Poonam Garg

About Poonam Garg

Engineering leader with 21+ years of experience spanning Technical Leadership, Highly available architecture designs, Development lifecycle, Quality Assurance, Business Analysis, Performance Tuning, Test & Deployment Automation, and DevOps. I bring a unique depth of cross-functional expertise, having contributed to mission-critical systems across DNS infrastructure, Financial Services, and Telecom billing.Currently, I lead the implementation of the Root Zone, the most critical layer of the Internet’s DNS infrastructure—overseeing its development, testing, and deployment. My role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution to ensure global internet stability, scalability, and security.Actively engaged with ICANN and IETF in shaping policies and standards related to DNS operations and Root Zone management, bridging the gap between engineering execution and global internet governance.

Experience

1. Principal - Engineering

   VERISIGN

   Mar 2026 — Present · Reston, VA, US

Education

• Kurukshetra University

  B.Tech

  2000 — 2004

• Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies

  Master’s Degree

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Qtp
• Software Project Management
• Selenium
• Software Quality Assurance
• Defect Tracking
• Hp Quality Center
• Hp Quicktest Professional (Qtp)
• Shell Scripting
• Xml
• Agile Methodologies
• Fitnesse
• Toad
• Test Planning
• User Acceptance Testing
• Hp Qtp
• Sql
• Linux
• Quality Center
• Test Analysis
• Sdlc
• Cucumber
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• Business Analysis
• Unix
• Jira
• Test Strategy
• Quality Assurance
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Regression Testing
• Performance Testing
• System Testing
• Test Cases
• Functional Testing
• Test Automation
• Testing