PROFILE:

• Twelve + years of IT industry experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals.
• CSTM and CSM certified.
• Experience in leading and managing teams in Agile setting.
• Adept in leading teams of various sizes
• Knowledgeable in applications of scrum, waterfall, and agile methodologies, and skilled in developing processes that facilitate continual progress and team achievement.
• Applied knowledge of principles of agile management to projects and tasks.
• Excellent ability to multi - task
• Skilled in general management methodologies
• Implement agile management ideals by facilitating exercises such as sprint planning and team leading standups as backup SM.
• Manage project timelines and communicate with management staff and clients to ensure project progress satisfactorily.
• Enact delivery upon completion of software projects and ensure that delivery adheres to agile practices maintained by the company.
• Oversaw team of software developers’ and QA progress on applications and applied principles of agile methodologies to keep project on track as back up SM and Team Lead
• Led daily scrum meetings, defect review meetings to touch base with whole team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.
• Strong telecommunication background.
• Strong device/ handset/ data card/ embedded modules testing experience
• Experience in Client Facing interactions on a daily basis.
• Handled multiple roles - Project Test Manager
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented professional with telecommunications experience in testing handsets and data cards, Network Implementation, project management, solid background in project lifecycle functions including gathering requirements, tracking and resolving issues, identifying and managing process / training impacts.
• Exceptional technical communication skills.
• Strong documentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management: Planning, execution, overseeing progress, coaching team members, and help solve problems, resource management, cost/LOE management, documentation of project details, closeout activities and knowledge management.

Tools: and applications: Jazz hub, HP QC, Telelogic Change Synergy, QTP, TOAD, Oracle SQL, Ensemble, DNA, AAM, SC, CSM, iCARE - CRM desktop, Jira, See Test, Robo 3T, Studio 3T for accessing Mongo DB

Test Plans: OMA-DM, IOTA, GPS testing LBS Control Plane and User Plane, WAP push, Mobile IP/PAM, Device Regression.

Technology: CDMA 1X RTT, IS-95, CDMA2000 EVDO Rev. A, CDMA EV-DV, TDMA, OFDM, GSM.

Mobile brands: Prepaid, Wholesale and Postpaid end to end certifications

Mobile OS: Android, Symbian and iOS

TV OS: Tizen

Streaming platforms: ROKU, Firestick, Confidential TV, XBOX

Mobile Testing Tools: See Test, Appium, XCode, Eggplant, Monkey talk, MQA, Instruments and SLATE-Remote Handset testing

Diagnostic and mobile handset programming tools: Ethereal, WireShark, UDM(Spirent Communications Tool, QXDM, QPST, Futuredial, LGnPST, Novatel PST, Samsung PST, RSD lite (Motorola), HW virtual Serial Port, Sanyo PST, Palm Updater, Sierra PST

Systems: Aeroflex system for CDG Testing, MIP error code testing, Spirent communication system for Mobile IP, Data Performance 1X, EVDO Rev 0, EVDO Rev A and EVDO, Spirent PLTS Position Location test system for Control Plane and User Plane Testing (GPS and AFLT testing ), Open wave simulation tool

Operating System: MS-WINDOWS 2000/XP/Vista, MAC OS

Tool: /Package: MS-WORD, MS-POWERPOINT, MS-EXCEL, pages and numbers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

QA Test Lead/ Onshore coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Test Lead/ Manager responsible for managing the projects timelines, deliverables, team, Analysis of design documents and develop test plan for testing for the planning and execution projects.
• Responsible for leading a test project team in delivering test plan solutions and managing test requirements to our Enterprise Mobile App customers.
• Deliver new and complex high quality test solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Experience in Client facing interaction on a daily basis.
• Experience in leading and managing teams in Agile setting and in leading teams of various sizes.
• Applied Knowledge in applications of scrum and agile methodologies, and skilled in developing processes that facilitate continual progress and team achievement.
• Implemented agile management ideals by facilitating exercises such as sprint planning and team leading standups as backup SM.
• Manage project timelines and communicate with management staff and clients to ensure project progress satisfactorily.
• Enact delivery upon completion of software projects and ensure that delivery adheres to agile practices maintained by the company.
• Oversaw team of software developers’ and QA progress on applications and applied principles of agile methodologies to keep project on track as back up SM and Team Lead
• Led scrum meetings as backup, defect review meetings to touch base with whole team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily. Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, reporting aspects of the project.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the test team and regular project status to the client.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in testing field and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.

