Venkatesh Mankal

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ABOUT VENKATESH MANKAL

Accomplished leader with a robust background in software development, QA, Automation, and DevOps. As a CSM certified Agile coach, I\'ve adeptly navigated diverse engineering roles, spanning development, testing, automation, project management, and program management. Leveraging design thinking principles, I empower teams to collaboratively create applications, ensuring timely releases with exceptional quality. My strength lies in team building, successfully forming teams from inception and mentoring individuals into highly skilled professionals. Throughout my career, I\'ve showcased versatility by writing requirements, creating use cases, user stories, and designing, developing, and implementing comprehensive applications. Operating independently, I\'ve crafted and tested diverse software applications across multiple OS platforms, efficiently managing release processes. I am passionate about implementing cutting-edge tools and techniques in testing, constructing architecture diagrams, hands-on coding, and developing Automation frameworks (CLI & UI-based) for functional and regression testing. I bring a holistic approach to leadership, guiding teams toward success. In my current role within the IBM ISL WatsonX Orchestrate, Having in depth knowledge on Generative AI concepts, NLP and LLMs including IBMs proprietary model Granite, Watsonx.ai and Facebook Llama & Mistral etc. I develop strong test plan & strategy to test WatsonX Orchestrate platform on IBM Cloud, AWS and OnPrem environments. Previously part of Informatica R&D Cloud Leadership Team, I actively contribute to implementing business requirements and delivering SaaS solutions. Proficient across cloud technologies—AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI—I specialize in Backup & Recovery, BCP-DR, Storage Replication, Database Native Replications, and Data Archival & Retention. My expertise extends to various application workloads, including MS SQL, Exchange, Oracle, SAP, VMware, Hyper-V, Azure, AWS Bluemix, showcasing hands-on experience in virtualization and database/storage solutions within cloud architectures.