SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years’ experience in software testing (black box, gray box and white box) using Agile, iterative and waterfall methodologies, business analysis and planning through preparation of business scenarios and use cases, business requirements analysis, project management and system analysis. Software testing includes system testing, functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, workflow testing, user acceptance testing, performance testing, volume testing, load testing, production validation testing and ad - hoc testing. Also involved in business process re-engineering, change management, risk management and contingency planning.
• Financial and Management Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in financial accounting, investment accounting and management accounting.
• Strong Team Lead skills with fast learning curve. Strong analytical, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills with ability to interface with management and IT professionals to solve business problems

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Industries: Aerospace and defense, cable and telecommunication, health care, banking, publishing, clinical solutions

Applications: Finance functions streamlining application, business travel and expense integration application, Confidential t Care Information System, CBS - cable customer management, ctb.com - publishing web site management, Sunrise Clinical Manager, IDXRad - radiology management, Global Trade web-based banking application, Asset Management for portfolio management, Brokerage Online Security System for banking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Work extensively with business users and business analysts during requirements gathering sessions
• Participate in HLD (Higher Level Documentation) walkthroughs and brainstorming sessions between SMEs, Designers and development teams
• Analyze user stories/requirements to translate these into test plans, detailed test case and test schedules by following Agile/Scrum process
• Assist in verification of user stories and suggest requirement updates in order to get accepted by story authors
• Assist in writing new user stories in order to fill the gaps in business requirements
• Conduct requirements walkthroughs within in the testing team
• Integrated all the modules using Visio workflows and presented final prototype of the product to management
• Drafted proposed testing approaches, schedules, delivery milestones to project management
• Involved in all sprint ceremonies like sprint estimation, sprint planning, sprint calls
• Involved in unit, functional, integration, regression, iterative, smoke, ad-hoc, end to end testing and UAT as part of sprint cycles
• Analyzed and generated daily intelligence and business reports
• Use Rally software tool for Agile based software process

Confidential

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Create test plans and test scripts from user stories, requirements documents, design documents and user inputs
• Follow Agile methodology by participating in daily scum meetings, user story writing sessions, real time interactions with developers, users and subject matter experts
• Perform various phases oftesting that includes unit, functional, workflow, regression, integration, iterative and post-implementation testing using desktop, tablets and mobile phones
• Participate in codes reviews with development team that includes unit tests
• Coordinate Defect Process through review meetings.
• Coordinate set-up test environments
• Use Mingle defect management tool for defect management process
• Use Mercury's TestDirector for test planning, execution and defect management process
• Manage various product releases by doing test planning, test team management of 4 testers, coordination with project management team
• Test CBS application in VMS by using various VMS commands, data validation thorough DTRand SQL queries
• Test CBS through Web CBS and OLO (Online Customer Care)
• Migrated VMS database (DATATRIEVE or DTR) flat files into Oracle SQL Developer using SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) packages
• Perform CBS branch Full Load to CDC when CBS branch gets refreshed
• Run reconciliation process in CDC after a branch full load to identify any discrepancies
• Perform data recovery if there are any missing events in CDC Oracle Developer
• Perform data inquiries through SQL queries
• Perform various phases oftesting that includes functional and integration for CDC related issues
• Use Mingle defect management tool for defect management process

Confidential

Testing Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Set up testing strategies for Confidential t Care Information Systems (PCIS) project and Calgary Health Region (CHR).
• Implement the testing strategy and testing approach for PCIS project.
• Create test plans and test scripts templates for testing of SCM.
• Provide orientation to the testing team comprising 12 testers on using the testing documentation, testing plans, and testing scripts.
• Guide and support the testing team through various phases of testing that included unit, functional, regression, interface, workflow, integration and post-conversion testing.
• Manage the upkeep of all testing documentation to keep it current and up to date.
• Manage the Change Control process through IT Service Management (ITSM) tool.
• Manage the Defect Process through using Bugzilla and Clarify tools.
• Manage testing data through Clinibase Confidential t management system.
• Organize and manage meetings for defect management, change management and team management.
• Successfully completed the in-house for SCM 4.0 and Clinibase.
• Successfully completed Eclipsys provided Config I and II for SCM.
• Contribute to project plan with QA timelines and QA resources. Review and maintain workflows throughout the duration of project

Confidential, Concord, CA

Component Testing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and manage the system test planning and test execution process of KP’s Regional Radiology Systems to KP HealthConnect system.
• Analyze and review the IDDs (Interface Design Documents), ICDs (Interface Control Documents), Topology Diagrams and Functional Specifications to plan test scenarios and test cases.
• Participate in preparation and review of project plan, workflows and resource allocation from QA perspective. Continuous monitoring of QA resources
• Create test case templates and coordinate with the test team of 12 testers to create the test cases by using IDDs, ICDs and Functional Specifications.
• Use Mercury’s Test Director for planning test cases, execution and defect management.
• Defect management through Mercury’s TestDirector.
• Create daily and periodic test status and defects reports for the project management team.
• Participate in project status meetings with business experts, developers and project managers.
• Performed black box testing, white box testing and gray box testing.
• Perform web-based system testing, regression testing and integration testing by generating HL7 messages through injection in EM Tool or input through GUI interface.
• Validate the flow of HL7 Messages through End to End process.

