About

Akshatha Prabhu is a highly experienced Software Engineer with close to 10 years of experience in QA development. Currently working for Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd., she has worked for 3.5 years in Cognizant Technology Solutions. Akshatha has strong expertise in QA development, including both GUI and API test automation. She has hands-on experience in using automation tools and frameworks like Selenium (with Python, JavaScript, and Ruby), Protractor, Pytest, Watir plus Cucumber, QTP, and is familiar with Robot and Appium frameworks. Akshatha is experienced in setting up automation frameworks and leading teams in all test automation-related efforts. She is proficient at programming in Python and comfortable with OOPS concepts. She has sound knowledge of networking concepts and has contributed to areas of feature design as a feature expert, setting up the testbed, and manual testing. Akshatha has worked in Agile/Scrum teams and has expertise in Git & Bitbucket. She has experience in all testing-related activities from feature study, test plan, writing test cases, automating the test cases, execution of test cases, scale and performance testing, Backup and Restore testing. She is quick at learning new technologies and can adapt quickly to changes. Akshatha has received ‘You Amaze’ and ‘You Inspire’ awards from the manager and colleagues under the Connected Recognition program at Cisco. She has been appreciated by management at Cisco for her presentation skills and ability to drive meetings with multiple stakeholders smoothly. She has also received appreciation from the management at Cognizant for time and effort-saving of the team through innovative ideas and tool building. Akshatha holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electronics from R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore. Her tech stack includes Software Engineer, test, SDET, QA, Python, Selenium, JavaScript, and Ruby. With 12.94 years of relevant experience, Akshatha is a highly skilled and dedicated Software Engineer who can contribute to any organization's success.