SUMMARY

• QA/Test Manager with around 12 years of proven/track record of delivery, test management, international experience, strong strategic vision and demonstrated ability to inspire/mentor QA teams, executive leadership, negotiating and communicating skills.
• 5+ years of extensive experience in Master Test plan preparation, test approach, test design, Test scripts use cases, and develop test scenarios/cases such as database impacts.
• 9+ years of extensive experience in Defect Management tools (JIRA, HP - Quality Center, HP-ALM, Bugzilla, IBM-Clear Quest and Microsoft Test Manager) have run defect triage meetings.
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Liaison between testing team, development team, configuration/operations team and business teams.
• Expertise in identify the gaps in projects/process and implement quick solutions as continuous improvement process. Expertise in Gap Analysis and identification, audit compliances and reaching right solutions on right time. Thus saved more time as well cost to the company.
• Experience in coordinating the integration of multiple application (handling multiple testing teams, multiple projects, development teams, Business (BA) teams)
• Knowledge of MS office tools including MS Project, PowerPoint and Visio. Actively maintain awareness and understanding of current developments and best practices
• 3+ years of experience in Oracle DB, Postgres. Have executed simple queries for data validation at DB side.
• Extensive Experience in working with distributed (offshore) testing teams. (Onsite/offshore model).
• Strong influencing and Communication skills. Self- motivated, work well in a team structure or independently. Working experience of QA best practices and testing methodologies.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, results-driven environment and applies problem solving skills to regularly meet the deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Language: JAVA/J2EE, Oracle, App Server, Web Server

Tools: HP-Quality Center 11.0, HP-ALM, TFS 2010, Eclipse, P4, MS Visual Studio, Bugzilla, JIRA P4, Postgres, Metasolv Solution 6.0.15.790 , JIRA 3.13#330, HP-Quality Center10.2 and Mercury Quality Center 10.0, IBM Clear Quest 7.0.1.2, and QTP 10.0 and Toad 8.0 and Windows 7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Berlin, CT

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Act as a single point of contact for testing related activities in a process area or work stream.
• Ensure adequate test resource coverage and facilities.
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, system test plan, creating UAT test plan and test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Run defect triage meetings and act as liaison between Development team, testing team, Business team.
• Manager requirements, track tasks in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• Facilitates building and executing the System Integration Testing (SIT), End to End Testing, Sanity testing, Adhoc testing.
• Participate in requirements specification discussions/reviews/UAT readiness
• Actively works with teams to complete root cause analysis (RCA) in order to proactively improve processes, Risk analysis, reduce risk, eliminate defects and show stoppers.
• Manage and validate all test artifacts/documentation.
• Facilitates communication upward and across project teams, including project status, estimations, defect show stoppers, impact of defects on customers; risk of specific software changes and release readiness.
• Extensive Experience in working with distributed (offshore) testing teams. (Onsite/offshore model).
• Effective communication, organizational skills and strong time management skills.
• Thorough knowledge of Quality Assurance & Management processes and procedures
• Experience with managing 10+ software testers.
• Experience managing multiple test teams across multiple geographical locations
• Manage Stakeholders Expectations. Act as liaison between business partners and system developers.

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple software test teams
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, system test plan, creating UAT test plan and test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time with high quality
• Ensure high productivity and ability to motivate
• Mentor test leads and staff
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Run defect triage meetings and act as liaison between Development team, testing team, Business team
• Participate in requirements specification discussions/reviews
• Manager requirements, track tasks in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• Create and modify processes to ensure maximum efficiency and implementation
• Manage and validate all test documentation.
• Facilitates communication upward and across project teams, including project status, estimations, and technical information.
• Effective communication, organizational skills and strong time management skills.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Integration Testing (SIT), End to End Testing, Sanity testing, Adhoc testing, Browser compatibility testing, Regression testing, Retesting, Sanity Testing, Adhoc testing, QA Audit and compliance testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Production verification testing (PVT) and simple database testing.
• Demonstrated creativity and intelligent thinking
• Thorough knowledge of Quality Assurance & Management processes and procedures
• Experience with managing 10+ software testers
• Experience managing multiple test teams across multiple geographical locations
• Act as liaison between business partners and system developers.

