Sivakumar Ganesan is an accomplished Engineering Leader with 18+ years of expertise in software quality engineering, with a strong focus on banking and financial services. Over the past decade, he has played a key role in advancing test automation practices across major Canadian banks, including building and scaling automation communities of practice. Since 2021, he has been leading the Quality Engineering practice for CIBC’s Commercial Banking and Payments Technology group. Sivakumar is deeply passionate about intelligent automation, mentoring QA professionals, and fostering innovation to transform software delivery.