2nd New York Meetup – Building a Test Automation Strategy That Scales

The Test Tribe 2nd New York Meetup – Building a Test Automation Strategy That Scales (with AI in the Driver’s Seat)

Test automation can’t just keep up - it has to scale.

At the heart of modern quality engineering lies the need for smarter, faster, and scalable test automation strategies. That’s exactly what we’re unpacking at the 2nd New York Meetup with QA visionary Ronak Ray, VP of Quality Assurance and AI Strategy at Forbes.

Join us for a future-ready session on building test strategies that go beyond scripts—into modular frameworks, AI integration, and team-wide enablement.

Date: 25th June 2025

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Venue: 307 West 38th Street, Studio 1401, New York, NY 10018

Maps Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bWxwSrEZR2V7n6Fh7

Session On: Building a Scalable Test Automation Strategy

In today’s fast-evolving tech landscape, automation is no longer just about writing test scripts. It’s about building a strategy that scales across services, teams, and time. In this session, Ronak Ray breaks down how modern QA teams can move from patchwork testing to future-ready automation architectures.

Learn how to design modular, API-first frameworks, reduce test flakiness, align coverage with risk—and most importantly, how to harness AI to generate, prioritize, and self-heal tests. This is the new blueprint for automation: faster, smarter, and scalable.

Key Takeaways:

• Design for Scalability from Day One: Adopt modular, maintainable frameworks (e.g., keyword-driven, API-first) that support growth across teams and services without constant rework.
• Integrate AI to Supercharge Testing: Leverage GenAI and machine learning for test case generation, prioritization, flakiness detection, and self-healing automation—boosting coverage and reducing manual effort.
• Balance Speed and Stability: Implement CI/CD-friendly test practices with layered execution (unit → API → UI) and use test impact analysis to accelerate feedback loops without sacrificing confidence.
• Make Quality a Shared Responsibility: Empower developers, product managers, and QA to contribute to automation efforts through tooling, training, and clear ownership models—shifting left and scaling right.

Speaker: Ronak Ray

Ronak Ray is the VP of Quality Assurance and AI Strategy at Forbes, leading the transformation of QA across the company. With 10+ years of experience in scalable test automation and digital innovation, he’s helped Forbes hit 85% automation coverage and speed up releases by over 20x.

Ronak’s focus today? Bringing AI into the QA toolkit—not as a buzzword, but as a game-changer. Whether it’s predictive testing, self-healing, or smart prioritization, he blends hands-on expertise with a strategic vision for quality engineering’s next era.

Why Attend? This session is for you if you're:

• A QA engineer looking to future-proof your automation strategy
• A team lead seeking faster, smarter, more resilient pipeline
• Curious about how to practically use AI in testing (beyond the hype)
  
  

About The Test Tribe

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We’ll see you there!