PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 9+ years of experience in leading and testing the various cycles(unit, integration, regression, UAT and performance) of testing for global medical, technology and services, wireless, newspaper and utility companies
• Managed Manual and Automation Testing cycles using HP QC, QTP, and TAO tools in various industries
• Involved in resource estimations, capacity planning, test strategy creation, test plan, test cases and executive reports
• Performed strategic planning for manual and automation testing cycles
• Extensive SAP testing experience in SAP FI/CO, COPA, SD, Order - to-cash, Project Systems, SCM, MM, HR, procurement and BW testing.
• Expertise in performing Manual and Automation testing in various environments using automation tools, SAP TAO, HPQC, QTP
• Experienced in, testing complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Extensive Experience on Quality Center (Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects and Dashboard), and planning, organizing, tracking, managing, and executing the Tests cases
• Involved in, reviewing and analyzing test requirements.
• Experience in analyzing business specification documents, developing Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Scope and defining Test Cases and Automating Test Scripts
• Expertise in using the Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.).
• Participated in the review of QA and Testing procedures/processes and the development of QA metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software or systems.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills, accustomed to work in a team environment with tight schedules and capable of working efficiently under pressure, manage multiple project

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Java, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, C, C++, Visual Basic, UML

ERP: SAP BW, Passport, SAP/FI/CO, SD, MM

Database: SQL Server, AS400, DB2, MS Access

Automated Testing Tools: Win Runner 6/7.5, Test Director 8.0, QTP 6.0.

Operating Systems: Windows 98/2000/NT, XP and UNIX (Solaris, Linux AIX, HP).

Load Testing Tools: Load Runner 6.0.

Office tools: MS word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access MS Project.

Web Servers: Apache, IIS 5.0/6.0

Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP

Browsers: Netscape, Internet Explorer.

Testing Skills: Automated Testing, Manual Testing, Business Function Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Black Box Testing, Performance/Testing, Regression Testing, Web/GUI Testing, Functionality Testing and User Acceptance Testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Testing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed testing strategies for manual and automation testing
• Liaison between the functional, technical and business teams in coordinating the Global and Wave implementation activities.
• Recommended opportunities for quality assurance improvement through the use of automation tools
• Leveraged SAP TAO, QTP, HPQC tools to automate and execute the scenarios
• Gathered the requirements from the business and signed on the related documents.
• Managed end-to-end unit, integration, manual/automation regression and UAT testing cycles using HP Quality Center Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab and Defect modules
• Managed team of 15 offsite members for automation testing
• As a QA Lead, responsible for tracking the progress of test case creation, test execution, test results, status reports, and other standard project deliverables.
• Validated the test cases documentation for completeness and accuracy after the successful completion of test execution.
• Validated the data received for automation
• Participated and provided feedback on Test Readiness Reviews to the Manager and Director
• Co-ordinated with Release manager on testing related aspects for releases and participated in release planning functions.
• Built daily/weekly reports on testing progress and communicated to the leadership team
• Applied proven analytical and problem-solving skills to validate, verify, communicate, and resolve system/software application issues throughout the software development life cycle.
• Developed & implemented the Testing schedule, Test Standards and Test Budgets
• Developed & implemented the HPQC training plan
• Conduct/ Monitor/ Coordinate Defect Calls with Process Teams during various Testing Cycles
• Conduct/ Monitor/ Coordinate Status Calls with Executive Leadership Team and Process Leaders
• Planning & Development of Validation Program (including SAP Client strategy & Testing) and Validation deliverables package for FDA Regulations & Guidelines Compliance
• Developed the strong relationship with project teams and peer staff.
• Worked with diverse groups both on-site and off-shore.
• Participated in the refinement of different test strategies
• Ensured the test process continuously meets the needs of customers and is in line with validation and compliance requirements
• Using industry standards facilitated IT testing process and continuous improvement
• Worked with tools team to implement different testing tools such as, HPQC, Load Runner, QTP and SAP TAO
• Strong experience in ERP applications

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0,FI/CO, COPA, SD, MM, Windows 2000, Quality Center 10.0, SAP TAO, QTP, Load Runner, Microsoft Excel

