About

Astha C. is an accomplished Engineering Leader with over 14 years of diversified experience in Technical Program Management and Software Quality. She has worked in various domains including Banking, Insurance, Retail, Mobile Device Security, Content Management, and Social Media-Forums and Groups. Astha has a proven track record of leading Project and Program Management, Quality Assurance, Scrum Master, Production Support, and Development. Currently, Astha is working as an Engineering Program Manager at Apple, where she is responsible for Project Initiation, Resource allocation, Planning, Execution, Tracking/reporting, Scheduling, and Release Management. She leads and manages the onsite and offshore team, builds Test Strategies, Processes, Metrics, and Documentation. Astha is highly skilled in translating information between business-side clients and technical teams to promote effective decision making, expedite issue resolution, and ensure project success. She is also involved in hiring, mentoring, and training and has built the Offshore QA team from scratch. Before joining Apple, Astha worked as a Manager of Quality Engineering at Mobileiron, where she managed multiple distributed Agile Teams. She was responsible for Roadmap Planning, Resourcing, Budgeting, Scoping, Risk assessment, release management, Agile Coach, and leading Mobileiron's Enterprise Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application Management, Mobile Threat Defense & Zero Sign-On Authentication on iOS client. Astha worked closely with Engineering managers, Business, Product & other Program Managers, Customer Support, and presented Metrics and Reports for each quarter and release. She was involved in direct interaction with Partners for integrations, customers for feedback, and Service Provider for any product or OS related issues. Astha also worked as a Sr. Manager Quality & Project Management at Quinstreet, where she managed the Onsite & Offshore QA Teams, built Test Strategies, Processes, and Defect escape metrics. She worked closely with External partners like 21st Century, Infinity, Geico to name a few; gathered business requirements, worked with Engineering and QA to build the project Plans, resourcing, scheduling, execution & delivery. Astha has experience in working with external Customers, getting Business requirements, and managing the Project. She is proficient in SQL, Unix Shell Scripting, HTML, XML, VBScript, and JavaScript. Astha holds a Master's degree in Computer Sciences from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, and a Master's degree in Human Resources from Symbiosis. She also has a Bachelor's degree in