Speakers

Michelle Lagare is a thought leader in Quality Engineering and the founder of QE 360, a company dedicated to transforming software testing through AI and modern quality engineering practices. She has helped companies overcome testing bottlenecks by integrating AI-driven automation with human expertise. Passionate about elevating the role of testers, Michelle coined the term Quality Engineer (QE) and continues to advocate for the transition of manual testers into Quality Engineers—a hybrid of testers and programmers.

She actively speaks at global conferences and testing community events, championing the shift from traditional QA to full-stack Quality Engineering. Under her leadership, QE 360 has pioneered AIQE, an AI-powered testing tool that delivers up to 94% savings in time and costs. Michelle remains committed to raising the bar for software quality by grooming the next generation of quality full-stack engineers.