Harinath Pudipeddi

Experience in Software Engineering and Project Management particularly in Software Test Engineering specializing in Test Architecture.

Writings:

1. Understanding, Designing and Testing Use Cases, 2002 - StickyMinds.com
2. Testing Applications for Pocket PC, 2003 - StickyMinds.com
3. Co-Author of 'Software Testing Guide Book', 2004/5 - SofTReL.org
4. Co-Author of 'Testing Guidebook', 2004/5 - owasp.org
5. Improving Software Security,2005 - StickyMinds.com
6. Co-Authored 'Seven Steps to Software Security' with Rex Black, 2006 - SDTimes.com

Work in Progress

1. Co-Authoring 'Software Testing Guide Book - Part 2 - SofTReL.org. ~ 2007.
2. Testing HealthCare Applications - ~ 2007

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Specialties:

Project Initiation, Setting up off-shore Testing and Consulting Teams, Software Test Architecture, Project Management,

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Experience

Program Manager

Cerner Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CERN; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

In this role, I am responsible for Solution Implementation and Professional Services teams.
Co-Founder

HeadStart Network

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

The HeadStart Network is the first of its kind initiative in India to promote and form an innovation ecosystem comprising of entrepreneurs and startups, researchers from industry and academia, technology and product adopters from industry & leading investors.
Founder

Dazasya

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Dazasya is an NGO (Not-for-Profit) which creates a platform for people to come together to contribute towards solving Social Concerns, Freelance contributions to Technology and thereby providing scope for innovation.
Member, Technical Advisory Group

Indian Testing Board

(Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)

November 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

ITB, is the Indian Chapter of ISTQB (International Software Testing and Quality Board). As a Member of the TAG, I deliver talks and help in organizing seminars on Software Testing.
Chapter Leader, Bangalore

OWASP

(Non-Profit; Computer & Network Security industry)

October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

Responsible for Bangalore Chapter activities of The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).
Architect

Software Testing Research Lab

(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

July 2001 — Present (8 years 5 months)

SofTReL is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the research and advancements in Software Testing.
SofTReL is now a part of Dazasya.
Manager

Cerner

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CERN; Computer Software industry)

March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)

In this role, I am responsible for Solution Deployment (Consulting) and Client Testing Teams.
Project Leader

Cerner

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CERN; Computer Software industry)

June 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 9 months)

In this position, I am responsible for handling Testing, Consulting and System Engineering teams. Work includes Project Lifecycle Management, Management Reporting, Appraisal Management.
Team Lead

Cerner

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CERN; Computer Software industry)

May 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 1 month)

In this position, I was responsible for handling a team of 12 Software Test Professionals. Team Management includes Work allocation, Management Reporting, Appraisal Management.
Sr. Test Engineer

Ocwen Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; OCN; Computer Software industry)

December 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 5 months)

In this position as a Sr. Test Engineer, I was responsible coordinating Testing efforts of REALServicing, one of Ocwens Mortgage Insurance Solutions.
Sr. Test Engineer

MobiApps (India) Pvt. Ltd

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

November 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 1 month)

As a Sr. Test Engineer, I was coordinating testing efforts m-Health, a Pocket PC based HealthCare application designed, developed and implemented by MobiApps.
Test Engineer

RelQ

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 4 months)

I started my career with RelQ as a Test Engineer. During this period I was working with Infosys Technologies as a Team Member testing NYLI (New York Life Insurance) web application.
Freelance Software Developer
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

June 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 1 month)

I completed my education in May, 1998 and wanted to be on my own. I gave my best as a Freelance Developer working on small scale projects in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
During this time, I developed client/server applications and web applications. I also researched more on Software Engineering and wanted to make a career in the same. The closest I could corelate that day was Software Testing - Breaking applications was a real big challenge because I was making many mistakes while I wrote code. I moved to Bangalore and started off as a Test Engineer.

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Education

Entrepreneurship Development Institute

CED , Entrepreneurship Development , 2007 — 2008
Bharathidasan University

M.Sc , Computer Science , 2003 — 2005
Andhra University

B.Sc , Computer Science , 1995 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Basketball, Extempore Teams