Kesavan Narayan

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About Kesavan Narayan

Seasoned Engineering leader, with deep expertise in leading quality transformations at scale, shifting from manual to automated regression test strategies, focused on high-quality products and developer productivity. Recognized for hiring exceptional QA talent, leading global teams (sizes 30-100+), with high engagement (AES 85+), fostering innovation and engineering excellence culture. Broad leadership experience managing teams across various disciplines, including device management, localization and translations, delivery management, and DevOps/SRE. Passionate about championing quality with both product management and engineering to create impactful customer experience. Experienced in collaborating seamlessly with internal and external stakeholders in fast-paced environments. Well-versed in managing cross-functional activities in the SDLC and codifying processes to streamline for repeatability and simplicity, resulting in maximum velocity with low friction for the product development teams. Proponent of a metrics-driven approach for quality and automation to ensure fast, frequent test feedback in CI.