Speaker Bio:  

T Ashok
Founder and CEO , STAG Software Pvt Ltd
MS in Computer Science (IIT Chicago), BE(Electronics and Communication) Anna University, CSQE(ASQC). Spearheads the operations of STAG, has 18+ years of working experience. Setup and managed global test group at VeriFone. Active in test engineering community, have given 10+ lectures in test forums, and presented about 10 tutorials/papers in International / National conferences. He is highly passionate about software test engineering and devotes time in his lab pursuing his interests in software patterns, test design, test automation, object technology, process engineering and measurement.
Mahesh Venkataraman
General Manager, Innovation Center, Testing Servic, Wipro Technologies
Mahesh Venkataraman has over 21 years of experience in the IT industry. During his career, he has handled a variety of roles in hardware & embedded system development, project & program management, large transition management, business development, technology management, testing and quality assurance. He is currently heading the Innovation Center of Testing Services Business Unit in Wipro Technologies and is responsible for creating an innovation ecosystem that has the mandate to research, build, pilot and deploy testing methodologies and lifecycle accelerators. His areas of interest include general management, large team dynamics, testing technologies, applied innovation and organization development. He is also a visiting faculty at IIM, Kozhikode for the area of Software Engineering, Project Management, E-Commerce & E-Business courses.
Girish N. Basidoni
President & CEO, TestingCzars
Girish has a wide range of operational and technology systems experience. & a good track record of working with World-class software companies. His experience includes profit and loss responsibility, risk management, and business operations. He is responsible for positioning TestingCzars as an industry leader and developing corporate strategies. Girish brings 19 years of Testing & Software Engineering experience, prior to co-founding TestingCzars he was Head of Testree, SBU of Nous Infosystems and General Manager – Technology in RelQ Software Pvt. Ltd. He was responsible for all key customer engagements, technology building blocks, team building and execution. Girish has Masters in Reliability Engineering from IIT Mumbai, India.
Dr Chandrasekar Umapathy
Manager - Application Security, Symphony Services
Chandrasekar has 10+ years of experience in Information Technology, and 8 years in Information Security. He is an PHD in Application Security , Digital Forensics Investigation , and also holds MCA ,MBA . He has also achieved the following international certifications: GCFI,CBCP,CSSLP, LPT, CEH, CHFI, ECSA, ENSA, CPTS, ISO27001 (LA)(I), ITIL, CCSA, and CCSE,CWNA,BS25999. He is actively supporting State/Central Government of India officials in Digital Forensic investigation. He has been invited for various security conferences as a speaker as the CSI (Computer Security of India), OWASP,ISACA and e-surakshit.
Shankaranarayanan G A,
Test Manager, Mindtree
With 9 years of IT experience, Shankaranarayanan G A currently a Test Process Evangelist for the Testing Business Unit at Mindtree. He is leading the following initiatives: Agile Testing and Test Quality Index Adoption and Effectiveness. His areas of interest are Testing Process Improvements, Metrics Analysis and Innovations in Testing – which he applies to Test Process Consulting assignments. He had also led many initiatives for the Test R&D labs like Techwork on Bugsportz, Testers’ Toolkit, Test Quality Index prediction (TQIp) model to name a few. He also acts as the Co-Champion for the Innovation community in MindTree. Earlier in Honeywell he had led innovation initiatives acting as Domain Innovation Focal for the Security and Life Safety Domain. He is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt with expertise in Innovation process, workouts, IP, Patents and mentoring six sigma green belt projects. He has worked for over 6 years with Honeywell, scaling up to Sub-Domain Project Lead prior to joining MindTree Here is one name.
