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Sireesha Davuluri




                                           MAKES A DIFFERENCE




                                           Lead Engineer, Product Development
                                           Yale Smart Residential




        Creating a Better Tomorrow


        It’s no secret that revolutionary ideas are    unique feasible solution. Strategically,
        born from great engineers, and an all-star     architecturally, technically, and
        engineering team is necessary for any          programmatically resolving a problem is
        company looking to adapt to the future         the key to product success. This is the right
        and be leaders in their field. As a Lead       approach (according to me) rather than
        Engineer at Yale Smart Residential, Sireesha   patching it with quick fixes for the sake of
        Davuluri spends her days imagining better      project momentum.”
        tomorrows.                                    This natural drive to problem-solve has
        “In my current position as a Lead Engineer     birthed some great projects throughout
        in Product Development, my primary            Sireesha’s career, with a new product
        focus is to system engineer new product        platform being the one she’s most excited
        developments and provide technical             about currently.
        direction or solutions in line with product   “Our current Gen2 product is currently being
        and technical requirements.” She explains.     developed on a new platform (Nordic),
        It’s undoubtedly a tough job – whiteboarding,   which is architecturally complex and often
        testing, debugging, working with cross-        involves multiple teams collaborating for
        functional teams, and even more challenges     technical and system requirements.”
        greeting her each day. So, what motivates      Outside of work, Sireesha’s life revolves
        Sireesha to keep moving forward? She cites     around her family and her faith. She is very
        an internal drive to solve problems – and      involved in her local church, often spending
        solve them in a way that sticks - as the gas    time on church activities and volunteer
        in her tank.                                   work. She enjoys spending time with friends,
        “For every problem, be it common               her husband, and her young daughter.
        or uncommon, I believe there is a






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