SUMMARY:

• Over 14 yrs experience in the information technology industry as QA automation and performance Lead and consultant with extensive knowledge of testing methodologies, specializing in HP tools Quick Test Pro(QTP), LoadRunner, HP Quality Center/TestDirector, SAP Testing and specialization in SAP Banking, SAP MM,BMC Patrol, VISTA IM and worked in US, India and UK.
• Strong expertise in all phases of software testing and management, defining requirements, planning testing process, test automation & execution, analyzing and reporting results, tracking and managing defects with special focus on agile methodologies.
• Exclusive experience Leading and working on manual and automated software testing of client - server, e-business solutions, ERP and web applications and web services.
• Exclusive experience leading and providing directions to the teams, managing schedules, dependencies, providing management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to automation and performance testing and recommending solutions.
• Extensive work experience on scripting and automation using QTP.
• Exclusive experience in data migration automation and integration automation of Aspen IMOS with SAP and NextGen.
• Exclusive experience in test management using HPQC, functional automation and volumetric automation of Back to Basics SAP project covering various process areas.
• Exclusive experience in management and functional automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and ODM.
• Exclusive experience on SAP Testing and automation of SAP Banking implementation Project Voyager, OLB, Portrait, EWM and Chapswift.
• Extensive work experience on Performance Testing, Load Testing, Stress Testing, Soak Testing using LoadRunner and Jmeter.
• Exclusive work experience in Quality Center Administration and managed around 650 people. Involved in streamlining the Process, Customization, Project creation, User role management and Work flow management.
• Exclusive experience on systems and infrastructure monitoring tools BMC Patrol and VISTA Infrastructure monitoring tool.
• Extensive work experience on GUI Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Blackbox Testing, Integration testing and I18N.
• Proficient in Mercury/HP Interactive Tools like QTP, LoadRunner, Winrunner, TestDirector, and MQC.
• Experienced in SRS Analysis, Developing, Reviewing and Execution of Test cases, Test scripts and expected results and worked throughout the QA lifecycle.
• Experienced in coordinating with multiple vendors as an independent consultant for performance testing and coordination of testing activities from a different geography.
• Experienced in Estimation, Preparing Test Plan and details, Preparing Automation plan, Capacity planning, creating automation and performance strategy documents, generating reports.
• Experienced in the use of black box and agile methodologies and approaches.
• Efficient at defect reporting, tracking and verifying using tools like ClearQuest, Clarify CRM.
• Involved in Installation, Configuration and Testing of an e-business solutions software, BMC Patrol for internet services.
• Installation and Configuration of BMC Patrol Agent and Knowledge Modules.
• Worked on UNIX, WIN XP, WIN NT and WIN 2K platforms and On Web Servers like Netscape, Microsoft IIS servers and Apache Server.
• Involved in Testing of Financial accounting package and medical software for DCS Infoway
• Extensive work experience and business knowledge of financial trading, derivatives and futures and options.
• Dynamic IT Professional with superior problem solving and analytical skills.
• Website and software development using Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop
• Exposure to: C, C++, Lotus Notes, VB 5.0, VC++,MS Access, MS Excel, Sybase, CorelDraw 7,MS Office, Orcad, Java, JSP, HTML and VJ++

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Testing tools: QTP, LoadRunner, Mercury Quality Center (MQC), Test Director Jmeter, WinRunner, Confidential Rational ClearQuest, Vantive client Webstress tool, Clarify CRM, WinCVS, Homer tool, vbscript, HP Diagnostics.

Programming language: C, C++, VB 5.0,Lotus Notes.

RDBMS: Sybase, MS Access 97/2000,SQL

Operating System: Win XP, Win NT, Win 2k, UNIX (all flavors)

Applications: Aspen IMOS, NextGen, SAP, BMC Patrol, OLB,Portrait, ChapSwift PBM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/PROJECT PROFILE:

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead and provide direction to the team, manage schedules, dependencies, provide management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to automation and performance testing and recommend solutions.
• Responsible to lead the team working on automation of Customer Care & Billing(CC&B) and other applications like ODM and coordinate with the Client for all the automation and performance projects. It includes Regression and web services automation of various areas of the respective applications like customer configuration, revenue management and Field Activity in both SIT and UAT Environments.
• Build the automation team and worked with the various teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and responsible for Estimation, Automation Planning, Framework, Design and guide the team in scripting using QTP 11.0 and VBScript.
• Lead and guide the team on automation for System Integration testing, Regression testing and UAT testing on different environments like SIT and UAT.
• Responsible for managing and defining the process for automation and streamlining the scripts and the automation suite.
• Lead and guide the team for performance testing, performance planning and scripting using Loadrunner.
• Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Estimate, Develop and execute project test plans, and manage schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments/automation testing tasks.
• Manage, review work in progress, track the progress of the tasks and communicate and update project status.
• Schedule and attend daily TouchPoint meetings, prepare weekly status reports and provide status of the project to the Client.
• Automation planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through HP ALM and preparation of execution reports from HP ALM.
• Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.
• Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Oncor by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

