EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Professional with 13 years of career reflecting strong Senior QA Lead with hands - on Functional testing, Quality Engineering, Project Management, User Acceptance testing and Client Relationship Management
• Currently working as SDET/Senior QA lead /coordinator with Confidential
• Good blend of functional, technical and Domain skills
• Experience in managing large testing programs across multiple geographic locations.
• Experience in Functional & Automation testing
• Strong experience in HealthCare,Banking & Insurance domain
• Experience in hiring, performance management of the associates
• Coordinated with Release Management team on monthly releases
• Expert in requirements elicitation, automation test framework, master test strategy, defect management processes, test effort estimations, Confidential based testing, traceability Matrix, Quality plans, Confidential management & test metrics reporting, Dependency Management.
• Hands on experience with SoapUI, HP/Mercury testing tools QTP, Quality Center, ALM, BPT and Test Director
• Hands on experience in testing applications built on various platforms including:
• DOTNET applications, Web applications, Mainframe, Web Services, Java/J2EE, XML, WSDL, Javascript and VB script.
• Experience testing complex components and applications without GUI/Front end
• Hands on experience in Migration and D Confidential base testing
• Hands on experience in Setup Box testing
• Implemented the Defect Life cycle process using QC
• Strong expertise in implementing QA best practices and developing Testing Center of Excellence
• Experience to SDLC models like Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall & V-Model
• Coordinated UAT for large Programs
• Implemented Quality gates across SDLC
• Practices effective Onsite/Offshore/Near shore Model
• Team-based management style and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Worked with Change approval board for project changes
• Analyzing business processes, conducting benchmarking study/ trend analysis and using various business tools to assist the critical decision making process.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Functional Testing
• Automation Testing
• Defect Management
• Project Management
• Test Strategy & Planning
• Metrics Management
• Onshore/Offshore/NearshoreModel Set-up
• User Acceptance Testing
• SoapUI/Web service testing
• XML/WSDL
• Agile Testing
• Forecasting and Capacity tracker
• Defect prevention techniques
• Best-in-class frameworks/Hybrid

TOOLS:

• SoapUI/Web service testing
• XML/WSDL
• MTM
• TFS
• HP’s QTP/QC/Test Director/ALM
• Rational Clear Quest
• Rational requisite pro
• Confidential
• 837 EDI File Confidential
• CLAREDI
• Plan view

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Carrollton, TX

Software Development Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Confidential of Automation Test Strategy
• Performing the role of Senior QA Lead/SDET is responsible for the Confidential project
• Confidential of Automation scripts using UFT.
• Good experience as SOAP Web Services Tester using the open source testing tool SoapUI
• Experience testing complex components
• Sound knowledge of Agile Methodology environment
• Facilitate communication between all technical and business areas impacted by the testing effort. Identify In Scope and Out Of Scope activities
• Publish key metrics & status to Management
• Ensure testing environments are setup and available for testing
• Triage and tracking of defects or issues to closure
• Ensure implementation of the established methodologies, processes, standards and tools within the context of the appropriate project delivery process
• Recognize and recommend priority testing so that the project can help Business decide on the scope of testing and the risks involved in not testing to save time and money

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Senior QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Confidential of Test Strategy
• Performing the role of Senior QA Lead is responsible for the entire Confidential testing activities
• Confidential of Dashboard and Score card using ALM
• Execute the test cases using HP Sprinter
• Maintain all the testing artifacts in ALM.
• Good experience as SOAP Web Services Tester
• Experience testing complex components
• Sound knowledge of Agile Methodology environment
• Daily/Weekly Test Summary Report and deliver to Clients.
• Communicate and manage the execution of the overall test strategy, ensuring test plans align with strategy
• Escalate test issues, risks and challenges to Client testing coordinator
• Facilitate communication between all technical and business areas impacted by the testing effort. Identify In Scope and Out Of Scope activities
• Publish key metrics & status to Management
• Ensure testing environments are setup and available for testing
• Triage and tracking of defects or issues to closure
• Ensure implementation of the established methodologies, processes, standards and tools within the context of the appropriate project delivery process
• Recognize and recommend priority testing so that the project can help Business decide on the scope of testing and the risks involved in not testing to save time and money
• Work with Client to ensure overall success of all testing phases
• Hire and recruit suitable profiles for Functional testing

Confidential, Woodland Hills, CA

Senior QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Confidential of SOW and capacity tracker
• Confidential of Test Strategy and Test Plans
• Performing the role of Senior QA Lead is responsible for the entire ITS testing activities
• Daily/Weekly Test Summary Report and deliver to Clients.
• Communicate and manage the execution of the overall test strategy, ensuring test plans align with strategy
• Escalate test issues, risks and challenges to Client testing coordinator
• Facilitate communication between all technical and business areas impacted by the testing effort. Identify In Scope and Out Of Scope activities
• Publish key metrics & status to Management
• Ensure testing environments are setup and available for testing
• Triage and tracking of defects or issues to closure
• Ensure implementation of the established methodologies, processes, standards and tools within the context of the appropriate project delivery process
• Recognize and recommend priority testing so that the project can help Business decide on the scope of testing and the risks involved in not testing to save time and money
• Work with Client to ensure overall success of all testing phases
• Evaluate the associates performance/appraisals
• Hire and recruit suitable profiles for Functional testing

