Inder Hooda
About Inder Hooda
Inder Hooda is a Technical Product Manager at Expedia, Inc. with over 15 years of experience in software engineering, specializing in system analysis, development, and testing.
Company
Inder Hooda is currently employed at Expedia, Inc. as a Technical Product Manager. His responsibilities encompass management of technical product deliverables in the Partner Payments space. He has been with Expedia since 2007.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current role, Inder Hooda worked at Telcordia Technologies as a Test Project Lead through Wipro from 2004 to 2007. During this time, he gained valuable experience in testing methodologies and project leadership.
Education and Expertise
Inder Hooda received his education at Guru Jambheshwar University from 1997 to 1999, following his studies at Kurukshetra University from 1993 to 1997. With over 15 years of experience in software engineering, he is skilled in system analysis, development, and testing. He holds extensive knowledge in SQL databases and REST services within both on-premise and AWS cloud environments.
Agile Methodologies and Leadership
Inder Hooda has over three years of experience in leading agile ceremonies such as daily standups, sprint planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives. He specializes in onsite-offshore team management, resource optimization, and productivity enhancement. He also leads and manages agile processes as a scrum master, ensuring consistency across work streams.
Technical Product Management
In his current role, Inder Hooda creates and manages detailed delivery roadmaps, plans, schedules, resources, and work breakdown structures. He reviews designs, performs code reviews, and evaluates test plans to ensure they address critical aspects such as failure modes, scalability, and security. He coordinates with business users for UAT sign-off for sprint releases and captures sprint quality metrics for leadership reporting.