Onsite Automation/Tools Lead

Confidential, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead and provide direction to the teams, manage schedules, dependencies, provide management consulting to client IT and Business Executives to determine their business and technical issues related to test management tool HPQC, automation and performance testing and recommend solutions.
• Responsible for managing, streamlining and implementing the HPQC BTB CTPS process, administered Quality Center and managed around 650 people on BTB project and supported them. Involved in Project creation, customization, User role management and Work flow management.
• Responsible to Lead the Automation team and responsible for Automation and Performance, Framework, Design, Planning and Scripting using QTP and VBScript and performance planning and scripting using Loadrunner for all BTB projects.
• Responsible for planning and automation of functional regression and volumetric automation of the respective Project Portals as well as all the applications using QTP 10.0 for the various Process areas.
• Lead and guide on automation and test management tools for Technical Acceptance Testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, System testing, Business Simulation and UAT testing on different environments like Pre QA, QA and PRD.
• Responsible for planning and guiding the team in creating the test cases and Scenarios, preparation of process documents, SOP’s, Work instructions and documents for HPQC, bulk upload of test scripts and requirements in HPQC and reporting project metrics.
• Helped build the automation team and worked with the various process teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and guide the team in scripting using QTP and VBScript.
• Planning and scripting, Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Manage schedules and allocation of testing tasks, review work in progress, track the progress of the tasks and communicate and update project status. Attend meetings and provide status to the Client.
• Test planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through HPQC and preparation of status reports and dashboards.
• Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.
• Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Confidential & Confidential by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.
• Assuring quality in the deliverables by doing regression and end to end system testing for the various activities in BTB project.
• Work with users closely to resolve the critical issues at the Client site, understand the project requirements and provide implementation support.

Confidential

Onsite Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead the team working on OMAR/OPTIMA Mainframes batch and UI and coordinated with the Client and different Vendors. Regression testing, System testing, Integration testing, End to End testing and UAT testing on different environments like BIZ, PRD, FIX and NRT was done.
• Responsible for Creation and review of Estimation, Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Guiding the team in creating the test cases and scenarios.
• Managing schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments and testing tasks.
• Reviewing work in progress, tracking the progress of the tasks and communicating and updating project status. Attending meetings, preparing weekly status reports and providing status of the project to the Client.
• Guiding the team on defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through bug tracker and helped analyze QC.

Confidential

Automation Lead

Environment: Win XP

Skill/Tools: HP QTP 11.0, MS Excel, HP QC 11.0, Medco Portals & Applications

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to lead the Automation team of 22 people working on around 18 projects in different CoE’s and responsible for Estimation, Automation Planning, Framework, Design and Scripting using QTP and VBScript for all Medco OPCoE projects.
• Responsible for planning and automation for regression and E2E automation of the respective Project Portals as well as all the applications Alpha, NRx, TMW, ESD, UVWeb, Autofax, ect in both SI and QA Environments using QTP 11.0.
• Helped build the automation team and worked with the various scrum teams for the respective projects to identify automation needs and guide the team in scripting using QTP and VBScript.
• Creation and review of Estimation, Automation Test Plan, Test Strategy and related artifacts for the various QA activities with the Client, Onsite/Offshore management and Team Members.
• Estimate, Develop and execute project test plans, and manage schedules and resource allocation and allocation of assignments/automation testing tasks.
• Tracking the progress of the tasks performed from offshore and updating the progress of the tasks in PMF of PEGA tool.
• Preparing weekly status reports and provide status of the project to the Client.
• Automation planning and management, Defect Tracking, Reporting and Verification through QC and Rational Clear Quest.
• Identify the dependencies and risks involved in each feature/project and provide a mitigation plan.
• Understanding the customer requirements and deliverables to exactly meet the requirements for Medco by utilizing in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience to deliver solutions.

Confidential

Performance Test Specialist

Environment: Win XP

Skill/Tools: HP Loadrunner 9.5, MS Excel, SAP MM

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Performance Estimation, Planning, scripting, execution and analysis using Loadrunner 9.5.
• Lead the efforts of the team in preparation for Performance and Load testing and coordinated with the onsite team.
• Recording, Scripting, parameterization and execution of the scripts were done.
• Created the Test Scenarios, executed and generated the reports and created performance test reports using LoadRunner 9.5.

