Melissa Benua

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Melissa Benua

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Melissa Benua has worked in nearly every role in software development: engineer, test, devops, and program management. She's created and run high-availability, high-quality services at Boeing and Microsoft and PlayFab, and now works as a manager at mParticle.

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Valarie King-Bailey

I am CEO of OnShore Technology Group, an IV&V firm based in Chicago. We offer validation services as well as ValidationMaster Enterprise Validation Management and Quality System. I hold a BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from UW-Madison and an MBA in Information System from Keller GSM.

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Hi! My name is Owen and I'm the community manager at TechWell. I'm looking forward to connecting with software professionals all around the world!

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