Nirmala Kumar
Nirmala has over 20 years of professional experience in the IT industry and has worked across several verticals. She is the Principal Consultant at Yellow Sapphire Consulting has worked extensively as a Project Manager, Product Manager, Quality Manager, Delivery Manager, Software Engineer, Trainer and Operations Manager. Some of her clients and employers include AT&T, Deloitte, Microsoft, Nuance Communications, REI, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Chrysler Financials, Univ of California Berkeley, King County IT as well as a few nonprofit organizations.
She holds a MS in Computer Science from East Tennessee State Univ., Certification in Non Profit Management from UW. She is PMP, CSM, ITIL Foundation and Java Certified Programmer. She has been a long time member of Toastmasters International and is currently a member of the Resonate Toastmasters club.
Her interests include helping organizations realize goals and launch new ideas efficiently using the best practices and technology as well as coach individuals work toward goals.
She is a certified YogaFit instructor, serves on the Board at 2 Non Profit organizations in the Seattle area. She enjoys spending time with her family, painting in oil and acrylic, travel, learning new skills and being a part of Toastmasters!