Confidential, Des Moines, IA

Senior QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed the role of Senior QA Lead is responsible for the entire Confidential Confidential testing activities
• Coordinated with multivendor
• Analyzing the Confidential project requirements, Review test cases and results for Confidential
• Communicate and manage the execution of the overall test strategy, ensuring test plans align with strategy
• Escalate test issues, risks and changes to Client testing coordinator
• Facilitate communication between all technical and business areas impacted by the testing effort. Identify In Scope and Out Of Scope activities
• Ensure testing environments are setup and available for testing
• Triage and tracking of defects or issues to closure
• Ensure implementation of the established methodologies, processes, standards and tools within the context of the appropriate project delivery process
• Responsible for Metrics collection and ensure adherence to service levels in their projects
• Publish daily and weekly status report
• Work with Client to ensure overall success of all testing phases
• Evaluate the associates performance/appraisals
• Hire and recruit suitable profiles for Functional testing

Confidential, Woodland Hills, CA

UAT Lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed the role of UAT Lead was responsible for the UAT testing activities
• Provide End to End test scope and approach oversight/insight to Confidential
• Confidential of UAT Test Strategy, Resource Plans and Test Plans
• Prepare and review the UAT test cases
• Communicate and manage the UAT execution of the overall test strategy, ensuring test plans align with strategy
• Acts as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) on behalf of IT Testing for the Project with customers (IT & Business), various internal and external testing teams
• Triage and tracking of defects or issues to closure
• Ensure testing environments are setup and available for testing
• Recognize and recommend priority testing so that the project can help Business decide on the scope of testing and the risks involved in not testing to save time and money
• Performed the shakedown testing
• Coordinated with Release Management
• Create and publish project plans for UAT
• Publish status reports and metrics to Senior Management
• Coordinate with multiple Business stakeholders
• Work with Client to ensure overall UAT success
• Evaluate the associates performance/appraisals
• Hire and recruit suitable profiles for Functional testing

Confidential

QA /AutomationTest lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed the role of QA offshore Delivery Lead was responsible for the testing activities
• Prepared the test strategies, test plans and test summaries
• Responsible for understanding business requirements and technical estimation
• Designed automation framework to suite the project need and to provide more stability
• Automated/Executed the regression test cases for Confidential using QTP
• Delivered and walkthrough the automation scripts to onsite managers
• Publish status reports, highlights the risks/issues and metrics to Senior Management
• Evaluate the associates performance/appraisals
• Hire and recruit suitable profiles for Automation testing

Confidential, Denver - CO

QA lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed the role of QA Lead was responsible for Confidential Application Migration project.
• Played a key role in terms of coordinating with different project teams like Clients, business teams, development teams, application managers and d Confidential base team
• Involved in the project initiation phase and understand the migration requirements and testing impacts
• Confidential of Test Strategy, Resource Plan and Test Plans
• Actively involved in planning and ensuring the implementation of the testing strategy in line to the project deliverables.
• Ensure testing environments are setup and available for testing
• Handled cross-functional teams
• Preparation of test cases and get reviewed with client for approval.
• Communication with customers, business analysts, business users.
• Publish the status report to client on weekly basis.
• Evaluate the associates performance/appraisals

Confidential

Automation/Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Managing Functional/ regression
• Define and establish Automation framework using QTP
• Review, execute the Automation scripts
• Manage the Functional/Automation team
• Share the weekly status report/Metrics.

Confidential, Hartford

Quality Center Admin

Responsibilities:

• Performed as a Quality Center Admin at client location
• Implemented Work flow, Traceability matrix and Defect Life cycle process in Quality Center
• Responsible for managing the defects in Quality Center
• Responsible for preparing the daily status report, weekly status report and consolidated dashboard
• Single point of contact for technical aspects of the project

Confidential

Automation/Manual Tester

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and reviewed the System Integration test cases.
• Prepared and reviewed the Automation scripts
• Implemented Keyword driven framework
• Maintenance of Regression/Functional scripts
• Collecting and publishing metrics
• Map Automation/Functional scripts to Traceability Matrix
• Collecting and Publishing status report/Metrics to Onsite coordinator.

Confidential

Tester

Responsibilities:

• Performed as Functional tester.
• Participated in Requirement walkthrough
• Prepared and reviewed the test cases
• Test D Confidential preparation
• Functional Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing and Defect tracking.