Rahul Sharma is a seasoned technical program manager currently with Itron, Inc. since March 2017, where the focus is on enabling utilities and cities to better manage energy and water. Prior to this role, Rahul served as a senior software engineer and technical lead at Aricent from December 2013 to March 2017, where responsibilities included delivering end-to-end validation and participating in specification gathering and training in the energy domain in France. Rahul's earlier experience includes roles as a senior test engineer-SDET at MindTree Ltd., leading efforts on mobile device management applications, and working as a QA engineer at Cybage Software Pvt Ltd., focusing on manual and automation testing. Educational credentials include a Higher National Diploma in Computer and Information Sciences from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from ITM Group of Institutions.