S. Janardhanan
SVP & CTO - Technology Services & Quality, ITC Infotech
S Janardhanan is Senior Vice President and CTO (Chief Technology Officer) - Technology Services & Quality, ITC Infotech. During his tenure with the ITC Group, spanning over 28 years, he has acquired a wide range of experience in the demand and supply area of IT services. Before joining ITC Infotech, Janardhanan managed the software development facility of Information Systems division at ITC Limited. Janardhanan is a post graduate in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
Vinay Srinivasan
Senior Technical Associate, Testing CoE, , Tech Mahindra
Vinay srinivasan is a Senior Technical Associate at TechMahindra’s Testing CoE in Pune. He has conducted in-house training programs and workshop on Test Automation and Test Management. Also has worked on both Offshore and Onsite engagements with European and North American Clients. A man with strong Test Automation and Management Skills.
Mrityunaja Hikkalgutti
Project Manager - Testing Services & Quality, Mphasis
A Mechanical engineering graduate from NIE Mysore, Mrityunaja has 13+ years of working experience. He setup and managed global test group at Satyam, Wipro, Hewlett Packarad & Syntel. He is active in Test engineering community an has given many lectures in Technical Institutes & Test forums, and presented Papers in National conferences. He is highly passionate about software Test engineering, Testing Best Practices, Pre-Sales & Test Process Consulting.
Lawrence F
Head - Testing COE, Mphasis
Lawrence has more than 19+ years of IT experience. He is involved in assisting in establishment of MphasiS Testing Practice as a Business Unit and heads the Testing COE to support HP Professional Services Organization. His long industrial stint spread across different technologies, products and Domains across different phases of SDLC lead to accumulation of different Test Processes adopted in execution of projects. He assists project team in defining effective test processes to suite the customer as well as the organization to be followed across all testing engagements.
Kalyanam Kannan
Practice Director- Testing, Sonata Software
Kalyanam has over 14 years of experience in the Software and Testing industry and has managed Testing projects using different engagement models. Currently, as the Practice Director-Testing he is responsible for controlling the quality of releases and delivery. He is also involved in providing Testing solutions using the latest technology, tools and operating models, which enable projects to minimize cost to quality. His current areas of interest include Risk Based Testing, Test Driven Development and Open Source Based Testing.
Girisan Ramankutty
Delivery Head, Testing Services, iGATE
Girisan Ramankutty is the delivery head for iVV (independent verification and validation) services at iGATE, the Nasdaq-listed outsourcing solutions provider. He has over two decades of experience in the IT Industry. Girisan has a post graduate degree in Computer Science & Engineering. His areas of interest include specialized testing and automated testing.
Pradeep C
CEO, Edista Testing Institut
Pradeep C (PC as is referred in the market), is a well-known trainer, speaker, and evangelist in the field of Software Testing. In his current role as CEO of Edista Testing Institute – a venture of QAI Global, PC works with organizations to help them solve their Software Testing Workforce Development Problems. Some of the clients that PC works closely with include Deutsche Bank, HCL, Cognizant, Infosys, Siemens, Oracle, Adobe, McAfee, and many others. In all he has a total of 17 years of experience in the fields of Application Development & Maintenance, Software Testing, Software Estimation and Project Management. He is a graduate from BITS Pilani and Wharton School, Penn State, USA.
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
CTO, Indium
Ramesh is responsible for Indium’s solutions delivery and technology initiatives. Ramesh has nearly 20 years of experience in the IT industry in both entrepreneurial and senior management roles. He is a thought leader in the Software Testing vertical having spent the past decade managing operations and delivery for customers across the globe spanning Software Quality Assurance & Testing services. He is a proven developer of people, having delivered Software Quality training programs to numerous individuals and customers, and brings to Indium the ability to ensure the availability of high quality talent. Ramesh&rsquot;s previous stint was with Lister Technologies as Vice President of the Software Testing Practice. Prior to Lister, he was Executive Director, Amitysoft Technologies one of the pioneers in the Indian software testing industry. Ramesh is a certified Project Management Professional from PMI and Certified Quality Analyst. He has attended several Executive management programs at IIM Bangalore. He holds a Bachelors degree in Applied Science and is a University rank holder in Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science & Applications from Nagpur University, India.