Karuna Kataria

About Karuna Kataria

Experienced Program, Process & Quality Leader with 20+ years of success navigating complex environments to drive operational transformation, large-scale cross-functional initiatives, process excellence and quality assurance across global organizations in technology, manufacturing, and industrial automation. Led formulation, negotiation, and execution of Transition Service Agreements (TSAs) during M&A transactions, ensuring business continuity, defined service scope, and timely separation while mitigating operational and financial risk.At 3DS, I lead enterprise-wide programs across Services, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Operations—driving process optimization, eliminating inefficiencies, and embedding operational excellence through Six Sigma, Lean, Agile, and advanced analytics. I’ve led and executed complex, global projects including global pricing compliance, digitization, and Transitional Service Agreements to ensure continuity, performance, and measurable outcomes.Recognized for strong people management and leadership, I’ve built and mentored high-performing teams while promoting cross-functional collaboration and driving a culture of standardization and continuous improvement. I specialize in designing scalable frameworks and tools that bring clarity, consistency and accountability across functions.Previously, I managed QA for both consumer and professional 3D printers, building agile testing frameworks and leading collaborative release cycles with engineering, product and customer support teams. My earlier experience at Brady, Johnson Controls, Honeywell and Larsen & Toubro strengthened my technical base in software/firmware testing, embedded systems and engineering operations.Core strengths include people leadership, process standardization, global program execution, and stakeholder alignment—supported by tools like Power Automate, Power BI, Confluence, JIRA and more.Backed by a Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation Technology. I bring together deep technical expertise with operational leadership to lead complex, global initiatives that scale, standardize, and deliver successful outcomes.

Experience

1. Principal Process and Program Manager

   3D Systems Corporation

   Sep 2022 — Present · SC, US

Education

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  Bachelor's Degree, Instrumentation Technology

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Testing
• Automation
• Defect Tracking
• System Testing
• Hp Quality Center
• Software Quality Assurance
• Firmware Testing
• Test Automation
• Quality Center
• Test Coordination
• Quality Assurance
• Regression Testing
• Test Cases
• Embedded Systems
• Usability Testing
• Software Project Management
• User Acceptance Testing
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Test Planning