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Satyanarayana Tota and His Journey from IIT to Genentech

It does not matter that what number of times a person succeeds or loses, but the thing that matters is his consistency. People who possess the courage to continue are the ones who grow and drive excellence in their work. Satyanarayana Tota is one such person who began from IIT Kharagpur and has attained expertise in the domain of information technology. After learning from the Indian Institute of Education, Kharagpur, Satyanarayana Tota joined Jain Irrigation Systems as a Designer Engineer. While working there, he took the responsibility of designing and executing sprinkler irrigation systems for several reputed golf courses located in Pune. After serving there, he worked as an SQA Consultant with a reputed firm situated in Auckland, New Zealand. Later on, he relocated to the United States and gave his career another turn with Siebel Systems. Being a senior software engineer, he took the responsibility of building the Siebel Automation Framework. Later, in the year 2006, he move...

Satyanarayana Tota and His Journey of Attaining Expertise

Change is unavoidable and people who choose to be constructive are the ones who end up growing. Satyanarayana Tota is one such person who gave his dreams a positive direction and became an inspiring personality.

Having spent almost two decades in setting benchmarks, Satyanarayana Tota has attained expertise in the automation in the field of information technology. He has built his experience in Process automation technologies and tools, as well as Test Automation. He used his leadership and management skills and managed different projects from medium to large size.

He stepped into his remarkable career after earning his Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He then joined Jain Irrigation Systems as a Design Engineer. While serving the company, he designed and executed sprinkler irrigation systems for several golf courses in Pune.

Satyanarayana Tota has also worked as SQA Consultant in Auckland, New Zealand. After this, he moved to the United States and began building his way to a flourishing career with Siebel Systems. While serving the company as the Senior Software Engineer, he took the responsibility of building the Siebel Automation Framework for Siebel application suites.

In the year 2006, he joined Genentech and handled the entire global test automation team. While serving the company as the automation lead, he took the responsibility of managing and executing more than a hundred projects. 

He implemented automation frameworks, guidelines for validation, as well as best practices for automation. His continuous efforts and determination helped him reach the position of ServiceNow integration architect.  In this job role, he handles the ServiceNow integrations along with several other applications in the company. 

Outside his office, Satyanarayana takes out time to share his knowledge in science.  In the year 2015, he organized science lessons in collaboration with a UCSF mentor at Booker T. Washington community center. 

Currently, he is teaching students from elementary and high school at North South Foundation. He also takes out time to guide the science bowl team for science competitions. Apart from it, he volunteers his services at the local Milpitas Sai temple every month.

Over the years, Satyanarayana Tota has applied his industrious efforts, which helped him in becoming a better version of him. Every time he did something new, he learned ways to grow, and at the same time, helped others grow as well. Presently, he lives with his family in Sunnyvale, California.

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