In addition to the board, there are a number of committees that are responsible for defining and running various aspects of PNSQC.

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Board Biographies

Brian Gaudreau, President

Brian Gaudreau brings to PNSQC over 20 years of software testing and quality assurance experience relevant to telecom, enterprise metadata, government, multimedia, healthcare IT and marketing platforms. Brian has spoken at Seattle quality meetings many times and was an invited speaker at the PNSQC 2016 Conference. In addition to local involvement in software quality assurance groups, Brian’s other interests include playing live music and supporting animal rescue shelters in the Pacific NW.

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Philip Lew, Vice President & Program Chair

After working in various management and technical positions in software development and product management, Philip Lew leads XBOSoft’s (xbosoft.com) direction and strategy as CEO. His Ph.D. research in software quality and usability resulted in several IEEE and ACM journal publications and in various trade journals as well. A speaker at numerous trade and academic conferences, he has worked with hundreds of organizations to assess the quality of their software, examine software quality processes, and set forth measurement plans to improve software quality using systematic methods. Find out more about Philip at xbosoft.com.

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Launi Mead, Treasurer

Launi Mead has over 25 years’ experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst in the highly regulated Financial and Telecommunications sectors. In addition to quality testing and quality assurance, Launi has been active in innovation and process improvement initiatives. She has been a longtime PNSQC volunteer and has served on several committees. In her spare time, Launi enjoys hiking and camping.

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Moss Drake, Board Member & Marketing Chair

Moss Drake has over three decades of experience developing professional software with a focus on healthcare and insurance. He has a passion for discovering innovative ways to deliver software, using agile methodologies, and improving team communication. Moss has been attending and volunteering with PNSQC since the 90s. In his spare time, Moss enjoys playing music, travel, and drawing.

Tariq King, Board Member

Tariq King is the Chief Scientist at test.ai, where he leads research and development of their core platform for AI-driven testing. Tariq has over fifteen years’ experience in software engineering and testing and has formerly held positions as 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.

Sion Heaney, Board Member & Operations Chair

Sion Heaney

has fulfilled many roles each with a focus upon quality, including QA Test Manager for Microsoft Press and Senior QA Analyst for Russell Investments. He currently works for WA State Dept. of Labor & Industries as Lead Test Analyst.

He values time volunteering for PNSQC having done so since 2011. He has previously served on the PNSQC Board of Directors and continues to volunteer primarily as a reviewer and most recently as PNSQC 2019 Selection Coordinator. Síon is currently working on strengthening the support, guidance and documented use of the conference’s OpenConf system during the selection process. He also volunteers his time with Capital City Pride and Animal Fire Theatre in Olympia, WA.

Ying Ki Kwong, Secretary

Ying Ki Kwong is the Statewide QA Program Manager in the Office of the State CIO in Oregon state government. Prior to this role, he was IT Investment Oversight Coordinator in the same office and was Project Office Manager of the Medicaid Management Information System Project in the Oregon Department of Human Services.

In the private sector, Dr. Kwong was CEO of a Hong Kong-based internet B2B portal for trading commodities futures and metals. He was a program manager in the Video & Networking Division of Tektronix, responsible for worldwide applications & channels marketing for a line of video servers in broadcast television applications. In these roles, he has managed software-based systems/applications, products, and business process improvements.

He received the doctorate from the School of Applied & Engineering Physics at Cornell University and was adjunct faculty in the School of Business Administration at Portland State University.

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