When it comes to startup success, is it age, experience, energy, passion, or risk-taking ability that makes the difference? Really, if you are willing to do your research and leverage the support available, now can be that "best time" to start a startup—regardless of where you are in your career.
As founder and CEO of QA InfoTech Worldwide, Mukesh is responsible for the company's vision and leads the organization's worldwide operations, marketing, sales, and development efforts. He founded QA InfoTech with a vision to provide unbiased Quality Assurance (QA) testing solutions and has grown the organization to four Centers of Excellence globally.
Mukesh has a passion for excellence, an eye for detail, and commitment toward customers, and he blends it with an execution style that has the maturity of an established organization with the nimbleness of a startup. These together have enabled QA InfoTech to stand apart in the exceedingly competitive software testing industry. Under his guidance, the company has contributed to various innovative quality assurance and test-automation solutions.
Mukesh continues to actively evangelize software testing as a career and its indispensable aspects in today’s world of software engineering. He has authored three books in these areas to benefit testers and engineers at all levels: Are You Smart Enough To Be A Tester?, Leverage The Wisdom of the Crowd in Software Testing, and Software Testing 2020: Preparing for New Roles.
Mukesh holds a Master of Science and Technology in Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India, as well as a Master of Engineering in Engineering Management from University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Mukesh is an avid reader, golfer and cricket player, as well as a philanthropist who takes a personal interest in the organization’s CSR initiatives.
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