Worksoft Automation Consultant at MyTekX Inc
Oklahoma, United States
Pranay Raj Kanakala
Council Member
Pranay Raj Kanakala is an accomplished technology and business leader with over a decade of experience driving digital transformation across telecommunications, enterprise IT, and international education sectors. Based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he combines deep technical expertise in RF engineering, SAP automation, and cloud solutions with proven business acumen to deliver measurable organizational impact. His unique ability to bridge engineering precision with entrepreneurial vision has earned him recognition as the recipient of the prestigious "Best Consultant 2022" award from IEA for exceptional client results and innovative process optimization.
Currently serving as a Worksoft Automation Consultant at MyTekX Inc since June 2025, Pranay designs, develops, and maintains end-to-end test automation scripts for SAP and web applications using Worksoft Certify. He automates SAP ERP modules including FI, CO, MM, SD, and PP alongside non-SAP systems to validate comprehensive business processes. His responsibilities encompass integrating Worksoft with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps for continuous testing and DevOps pipelines, while collaborating closely with QA and development teams to analyze requirements, design test cases, and identify automation opportunities. He executes regression, functional, and integration tests, logs defects in JIRA and ALM, and tracks resolutions to completion. At MyTekX, Pranay has automated over 200 SAP test cases, reducing regression testing time by an impressive 65% and accelerating release cycles. He also cut the defect escape rate by 40% in UAT by implementing robust automation frameworks for critical business processes, optimizing them for reusability, scalability, and performance through modular scripting and data-driven tests.
Prior to his current role, Pranay served as a Software Engineer at Code 9 LLC in Dallas, Texas from June 2024 to May 2025, where he designed, developed, and customized SAP modules including MM, SD, FICO, PP, and HCM to meet complex business requirements. He configured and optimized SAP S/4HANA, ECC, and Fiori applications for improved performance while developing ABAP programs, CDS views, OData services, and SAPUI5 applications for tailored solutions. His work included integrating SAP with external systems using IDOCs, BAPIs, RFCs, and SAP PI/PO, troubleshooting and resolving technical and functional issues through debugging and performance tuning. During his tenure at Code 9 LLC, he led an S/4HANA migration for a Fortune 500 firm that reduced reporting latency by 40%, built a custom ABAP inventory dashboard that cut manual tracking efforts by 30%, and automated monthly financial closings via SAP Fiori, slashing processing time by 50%.
From December 2020 to April 2024, Pranay served as Managing Director of Eduvanti Abroad Consulting Services in Bangalore, India, where he demonstrated exceptional business leadership and strategic vision. He spearheaded the establishment of five branches across India in Bangalore, Delhi, Raipur, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad, along with two international branches in Ukraine and Russia, driving market penetration and operational scalability. Pranay cultivated and managed strategic relationships with over 108 global universities and a network of more than 500 recruitment agents, optimizing performance through rigorous KPI tracking and commission management. He directed end-to-end student recruitment processes from lead generation through career fairs and digital marketing to post-admission engagement, ensuring a seamless student experience. Under his leadership, Eduvanti scaled operations to seven branches and achieved over ₹50 crore in annual revenue within three years. He boosted agent network productivity by 35% through performance-linked incentives and training programs, pioneered a digital lead-nurturing system that improved conversion rates from inquiry to enrollment by 25%, and expanded into emerging markets including Georgia, Philippines, and Poland, securing over 1,200 students. His revamped admission processes reduced inefficiencies by 30%, while targeted digital and traditional marketing campaigns increased inquiries by 40% year over year.
Before his role at Eduvanti, Pranay served as Director of Operations at International Training & Consulting Services from April 2018 to December 2020 in Bangalore, India. He led global student recruitment operations spanning 28 countries and partnerships with over 108 universities, developing and executing strategic admission plans for key destinations including Ukraine, Philippines, Poland, Germany, Georgia, and Russia. He managed networks of agents, institutional partners, and recruitment teams while overseeing data-driven decision-making by analyzing market trends, application metrics, and competitor strategies. His achievements in this role included increasing student enrollment by 40% within two years through targeted market expansion and agent network optimization, launching a data analytics dashboard that improved conversion rates by 25% via real-time tracking of recruitment KPIs, and establishing partnerships with over 50 new schools and 20 universities. He spearheaded a digital outreach campaign that reduced cost-per-acquisition by 30% while maintaining lead quality and led a government university collaboration project in India that secured over 500 admissions.