Confidential

Test Automation Specialist

Environment: Win XP

Skill/Tools: Mercury Quality Center 10.0, OLB, Portrait, ChapSwift, SAP BP,EWM,QTP 10.0,SQL Server, MS Excel

Responsibilities:

• Leading the efforts of the team for Automation, Planning, Designing, Developing and Reviewing automation suites and scripts for Voyager SAP Banking Implementation.
• Involved in scripting and automation of the different interfaces and applications like Online Banking(OLB), Portrait, ChapSwift, EWM, SAP ect for Voyager using QTP 10.0 and QC 10.0
• Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan and framework for scripts and working on ATF Framework of Confidential .
• Reviewing and analyzing automation suites and resolving issues and monitoring performance.
• Analyzing the tasks to be completed, assigning resources to task, and advising resources on the development of the technical solutions.
• Worked on Test Plan and Progress, Automation Framework and technical guide, Master Script, Driver scripts, Library files, datasheets and resource files and developed coding guidelines.
• Reviewed SAP Core Banking scripts in preparation for SAP banking automation using QTP and worked on scripts for SAP BP and DM.
• Proficient on SAP Navigation and transaction codes and worked on library scripts to create BP, assign roles ect and automate SAP GUI.
• Reviewed knowledge base on architecture, applications and processes involved in the complex SAP Banking implementation project and also attended Confidential SAP Core Banking.

Confidential

BAT Test Lead

Environment: Win XP

Skill/Tools: Mercury Quality Center 9.2, Confidential Transactive, Clear case, PVCS, MS Excel, Host on Demand, Gemsafe

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Test Planning phase, reviewing BAT Detailed Test plan and Master Test Plan.
• Leading the efforts of the team in preparation for BAT Testing, Test script allocation, reviewing test conditions and scripts, coordinating with the onsite team and assigning tasks

Confidential, St Louis, MO

Consultant QA

Environment: Win XP, Win 2003

Skill/Tools: VISTA IM, TRAC System, MS Excel, QTP 9.2, MQC 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Lead the efforts of the team in functional testing, black box testing, regression testing, device testing and automation.
• Involved in preparation of plan, functional, regression and performance testing of VISTA IM.
• Performed device testing monitored and certified devices.
• Planned and executed systems monitoring tasks and participated in meetings with the business analysts and technical teams for enterprise and infrastructure monitoring.
• Involved in Performance testing of the application using simulators and emulators.
• Test plan preparation and creation and management of test cases for manual and automated testing and updating on a day to day basis and preparation of dash boards.
• Executing test cases, documenting test results, identifying defects and communicating to developers.
• Validating data by writing and executing SQL queries and navigating databases.
• Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan for VISTA IM.
• Involved in tools evaluation and preparation of plan for functional and performance testing using QTP and Loadrunner.
• Designed and created the data migration automation suite using QTP and was involved in Data migration, cutover and implementation of PhysOps solution for integrated oil supply and trading for BP.
• Involved in scripting and integration automation of different systems Aspen IMOS, NextGen and SAP using QTP 9.0, vbscripting and add ons for Java and SAP.
• Involved in estimation and preparation of automation plan and framework for integration scripts.
• Leading the efforts of the team in data migration automation and loading data throughout the UAT, CutOver and GO-LIVE phases. Created tool and script execution documents and trained the team.
• Involved in Performance and Technical testing of the application.
• Involved in integration testing of Aspen IMOS, NextGen and SAP. Executed the integration scripts and involved in web services testing and troubleshooting the XML, CSL message flows between various systems GOIL and TIBCO.
• Involved in tools evaluation and preparation of plan for technical and performance testing.
• Designing and Creation of reusable automation scripts, parameterization and execution of the scripts for UAT, CutOver and GO-LIVE were done.
• Configured and executed the scripts on the various environments like integration environment, tech environment, UAT, CutOver and Production.
• Created and managed test plans and test lab in Quality center.
• Implemented an agile client delivery process, including automation testing.
• Performed parameterization and data driven testing(DDT) using excel sheets and database in QTP as well as connected to external databases.
• Validating data by writing and executing SQL queries, navigating databases using OpsPortal, data analysis and statistical modeling using Excel were performed.
• Installed and customized QTP on 13 machines, troubleshoot issues encountered and performed data migration execution simultaneously on all 13 machines and monitored them.
• Performance Testing - Load testing, stress testing and soak testing of the application using Loadrunner and JMeter was done with both screen based and integration based scenarios.
• Worked on GHTester to publish and monitor messages for integration and performance testing. Identifying and resolving issues by analyzing, modifying and republishing JMS, XML and CSL messages.