Mohith Sadaram
Mountain View,CA
Summary
Versatile and accomplished Software IT Manager with a proven track record in leading successful teams and initiatives at reputable tech companies. Exceptional ability to develop and implement QA processes, foster cross-functional collaborations and drive automation for enhanced product performance. Skilled at collaborating with product owners, developers, and offshore vendors to ensure seamless communication and timely issue resolution. Recognized for effectively managing diverse projects and introducing innovative solutions that improve product security and functionality. Possesses strong leadership and teamwork abilities to effectively guide teams toward exceptional outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Lead
Los Altos Neurology
03.2023 - Current
- Lead QA processes for healthcare startup, ensuring software compliance with HIPAA standards, significantly enhancing patient data protection and privacy
- Developed high-performing QA engineering teams through strategic hiring, focused mentoring, and performance management initiatives.
- Manage an offshore QA engineering team in India, achieving 40% increase in project delivery speed and significant cost reductions through strategic use of agile methodologies and enhanced cross-cultural communication
- Developed and maintained positive relationships with key stakeholders: including Vendors, Physicians, and other internal teams.
- Evaluated emerging technologies, such as AI, for integration into existing systems or develop innovative solutions.
- Implemented rigorous testing protocols for our custom EMR system, contributing to significant improvement in clinical data accuracy and interoperability, directly impacting patient care quality.
- Spearheaded development and execution of automated testing suites, reducing regression bugs by 50% and accelerating delivery cycles
Senior Test Engineer, Manager
Google Wear Os
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Established team's first QA support with vendors for Google Pixel Watch, hiring, training, and managing new QA testers both onsite and offshore
- Collaborate with product owners from various Google teams (e.g., Fitbit, Google Maps) to stay current on upcoming WearOS functionalities, enabling efficient planning and distribution of one-off testing within team
- Created and maintain team's Regression Test Plan that integrates with automation scripts to update and track test results daily
- Ensure collaboration between Manual QA and QA Automation to offload redundant manual testing, decreasing testing time requirements
- Act as offshore QA team's primary point of contact for anything testing-related, ensuring effective communication, streamlined processes, and timely resolution of testing concerns
- Monitor dashboards and newly filed bugs during product launches and OS releases to quickly triage and address high-priority issues
- Efficiently manage team's hardware testing needs and allocations for various devices, including Android and iOS phones, wireless headphones, SIM cards, and supported watches
- Own high priority one-off feature testing before it's released and added onto regression base
Senior Test Engineer
Google Cloud
10.2018 - 12.2021
- Promoted with new responsibilities of managing the Manual QA team testing Google Apotheca - internal Web App used to manage the network and inventory of every hardware within Google's data centers across the world
- Identified system needs and designed new processes to support cross-functionality between development team and testing team to ensure effective communication and prevent roadblocks
- Led weekly regression testing and provided routine feedback to Product Management on design changes and performance enhancements for future feature requests
Test Engineer
Google Photos
04.2017 - 10.2018
- Owned testing of multiple new big features for Photos on both Android and iOs such as Live Albums and Google Lens integration
- Designed and implemented end-to-end automation scripts to test Google Photos on iOs and Android using internal Google tools called CopyCat
- Directed off-site teams in completing daily regression tests to support successful product development stages and releases
Product Lead
WantMyBrand.com
09.2016 - 04.2017
- Designed a unique online marketplace for brandable domain names
- Value Creation: Built this sustainable business and sold it profitably to market competitor that saw early value and opportunity in the concept
QA Analyst
Palo Alto Networks
08.2015 - 09.2016
- Created supervised ML training sets to verify and improve machine model developed by research team for automatic crawler and single page classifier of new domains
- Researched and detected questionable URLs of malicious and phishing intent to improve product security which led to team's Engineering Excellence Award in 2015
Web Developer
UsedCarsBayArea.com
11.2014 - 08.2015
- Managed all project and web strategic planning using Asana for marketing and web development team
Research Associate
Stanford School Of Medicine
10.2013 - 12.2014
- Achieved project-specific quality and performance standards by providing detailed documentation and communication to all service providers
Education
Harvard Business School - Business Analytics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University Of California - Davis
Davis, CA09.2013
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
Additional Information
Board Member at Los Altos Neurology
- Strategic Advisor facilitating the partnership with Stanford Healthcare and El Camino Hospital
General Partner at Bluewin Investment LLC
- Strategic Advisor in REIT for promising investment opportunities within the US
Timeline
QA Lead
Los Altos Neurology
03.2023 - Current
Senior Test Engineer, Manager
Google Wear Os
01.2022 - 03.2023
Senior Test Engineer
Google Cloud
10.2018 - 12.2021
Test Engineer
Google Photos
04.2017 - 10.2018
Product Lead
WantMyBrand.com
09.2016 - 04.2017
QA Analyst
Palo Alto Networks
08.2015 - 09.2016
Web Developer
UsedCarsBayArea.com
11.2014 - 08.2015
Research Associate
Stanford School Of Medicine
10.2013 - 12.2014
Harvard Business School - Business Analytics
Harvard University
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University Of California - Davis