Currently serving as a Worksoft Automation Consultant at MyTekX Inc since June 2025, Pranay designs, develops, and maintains end-to-end test automation scripts for SAP and web applications using Worksoft Certify. He automates SAP ERP modules including FI, CO, MM, SD, and PP alongside non-SAP systems to validate comprehensive business processes. His responsibilities encompass integrating Worksoft with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps for continuous testing and DevOps pipelines, while collaborating closely with QA and development teams to analyze requirements, design test cases, and identify automation opportunities. He executes regression, functional, and integration tests, logs defects in JIRA and ALM, and tracks resolutions to completion. At MyTekX, Pranay has automated over 200 SAP test cases, reducing regression testing time by an impressive 65% and accelerating release cycles. He also cut the defect escape rate by 40% in UAT by implementing robust automation frameworks for critical business processes, optimizing them for reusability, scalability, and performance through modular scripting and data-driven tests.
Prior to his current role, Pranay served as a Software Engineer at Code 9 LLC in Dallas, Texas from June 2024 to May 2025, where he designed, developed, and customized SAP modules including MM, SD, FICO, PP, and HCM to meet complex business requirements. He configured and optimized SAP S/4HANA, ECC, and Fiori applications for improved performance while developing ABAP programs, CDS views, OData services, and SAPUI5 applications for tailored solutions. His work included integrating SAP with external systems using IDOCs, BAPIs, RFCs, and SAP PI/PO, troubleshooting and resolving technical and functional issues through debugging and performance tuning. During his tenure at Code 9 LLC, he led an S/4HANA migration for a Fortune 500 firm that reduced reporting latency by 40%, built a custom ABAP inventory dashboard that cut manual tracking efforts by 30%, and automated monthly financial closings via SAP Fiori, slashing processing time by 50%.
From December 2020 to April 2024, Pranay served as Managing Director of Eduvanti Abroad Consulting Services in Bangalore, India, where he demonstrated exceptional business leadership and strategic vision. He spearheaded the establishment of five branches across India in Bangalore, Delhi, Raipur, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad, along with two international branches in Ukraine and Russia, driving market penetration and operational scalability. Pranay cultivated and managed strategic relationships with over 108 global universities and a network of more than 500 recruitment agents, optimizing performance through rigorous KPI tracking and commission management. He directed end-to-end student recruitment processes from lead generation through career fairs and digital marketing to post-admission engagement, ensuring a seamless student experience. Under his leadership, Eduvanti scaled operations to seven branches and achieved over ₹50 crore in annual revenue within three years. He boosted agent network productivity by 35% through performance-linked incentives and training programs, pioneered a digital lead-nurturing system that improved conversion rates from inquiry to enrollment by 25%, and expanded into emerging markets including Georgia, Philippines, and Poland, securing over 1,200 students. His revamped admission processes reduced inefficiencies by 30%, while targeted digital and traditional marketing campaigns increased inquiries by 40% year over year.
Before his role at Eduvanti, Pranay served as Director of Operations at International Training & Consulting Services from April 2018 to December 2020 in Bangalore, India. He led global student recruitment operations spanning 28 countries and partnerships with over 108 universities, developing and executing strategic admission plans for key destinations including Ukraine, Philippines, Poland, Germany, Georgia, and Russia. He managed networks of agents, institutional partners, and recruitment teams while overseeing data-driven decision-making by analyzing market trends, application metrics, and competitor strategies. His achievements in this role included increasing student enrollment by 40% within two years through targeted market expansion and agent network optimization, launching a data analytics dashboard that improved conversion rates by 25% via real-time tracking of recruitment KPIs, and establishing partnerships with over 50 new schools and 20 universities. He spearheaded a digital outreach campaign that reduced cost-per-acquisition by 30% while maintaining lead quality and led a government university collaboration project in India that secured over 500 admissions.
Pranay's telecommunications expertise was honed through progressively responsible roles in network design and optimization. At Nokia Pvt Ltd from July 2017 to January 2018 in Ahmedabad, India, he served as a Network Design and Optimization specialist where he designed and planned wireless networks including RF coverage, capacity, and site placement using tools like Atoll, Planet, and ICS Telecom. He performed link budget analysis, propagation modeling, and cell dimensioning for new deployments while optimizing 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G networks through parameter tuning, interference mitigation, and KPI improvement strategies. His accomplishments included designing over 100 macro sites for 4G expansion that improved coverage by 20% in suburban areas, optimizing a 5G NSA network to reduce latency by 30%, and reducing inter-system interference in multi-layer networks, improving SINR by 6dB. He led a capacity optimization project that increased network throughput by 35% during peak hours and automated frequency planning using Python and VBA scripting, reducing manual effort by 50%.
