About

Poonam Tathavadkar is a Senior Software Engineer at Intuit with 8.78 years of relevant experience. She is a highly motivated individual who believes in driving projects to completion and talking about data-driven achievements. Poonam is extremely passionate about her work and life and aims to give her best in whatever she does. Before joining Intuit, Poonam completed her Master's in Computer Science from Northeastern University in December 2014. She has an insatiable hunger for knowledge and firmly believes in the saying that "Learning is an ongoing process" and is applicable at all ages. Her only desire is to keep absorbing and learning new things and apply them for the benefit of the organization. Poonam has worked with Intuit for over six years and has held multiple roles during this time. As a Senior Software Engineer, she is currently driving multiple, huge impact initiatives dealing with Product Line Up and Visual revamps in the product as a core web developer for the Turbo Tax Online product. She was also chosen as the lead for Accessibility for TurboTax (Consumer Tax Group) and is responsible for driving initiatives that radically enhance the pace and make the projects more robust against accessibility standards. Poonam has presented at multiple conferences like GHC, CSUN for Accessibility, React Native meetup at Facebook around areas of React Development/Accessibility. She has also represented Intuit as a speaker at the ReactNative meetup held in Mountain View (June 2016) and was recognized for the same for sharing valuable experiences and knowledge with the community. Poonam has a strong technical background and is proficient in Software Engineering, iOS, React Native, Web, and Objective-c. She has also played a key role in making the iOS application more accessible and has successfully implemented accessibility in the new venture using React Native. In addition to her technical skills, Poonam is an enthusiast in early on-boarding for new hires. She has essayed the role of a recruiter for on-campus interviews at University of California San Diego (UCSD) and is also chosen as a mentor for new coops/interns. Overall, Poonam is a highly motivated and passionate Senior Software Engineer who is always striving to learn and apply new skills for the benefit of the organization.