Dilruba Malik

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Dilruba is a Senior SQA Manager, at Palo Alto Networks leading the IoT Security QA team. Dilruba has extensive experience in hands-on end-to-end software testing as well as leading and managing engineering teams. She has worked for both large and startup companies including Microsoft, Cisco, RetailNext, and Hitachi.

Dilruba has graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. She also completed her MS degree in Engineering Management and Leadership from Santa Clara University. Dilruba is active in Women in Technology networks, speaking at events, and inspiring people. She enjoys acrylic painting and traveling in her free time.

Company

Palo Alto Networks

Job Function

General Management

Job Title

Senior SQA Manager

Industry

Computer Software - SaaS

Interests

Agile

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Cloud

Leadership

Release Management

Software Security

Test Automation

Testing/QA

Country

United States

Dilruba Malik

Dilruba is a Software QA Manager, at Palo Alto Networks. She is an accomplished, highly organized Engineering Manager with over 15 years’ experience in hands-on end-to-end software testing and development, leading and managing engineering teams. She has worked for world-class software companies including Microsoft, Cisco, Hitachi Vantara, and Palo Alto Networks. Her strong interpersonal skills enable her to influence others by establishing rapport and communicating clearly and concisely with engineers, top management as well as internal and external stakeholders. She has graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an Electrical Engineering degree. She also completed her Masters from Santa Clara University with Engineering Management and Leadership. She enjoys Acrylic Painting and Traveling. She has 2 beautiful daughters Arisha(8), Anisha (6), and a loving husband who always inspires her to take the risk and do the right thing.

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	Uplifting QA Teams Through Metrics As software products and services are becoming more complex, it requires more comprehensive testing for identifying the defects and pursuing the necessary fixes before it becomes available for public release. The QA process needs to be planned out and monitored so that it can be successful. The most effective way to track the efficacy of QA activities is to use well-thought-through metrics.
	Most Common QA Myths One of my mentors, whom I admire, once told me, "Quality is not only QA's responsibility; everyone- from development engineers to technical architects, to product managers need to share the responsibilities. In a QA role, if you want to be successful, you have to know the right amount of information from everyone and always ask questions." I took my mentor's advice very seriously.