At Telenor from June 2016 to May 2017 in Yangon, Myanmar, Pranay worked as an LTE RF Optimization Engineer where he performed comprehensive LTE network optimization through drive testing, parameter tuning, and performance analysis. He analyzed critical KPIs including RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, CQI, PCI conflicts, and throughput to enhance network quality, while optimizing mobility and handover parameters to reduce drops and improve user experience. He troubleshot interference issues using tools like Actix, TEMS, XCAP, and Atoll, adjusting RF parameters such as antenna tilt, azimuth, power, PCI, and PRACH for optimal coverage and capacity. His key achievements included improving SINR by 5dB in a dense urban cluster, boosting average user throughput by 25%, reducing handover failure rate by 30% through PCI optimization and neighbor list tuning, and enhancing VoLTE call success rate to 99.2% by optimizing QoS parameters and RF conditions.
Beginning his telecommunications career at Ericsson from June 2014 to May 2016 in Bangalore, India, Pranay served as an RF Engineer conducting drive tests for 2G, 3G, and 4G networks using tools including TEMS, XCAP, NEMO, Actix, and Genex Probe. He analyzed RF parameters to assess network performance, identified and troubleshot coverage gaps, interference, and handover failures, and optimized cell parameters for better signal quality. He improved 4G LTE network coverage by 15% through antenna optimization in high-traffic urban clusters, reduced call drop rate by 20% in a 3G network by adjusting handover parameters, and conducted over 500 kilometers of drive tests, identifying more than ten interference sources affecting network performance.
Pranay holds multiple industry certifications including Certified Scrum Master and AWS Solution Architect Associate. He earned his educational credentials in engineering, establishing the foundation for his diverse technical expertise. His technical skills span business management including project management in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, budgeting, market analysis, business development, process optimization, and KPI tracking, with specialized expertise in university partnerships, student recruitment, digital marketing, and CRM management, complemented by strong leadership capabilities in team management, stakeholder engagement, technical documentation, client presentations, and data-driven decision making. His technical proficiency encompasses operating systems including Windows 7 through 11 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022, Linux and Unix distributions such as Ubuntu, CentOS, and Red Hat with shell scripting, cloud platforms including AWS EC2, S3, Lambda, Azure, and GCP, mobile network technologies.
At Telenor from June 2016 to May 2017 in Yangon, Myanmar, Pranay worked as an LTE RF Optimization Engineer where he performed comprehensive LTE network optimization through drive testing, parameter tuning, and performance analysis. He analyzed critical KPIs including RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, CQI, PCI conflicts, and throughput to enhance network quality, while optimizing mobility and handover parameters to reduce drops and improve user experience. He troubleshot interference issues using tools like Actix, TEMS, XCAP, and Atoll, adjusting RF parameters such as antenna tilt, azimuth, power, PCI, and PRACH for optimal coverage and capacity. His key achievements included improving SINR by 5dB in a dense urban cluster, boosting average user throughput by 25%, reducing handover failure rate by 30% through PCI optimization and neighbor list tuning, and enhancing VoLTE call success rate to 99.2% by optimizing QoS parameters and RF conditions.
Beginning his telecommunications career at Ericsson from June 2014 to May 2016 in Bangalore, India, Pranay served as an RF Engineer conducting drive tests for 2G, 3G, and 4G networks using tools including TEMS, XCAP, NEMO, Actix, and Genex Probe. He analyzed RF parameters to assess network performance, identified and troubleshot coverage gaps, interference, and handover failures, and optimized cell parameters for better signal quality. He improved 4G LTE network coverage by 15% through antenna optimization in high-traffic urban clusters, reduced call drop rate by 20% in a 3G network by adjusting handover parameters, and conducted over 500 kilometers of drive tests, identifying more than ten interference sources affecting network performance.
Pranay holds multiple industry certifications including Certified Scrum Master and AWS Solution Architect Associate. He earned his educational credentials in engineering, establishing the foundation for his diverse technical expertise. His technical skills span business management including project management in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, budgeting, market analysis, business development, process optimization, and KPI tracking, with specialized expertise in university partnerships, student recruitment, digital marketing, and CRM management, complemented by strong leadership capabilities in team management, stakeholder engagement, technical documentation, client presentations, and data-driven decision making. His technical proficiency encompasses operating systems including Windows 7 through 11 and Windows Server 2008 through 2022, Linux and Unix distributions such as Ubuntu, CentOS, and Red Hat with shell scripting, cloud platforms including AWS EC2, S3, Lambda, Azure, and GCP, mobile network technologies.