SeaStar Quality Conference 2023

Executive leaders across the globe have been asking a relatively simple yet profound question: Can we leverage generative AI to transform our business, enterprise, or industry? For software-based companies, focus has either been on differentiating their product and service offerings using this new technology, or leveraging it to improve productivity and efficiency within the organization. But what is the impact of generative AI on software team productivity and efficiency? How do you measure its success? Tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot now allow developers to produce code much faster and on-demand, in almost any programming language. But does automatic code generation present more of a problem than a solution in companies that already have codebases that are difficult to maintain? Can product management, quality assurance, testing, security, and operations all keep up with the rapid pace of development and increased expectations of the business? Join Tariq King as he dives into the complex issue of leveraging generative AI to improve software productivity. Tariq will separate generative AI hype from its potential for hyper-acceleration within the software industry.


Speaker Bio:
Tariq King is the Vice President of Product-Service Systems at EPAM, where he manages a portfolio that lies at the intersection of software products and services, and supports the business through technology consulting. He has over 15 years' experience in software engineering and testing and has formerly held positions as Chief Scientist, Head of Quality, Director of Quality Engineering, Manager of Software Engineering and Test Architect. Tariq holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Florida International University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Florida Tech. His areas of research are software testing, artificial intelligence, autonomic and cloud computing, model-driven engineering, and computer science education. He has published over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed IEEE and ACM journals, conferences, and workshops, and has been an international keynote speaker at leading software conferences in industry and academia.