SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Program Manager and Automation architect with around 19 years of experience in the information technology and strategy consulting with specialization in software quality assurance. Proven record in creating, managing and leading several testing engagements and spearheading thought leadership and automation initiatives.
• Core competencies include Test Program Management, Automation solutioning, Bigdata Testing, DevOps and Software Process Consulting, Service Virtualization, SOA functional/automation testing, Agile transformation, Mainframe development/testing, Business Development and Assessments. Over the years, have gained expertise in diverse domains including Healthcare, Financial Services, Information & Media and Utilities.
• Delivered efficient and reliable IT solutions and excelled in building/leading teams in high - pressure environments. Committed to professionalism, highly organized, able to see the big picture while paying attention to small details and exhibit excellent communication skills.
• Project/Program/Portfolio management - Agile / Waterfall / Iterative
• Setting up Test Centre of Excellence and transforming customer QA Organization into an Enterprise Quality Assurance Organization to support functional, regression, automation, and instrumentation testing
• Developed several executive level presentations on project road-map and health metrics and very comfortable with Business Stakeholder management and Onsite-Offshore & multi-vendor Management
• Proven track record in providing tactical automation solutions specifically in Bigdata testing, SOA layers, Web application and Mainframe applications involving technologies such as Selenium RC/WebDriver, Junit/TestNG, JMeter, SOAPUI and Groovy
• Successfully implemented many thought leadership initiatives that include Regression optimization by increasing automation coverage, Shift left testing, Continuous Integration, Service Virtualization
• Immense experience in operational activities such as resourcing, financial operations, revenue forecast, SOW creation, driving organizational wide initiatives such as Business Effectiveness survey, Workforce transformation, learning & development
• Knowledgeable in open source technologies such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Java, Selenium, Groovy and Unix and Knowledgeable in legacy technologies such as Mainframes, Cobol, DB2, JCL, Endevor, REXX, Expeditor and Easytrieve

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Test management Tools: JIRA, CA Rally, HP ALM | HPQuality Center, TFS, VSTS

Testing Tools: Ready API/SOAPUI Pro /Service V

Languages/Scripting/Frameworks/Other technologies: Core Java, Groovy, VBA, Excel Macros, REXX, Easytrieve, Mainframe COBOL, JCL, CICS, Korn Shell scripting, Selenium, Junit, SPARK, StreamSets, Informatica, Apache Bigdata Hadoop, Apache Spark, JavaScript, Google Cloud

Database: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, Toad, SPUFI, SQL, PL/SQL, Apache Hive, PostGreSql

Version Control & CI/CD tools: TFS, SVN, Jenkins, GOCD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Program QA Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Managing the implementation of a file ingestion process built on Apache Hadoop/Spark platform, Google Cloud Migration, and the QA for ETL Informatica based product and Web services platform that provides data management on a consumer engagement platform.
• I entrusted in proposing SOW, high level estimates, and budget for multi-million projects in the current engagement

Technologies: Google Cloud, Bigdata Hadoop, Apache Spark, Java, Selenium, SOAPUI, Oracle, PLSQL Developer, Apache Hive, StreamSets, Ambari, Squirrel, Mainframe, JCL COBOL

Test Program Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Manage large onshore/offshore Agile teams for a Cloud migration project that involves Web Application testing built on Angular JS, SOA testing of RESTful Web services and Automation team.
• I was also entrusted in proposing SOW, high level estimates, and budget for multi-million projects

Technologies: AWS, Java, SOA QA, SOAPUI, Groovy, JavaScript Angular JS, Oracle, TOAD, GOCD, Jira

Test Program Manager/Solution Architect

Confidential, Dayton, OH

Responsibilities:

• Managed a very large onshore/offshore middleware SOA testing team for a new product development project and legacy applications.
• Was responsible for delivering multiple releases (both waterfall and agile) of Web-based applications and SOA applications which provided expert solution to legal research assistants.
• Key accomplishments include Agile transformation, implementing automation solutions for billing system, SOA application and Relevance testing using Groovy and SOAPUI, implementation of continuous integration using Jenkins and SOAPUI, evangelization of Service virtualization using Smart Bear Service V and implemented the same for REST based SOA services.

Technologies: Java, Selenium, .NET, SOAPUI, Cucumber, Groovy, Jira, XML, XSLT, C++, Unix Shell scripting, HP Quality Center, Oracle SOA Suite

Test Project Manager

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage and provide technical guidance to the QA team in an agile environment and deliver the testing artifacts and deliverables.

Technologies: Mainframe, JCL, COBOL, DB2, Unix Shell ScriptingProgram LeadNov 2007 - May 2009