Kavitha Parvataneni

Kavitha Parvataneni serves as the Senior Director and Head of R&D at Waters Corporation - TA Instruments since April 2020, leading initiatives in software engineering and product development. Prior to this role, Kavitha held various positions at TA Instruments from April 2010 to April 2019, including Director of Product Development, where responsibilities included agile software development and technological innovation. Previously, Kavitha contributed to engineering leadership as Senior Manager Engineering and Senior Technical Lead at TA Instruments, as well as serving as a Senior Technical Lead at Lutron Electronics and a Senior Software Development Engineer at Dräger TGM GmbH. Early career experience includes a role as a Senior Software Engineer at Innovative Solutions & Support. Kavitha holds a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering from Oakland University and has additional education from the University of Michigan.