Teaching Assistant @ Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Computer Programming Course Tutoring In class and lab sessions Grading Programming Assignments and Exams of Python From May 2015 to Present (6 months) Courant Institute of Mathematical SciencesQuality Analyst (Software Test Engineer) @ • Initiated and led the testing efforts (both manual and Automation) for different projects collaborating with stakeholders from New York, Denver, Gurgaon and Hyderabad. • Managed a team of 5, setting up a QA process for both Manual and Automation Testing efforts in an Agile Development environment. • Worked on improving test efficiencies within the team by performing POCs on different tools for a problem statement • Carried out feasibility study, gathered requirements and designed a strategic test plan to implement Web Services test automation • Identified the areas of re-usability, and built an end-to-end framework architecture for test automation with minimal dependencies. • Addressed stakeholders from globally dispersed teams for project walkthroughs to gather feedback and establish milestones to build the End-to-End Framework • Designed and developed automation solutions using Java to perform data testing on Web services for a Credit Analytic Solution; thereby eliminating 60% of manual testing efforts for every 2-month release cycle on nearly a million rows of financial data. • This also reduced the testing time by 80% enhancing the production release support From June 2012 to January 2015 (2 years 8 months) Hyderabad Area, India

B.Tech, Computer Science and Systems Engineering, 8.5/10 @ Andhra University From 2008 to 2012 Master's degree, Information Systems, 3.9 @ New York University Himaja Rachakonda is skilled in: C++, Java, SQL, Data Mining, Predictive Analytics, Data Analysis, Python, Data Modeling, Databases, Test Strategy, IAM, Data Modelling, Algorithms, Manual Testing, C, Agile Methodologies, Soap UI, MySQL, QTP, Test Planning, HP QTP, Regression Testing, Quality Center, LDAP, Microsoft SQL Server, HP Quality Center