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Sudhir Patnaik

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Sudhir Patnaik

Director - Engineering and Operations

Intuit India Product Development Center

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Could you tell us briefly about your family background?

Sudhir is married to Shobha and they have two sons, Mukul, 11 years old, and Aryan, 6 years old, all happily settled in Whiefield, Bangalore. Sudhir grew up in Berhampur, Orissa and did his education in orissa and moved to bangalore in 1995 to pursue career opportunities.

Advice for freshers

Sudhir is married to Shobha and they have two sons, Mukul, 11 years old, and Aryan, 6 years old, all happily settled in Bangalore

Reference for Upcoming Professionals

“The Leadership Pipeline” by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter and James Noel
“Influencing” by Robert Cialdini
www.stepinforum.org

Additional Certifications

Certificatoins in Test Automation Tools, Linux Systems,
Masters with specialization in Software Testing

Nominee for Top 10 QA Professionals (Bengaluru)

Sponsored by

Someone who doesn't have "Can Do Attitude" and "Doesn't live core values for example, "Integrity"

My Vision

To be a thought leader in Quality Engineering Space and Influencing the IT Professionals in Testing to prepare them for to face challenges in next generation testing technology and leadership

Opportunity to start your Career again

Be a Teacher

Future of QA

Making a difference to the organization I work for and to the IT Industry at large.

Involvement in the Industry

Job Satisfaction is what keeps me going

Sometimes, given, at work, we largely support customers outside of India.

The Big Question

Yes in someways, but yet long way to go.
Leading and Contributing to the Great Place To Work Initiative at Intuit and my association with STeP-IN Forum for the last 10 years and in my current role as the President of STeP-IN.

MY passion for Software Engineering

The Most Important Game

Partnered with wonderful leaders in Software Testing Industry as part of STeP-IN Forum to contribute to the Indian Software Testing Fraternity

How improved your Knowladge

Read emerging developments in Technology -software testing, speak at conferences to spread awareness of software testing and learn Industry Best Practices in Software Testing by participating in various Software testing conferences

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