Upendra Kumar Panda — Product Manager
🚀 Solutions Architect in Gen AI leveraging products | Test Automation Specialist | AI/ML in Testing | Azure Services | Agentic AI | RAG | CI/CD & DevOps | Software Security and compliance My expertise spans: ✔ Developing Gen AI Solutions ✔ Test Automation: Python, Java, Robot Framework ✔ CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Action, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI ✔ AI/ML in Testing: Leveraging AI for predictive test analysis ✔ SAAS and Enterprise Could application Validation: Hands-on experience at Intel enterprise products and saas in cloud test validation ✔ Leadership: Mentoring teams & optimizing dev/test strategies for Fortune 500 companies 🔹 Key Achievements Led a Python-based automation framework at Intel, reducing validation cycle time by 30%. Architected a GitHub-powered CI/CD pipeline that improved test coverage by 40%. Pioneered AI-driven test prioritization, cutting regression suite runtime by 25%. 🔹 Why Work With Me? I bridge the gap between engineering excellence and business impact—ensuring robust software delivery through innovation in testing. Passionate about mentoring teams and staying ahead of trends like shift-left testing and generative AI. -- Python --Software Product Security and Compliance -- Blockchain --AI/ML --Distributed System --MLOps -- DevOps (CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub, Azure Devops) --System Testing SAAS --Java --Maven --Python Unit Test --Kubernetes --Azure AKS -- Azure Function App -- Azure Container service --Java/Python API Automation --VMware Virtualization --GitHub Copilot Certified --CSP AWS & AZURE --DevSecOps --GIT -- VMware Products Experience -- Azure Devops -- Function App -- Blob Storage
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Solutions Architect specializing in AI-driven software testing and automation.
Location: Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Experience: 14 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Software Solution Architecture
- Devops
- Test Automation
- Devsecops
Career Highlights
- Led automation framework reducing validation time by 30%
- Architected CI/CD pipeline improving test coverage by 40%
- Pioneered AI-driven test prioritization cutting runtime by 25%
Work Experience
AB InBev GCC India
AI Solutions Architect (11 mos)
Intel Corporation
Engineering Lead (2 yrs 2 mos)
VMware
Member Of Technical Staff lll - R&D (1 yr 11 mos)
AT&T
Senior Technical Lead (4 yrs 5 mos)
VMware
Senior Automation Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)
Spire Technologies
Full Stack Engineer (11 mos)
N.I.S.T Technology Consulting Services
Software Development Engineer (2 yrs 1 mo)
Engineering Intern (5 mos)
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) at NIST University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) at Berhampur University
Higher Secondary (+2) at Khallikote Unitary University, Brahmapur
X th at Barracks High School