Prasad Gunturu

Background

About Prasad Gunturu

Successfully built and led geographically distributed software quality assurance teams tasked with automated and manual testing efforts. Directs, coordinates and evaluates the work of multiple Quality Assurance teams to ensure prompt and accurate services to end users, solves technical and operational challenges. Proven track record of successful delivery of large-scale integration efforts. Experience working with external vendors for resource augmentation, SOW and Tools evaluation. Currently working as Director Engineering - Software managing multiple key customer facing OSS domains like IVR, Repair, Trouble management and Workforce administration/Dispatch and 150+ geographically distributed agile team members. Actively involved in the advancement of test automation initiatives utilizing industry best practices like BDD, CI/CD, Agile, DevOps. Very knowledgeable of Agile approaches to software testing and able to define, document and put key Agile principles into practice to test solutions incrementally including continuous testing. Measure and analyze existing methods for opportunities to improve, including modernization and transformation approaches to testing processes and techniques. Partnered with various functional teams across the IT departments to support strategic enterprise vision and design. Established business objectives, road maps and align the teams around this vision in their day-to-day work. Manage, mentor and coach team members on all personnel related processes including: selection, performance management, employee relations, compensation and rewards, employee development, etc.