I'm Kamalavani Thota. I am a dynamic Technical Lead with over 9 years of experience spanning software design, development, quality assurance, and project management. I have more than 3 years of leadership experience managing software development teams and over 6 years of hands-on experience in system design, coding, and testing across the full SDLC. I excel in test automation, QA planning, CI/CD, and Java-based technology stacks, with a track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in Agile settings. I took a career break starting mid-2016 to support my family in Tokyo and remained engaged in leadership and community activities. With my children pursuing higher education in the U.S., I am eager to relaunch my professional career, bringing leadership, technical depth, and multicultural collaboration to my next role.

KAMALAVANI THOTA

I'm Kamalavani Thota. I am a dynamic Technical Lead with over 9 years of experience spanning software design, development, quality assurance, and project management. I have more than 3 years of leadership experience managing software development teams and over 6 years of hands-on experience in system design, coding, and testing across the full SDLC. I excel in test automation, QA planning, CI/CD, and Java-based technology stacks, with a track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in Agile settings. I took a career break starting mid-2016 to support my family in Tokyo and remained engaged in leadership and community activities. With my children pursuing higher education in the U.S., I am eager to relaunch my professional career, bringing leadership, technical depth, and multicultural collaboration to my next role.

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I’m Kamalavani Thota. I am a dynamic Technical Lead with over 9 years of experience spanning software design, development, quality assurance, and project management. I have more than 3 years of leadership experience managing software development teams and over 6 years of hands-on experience in system design, coding, and testing across the full SDLC. I excel in test automation, QA planning, CI/CD, and Java-based technology stacks, with a track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in Agile settings. I took a career break starting mid-2016 to support my family in Tokyo and remained engaged in leadership and community activities. With my children pursuing higher education in the U.S., I am eager to relaunch my professional career, bringing leadership, technical depth, and multicultural collaboration to my next role.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced
Telugu
Advanced
Tamil
Intermediate
Japanese
Intermediate

Work Experience

Technical Lead at HCL Technologies
March 1, 2011 - June 1, 2016
Led end-to-end UI automation design and development, built front-end with HTML/CSS/JavaScript/JScript/AJAX/XML and back-end with Python/SQL; authored design specs and user manuals; conducted cross-browser testing; mentored juniors; managed SVN-based code integration and provided daily status updates. Contributed to Metrics Portal (Liferay, Core Java, JSP, JQuery, XML, iBatis, MySQL, MS SQL) and CUPM tool development (Core Java, JSP, JSON, DOJO).
Software Design Engineer at Hewlett Packard
June 1, 2006 - January 31, 2007
Contributed to HP Indigo Production Manager; participated in requirements analysis, design specs, and documentation; developed an event-driven MVC framework using SWT/JFace; worked with MySQL, JMS, and JUnit; maintained code with Rational ClearCase; collaborated with cross-functional teams for stability across multi-press configurations.
Software Engineer at Intel Corporation
February 1, 2005 - February 28, 2006
Worked in Solutions Architecture and Initiatives (SAI) within the Digital Product Group; designed automated and manual test tools; authored and maintained test cases; performed network traffic analysis with Device Sniffer/Spy/Ethereal/Te lnet; tested/optimi zed video quality; led and mentored a team of three engineers.
SW Design Engineer - II at Tektronix Inc.
June 1, 2001 - July 31, 2003
Developed software for the Instrument Business Unit, including GUI components and MVC-based architecture; contributed to SDLC activities, multi-threaded Java applications (JFC/Swing), and tested with JMS/ MySQL; documented features and user flows; used Rational ClearCase for versioning.
Software Engineer at Java Softech Private Ltd.
December 1, 1999 - November 30, 2000
Designed and launched the company website; contributed to multiple Java/C++/ASP/ColdFusion/PHP-based applications; developed Employee Information Management System and Knowledge Base Portal; created an interactive Word Puzzle Game (Java Applets) and a Karaoke simulation in C/C++ with DirectX; produced technical documentation.

Education

B.Tech at JNTUCE, Hyderabad, India
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1999
Diploma in Computer Engineering at MPCH, Hyderabad, India
January 1, 1991 - January 1, 1994

Qualifications

SCJP certification for Java 6
January 11, 2030 - January 3, 2026
J2EE Web Component Development (NIIT-SUN)
January 11, 2030 - January 3, 2026
SAP ABAP course
January 11, 2030 - January 3, 2026
Python Language, Data Collection and Processing (Coursera) with OpenCV/Tesseract
January 11, 2030 - January 3, 2026
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
January 11, 2030 - January 3, 2026
Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform Specialization
January 11, 2030 - January 3, 2026
Google Project Management
July 1, 2022 - January 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services