Environment: .NET APPLICATION, Oracle, App Server, Web Server, HP-QC, JIRA.

Confidential

Project Manager-Testing

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple software test teams/projects.
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time with high quality
• Ensure high productivity and ability to motivate
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, system test plan, creating UAT test plan and test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Mentor test leads and staff
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Run defect triage meetings and act as liaison between Development team, testing team, Business team
• Participate in requirements specification discussions/reviews
• Create and modify processes to ensure maximum efficiency and implementation
• Manage and validate all test documentation.
• Facilitates communication upward and across project teams, including project status, estimations, and technical information.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Integration Testing (SIT), End to End Testing, Sanity testing, Adhoc testing, AP device testing, Regression and Re testing.
• Take ownership of job interviews for positions within the team. Carry-out regular performance reviews for the team
• Effective communication, organizational skills and strong time management skills.
• Thorough knowledge of Quality Assurance & Management processes and procedures
• Experience with managing 10+ software testers
• Excellent English language speaking and writing skills
• Experience managing multiple test teams across multiple geographical locations
• Direct and Execute Approved Plan
• Manage Stakeholders Expectations

Environment: .NET Technologies, Oracle, App Server, Web Server

Confidential

Project Manager-Testing

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple software test teams/projects.
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time with high quality
• Ensure high productivity and ability to motivate
• Mentor test leads and staffs
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Integration Testing (SIT), End to End Testing, Sanity testing, Adhoc testing, Cloud application testing, Regression and Re testing.
• Participate in requirements specification discussions/reviews
• Manage and validate all test documentation.
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, test plan, test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Facilitates communication upward and across project teams, including project status, estimations, and technical information.
• Experience managing multiple test teams across multiple geographical locations

Environment: JAVA/J2EE, Oracle, App Server, Web Server, JIRA

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple software test teams/projects simultaneously and ensure that projects are delivered on time, align with agreed deliverables.
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, system test plan, creating UAT test plan and test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Ensure high productivity and ability to motivate and mentor test leads and staffs
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Run defect triage meetings and act as liaison between Development team, testing team, Business team
• Facilitates building and executing the System Integration Testing (SIT), End to End Testing, Sanity testing, Adhoc testing, Cloud application testing, Regression and Re testing.
• Participate in requirements specification discussions/reviews. Manage and validate all test documentation.
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, test plan, test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Experience managing multiple test teams across multiple geographical locations
• Manage Stakeholders Expectations

Environment: J2EE Application, Oracle, App Server, Web Server, JIRA

Confidential

Test/QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple software test teams/projects simultaneously and ensure that projects are delivered on time with high quality
• Extensive experience in test management using Microsoft Test Manager
• Ensure high productivity and ability to motivate and mentor test leads and staffs
• Expertise in Waterfall model, V-model, Agile/Scrum test methodologies. Recently worked with Agile/Scrum, V-model most of the time.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Integration Testing (SIT), End to End Testing, Sanity testing, Adhoc testing, Cloud application testing, Regression and Re testing.
• Participate in requirements specification discussions/reviews. Manage and validate all test documentation.
• Run defect triage meetings and act as liaison between Development team, testing team, Business team
• Leads the design and creation of the overall testing strategy, test approach, test plan, test cases for testing the project/activity.
• Experience managing multiple test teams across multiple geographical locations
• Manage Stakeholders Expectations

