Gowri Manoharan

Gowri Manoharan has over 20 years of work experience, primarily in the fields of project management, release management, and quality assurance. From 2017 to the present, they have been working as the Deputy Director Client, Project and Portfolio Management at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Prior to that, from 2014 to 2017, they held various roles at Global Affairs Canada, including Deputy Director Change and Release Management and SSC Liaison Office, as well as A/Deputy Director Enterprise Architecture and Change Management. From 1999 to 2014, they worked at DFATD | MAECD, serving as Release Manager, QA Team Lead, QA Test Center Coordinator, and QA Analyst.

Gowri Manoharan completed a Diploma in Information Systems/Computer Programming from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, from 1998 to 2001. Before that, from 1995 to 1997, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Carleton University. Additionally, Gowri has an ITIL Foundation 3.0 certification, but no further information is provided regarding the institution or the year it was obtained.