Uma Mahesh Katakam is an experienced engineering leader with a focus on customer experiences, experimentation, and performance engineering. At Wayfair, Uma Mahesh holds the position of Engineering Leader for Customer Experiences, focusing on upper funnel and promotions, and previously served as Head of Experimentation and Performance Engineering. Prior experience includes roles at Walmart Global Tech as Director of Engineering and Senior Engineering Manager, as well as positions at Walmart eCommerce as Staff Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer. Earlier in the career, Uma Mahesh worked at Deutsche Bank as an Associate and Analyst, and at GSK as a Software Engineer.