Alka Desai is an experienced Lead Software Test Engineer and Business Analyst at Stanford University since September 2009, possessing deep knowledge of the Stanford Sponsored Research process, including proposal submission, account setup, and closeout in Oracle Financials. Alka also serves as a Business Analyst for the Accounts Receivable Closeout process and reporting, with expertise in Conflict of Interest Management and protocol submissions. Prior roles include Quality Assurance Analyst at Stanford University and QA Analyst at Q Analysts LLC, as well as QA Engineer at Zyom, Inc. Alka holds a B.S. in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, and completed Business Analysis studies at UC Irvine from 2018 to 2020.