Smitha Girish

Smitha Girish is a Principal Program Manager and technology leader at Intel, with 20+ years of experience spanning product strategy, program leadership, software engineering, DevOps, and cybersecurity. She drives initiatives for Intel’s Open Edge Platform, enabling software distribution and adoption across edge ecosystems. Earlier, Smitha spent eight years at McAfee as an Automation Architect, building expertise in test automation, DevOps, and secure software development. Her experience across engineering, automation, product, and program leadership gives her a unique perspective on the evolution of quality engineering and the opportunities AI brings to transform testing, accelerate innovation, and deliver software quality at scale.