Kiran Keshava
About Kiran Keshava
Kiran Keshava serves as the Vice President of Quality and Engineering Services at Latch, where he has worked since 2021. He has extensive experience in engineering and quality assurance, having held leadership roles at notable companies such as Apple, Qualcomm, and Amazon Lab126.
Work at Latch
Kiran Keshava serves as the Vice President of Quality and Engineering Services at Latch, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he focuses on enhancing the quality of Latch products through the implementation of automated testing processes. Keshava collaborates with operations and manufacturing teams to establish automated factory line testing, ensuring that products meet quality standards before reaching customers. He leads a global team of over 40 engineers, including three QA managers and one Software Development Manager, to drive automation and tool development.
Previous Experience in Technology Companies
Kiran Keshava has held several significant positions in leading technology companies. He worked at Apple as a Senior Manager in Operations and System Test for eight months in 2014. Prior to that, he was the Director of Engineering at Qualcomm from 2012 to 2014. Keshava also served as the Quality, Automation, and Dev-Ops Leader at Amazon Lab126 from 2017 to 2021, and as the Senior Director of Quality and Automation at SpiderCloud Wireless from 2015 to 2017. His extensive experience includes a decade at Atheros Communications, where he was the Director of Engineering for Software Quality Assurance and Automation.
Education and Expertise
Kiran Keshava holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, where he studied from 1992 to 1996. He furthered his education by obtaining a Master of Science in Computer Science with a focus on Computer Networks from Old Dominion University, completing his studies from 1999 to 2001. His educational background supports his expertise in engineering, quality assurance, and automation, which he has applied throughout his career in various leadership roles.
Achievements in Quality and Automation
Kiran Keshava has developed an automation framework that integrates various tools, including Selenium, Cypress, Karate, Jira, and TestRail, for end-to-end automated testing. He has established an offshore team of over 20 engineers dedicated to manual testing and interoperability testing. Keshava implements processes to collect development, testing, and quality metrics, enabling data-driven decision-making. He manages a multi-million dollar budget to enhance test infrastructure and expand testing capacity, demonstrating his ability to lead large-scale projects effectively.