CAREER OVERVIEW:

• Results - driven Senior Test Manager with extensive experience in setting up and executing Development & Quality Assurance/Testing Programs and Projects. SDLC & TLC transformation and delivery utilizing TMAP, AGILE, V Model, Devops, Waterfall and Incremental methodologies.
• Extensive international experience with major International Consulting Organizations in managing diverse teams in Offshore and Onshore IT delivery.
• A seasoned professional with vast experience in setting and management of Scaled Agile Delivery.
• Specialized in driving Test delivery & transformation through utilizing 'Shift left' Agile methodologies.
• Setting up and operating Offshore Development and Test COEs. Expert on User Acceptance Testing governance and delivery, working closely with business in delivering UAT strategies and plans, along with coordinating UAT execution and reporting
• Program Test management
• Project Test management
• Program & Project Test Governance
• Test Strategy & Test planning definition/ implementation
• Test delivery including scope, resource, budget and quality management
• Sprint, ST, SIT, UAT, OAT and performance testing hands on Test management
• Testing CoE setup and management
• Test automation
• Test environment virtualization
• AGILE testing setup and management (Shift left testing)
• Test assessements & audits
• Release Management
• Change Management
• SCALED AGILE (SAFE) Program/Enterprise Sprint and SIT testing
• Agile SCRUM Framework impementation
• Agile tranformation implementation
• Agile BDD & Sprint testing (shift Left testing)
• Continuous integration Testing (Devops)
• Test optimization: Test Organization, Test Methodologies and Test Tools
• CMMI assessements
• TMMI Assessements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SOFTWARE: Temenos 24, ERP SAPFinancials, Guidewire Claimecenter, Siembel CRM, Multifonds, SQL, CICS, DB2, IMS, COBOL, Python, JCL, ETL Informatica, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, BDD, Gherkin

TOOLS : ALM (QC), UFT (QTP), JIRA, Zephyr, Selenium, Cucumber, Bamboo, Clearquest, Clearcase, Rational Robot, Functional Tester, MS Project, MS Powerpoint, MS Excell, Sharepoint, Release Management AHA, Change Management Freshservice, Clarity, Remedy

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Program Test Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Confidential Test Strategy
• IT Program audit (EPMO)
• Program planning
• SIT Strategy
• UAT Strategy
• Senior Stakeholder management
• Program Test governance
• Communication management
• Management reporting
• Quality gates and KPIs definition and implementation
• Resource management
• Project planning, execution, monitoring and controlling
• Budget management

Confidential

Senior Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for Wealth Management’s Test delivery (Budget, resourcing, scope and quality)
• Implementation of Wealth Management’s Test Strategy
• Leading the Test delivery for planning and execution of 19 programs
• TLC methodologies implementation including Agile, Waterfall and iterative/incremental
• Optimization approaches: Agile ‘Shift left’, BDD implementation, Test automation and Test environments virtualization
• Senior Stakeholder management
• Program governance
• Communication management
• Management reporting
• Defect management
• Quality gates and test KPI metrics definition and implementation
• Resource management
• Budget management
• Third party Vendor management
• Outsourcing management

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led Test Program Delivery
• Managed hands on an Agile Test delivery organization of 14 Test workstreams and 100 plus resources (Offshore and Onshore)
• Defined and implemented the Program’s Test Strategy and planning
• Implemented Enterprise Agile testing best practices
• Managed all Testing phases including Sprint, SIT, UAT, OAT and performance testing
• Setup an Offshore TCoE centralizing test skills & technologies
• Test Resource management for all SDLC phases
• Created and maintained the Program’s Test delivery plan (Roadmap, Project plans, schedule plans)
• Implemented a test automation framework utilizing UFT
• Senior stakeholder management
• Management reporting
• Quality Gates and KPI implementation
• Third party vendor management

Confidential

SCRUM Master

Responsibilities:

• Identified SDLC areas of improvement including Agile transformation & implementation
• Implemented Behavioral Driven Development (BDD)
• Implemented Test automation
• Conducted SCRUM meetings at Enterprise Level (6 Workstreams)
• Enterprise Agile planning (including scope, timelines and budget)
• Coordinated with Senior Stakeholders and Product Owners
• Managed Implementation Plan with product owners and senior stakeholders

Confidential

Senior Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed Testing Program activities for a Data Center migration
• Responsible for defining and executing the Program’s Test strategy
• Test planning and execution for infrastructure, middleware, OS testing, application testing, SIT, Data migration testing, UAT, OAT and ‘Go-Live’
• Managed an organization of 80 test resources with multiple vendors and locations

Confidential

Senior UAT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a worldwide UAT Strategy for a Web Wealth management application
• UAT Project Planning: scope, timelines, milestones, tasks, depedencies, risks, changes
• Test Governance & leading the UAT steering committee and reporting
• Coordinated UAT with Business Stakeholders/users in 21 different countries
• L ead UAT Teams in UAT requirements definition, Use case design/creation & execution

Confidential

Senior Management consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT development and testing teams for a Siebel CRM implementation
• Implemented an Agile methodology for expediting product delivery
• Managed business analysis, design, development and testing teams
• Lead a Test organization delivering Test automation services to the Financial industry
• Implemented a Test automation framework based on QTP, offering transfer agency and fund accounting automated testing services to financial services organizations
• Setup and managed an Offshore Testing CoE for Test automation services
• UAT Test Strategy definition and implementation for a Transfer Agency application
• UAT Test plan definition and implementation
• Resource and Stakeholder management

Confidential

UAT manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead the UAT testing for a Lending application (European Union members)
• Built and managed the UAT organization from business users in member states
• Delivered a UAT program to UAT teams involved
• Stakeholder management (Senior European Commissioners)

Confidential

Head of Quality Assurance

Responsibilities:

• Managed Test resourcing and deliverables
• Oversaw the project testing plans and implemented changes for efficiencies within projects
• Prepared test estimates and project schedules
• Establish Enterprise testing standards, metrics and best practices
• Stakeholder management at CEO level
• Manage Onshore/Offshore team of test analysts and testers