Ambica Rao
About Ambica Rao
Ambica Rao is the Product Quality Assurance Manager at Epicor Software, with extensive experience in software quality assurance and expertise in ERP, cloud-based solutions, and payment systems.
Current Role at Epicor Software
Ambica Rao is the Product Quality Assurance Manager at Epicor Software, where she has been working since 2016. Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, she oversees quality assurance processes for ERP and cloud-based solutions. In this role, she ensures the reliability and performance of software products through effective bug tracking and resolution, utilizing her expertise in SQL and requirements analysis.
Previous Role at ACI Worldwide
Prior to her current role, Ambica Rao served as a Senior Software QA Engineer at ACI Worldwide from 2011 to 2016, a tenure of five years. During this period, she was responsible for managing software quality assurance, primarily in the domain of payment systems, including EMV and payment applications. She also implemented Agile methodologies and Scrum practices to enhance software development and testing processes.
Educational Background
Ambica Rao holds a Master of Science (MS) degree in Software Systems from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, obtained between 2007 and 2009. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from Vemana Institute of Technology, Bangalore, completed from 2002 to 2005. Her educational background has provided her with a solid foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of software engineering.
Experience at IBM and Talisma
Ambica Rao worked as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer at IBM from 2010 to 2011, a role that lasted for one year. She then joined Talisma as a Software Test Engineer from 2009 to 2010, again for a year. In these positions, she gained valuable experience in software testing, further enhancing her proficiency in quality assurance processes and methodologies.
Initial Career at Interwoven
Ambica began her professional career at Interwoven as a Software Engineer - QA, where she worked from 2005 to 2009. Over the course of four years, she developed her skills in software quality assurance, which laid the groundwork for her future roles in the industry. Her responsibilities included rigorous testing procedures and ensuring the high quality of software products.