Our CoreTeam
Vijaya Seshadri- Managing Partner
She been in the IT industry over 20 years,worked with many global players like IBM, WIPRO in the Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Retail, Travel, Media, Transportation, Banking, finance and Insurance domains in India, USA and UK.
She had played various leaderships roles in Testing Practice Head and delivery head responsibilities both at onsite (USA/UK) and offshore. Test Assessment & Consulting to global clients and defining a roadmap for TCoE.
Handling Test Transformation for large Accounts.RFI / RFP Support for large Test deals.
Single point of contact and Delivery management of large Enterprise Testing accounts (1500+).
Chandrasekhar Channapragada- Managing Partner
Chandra is an Accomplished IT professional with 28+ years of comprehensive business and technical experience. He comes with expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning solutions implementation. He has been successfully implementing the Hyper-Automation solutions across Application Development life cycle. Had extensive experience working in multi-cultural environment in geographies across the Globe (USA/UK/Europe etc). He has the ability to work in a collaborative manner with various stakeholder teams with a clear focus on end-results at enterprise level. Experienced in Strategic Management, Account Management, Direct Client interaction, and possesses OM improvement skills. Majorly worked with Wipro Technologies for around 2 decades. PMP Certified from PMI USA since 2003. Expertise also include Project Management, Delivery Management, Program Management, People Management and Process Management areas. His core domain areas are Manufacturing & Hi-Tech, Aeronautics, Travel & Hospitality, Insurance.
Gautam Mishra- Managing Partner
Over 25 years of global IT experience
SAP/Hana Implementation, Delivery Program Management, Quality Assurance, Business Transformation , Solution.
Earlier worked with esteem organisation like SAP, Syntel , Wipro his responsibility includes team building and Mentoring, Customer Engagement across geographies.
Successfully he developed real time products for "Electricity" a true entrepreneur.
Bala Agrahara-Managing Partner
Seasoned professional with 25 years of experience.
Demonstrated success in roles spanning corporate initiatives, technology development, project/program management, change management, platform migration, data processing/operations, customer support, product marketing, sales support, outsourcing and vendor-management.Earlier worked with Wipro NY, Reuters, NY, Automatic Data Processing, INC(ADP), Roseland, NJ, USA. General Management Professional with well rounded work experience product development, technology, operations for real-time securities processing, clearing, and wealth management platforms for Broker-Dealers and Financial Advisors. Skilled in analyzing business situations, interpreting market needs and trends, leveraging technology and relationships with third-party firms in developing comprehensive profitable solutions.
Anurag Sinha- Chief Technology Officer
Anurag Sinha serves as the CTO and Executive Director on the Board of Testing Lifeline.
Anurag brings a wealth of experience in the IT services industry and a track record of revitalizing businesses to boost growth and profitability. A Electronics & Communication graduate of BIT Sindri and MBA in Financial Engineering from KSOU University.
She spent over 16 years at various esteem organisation, 8 years as programmer, 5 years in contents management. She, served to IBM USA and handled client like Lucent & Avaya Technologies.
She hold various leadership positions, providing content management solutions to technology firms and enterprises.
Highly regarded for her passion, dedication, and growth-oriented mindset
Guru Prasad - Chief Operating Officer
Guru Prasad has several years of experience in working closely with both investors and start-ups, in leadership roles, driving Companies in various stages of growth, towards achieving desired objectives.
He started his career as a Company Secretary as a member of the in-house legal counsels for the VC fund house Sequoia Capital, over a decade ago.
In this role, he has not only been a party to several Due diligences, on both start-ups and large companies that, having been identified as potential investment opportunities for Sequoia capital but also has been actively involved in managing regulatory compliances for several companies. Moving on, he has also been a part of an Edtech start-up working closely with the CEO’s office towards strategizing and driving behaviours towards meeting goals and objectives agreed upon with the investor VC groups.
With hands-on experience at driving and managing several large teams, he is now a key member of the leadership team powering us towards meeting deliverables and customer delight.
Abhishek Suman - Global Head- Solution Architect
Abhishek Suman is the Global Head - Solution Architect at Testing Lifeline Limited.
In this role, Abhishek works closely with clients, guiding them through complex transformations and bringing a global perspective on technology disruptions, customer trends, and industry convergence opportunities. He has a rich experience leading global professional services teams and helping businesses integrate technology and digital services to drive overall business growth.
Leads the end-to-end value chain across strategy, offerings, solutions, partnerships, capabilities, and delivery of Cloud, Infrastructure, Workplace Experience, Cyber Security, Data, Analytics, and IoT practices.
Prior to Testing Lifeline, Abhishek was the architect and consulting leader for a global professional and technology services company. He worked as a Tech consultant at Pwc for several e- government Project & welfare schemes for citizens of state. Before joining Testing Lifeline, Abhishek was the founder at Integer Service Limited, he led the company’s growth trajectory while significantly improving business profitability and other outcomes. Abhishek holds a Engineering from the Jalpaiguri Govt. Eng. College.
Our Advisor & Mentors
Stan Gwizdak is the founder and President of The Kormac Group, Inc.
He is our advisor especially for any hitech business we utilise his experience brings more than 20 years of experience.He has implemented large scale business improvement projects for many notable global companies, including General Electric, BAE Systems, Honeywell, Textron and Sonoco. Stan's background includes roles such as: Board Member, CEO, President, COO, VP/GM, VP, Director, Manager, and individual contributor. Additionally, he brings experience across several industries, including Aerospace, Tire and Rubber, consumer packaging, pulp and paper,life sciences, Pharma, Hospital, Solar, Food Service, Private Equity and Capital Equipment.Mr. Gwizdak’s experience spans the U.S, Europe, Latin and South America and Asia.While serving as a President of a subsidiary of General Electric, Mr Gwizdak improved the revenue of the business by a factor of 2.1 and improved profitability by 803%.
Worked with GE-Healthcare, IDX , with over 15 years of test management experience my aim is to complete all projects in a timely manner whilst working to the highest quality possible and to a set budget. Test Management; Test Strategy; Test Plan creation; Staff selection and motivation; Telecommunications/ Healthcare/ Aviation sectors; Understanding of business needs and requirements (as opposed to that of IT); and the need for quality, whether in a small project or large programme.
Ruslan Desyatnikov is Founder & CEO of QA Mentor, he is our advisor who brings over 20 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Process Improvement and Software Testing experience.
Prior to expanding operations at QA Mentor, Ruslan worked at Citi for 3 years as the Global Head of Testing of Worldlink Technology. Prior working at Citi, Ruslan worked at Sterling InfoSystems, one of the biggest background screening companies in the world. During his 6 years tenure he was responsible for testing functions, process improvements, and quality strategic directions across the entire company. As a Global VP of QA & Testing, he established the QA Department by implementing QA Methodology, QA Process, automation, security, configuration management and performance functions.
On a larger scale, Ruslan performed similar duties for 4 years at HSBC bank. There, he established a Testing Center of Excellence and managed 8 Global QA teams in 7 different countries with 120+ testers worldwide