Shiva Bhagavatula

Shiva Bhagavatula began their work experience as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in August 2010. In August 2011, they joined NASA EPSCoR as a Graduate Research Assistant and worked there until August 2012. From September 2012 to June 2013, Bhagavatula was a Product Specialist at Novartis Consumer Health. They then joined TS Tech Americas, Inc. in June 2013 as a Quality Assurance Engineer and worked there until August 2016. In August 2016, they started working at Nebraska Medicine as an Enterprise IT Project Manager and held this role until May 2021. Currently, Bhagavatula works at Ho-Chunk, Inc. as a Director of Project Management, starting from May 2021.

Shiva Bhagavatula has a Master's degree in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which was obtained from 2010 to 2013. Prior to that, Shiva completed a Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University between 2006 and 2010.

In addition to the formal education, Shiva holds several certifications. These include the Smartsheet Essential Training certification obtained from LinkedIn in January 2022, Project Leadership certification obtained from LinkedIn in March 2021, and the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification obtained from the Project Management Institute in June 2019. Shiva also holds the following certifications from ASQ - World Headquarters: Certified Quality Improvement Associate obtained in June 2013, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt obtained in March 2017, Certified Quality Auditor obtained in June 2016, and Certified Quality Engineer obtained in December 2014.