EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Currently working at Accenture as Testing - Associate Manager with 10 years of experience with Testing and Quality Assurance (QA).
• Have gained expertise in QA Projects and Processes including Test Automation
• Test Coordinated SAP Implementation for Confidential Corporation, a Fortune 500 medical technologies firm based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• Consulted for SAP 1DX Community program- Testing, for Confidential, the German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations
• Experience with Establishing Testing COE within organizations
• Sound understanding of Agile and Waterfall Project Methodology
• Extensive experience in establishing sound QA practices and processes for scrum teams in agile methodology.
• Extensive experience in working with multi geography teams across various time zones
• Extensive experience in Risk Identification and Mitigation
• Sound understanding of Application Development Life Cycle with respect to Quality Assurance needs for SAP systems
• Rich experience in Analyzing SAP Testing needs, Evaluating end-user requirements, Design and Implement Testing Solutions
• Extensive exposure in RFIs, RFQs, Planning, Implementation, Control and Delivery of QA projects across organizations
• Rich experience in Defect Management Process design, implementation and control for Pre Release Defect Reporting to aid Business Decisions
• Experience in Change Management Process Design, Implementation and control for concurrent Regression Test Beds
• Extensive experience in QA and Automation Solution design
• Extensive experience on Automation Roadmap Design
• Extensive experience in QA Project Estimations
• Experience on Test Strategy, Methodology and Framework Design
• Experience on Planning and Implementing Test Cycles per the organizations’ Release Structure
• Experience on Planning and supporting User Acceptance Testing
• Experience on Test Infrastructure Set up
• Experience in HP QC/ALM Admin Role
• Extensive experience with SAP Solution Manager for test management and reporting
• Experience on Test Requirements creation
• Experience on Manual Test Case creation and Execution
• Experience on Regression Test Bed Creation and its Automation
• Expertise in Test Automation Strategy and Framework
• Expertise in Test Planning and Management using ALM/Quality Center

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• SAP ECC 6.0, Major SAP modules: CRM, SD, FI, MM, TM etc.
• HP Quality Center (now ALM) 10.0, 11.0 and 12.0
• HP Quick Test Professional (now UFT)10.0, 11.0 and 12.0
• SAP TAO 2.0 & 3.0
• SAP Solution Manager
• Versionone (AGILE)
• JIRA (AGILE)
• Remedy
• HP Service Desk
• SAP End to End QA
• SAP Test Automation Roadmap
• Test Solution Design
• Test Tool selection
• Infrastructure set up
• Manual Testing
• Automation Testing
• QA Process Excellence
• SCRUM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Platform: SAP

Tools: HP ALM, Versionone

Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Participate in business discussions to assess Test Requirements
• Coordinate with Validation team to understand validation requirements
• Design Test Strategy and Test Plan
• Design Test framework
• Design Training material and Impart tool and process training to testing team, Validation Team, scrum teams
• Test Tool Validation
• Implement Test processes
• Metrics reporting
• Defect management
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Design Automation Roadmap
• Tool selection and Implementation for Automation
• HP ALM Administration

Confidential, Newtown Square, PA

Test Consultant/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Participate in business discussions to assess End to End Test Requirements
• Creating Transparency for all areas within the 1DX Program
• End to End Test Planning and Preparation
• End to End Test Scenarios Documentation
• Test Script creation in Solution Manager
• Provide training to business users for SAP Solution Manger for Test Execution
• Manage Testing kickoff and Open Lines for Test Cycles
• Defect Management
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Highlight Showstoppers
• Track progress through each End to End Cycle to ensure optimum test coverage
• Status reporting and provide comparative data to management to aid Go-Live decision making

Confidential, Hopewell, NJ

Régression Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participate in business discussions to assess Regression Test Requirements
• Test Planning and Preparation
• Test Execution
• ITVS Approvals
• Defect Management
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Status reporting and Regression Test Summary Report
• Create Traceability Matric
• Resolve bottlenecks for performance testing
• Status reporting for performance testing

