Badrinath Vengalathur

• Head of Quality Assurance, Technical Program Management (TPM), and DevOps for a large-scale organization, overseeing end-to-end quality assurance, technical program management, and operations across multiple product lines.
• Defined and executed a 3-year quality vision to deliver "medical grade software quality" for business-critical initiatives, significantly increasing test automation to enable faster feature delivery without compromising quality.
• Drove strategic initiatives to enhance quality processes, project management methodologies, and automation, resulting in improved efficiency and product reliability across the organization.
• Pioneered the implementation of cutting-edge project management tools and practices, boosting team productivity and project visibility organization-wide.
• Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement in quality assurance, technical program management, and DevOps practices, leading to sustained innovation and operational excellence.
• Mentored and developed high-potential team members, successfully promoting numerous QAEs, TPMs, SDETs, and managers into more senior roles, fostering a strong pipeline of technical leadership talent.
• Fostered cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing, resulting in streamlined processes and enhanced product quality across diverse teams and projects.

• Led the software Quality Assurance team for Amazon Fulfillment Technologies, playing a crucial role in 1)launching Amazon Prime Now - a feature providing one-hour delivery to Prime customers. and 2) Automating warehouses by integrating Kiva systems with Amazon's existing infrastructure.
• Developed innovative tools and frameworks enabling developers to efficiently write and maintain test automation, significantly reducing the time and effort required for quality assurance.
• Achieved 100% test automation coverage within a year for critical systems, dramatically improving release velocity and reliability.
• Implemented automated performance testing to identify and address bottlenecks early in the development cycle
• Introduced advanced monitoring and alerting systems to quickly identify and resolve issues in production
• Collaborated closely with development teams to foster a "quality-first" mindset, integrating QA practices earlier in the software development lifecycle and reducing defects found in later stages.

• Spearheaded project delivery and test automation initiatives, significantly improving software quality and release efficiency.

• Developed and presented a comprehensive QA strategic document to senior leadership, including VPs, resulting in approval for increased QA headcount to support growing business needs.

• Successfully hired and on boarded engineers rapidly scaling the team's capabilities and output.

• Established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for patch deployments, enhancing reliability and consistency when rolling out software changes.

• Led critical feature launches including Zappos integration with Amazon, FBA launch in Italy, and Network commingling
• Improved Build and Deployment processes, reducing QA operational costs
• Mentored QAEs and SDE-Ts within and outside the FBA organization

• Successfully launched FBA in US and established QA processes
• Set up build and deployment processes, created and automated test artifacts
• Generated key QA metrics to drive overall software quality

• Participated in requirement gathering and analysis
• Developed high-level design documents and architecture
• Served as single point of contact for UAT testing team