Michele Swoager Foster

Michele Swoager Foster currently serves as the Vice President of Product Quality at AVEVA, having joined the company in April 2022. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Project Leader at Schneider Electric, where responsibilities encompassed leading R&D projects involving software and hardware development, and managing project activities with remote partners using agile methodologies. As Engineering Manager at ThinkIQ, Michele oversaw a team transitioning to an agile sprint cycle, initiated test automation, and coordinated maintenance for customer systems. Previous roles include Engineering Manager at Rockwell Automation, where significant achievements in test automation coverage were made, and Senior Consultant at Segue Software, focusing on test automation architecture and QA process improvement. Michele began a career in quality assurance as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Wonderware, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from East Tennessee State University.