Shiva Kakarla

Shiva Kakarla is a Software Development Manager at Charles Schwab since October 2021, bringing extensive experience in software engineering and development. Prior to this role, Shiva served as a Sr. Staff Engineer at Visa for over a decade, focusing on QA automation for payment processing applications. Shiva's background also includes positions at Hewlett-Packard as a Sr. Engineer, where automation of web-based UI testing was a key responsibility, and at Qualcomm as a Sr. Software Engineer, with a focus on Android application automation and continuous integration. Earlier roles include work as a Sr. Systems Analyst at Intuit and various programming positions at Cingular Wireless (now AT&T), Cubic, Holland America Line, Wipro, and Portalplayer. Shiva holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Mysore, obtained between 1992 and 1996.