Nanda Kakulla

• Fiscal budget ~ 7m / Global Team ~ 220+
• Strategic Leadership
• Provide visionary leadership to the IT QA team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and execute a strategic QA roadmap for the Auto, Financial Services and Digital Portal Initiatives aligning customer experience goals.
• Team Management
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing QA team, ensuring the recruitment and retention of top talent with initial team size of 3 testers in US to a size of 220+ team members across North America, EU, LATAM and APAC regions.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages creativity and excellence with onsite and offshore teams
• Project Oversight.
• Oversee the end-to-end design, development, of test strategies, approach and deliverables for all portals ensuring adherence to timelines, budget, and quality standards.
• Ensure that products and services are meeting customer expectations throughout all stages of testing for monthly release of 58+ agile projects built in Salesforce, Flutter, MuleSoft, Informatica, Azure, AWS etc.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, salesforce dev ops, integration to ensure seamless project execution.
• Technology Innovation
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, leveraging this knowledge to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Communicate testing progress, challenges, and successes to executive leadership and other relevant stakeholders.
• IT Compliance
• Establish and maintain robust quality assurance processes to ensure the Intuitive Servicing Portal meets high standards of functionality, usability, and security.
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations and standards.

• Worked as Global Testing Manager – China, Mexico, Americas, EMEA, APAC on Salesforce to SAP R/3 & QAD Integration
• Environment:

Agile, Mobile Testing (iOS and Android), Amazon AWS Cloud, MS Azure, O365 SharePoint, WCF (Windows Communication Foundation), Web API Testing, Postman, JSON, REST, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, XML, C#, .Net, Salesforce, HP ALM / Quality Center, HP Load Runner, SAP R/3 (PLM), QAD, MS SQL Server 2012, JIRA, MS Project, Visio, Dynatrace

Consulting Engagements:

• Program Test Manager | Navistar, Lisle, IL | Jul 2011 - Mar 2012
• Test Architect | Well Point, Chicago, IL | Nov 2010 - Jun 2011
• Program Test Manager| JP Morgan Chase, Chicago, IL | Feb 2010 – Oct 2010
• Enterprise Test Manager| CVS Care Mark. Lincolnshire, IL | Sep 2009 – Jan 2010

Fulltime Engagements:

• QA Manager | AETNA (Coventry HealthCare), Downers Grove, IL |

Jan 2008 – Aug 2009

• QA Group Manager | Acxiom, Downers Grove, IL |

Apr 2006 – Dec 2007

• IT QA Manager | AT&T, Chicago, IL | Mar 2002 – Mar 2006