About

Veena Khapali is an experienced Consulting Engineer at Cisco with over 14 years of experience in the field of test engineering. She specializes in Policy Control and Rules Function, Diameter Base protocol, and Diameter Application, with a keen interest in exploring all aspects of testing, both manual and automated. Veena's experience includes testing in Wireless Mobile Technologies such as LTE, 3G, and 4G, with a focus on Diameter Interface (Gx, Rx, Sp, Sy, Gy, S6b, Rf, s6a, sh) testing for PCRF-PCEF. She has also performed Functional and Automation Testing of core products such as PGW, PCRF, OCS, GGSN, HSS, and AF, with a strong background in Non-Functional Testing with Telecom Products. Veena's current role at Cisco as a Consulting Engineer involves working on Cisco ASR-5000 mobile gateways, where she has manually tested diameter interfaces on 3G, 3GPP2 (eHRPD), and LTE mobile networks, gaining exposure to end-to-end mobile packet core networks. She has also been involved in automation of numerous test cases using iTCL. Prior to her current role, Veena worked as a Senior Consultant at Infosys, where she was involved in understanding user requirements on interfaces such as Gx, Gy, Sp, Sy, and Rx, preparing test design documents and test cases for functionality and integration testing, reviewing test plans and scripts, analyzing field issues, and preparing test summary reports. She also logged and tracked defects in Vendor's link, gave demos to customers, and participated in knowledge-sharing sessions. Veena holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, where she graduated in 2007. Her tech stack includes skills in testing, SDET, and integration.