Aruna Veerappan

Aruna Veerappan currently serves as the Senior Director of Engineering for Developer Enablement at Upwork, where responsibilities include leading engineering strategy for internal platforms and developer tooling, with a focus on enhancing developer productivity and operational excellence. Prior experience includes positions as Head of Engineering at C.H. Robinson, where Aruna led a team of over 40 engineers to develop systems for customer visibility, and Director of Software Engineering at Docusign, overseeing the migration of applications to Azure Cloud. Additional roles at Amazon and Teradata involved leading front-end engineering efforts and implementing best practices in user interfaces. Aruna's extensive career began at Infosys, where multiple managerial and architectural roles were held, culminating in a strong background in software development and project management. Aruna holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Madras and an MBA in Operations Research from Indira Gandhi National Open University.