Yagnanarayana Dande

Yagnanarayana Dande is an experienced professional in software quality assurance and test automation, currently serving as Associate Director at GreyOrange since July 2022, focusing on AI-assisted test generation and SlackBot integrations with JIRA. Previously, Dande held positions including Senior Software Quality Assurance Manager and Lead QA Engineer at Nutanix, contributing to predictive health and support automation services. At Optiva Inc., Yagnanarayana served as Test Automation Architect, performing performance tests for telecommunications giants, while earlier roles included Principal Software QA Engineer at MapR Technologies and Engineering Manager at InMobi. Dande's career began at Symantec as a Software Engineer and Automation Engineer, with a strong foundation in programming and test automation tools. Educational qualifications include a Technology degree in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.