Harinath Pudipeddi

Software Tester, Business Model Tester, Social Entrepreneur and Blogger

Bangalore Area, India

Current
  • Program Manager at Cerner Corporation
  • Co-Founder at HeadStart Network
  • Founder at Dazasya
  • Member, Technical Advisory Group at Indian Testing Board
  • Chapter Leader, Bangalore at OWASP
  • Architect at Software Testing Research Lab
Past
Education
  • Entrepreneurship Development Institute
  • Bharathidasan University
  • Andhra University
Connections
331 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Summary

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 2008Present (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 2007Present (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 2007Present (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 2004Present (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 2004Present (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 2001Present (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 2007March 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 2005February 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 2004May 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 2002April 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 2001November 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 2000October 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 1998June 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 , 20072008

  • Bharathidasan University

    M.Sc , Computer Science , 20032005

  • Andhra University

    B.Sc , Computer Science , 19951998

    Activities and Societies:
    Basketball, Extempore Teams

Additional Information

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Websites:

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Interests:

Software Testing, Project Management, Social Entrepreneurship

Harinath Pudipeddi’s Groups:

Dazasya, ITB, OWASP, TiE Bangalore, BarCamp Bangalore, KickStart, Blogaloreans, ISTQB

  •    DFW Entrepreneur Network
  •    Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Open HealthCare
  •    Grameen Foundation
  •    Grassroots.org
  •    Proud to say we are Indians
  •    International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
  •    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
  •    Facebook.com
  •    Social Entrepreneurship Congress
  •    Open Coffee Club@Bangalore
  •    Global Testing Professional (1000 Plus now)
  •    Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
  •    Skype for Business
  •    Wikipedia Users Group
  •    HeadStart Network
  •    Google Group
  •    PodCamp
  •    Open Source Universe
  •    YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS
  •    International Entrepreneur Club
  •    Landmark Graduates
  •    India Leadership Network
  •    Startup Specialists
  •    HeadStart-Compute
  •    GoBigNetwork Startup Community
  •    Landmark Forum Graduates Alumni
  •    Photography Industry Professionals
  •    OWASP Leaders India
  •    Startup Mastermind
  •    Social Entrepreneurs
  •    Photographers of Flickr
  •    Venture Capital Group
  •    Social Entrepreneurship for Internet & Technology Entrepreneurs (S.E.I.T.E.)
  •    Barcamp Bangalore
  •    OWASP India
  •    The Cerner Experience
  •    OWASP Bangalore Chapter
  •    Indian Testing Board
  •    Mba Network India
  •    Blogalorean
  •    Indian Authors Around the World
  •    Test Republic - Ecosystem for Software Testing Professionals
  •    Indian Start-up Discussions
  •    Soil.....Dynamic way to give a new shape to your career growth plans
  •    The Indian Startup Fraternity
  •    Beyond Profit
  •    HelloIntern.com

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