John Courtade is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in Quality Assurance and DevOps management within various sectors. Currently serving as QA/DevOps Manager at SPIE since November 2021, John previously held leadership roles including Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer Lead and Release Manager at Emergency Reporting, where efforts in QA policy development and Release Management supported continuous integration and deployment. Earlier, John owned Black Cat Technical Services and provided consulting for multiple Fortune 10 companies and government agencies. John has also directed QA testing projects at CSC, performed quality assurance operations at Plexis Healthcare Systems, and led testing teams at Cayuse Technologies. Prior to these roles, John excelled in food and beverage management, overseeing operations and system administration at various establishments. Educational background includes studies at Eastfield College from 1997 to 1999.
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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves 257,000 constituents from 173 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. Over the past five years, SPIE has contributed more than $22 million to the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public-policy development.