Sailaja Puttagunta

Sailaja Puttagunta has a diverse work experience in the field of software engineering. Sailaja is currently working as the Director of Software Engineering at Bakkt since February 2020. Prior to that, they worked at Bridge2 Solutions from 2015 to 2020, where they held various roles including Director of Software Engineering, Sr Manager of Software Engineering, and Manager of Software Development. Before joining Bridge2 Solutions, they worked at InterContinental Hotels Group as a Team Lead from 2010 to 2015. Their earlier experience includes working at Verint as a Development Team Lead and Lead Software Engineer from 2001 to 2009, at Global Food Exchange as a Software Engineer from 2000 to 2001, and at Net Tango as an Application Engineer from 1999 to 2000.

Sailaja Puttagunta completed their Bachelor of Engineering (BE) with Honors from Osmania University, Hyderabad from 1993 to 1997. Their field of study during this time is not provided. Sailaja then pursued a Master's degree (Honors) in Computer Science from the University of Louisville from 1997 to 1999. Sailaja has an additional certification as a Certified Scrum Master from the Scrum Alliance, although the specific month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.