Michael Cooper, CSTE, MBA is a leader in the fields of Quality Assurance, Software Testing, and Process Improvement. Michael is the Global Director of Quality Assurance and User Experience at Fair Isaac Corporation. He leads a team of more than 150 Quality Assurance professionals around the world. He currently serves as President of the Atlanta QA Association (AQAA) and is a popular presenter at QA and Software Testing Conferences. Michael won the inaugural 2006 Quality Leadership Executive Practitioner Award. Earlier this year, Michael's Enterprise Quality Management (EQM) Team was honored in 2007 by Hewlett Packard as finalist for the Business Technology Optimization Software Awards of Excellence.
Michael earned an MBA with a concentration in CIS from Georgia State University, and a BA with honors from the University of Florida. Michael lives in Dunwoody, GA with his wife and three children.