Confidential, New York, NY

Test Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the requirements from the business and signed on the related documents.
• Managed the team of 5members for the integration and regression testing.
• Developed test strategy and test approach and executed test scripts and test plans for Sales and Distribution (SD) and Finance (FI/CO) modules.
• Gathered the data and setup for the test scripts.
• Worked on Order verification and validation for web based test scripts using, SAP TAO, QTP and Quality Center 9.0.
• Participated in the review of QA and Testing procedures and processes and the development of QA metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software or systems.
• Based on the business requirements, generated the automated scripts using SAP TAO for order verification of Classifieds and Display modules of NYT.
• Conducted Defect Meetings, assigned prioritization of defects and escalate to Project Manager, as needed
• Performed UAT session and trained the end users.
• Involved in testing the SOX controls and providing evidences to E&Y Audit.
• Partially involved in managing the performance testing and providing the feedback on strategy

Environment: Quality Center 9.0, SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization (TAO) Windows 2000, Microsoft Excel, QTP

Confidential, Rockleigh, NJ

SAP Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on ECC 6.0 for Order to Cash (OTC), BW, Product Costing, Supply chain and Finance.
• Knowledge of financial business processes and test case generation techniques.
• Managed the team of 5members on site and 3off shore.
• Developed test strategy and test approach and executed test scripts and test plans.
• Communicated with off-shore functional and development teams to discuss the testing status.
• Involved in writing Test Plan and prepared the calendar for 3 different cycles of testing.
• Test Plan and Test Lab has been set up in Mercury Quality center 9.0 and as well logged the defects.
• Based on the functional specifications and requirement documents scenarios and test scripts have been developed in step by step procedure.
• Developed the scripts, to test the Work Flows for Customer Finance, Dealer Reward points, Engineering change.
• Ensured procurement process standardization across the enterprise.
• Defined requirements for test environments and implemented as necessary and maintained the spreadsheets.
• As a part of project systems, currency amounts are tested to make sure, amounts are only updated in parallel for the relevant controlling area.
• Custom work flow notifications need to be sent to users whenever a sales order with Delivery Block is created.
• This would trigger the work flow and a sales order display is sent to the team as an attachment for them to work on. Interacted with functional team to get all the requirements to be tested effectively and delivered in timely manner by managing the testing deliverables.
• As a part of procurement, created vendor master records and tested the PO work flows.
• In Finance, FI/CO created the scripts and tested for Lock Box, Integration of ADP with SAP, Check printing and report.
• Validated the FI data to ensure the data received is correct.
• Wrote the scripts for Product Costing. Involved in testing Costing errors Royalties, WIP (Work in progress) and Variance and presented to users.
• Test results reviewed by all project participants to ensure that the project objectives were satisfied and to discuss any remaining issues.
• As a member of (User Acceptance Testing)UAT team, maintained and updated test approaches, test cases, through life cycle. Served as a liaison between the business and testing team to ensure timely completion of testing deliverables.
• Tested HR Organizational Management module.
• Prepared training documents and trained the users to get use to the new system.
• Entered all the defects in QC across all the cycles and retested them as they got fixed.
• Participated in the review of QA and Testing procedures and processes and the development of QA metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software or systems.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0,FI/CO, COPA, SD, MM, Windows 2000, Quality Center 9.0, Microsoft Excel

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Defect Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• As a coordinator, managed the team of 6members.
• Gathered the requirements from business and functional teams.
• Involved in writing high-level scenarios from the requirements and design documents that were given by the Business for integration testing
• Defined requirements for test environments and implemented as necessary.
• Participated in the review of QA and Testing procedures and processes and the development of QA metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software or systems.
• Communicated with off-shore functional and testing teams.
• Developed scenarios into test cases, which will be detailed step by step procedure. . Involved in the processing, retrieving the application of SOX and the appropriate implementation of business rules across the system.
• As a defect coordinator, communicated with the off shore India team to get the defects fixed in the SYNYGY system.
• Participated in the review of QA and Testing procedures and processes and the development of QA metrics for assessing the quality of delivered application software or systems.
• Used Mercury Quality center 9.0 to track the defects Performed day to day validation for the associate commissions and agent rebates.
• Tested month end validation for commissions, rebates and disputes. Involved in preparing the data entry sheets for the testers.
• As a member of UAT team, maintained and updated test approaches, test cases, through life cycle. She served as a liaison between the business and testing team to ensure timely completion of testing deliverables.
• Involved in getting the SAP HR files loaded. Also involved in validating the SAP payment accrual files.
• In HR payroll, tested Gross and net pay for the individual payments.
• Tested Pay slip form and legal reports

