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Friday, April 12

This week: The QA Financial Forums in Chicago and Toronto

This week, we held the QA Financial Forum in Chicago on Tuesday, and yesterday - for the first-time ever - a forum in Toronto. Our knowledgeable speakers and committed sponsors discussed a range of timely topics such as data management, GenAI, application testing and digital resilience.


We would like to thank all our sponsors and speakers for making such amazing contributions. A big thank you from the entire team.


Looking ahead, below you can find details about our upcoming forums in New York, London and Singapore.


CHICAGO Financial Forum

Theron Melrose addressing delegates

At the event in Chicago, Theron Melrose of State Farm focused on major performance testing issues and the journey his team took from a ‘Project Management’ to ‘Product Management’ methodology. 


Read about this session HERE.

   

Sandesh Gawande at the event in Chicago

Also at the event in Chicago was Sandesh Gawandefounder and CTO of Connecticut-based Torana/iceDQ, who reflected on the notorious 2018 TSB case that shook the industry, when the bank botched a major data migration project.

 

Read about this session HERE.

   

TORONTO Financial Forum

Yesterday, an invited audience of DevOps, testing and quality engineering leaders from financial firms gathered in Toronto to hear presentations from expert speakers who covered a range of timely key topics and trends.


Chawda at yesterday's event in Toronto

At the event in Toronto, Anand Chawda, director, head of quality engineering, QTS, strategic programs at RBC Capital Markets, zoomed in on the shift left strategies he is employing, as well as the key challenges of migrating data.


Read about this session HERE.

   

QA Financial CEO Matthew Crabbe (r) and Chawda in Toronto

Chawda also discussed operations and reporting requirements for trading and risk management platform Murex, as well as the key challenges of application testing and data transitions for Murex platform upgrades.


Read about this session HERE.

   
     

Upcoming Events

   

Learn and network with colleagues from financial firms 

The QA Financial Forum New York


May 15, 2024 - at the Harvard Club of NYC

There is still time to register for the premier conference event for DevOps, quality assurance and IT risk professionals in New York. As a professional working in financial services, you can register to attend free of charge.


So what is the return for your time invested at this invitation-only, background-only, Forum?

Our agenda will be tackling some of the key challenges firms face in accelerating DevOps and continuous delivery, including:

  • Shifting Cloud FinOps and AI-driven quality management left at JPMorgan
  • Avoiding disaster in data migration: The cautionary tale of TSB and a huge data testing failure
  • Why your bank needs a Center for Enablement to transform your QE organization and harness the power of AI / GenAI
  • Building consumer-centric experiences for healthcare
  • How leading firms are leveraging AI to transform testing


And we want your insights also. We leave time for questions after every presentation, and there are breaks for breakfast, lunch and coffee where you can forge new contacts.


Make sure you join us at the QA Financial Forum New York on May 15th by booking your ticket today.


You can view our fantastic speaker line-up below.

   
   
     

Our QA Financial Forums gather quality engineering leaders for financial firms for full day events that have a dual focus on high-value insights and also networking.


If you work in software engineering, testing and quality management at a financial firm, you can attend our Forum events at no charge. More information on all our Forums below:

QA Financial Forum New York 

May 15th 2024 | Harvard Club of NYC

QA Financial Forum London

September 11th 2024 | America Square Conference Centre

QA Financial Forum Singapore

November 6th 2024 | Tanglin Club

   
   
   
   
   

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Chicago Financial Forum

As QA Financial’s annual Financial Forum took place in Chicago earlier this week, Theron Melrose of State Farm focused on performance testing issues and the journey his team has taken from Waterfall to Agile delivery, and from a ‘Project Management’ to ‘Product Management’ methodology. 


 
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