Suma Puligella

Suma Puligella has a long and varied career in IT and project management. Suma began their career in 2002 as a Test Lead at BNY Mellon. Suma then moved to Princeton Information in 2003 as an Automation Lead. In 2004, they became a Senior Software QA Lead at E*TRADE Financial. Suma then moved to Pragmatics, Inc in 2005 as a Senior Test Lead. In 2006, they returned to Princeton Information as a Senior Test Manager. From 2009 to 2014, they worked at SRA International as a Technical Project Manager/Task Order Manager. During this time, they also worked as an IT Government Consultant for various companies. In 2015, they worked as a Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master at the United States Patents and Trademarks Office. From 2016 to 2018, they worked as a Manager in the IT PMO/Portfolio Manager at Universal Service Administrative Companies. From 2018 to 2019, they worked as a Program Portfolio Manager for Penfed Credit Union. In 2021, they worked as a Project Manager at the Library of Congress. Suma is currently working as a Director of Proposals & Program Management at Ampcus Inc. Suma is also a DevOps Institute Ambassador (DOIA) and contributes to the DevOps Institute mission by providing thought leadership and empowering community members with Skills, Knowledge, Ideas and Learning (SKIL).

Suma Puligella obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from 1995 to 1997. Suma has since obtained a number of certifications, including Continuous Delivery Architect (CDA) from the DevOps Institute in August 2020, XLA Champion from CitrusCollab in June 2020, Certified Agile Process Owner (CAPO) from DevOpsInstitute in May 2020, Certified DevOps Leader (DOL) from DevOpsInstitute in May 2020, ICAgile Certified Professional - Program and Portfolio Management (ICP-PPM) from ICAgile in August 2018, Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) from SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile;Download Free Scrum Body of Knowledge(381 pages) in May 2018, ITIL V3 Certified from AXELOS Global Best Practice in May 2015, Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner from Scrum Alliance in November 2014, Certified Scrum Professional - Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance in November 2014, Scrum Foundation Educator from Scrum Alliance in March 2021, Certified SAFe 4 Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. in April 2016, Certified SAFe 5 Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. in January 2019, Expert Scrum Master Certified from SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile;Download Free Scrum Body of Knowledge(381 pages) in June 2018, Certified SAFe 5 Lean Portfolio Manager from Scaled Agile, Inc. in February 2020, and Project Management Professional from Project Management Institute in January 2014.