The Evolution Of Performance Engineering: Mastering Trends and Tackling Challenges

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, performance engineering is not just important—it’s a crucial differentiator for success. As the landscape of performance engineering continues to evolve, it's crucial to stay ahead of emerging trends and address the associated challenges that come with them. In this webinar, we will dive deep into the critical role performance engineering plays in ensuring the success and reliability of modern applications.

This session will explore how leveraging cutting-edge technologies, comprehensive integrations, and advanced analytics can enhance continuous testing and DevOps processes. We will address how to confront new challenges head-on and utilize innovative approaches to optimize performance engineering.

Attendees will leave the webinar with a deeper understanding of:

Chaos and resiliency testing: Understand how to build robust systems that can endure and recover from unexpected disruptions.
Browser-based testing: Learn how to ensure consistent performance across diverse web browsers and devices.
Shift-Right and Shift-Left Testing: Discover strategies for integrating performance testing earlier in the development cycle and continuously monitoring in production.
Artificial intelligence: Explore the role of AI in optimizing and automating performance testing.
Cloud transformation: Gain insights into leveraging cloud environments for scalable and efficient performance testing.

This webinar is uniquely interactive, allowing you to shape the discussion based on your interests and challenges. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote on and engage with specific topics, ensuring that the session addresses your most pressing concerns and interests.

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation and shape the discussion on the future of performance engineering. Register now and contribute to a session tailored to your needs and interests!

Vicky Giavelli

Director, Product Management - OpenText

Vicky Giavelli leads the product management team for the Performance Engineering portfolio within OpenText. She has more than 17 years of industry experience working with automated performance testing. With roots as a software engineer, Vicky has built a successful career leading IT initiatives for enterprise software and cloud computing projects. Prior to her product management role, Vicky held a variety of technical positions starting as developer and then moving to pre-sales, professional services and support all of them related to performance engineering, automation and monitoring. She has a computer science degree from Universidad Internacional de las Americas in Costa Rica and a business degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jer Smith

Principal Product Manager Performance Engineering - OpenText

Jer Smith brings over 25 years of IT and software experience from a variety of disciplines including data center IT management, software development, technical support, customer success, and product management. As a member of the OpenText performance engineering product management team, Jer is the Product Manager of core technologies (scripting, protocol technologies, and the performance testing shift-left tool for developers). Jer works with and directs the efforts of a team of over 30 software engineers to ensure the OpenText suite of performance engineering testing tools are the industry standard. To ensure our development efforts deliver our customer needs, Jer regularly meets with customers, works with presales engineers and sales teams, and support and customer success managers to keep a close pulse on industry trends to ensure we are the best of breed.

Paul Adrian Utiu

Principal Product Manager - OpenText

Passionate technology enthusiast with more than 17 years’ experience in customer management, software engineering and product management. I hold a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca.

David McLeish

Principal Product Manager Performance Engineering & Service Virtualization - OpenText

David McLeish is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in Technical Support, Customer Success, and Product Management. As the current Product Manager of the industry-leading Performance Engineering suite, David leads a team of 30+ engineers, supporting over 2000 customers worldwide. His expertise spans software testing, SaaS, configuration management, and customer relationship management. With a focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences, David collaborates with development, QA, sales, and consulting teams, ensuring seamless software delivery and top-tier support across EMEA, APAC, the US, and beyond.

Mitch Ashley

Chief Technology Advisor, The Futurum GroupCTO, Techstrong Group

Mitch Ashley is a technology executive and entrepreneur who is an advisor, analyst, product creator and tech leader, bringing 30+ years in cybersecurity, cloud, AI, product development, software engineering and networking. Mitch is Chief Technology Advisor with The Futurum Group and CTO of Techstrong Group’s tech media platforms covering digital leadership, DevOps, cybersecurity, AI, cloud native, cloud infrastructure, platforms and ITSM. A highly sought-after advisor, analyst, CTO, CIO and head of engineering, Mitch’s analyst research is available on TechstrongResearch.com and FuturumGroup.com.

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