Shalisha Witherspoon

Shalisha Witherspoon received her B.S. and M.S. in Information Technology (Software Concentration) at FIU and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Award in IT. Shalisha studied abroad at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan during the summer of 2014.

Dr. Francisco Ortega

Francisco Ortega, Associate Professor at Colorado State University, is a distinguished faculty member known for contributing to human-computer interaction. He received the prestigious NSF CAREER award for innovative research in natural user interaction and multimodal interfaces. As the Director of
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Dr. Tariq M. King

Tariq King is a Software Test Architect at Ultimate Software. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Florida International University (FIU), where he specialized in software testing of autonomic and adaptive systems. He also holds a Masters in Computer Science from FIU and a B.S in Computer Science from the Florida Institute of Technology. Tariq has published several research articles in the field of software testing and developed a number of testing tools, frameworks, and prototypes. In his role at Ultimate, he provides technical leadership and strategic direction in software testing across the organization.

Alicia Felix

Alicia graduated in April of 2014 with a B.S. in Computer Science. After graduation, she started working as a Software Consultant at IBM.