Venkata Ramana Pullagoora
Founder & CEO
26+ years in IT across quality engineering, delivery leadership, and building the teams that do both. Founded VirtuesTech on the conviction that independence is the foundation of credible assurance.
LinkedIn ↗Company / About
Independent by design, since 2020
VirtuesTech exists because assurance only means something when it's independent: we don't build what we test, and we don't resell what we recommend.
Why we exist
Virtue Software Technologies Private Limited was incorporated in Hyderabad in January 2020 with a simple thesis: software teams need one partner who can test their releases, attack their defenses, and stand behind the results — without the conflicts that come from also building the software or reselling the tools.
Six years in, that thesis is a company of 100+ security and quality engineers — 63% holding industry certifications including CISSP, CEH, eCPPT, ISTQB, and AWS — delivering from Hyderabad with a US presence in Frisco, Texas, across 30+ enterprise engagements for 20+ clients.
Along the way we did something few firms our size attempt: we built our own platforms. VirtueThreatX for continuous threat exposure management, VirtueShieldX for security operations, and VirtueATLAS for quality engineering — all running in production, all used by our own engineers daily. When we describe how something works, we can show it working.
And one editorial rule governs everything we publish, this page included: no claim without evidence. The numbers here are the numbers we can prove.
The journey since 2020
- 2020
Incorporated in Hyderabad
Virtue Software Technologies Private Limited is founded by an engineer with 26+ years in IT — on the thesis that testing, attacking, and defending software belong with one independent partner.
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Two practices, one discipline
Quality engineering and cybersecurity grow as a single assurance discipline — test, attack, and defend under one roof instead of three vendors.
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Two delivery hubs
Delivery scales from the Hyderabad center, with a US presence established in Frisco, Texas — overlap with US and European working hours.
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Platforms, not shelfware
VirtueATLAS (quality engineering), VirtueThreatX (exposure management), and VirtueShieldX (security operations) are built in-house and operated in production by the same engineers who deliver client work.
- 2026
The autonomous loop runs in production
In June 2026, VirtueShieldX completes its first end-to-end investigate → prioritize → respond → learn runs on live telemetry — under analyst supervision, with human approval gates on every consequential action.
- Today
100+ engineers, 20+ clients
30+ enterprise engagements delivered; 63% of engineers hold industry certifications; every published claim still passes the evidence register first.
- 100+security & quality engineers
- 63%hold industry certifications
- 30+enterprise engagements
- 2020founded in Hyderabad
- 2delivery hubs — Hyderabad & Frisco, TX
The people accountable for the work
Hemanth Kumar KV
Business Advisor
Close to 20 years in IT delivery and product strategy, with domain depth across EdTech, blockchain, fintech, and insurance. Has scaled startups and built products used by millions — and advises VirtuesTech on growth, delivery excellence, and innovation.
LinkedIn ↗Four practices, three platforms
Quality Engineering, Cybersecurity, Advisory & Transformation, and Managed Teams— connected by the assurance loop: security findings feed regression packs, exploit validation proves what’s reachable, detection operationalizes every fix. Each practice runs on a platform we build and operate ourselves.
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