Environment: Release Test beds, Real iOS, Android devices/ simulators, XBOX, ROKU, Amazon Fire Stick, Tizen on Samsung TV.

Test Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Test Manager is responsible for managing the projects timelines, deliverables, team, Analysis of design documents and develop test plan for testing for the planning and execution projects.
• Responsible for leading a test project team in delivering test plan solutions and managing test requirements to our customer.
• Deliver new and complex high quality test solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Experience in Client facing interaction on a daily basis.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, reporting aspects of the project.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the test team and regular project status to the client.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in testing field and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.

Environment: Release Test beds: Real devices/ simulators SIT

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• QA Test lead is responsible for managing the projects timelines, deliverables, team, Analysis of design documents and develop test plan for testing for the planning and execution projects.
• Responsible for leading a test project team in delivering test plan solutions and managing test requirements to our customer.
• Deliver new and complex high-quality test solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Experience in Client facing interaction on a daily basis.
• Schedule and take transitions from testing Spocs for the respective apps.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, reporting aspects of the project.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the test team and regular project status to the client.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in testing field and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.

Environment: Release Test beds: Real devices/ simulators

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Test Manager is responsible for Analysis, oversee creation of test plan, DMA/NITR and test cases for testing and execution status of ST reporting for CTP application.
• Responsible for leading a test project team in delivering test plan solutions and managing test requirements to our customer.
• Deliver new and complex high quality test solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Experience in Client facing interaction on a daily basis.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, reporting aspects of the project.
• Involved in process and product Audit Confidential test team level.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the test team and regular project status to the client.
• Utilize in - depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in telecommunication field and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.
• Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets quality goals.

Environment: Release Test beds: ST

Confidential

Test Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a test project team in delivering test plan solutions and managing test requirements to our customer in the telecommunication service provider sector.
• Deliver new and complex high quality test solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Experience in Client facing interaction on a daily basis.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, reporting aspects of the project.
• Responsible for metrics submission every month.
• Involved in process and product Audit Confidential wireless test team level.
• Responsible to drive maintain and verify quality documentation every release. Perform configuration management audit every 6 months.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the test team and regular project status to the client and customer.
• Translate customer requirements into formal test requirements, test cases and Master Project Test Plan documents; establish specific solutions to data needs, and leading the efforts to testing the new and regression requirements that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in telecommunication field and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.
• Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets quality goals.
• SLATE Cluster Lead for remote handset testing. Test value added services like VVM visual voice mail, SMS, purchase of ringtones, games, wallpapers and themes.
• Test voice calls, web browsing, profile updates, hands free activation, device self activation and firmware updates after update to the subscribers profile through care frontends.
• Test Project Manager for Enterprise Test Confidential Account. Key projects handled so far include Real time online charging, Content Filtering, Enhancement of payment capabilities, Authentication, iCare SMS blocking functionality, 3G day pass and On demand Billing, Tiered ETF Phase I ( Early Termination Fees), Tiered ETF Phase II and Wimax Implementation, Monthly Unlimited Shrinkage on iCARE, Text message delivery window(Regulatory Compliance), Value Delivery System VDS project bringing 3 brands to one platform - set of 12 prepaid projects managed single handedly from planning to execution with the limited timeframe to ramp up resources and knowledge. Phase 2 of the VDS program to bring the 3rd prepaid brand to the AMDOCS platform. Being managed from planning to execution phase.

Environment: Release Test beds: ST, RTB1, RTB2, UAT5