-demand CTO, CIO, engineering, and DevOps leader, Mitch has the pulse on the latest in software engineering, including the AI's impact in development, testing and security, cloud-native architecture, application and software supply chain security, platform engineering, ITOps, SecOps, AIOps, and DataOps. In his career, Mitch has brought to market multiple industry-impacting software-based products, including cybersecurity products, SaaS applications, Internet services, large telecommunications and financial applications, mobile applications, managed PKI services, and broadband networks. At Futurum, Mitch advises and guides leaders in delivering contemporary and next-generation software and security strategies critical to their business strategies.

Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.