Confidential, Boston, Massachusetts

SAP QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in business discussions to assess SAP system quality needs
• Analysis and prioritization of Stories in Sprints wrt QA
• Test Planning
• Test script design and maintenance
• Identify suitable candidates for automation
• Design Automation roadmap
• SAP Test Automation Project planning and control
• HP Quality Center Administration
• Identify Risks and Devise Mitigation Plan

Confidential, Toledo, Ohio

Manager/Lead- Test Automation

Responsibilities:

• Participate in business discussions to assess SAP system quality needs and Confidential ’s Program objectives
• SAP Test Automation Project planning
• Project scope definition, timeline alignment
• Test automation Strategy and Framework Design
• Test automation infrastructure design, setup and configuration with HP ALM 11.0, HP QTP 11.0 and SAP TAO 3.0
• HP Quality Center Administration
• Identify automation requirements, verification requirements
• Automation feasibility study and analysis
• Test automation data requirements and preparation
• Identify Risks and Devise Mitigation Plan
• Validation and signoff and maintenance for the regression test bed
• Documentation and Training for Confidential Test Automation Team
• Test automation Maintenance, Execution and Reporting

Confidential

Platform: SAP

Tools: HP QTP, HP QC, HP ALM, SAP TAO, PANAYA, SAP eCATT, SAP Solution Manager

SAP QA/Testing Expert

Responsibilities:

• Design Testing Solutions for new/prospective customers
• Design Testing framework and strategy for new/prospective customers
• Provide Project Estimations
• Provide Project Plans
• Respond to RFIs and RFQs for New Opportunities.
• Identify, Review and close gaps in Existing Testing Projects.
• Resource Management for SAP Testing CoE
• Interview to Hire
• Review Training needs for Testing CoE
• Organize and Conduct Trainings for New Tools/Teams.

Confidential

Platform: SAP R/3 and Portals

Tools: HP QTP 10.0, HP QC 10.0

Manager/Leader- SAP Test Automation

Responsibilities:

• Project planning and Estimation per SOW
• Test Strategy design and set up
• Test methodology design and set up
• Test infrastructure setup with HP QC and HP QTP (Procure, Install and Configure)
• HP Quality Center Administration
• Provide POC
• Identify automation requirement
• Identify automation feasibility
• Development of regression test bed
• Validation and signoff for the regression test bed
• Plan, execute and report regression test cycles
• Establish, monitor, and control Defect Management Process
• Establish, monitor and control Change Management Process
• Identify Risks and Devise Mitigation Plan
• Leveraging an automation team of 7 engineers and functional experts for delivery of planned testing and automation services.

Confidential

Platform: SAP R/3 and Portals

Tools: HP QC 9.0, HP QTP 9.0, SAP TAO 2.0

SAP QA/Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall quality assurance of the Production system pertaining to domestic and international releases
• Test Strategy design and set up
• Test methodology design and set up
• Design the automation roadmap
• Plan test cycles for as per the release structure
• Monitor and participate in requirements gathering, scripting & business signoffs.
• Automation requirement and feasibility study
• Plan and implement Test Automation efforts in alignment with the roadmap.
• Development of regression test bed
• Planning and implementing all phases of System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Generate Metrics for Reporting Purposes.
• Provide Onsite UAT support to end users.
• Leading the QA Team of 12 members for delivering testing services pre Go-Live.
• Design, Implement and Monitor Defect Management Process
• Design, Implement and Monitor Change Management Process
• Closing all gaps for production defect leakage.
• Extend onsite support for UAT
• Identify Risks and Devise Mitigation Plan

Confidential

Platform: SAP R/3

Tools: HP Service Desk

Duration: 01 Dec 2010 and 05 Apr 2011 to 4 Jun 2011

SAP ERP Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project transition from x vendor
• Responsible for meeting the overall SLA requirements across modules
• Member of Change Control Board
• Onsite coordination for the project as an ERP Lead.
• Point of contact for all L2 level issues.
• Responsible for managing service requests/tickets.
• Responsible for managing production break-fixes and new enhancements.
• Responsible for System Integration and Regression testing for changing moving in to production on a weekly basis and sometimes ad-hoc.