Pranathi Birudugadda-zelmanov
Delivery Principal at Thoughtworks
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolPranathi Birudugadda-Zelmanov is a Delivery Principal at Thoughtworks with 11 years of experience leading quality-driven software delivery across finance, retail, and large-scale digital programs. She combines deep hands-on test automation expertise (Cucumber, Java, Selenium) with strategic program management, having run engagements and budgets from $2M to $20M while guiding globally distributed teams. A pragmatic coach and problem solver, she has a track record of turning siloed organizations into quality-first, cross-functional teams and mentoring managers to sustain high performance. Pranathi’s background as a practitioner — from building test frameworks and release processes to serving as the single QA owner for large tribes — gives her uncommon credibility when influencing product and engineering leadership. Based in San Francisco, she pairs consulting finesse with a speaker’s presence, actively sharing QA practices with industry and academic audiences. Her blend of technical depth, delivery stewardship, and community impact makes her adept at anticipating risks and unlocking opportunities for clients and teams.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Intermediate, MPC, Intermediate, MPC at Nalanda Junior CollegeBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering at Vishnu Institute of Technology10th class, CBSE, 10th class, CBSE at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Pedavegi
English, Telugu, German, Hindi
Github Skills (10)
page-object6
pattern5
javascript5
selenium-java4
selenium-webdriver4
boilerplate4
java3
selenium2
python2
python-web1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PranathiB/pranathib.github.io
Aug 2015 - Jun 2019
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
PranathiB/Galen
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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