Environment: Oracle, Power Builder, Web sphere, JIRA

Confidential, Tualatin, OR

Test Lead, QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Prepares System test plan, Release plan Check/Review Test Case Documents
• Training with the supporting documentation (manuals, user guides) for users of newly released systems and processes.
• Extensive Experience in working with distributed (offshore) testing teams. (Onsite/offshore model).
• Control that the test scripts and their test run results are hold in Quality Centre in a correct way, to allow the issue of correct daily Test Reports to be delivered to the Authority, to show the progress of the testing
• Executed SQL queries to validate the data at backend.
• Forecast/ Estimate the project requirements and scheduling the same.
• Assign tasks to test engineers and ensure that deliverables meet customer’s quality standards.
• Extensive experience in test management using Microsoft Test Manager
• Organize Team Meetings and preparing agenda for team meeting, status call, conference calls and Issue clarifications calls.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End to End testing, Adhoc testing, Performance testing, Product testing, QA Audit and compliance testing, Regression testing, Sanity Testing, Migration (DB-Postgres) testing and production verification testing (PVT) and Point of Sale (POS) testing.
• Track and report upon testing activities, including testing results, test case coverage, required resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines, etc,
• Ensure content of Testing documents /artifacts is documented and maintained.
• The ability to adapt to time pressures and client requirements, using different project management, and where appropriate testing, methodologies.

Environment: Java/J2EE, Oracle, Power Builder, Web sphere, JIRA

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, Design and Executing test cases
• Performed Functional Testing (Black Box Testing).
• Prepared & executed the System test cases.
• Performing Health Check of Application on daily basis in System Environment and UAT Environment.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End to End testing, Adhoc testing, Performance testing, Product testing, QA Audit and compliance testing, Regression testing, Sanity Testing, Migration testing and simple database testing.
• Prepared Pricing sheets for all products with relevant to appropriate Rate sheets.
• Active Participant of Testing Review calls and SIT-Testing Review calls.
• Completing all allocated tasks in stipulated time.
• Assure quality in deliverables.
• Involved in Functional testing (Black Box Testing), Regression testing, Retesting and UAT
• Defect Analysis and Tracking

Environment: Java/J2EE, Oracle, Web sphere

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, Design and Executing test cases
• Performed Functional Testing (Black Box Testing) and Defect Analysis and Tracking
• Prepared & executed the System test cases.
• Performing Health Check of Application on daily basis in System Environment and UAT Environment.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End to End testing, Adhoc testing, Performance testing, Product testing, QA Audit and compliance testing, Regression testing, Sanity Testing, and Migration testing.
• Executed SQL queries to validate the data at backend.
• Prepared Pricing sheets for all products with relevant to appropriate Rate sheets.
• Active Participant of Testing Review calls and SIT-Testing Review calls.
• Completing all allocated tasks in stipulated time.
• Assure quality in deliverables. Involved in Functional testing (Black Box Testing), Regression testing, Retesting and UAT

Environment: J2EE, Oracle, Web sphere

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Executing test cases
• Performed Functional Testing (Black Box Testing).
• Prepared & executed the System test cases.
• Active participant in End to End testing calls.
• Completing all allocated tasks in stipulated time.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End to End testing, Adhoc testing, Performance testing, Product testing, QA Audit and compliance testing, Regression testing, Sanity Testing, and Migration testing.
• Executed SQL queries to validate the data at backend.
• Active Participant in End to End (E2E) Testing and IST Testing.
• Assure quality in deliverables.
• Involved in Regression testing, Retesting and UAT
• Defect Analysis and Tracking

Environment: J2EE, Oracle, Web sphere

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Executing test cases
• Facilitates building and executing the System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End to End testing, Adhoc testing, quick sanity testing in production environment, Regression testing, Retesting, and Sanity Testing
• Prepared & executed the System test cases.
• Executed SQL queries to validate the data at backend.
• Involved in Functional testing (Black Box Testing), Regression testing, Retesting and UAT
• Defect Analysis and Tracking

Environment: J2EE, Oracle, Web sphere, Data Warehousing

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Executing test cases
• Performed Manual Software Testing.
• Prepared & executed the System test cases.
• Involved in Functional testing (Black Box Testing), Regression testing
• Defect Analysis and Tracking

Environment: Mainframe, AS400, J2EE,.NET, VB, SQL, Data Warehousing

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Executing test cases
• Performed Manual Software Testing.
• Facilitates building and executing the System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End to End testing, Adhoc testing, quick sanity testing in production environment, Regression testing, Retesting, and Sanity Testing
• Prepared & executed the System test cases.