Environment: SAP 4.7, Quality Center 9.0, Microsoft Excel, SAP FI

Confidential, Houston, TX

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Member of User Acceptance and Integration testing.
• Gathered Business requirements for Testing.
• Analyzed Requirements & prepared User Acceptance / Integration Test Scripts.
• Completely involved from requirements gathering to execution of User Acceptance Testing.
• Pre Executed Scripts in the SAP QA Box.
• Tested Interfaces to and from the SAP 4.7 System.
• Tested Integration of FI/CO SAP Functionality to other SAP Modules - PS / MM / SD.
• Responsible for testing the Financial Accounting System. This system records daily transactions, generates vouchers for verification, and maintains books & ledgers as per the accounting standards.
• Tested the generation of reports in respect of account statements, special reports to reflect due-date-forecast analysis, purchasing/sales lists, open item analysis, Balance Sheet and Profit and
• Loss account statements.
• Ran Month end Close and Pre close activity scripts in SAP FI/CO
• Converted the NBS data to SAP.
• Did Settlement of orders and Result analysis.
• Performed Currency Revaluation reports.
• Did open and close periods using transaction 0B52 for User acceptance testing.
• Ran both the standard and customized reports.
• Ran the test cases using Test Director 8.0
• Logged the defects in Test Director.

Environment: SAP 4.7, FI/CO, Windows 2000, Test Director 8.0, Microsoft Excel.

Confidential, Houston, TX

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed test plan for integration of Purchasing Plus with SAP.
• Creating test cases for creating an Item Requisition, modifying a Requisition, creates a
• Requisition for service and generating corresponding reports on Purchasing Plus side.
• Developed test plan based on the design specification and market requirement documents provided.
• Did testing for SAP PO validation for procurement.
• Involved in all areas of the Software Life Cycle.
• Documented and tracked all the defects, worked with developers to resolve the Issues.
• As a part of Project Systems, created work packages for automation.
• Worked mostly with SAP Financial FI/CO - General and Special Ledger transaction codes.
• Successfully tested critical business transactions in the finance module including vendor and customer invoices and payments for FI/CO, document fast entry, Special Ledger, G/L posting, and recurring entry programs.
• Maintain and update test approaches, test cases, test environment, and test ware through life cycle.
• Executed test cases using Test Director and tracked the defects.

Environment: SAP 4.7, FI/CO, COPA, Purchasing Plus, Windows 2000, Test Director 8.0, Microsoft Excel.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Member of the 15 members testing team for nuclear project at Confidential .
• Did testing for Passport Application upgrade from R8 to R10.
• Created test cases for different modules of the Passport Application such as Labor Entry and Reporting, Procurement Engineering and Personnel Qualifications data, Financial accounting.
• Ensured procurement processes integrate with other functional processes to support business objectives.
• Tested the generation of reports in respect of account statements, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss account statements in FI/CO.
• Developed test cases and test plans based on the design specification and market requirement documents provided.
• Scheduled the testing process using Test Director 8.
• Documented and tracked the defects.
• Tested the Tables in Passport using SQL queries on Mainframes. Performed mainframe functions on CICS screens.
• Queried the back end using SQL commands in QMF.
• Did testing for the Interfaces, related to the modules.
• Attended project meetings to report testing status, and communicate issues.
• Involved in all areas of the Software Life Cycle.
• Maintain and update test approaches, test cases, test environment, and test ware through life cycle.
• Worked with developers to understand new features and bugs to be tested in releases.
• Performed Build Verification, Positive, Negative, Boundary Values, Integration, Regression, System tests and involved in User Acceptance testing.

Environment: DB2, Mainframes, TSO, CICS, QMF, JCL, Passport Application.10, Test Director 8, Windows 2000, Microsoft Excel.