SmartBear Connect in Boston Brings Customers Together to Explore AI-Driven Advancements in Software Development
Developer event at SmartBear headquarters in Boston on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, to focus on latest, most effective development strategies in GenAI era
SOMERVILLE, Mass. - October 9, 2024 - SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, is hosting SmartBear Connect Boston 2024, an in-person customer event at its headquarters on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This is part of the company’s annual global customer event series, SmartBear Connect. SmartBear users and stakeholders are joining 15 speakers as they explore the latest pressing issues in development and testing and discuss innovative approaches to revolutionize software quality in the GenAI era. Hundreds of customers from around the world recently joined SmartBear for its global virtual event as well as its in-person event in London. Registration is open for SmartBear Connect in Bengaluru on October 22 and Melbourne on October 24.
WHAT: SmartBear Connect Boston 2024
WHEN: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: SmartBear Headquarters, 450 Artisan Way, 4th Floor, Somerville, MA
“While navigating the complex challenges of generative AI and economic uncertainties, maintaining high software quality is more crucial than ever,” said Melissa Campbell, CRO at SmartBear. “SmartBear Connect offers a unique forum for industry professionals to learn to optimize end-to-end software testing and quality processes, harness the power of AI, and streamline API workflows. Attendees around the world have been learning the latest, most effective best practices that are helping them thrive in this challenging landscape, and we are excited to welcome many more to Boston.”
The event begins with, “SmartBear executive panel: Revolutionizing software quality: Navigating the breaking point,” with panelists, Frank Roe, CEO; Dan Faulkner, Chief Product Officer; Cynthia Gumbert, Chief Marketing Officer; Melissa Campbell, Chief Revenue Officer; Bryce Chicoyne, Chief Operating Officer; and Shital Whitmore, Chief Revenue Officer. Other SmartBear speakers include Maureen Plowman, SVP of Brand and Corporate Communications; Nicholas Nogradi, Solutions Engineer; Prashant Mohan, Senior Director Product Management; Gregory Hanson, VP of Sales, Engineering and Adoption; and Bob Nelson, Solutions Engineer.
Noel Wurst, Director of Storytelling, will moderate a panel featuring SmartBear customers and how they are dealing with disruption in the industry. Panelists include Derek Larson, Application Software Manager at COCC; Rikki Chokshi, QA Project Manager at eClinicalWorks; and Peter John Marquez, Chief Customer Officer at ServiceRocket.
Breakout sessions will explore how AI can be used to tackle complex problems by enhancing software development and testing, streamlining testing workflows, transforming API development, and the evolution of BugSnag within Insight Hub.
To simplify the developer experience, SmartBear is connecting more than 20 of its popular tools and associated functionality in intuitive solution hubs, including SmartBear API Hub, SmartBear Insight Hub, and SmartBear Test Hub, which feature HaloAI, an advanced AI-driven capability being introduced across SmartBear’s product portfolio.
SmartBear Connect 2024 Boston is supported by Premier Sponsors: Climb Channel Solutions, Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), and Nous Infosystems. Community Sponsor is Eficode.
Space is limited. Register for the free event at: https://smartbear.com/connect/
About SmartBear
SmartBear delivers application integrity for modern tech stacks, ensuring continuous, measurable assurance that software just works as intended – with governance to operate at AI speed and scale. SmartBear offers deep test automation, API lifecycle management, and observability capabilities. With integrations across the SDLC, it sets a new quality standard for application delivery teams.
SmartBear is trusted by developers, testers, and software engineers across 32,000 organizations, including 75% of the largest financial institutions and industry leaders such as Adobe, JetBlue, and Microsoft. SmartBear’s open source tools are downloaded more than 100 million times a month and have earned over 30,000 GitHub stars from the developer community. With its best-loved brands, including Swagger, TestComplete, Reflect, QMetry, Zephyr, and more, SmartBear meets customers where they are to make our technology-driven world a better place. Learn more at www.smartbear.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, X, and Reddit.
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