Gayathri Mohan - QonfX London 2026 Speaker

The AI Testing Maturity Trap: What Two Real Rollouts Taught Me

Abstract

“AI has unlocked real possibilities across functional and non-functional test automation from intelligent test generation to self-healing suites to AI-assisted performance and security testing. The second edition of Full Stack Testing maps this landscape as a practical, beginner-friendly guide. But knowing what’s possible and knowing where your organization actually stands are different problems and that gap is where most AI testing initiatives quietly stall.

This talk bridges the two. Drawing on two real client engagements from my work as an independent technology consultant, I’ll unpack what a practical AI testing maturity curve looks like the capabilities available at each stage, what each stage actually demands of an organization, and the missteps that stalled the rollout. You’ll leave with a simple framework to assess where your team sits today and what the next stage truly requires.”

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About Speaker

Gayathri Mohan

Gayathri Mohan

Independent Tech. Consultant

Gayathri Mohan is an independent technology consultant based in the UK, helping organizations modernize quality engineering through AI-driven test automation and stronger CI/CD practices. She brings 17+ years of quality engineering leadership experience, including 15 years at Thoughtworks, where she helped shape the company’s global AI strategy, led global capability-building for quality engineering, and built out Chennai as an AI/ML hub. She’s the author of Full Stack Testing (O’Reilly) and coauthor of Perspectives on Agile Software Testing, has written for martinfowler.com, and speaks internationally at conferences including her recent keynote at JaSST Tokyo’26.