Pavana Kottala is a seasoned software engineer specializing in test engineering, currently employed at Charles Schwab since December 2019 as a Software Engineer In Test. Previously, Pavana worked at Capital One as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) from October 2018 to November 2019 and at Nike in a similar role from December 2017 to September 2018. Earlier experience includes functioning as a QA Automation Test Engineer at Xerox from October 2014 to November 2017. Pavana Kottala holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Osmania University, completed in 2007, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the same institution, earned in 2005.