Keerthana Kumar

Keerthana Kumar is an empathetic leader with a focus on developing diverse high-functioning engineering teams to drive innovation and create top-notch products for customers.

Her educational background includes certificate programs from Harvard Business School Online, a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Biological Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin, a Certificate in Engineering Leadership from the University of Washington, and completion of the Stanford LEAD Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

In terms of professional experience, Keerthana has held various roles at top tech companies. She is currently the Director of Engineering at GitHub. Prior to this, she served as the 2020-2021 Adacats Leader, Interim Director, Staff Software Engineering Manager, and Senior Software Engineering Manager at GitHub. She has also worked at Microsoft in roles such as Senior Software Engineering Manager, Developer Division Hiring Champ, Software Engineer II, and Software Engineer. Additionally, her experience includes internships at Microsoft as a Software Engineer Intern, as well as positions at Facebook, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), Indian Institute of Technology, and Infosys Limited.