Divya Rao Email and Phone Number
I’m a ‘Seasoned Leader’ with a blend of product, domain knowledge, people management skills & have overall 19 years of Industry experience. Ability to be agile, aligning to the changing business demands, ability to translate business expectations to tangible goals for the team & Operational agility (quick decision making, clarity, focus and planning) are my key strengths. I believe in:• Result-driven attitude• Building high performing teams• Creating high quality product• Clear Communication• Keeping team motivated• Fostering Inclusive EnvironmentLeadership Experience:Experience in leading Scrum teams with Dev & Test for product/feature deliveryExperience in Product testing, Sustenance, Customer Escalations & delivery customer commitmentsEngineering Accountability - Requirements Breakdown, Effort Estimation, Release Planning, Risk Mitigation and Delivery. Leading with geographically distributed teams Experience in Cross-Functional Projects, Multi-taskingSetting up teams from scratch & developing strong teamsGood experience in people mentoring and growing talent poolI work closely with team members on their Individual development plan, identify opportunities for them to work towards their aspirations, position team members to provide visibility for their work & strive to build a strong team.Completed successfully one of the esteemed 1-year program “LEAP” [Leadership Excellence Acceleration Program] at HPE Proposed and implemented “CTCD – continuous testing continuous delivery” testing model and “Single click automation” for increased test effectiveness and efficiencyCompleted Mini-MBA from International Business Management Institute (IBMI)I’m a Blogger & Author by passion & I do take opportunity to share:• My perspectives on Career development related topics (like Importance of Elevator Pitch, Networking, Tips for Reviewers, Leadership etc) and Life lessons related topics for everyone including working mothers on my Blog• I write motivational quotes & I have published books on this• My love for food blogging, food photography is immense & I keep sharing unique recipes on my website. I have authored a food book for working parents
-
Engineering Manager - Quality EngineeringHewlett Packard Enterprise May 2021 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaWorking on 3PAR/Primera/Alletra Products as part of Customer Engineering group [OS team]Being a Quality Engineering lead, I do work on Primera/Alletra OS new features & maintenance releases for 3PAR. I have a team of 14 people with diverse skills. I lead array features like Remote copy, Peer Persistence, Serviceability, Security, Reference/Longevity testing. Additionally, I own Automation projects & Initiatives for the entire QE group. Delivering the features & releases on time, fostering innovation culture in the organization, working with cross-functional teams & working with various stake holders like Dev /Product Mgmt/ Release Mgmt is my forte. At HPE, I had a successful engagement with one of the top programs "LEAP" and derived great learning. This is one of the things done in my very first year at HPE.As part of my role; I do;Contribute to end-to-end release deliveryContribute as a feature team to get the features readyWork with technical experts to get the right technical insights to make the right decisionsWork with my direct reports in order to make sure I plan their career developmentDrive "My success plan" - continuous individual development conversationsWork with various stakeholders in order to get the deliverable out on timeGroom / mentor team members across functions to help them in their developementWork with Automation team to deliver the planned charterWork with larger teams to drive bi-weekly initiatives meetings in order to identify the gap and implement new ideasContributed to "Creative days" [Hackathon] as a PanelContributed towards campus hiring drives inside the organizationBuild "team camaraderie" to ensure team bonding and connect is always there -
Manager, Software EngineeringDell Emc Aug 2018 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaRecoverPoint:Dell EMC RecoverPoint replication provides the continuous data protection you need to recover any application, on any supported storage array, in any location, to any point in time. Meet your recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) with instant access to data. You can use RecoverPoint to support disaster recovery, operational recovery, and testing. My role demands to work in close collaboration:• With Internal Partners for aligning to the release roadmap & Interop, • Product management team for requirements prioritization & scoping for quarterly software/hardware releases, • TMEs to work on field requirements, • Lab teams to work on the Infrastructure & related budget• Quality Audit team to meet metrics guidelines• Coaching/Grooming team members for professional development• BU/Org-level initiatives like DPD day, Conferences, Hackathon etc.Automation Development:RecoverPoint Automation focusses on building a robust automation system to increase stabilization of the product, early detection of defects & CI on nightly runsKey Contributions:• Defined Automation Roadmap & created Backlog• Formed a Scrum team from scratch to work on Automation project – invested time in ramp-up, trainings & skill assessments• Defined process, guidelines & best practices for prioritization, code-reviews & stabilization• Drive automation releases in Scrum way & increase automation footprint every release• Working towards creating automated model for handling minor releases for the product• Working towards implementing ‘Test driven development’ model -
Principal Software EngineerDell Emc Sep 2017 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaRecoverPoint Team
-
Associate Principal EngineerEmc Oct 2012 - PresentBangaloreAbout the Product - PowerPath:EMC PowerPath is a host resident kernel driver that automates data path management, failover and recovery, and optimizes load balancing to ensure application availability and performanceRoles and Responsibilities:• Performed team lead role for multiple Powerpath releases across multiple platforms• Expertise in Test Estimation, Resource Planning, Test planning, Test Strategy, Test Metrics, Risk assessment and mitigation, Test Execution, Defect detection planning, Internal partner drops & Retrospective meeting• Have contributed significantly to Customer defects/Service Requests (SR) analysis to understand the defect trend in the field. As an outcome of this, have derived an Optimized and Prioritized Test Plan to uncover the defects early in the test cycle• Run an initiative of defining the best practices for Defect life cycle• Technical expertise on multi platform – AIX, Solaris, HP, Windows. AIX being my primary platform
-
Senior Software EngineerEmc Dec 2010 - Sep 2012BangaloreI work on a SAN, Storage and Multi-Pathing software
-
Software EngineerEmc Dec 2007 - Nov 2010BangaloreI work on SAN, Storage and Multi-Pathing software
-
Associate Software EngineerMphasis Sep 2005 - Nov 2007BangaloreWorked on Management Agents, Health Driver and OS beta testing on Solaris. Worked on DAS, RAID technologies on HP Proliant Servers.
Divya Rao Education Details
-
Bldea College Of Engineering And TechnologyElectronics And Communication
Frequently Asked Questions about Divya Rao
What company does Divya Rao work for?
Divya Rao works for Hewlett Packard Enterprise
What is Divya Rao's role at the current company?
Divya Rao's current role is Engineering Manager - Quality Engineering at HPE | Blogger | Author | Enabler | Mentor |Google Women TechMaker Ambassador |Women in Tech Volunteer.
What schools did Divya Rao attend?
Divya Rao attended Bldea College Of Engineering And Technology.
Who are Divya Rao's colleagues?
Divya Rao's colleagues are Nikshith M, Soumya Chari, Pavel Vlaskin, Abbas Movakel, Venkatesh Palanivel, Eva Alfris, Nino Atole.
Not the Divya Rao you were looking for?
Free Chrome Extension
Find emails, phones & company data instantly
Aero Online
Your AI prospecting assistant
Select data to include:
0 records × $0.02 per record
Download 750 million emails and 100 million phone numbers
Access emails and phone numbers of over 750 million business users. Instantly download verified profiles using 20+ filters, including location, job title, company, function, and industry.
Start your free trial