Confidential, Monterey, CA

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed software design documentation and functional requirements specifications.
• Prepared test cases from application requirements and software design documents.
• Prepared periodic project status reports to provide project status to the management.
• Organized and conducted daily triage meetings with the project team to discuss the progress of the project.
• Conducted and organized defects status triage meetings with the business managers and developers to discuss the outstanding defects.
• Defect management using Rational’s ClearQuest tool.
• Generated periodic Defect Status Reports and distributed to the project management team.
• Performed web-based testing on Windows (2000 and 98) and Macintosh operating systems by using browsers Internet Explorer 5.5 and Netscape Navigator 6.2.
• Performed functional testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, production validation testing and ad-hoc testing.
• Performed black box testing, white box testing and gray box testing
• Used AppScan software to perform application-scan testing to detect web-related security issues.

Confidential, Malvern, PA

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed used cases, functional requirements and outcome scenarios to write test plans and test cases.
• Managed the load and unload of configuration data by using Express Load and Unload applications. Verified and validated the configuration data after the loads and unloads.
• Prepared daily and weekly project status reports. Participated in daily and weekly status meetings to discuss the progress of the project.
• Web-based testing on local workstations, Tablet PCs and Wireless Devices by performing acceptance testing, functional testing, regression testing, browser performance testing, load testing, volume testing, date format testing and ad-hoc testing. Performed black box testing, white box testing and gray box testing
• Validated the test results by verifying HL7 messages
• Defect management by interacting with the offshore development team, business experts and subject matter experts.

Confidential, Pasadena, CA

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead with responsibilities that included analyzing requirements with business users, preparing test plans, work plans, designing templates for test scripts and test scenarios, and representing the QA testing team of 5 testers in management and client meetings.
• Involved in resource planning based on project plan targets and monitor the progress of project
• Other responsibilities as Project Lead included: preparing daily project status report for the management, defect management, representing Kaiser QA team with the outside vendors to evaluate their products, and supervising the testing team for day-to-day work.
• Debug and analyze VB Script errors. Discuss the VB Script source code and errors with the developers during the defect fixes.
• Participated in functional acceptance testing, data integration testing, system testing, regression testing and end-to-end testing.
• Preparation of test scenarios and test cases using design documents, requirement documents and use case scenarios

Confidential, Los Angeles

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• This project involved testing Air Contract and Reporting system for Airlift USA. Quality assurance of the project included testing the product, browser functionality, navigation and web security testing.
• As a QA Analyst responsible for resource management, coordinating end-user requirements, providing QA status report to management, and coordinating testing efforts with other business clusters and participating in firm wide regression testing.
• First level of debugging of VB errors. Analyzed the VB errors through VB source code and communicated the bugs to developers through defect management process.
• Other responsibilities included preparing work plans, test plans and test scripts from requirement documentation, design documents and use cases as well as testing the application.

Confidential, New York

QC Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• QC Team Lead of 10 testers with responsibilities that included preparing project plan using MS Project, level 0 and level 1 estimates, test team planning, participation in project plan meetings with development and business managers and preparing the test plan.
• Other responsibilities as QC Team Lead included: leading a team of 5-10 people, analyzing functional requirements from FRD (Functional Requirements Documentation), allocating work for preparing test scripts and test scenarios, allocating work for test script execution, responsible for defect management, interacting with developers, and preparing project status reports for the higher management.
• Participated in web-based regression testing, scalability testing, functional testing using WinRunner and LoadRunner.
• Participate in preparation of test scripts using end user scenarios and requirements documentation

Confidential, New York

Senior Financial QC Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepared integration work plan and risk analysis and risk planning.
• Participated in data integration analysis of online trading systems running on different platforms for the private banking cluster.
• QA team leader with responsibilities that included discussing application requirements with the users, and testing DB Trader and AMT applications for securities
• Also involved in resource allocation, interaction with end-users, providing project status report to management and coordinating testing efforts with other business clusters of the organization.
• Used a standard methodology to develop a project plan, test plan, test cases and test scripts using used cases, end user input and requirements documents
• Also performed regression testing, performance testing, verification and proper documentation of test results using LoadRunner and WinRunner.
• Participated in Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3 analysis, risk management and contingency planning, change management and business process re-engineering of the private banking cluster.

Confidential

Oracle Report Writer

Responsibilities:

• Performed product analysis, product control and product enhancement functions for Brokerage Online Securities System (BOSS).
• Achieved the testing goals by executing trades and corporate actions for equity stocks, bonds, US Treasury Securities, mutual funds, money market, annuities and various derivatives.
• Testing was conducted through end-user interaction, by using contingency planning, business process re-engineering, testing methodology and testing tools.
• Also performed quality control and quality assurance using relational database systems, development and implementation of test plans, project plans and test scripts.
• Conducted various types of automated and manual testing such as web testing, product assurance testing, regression testing, interface testing and user acceptance testing. Used WinRunner for regression testing.
• Preparation of test cases using end-user inputs, requirements documents and design documentation

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed quality assurance and control functions for Citibank IPB by developing project strategy, project plan, test plan and test scripts for Euro testing and Year 2000 compliance.
• Participated in change management and contingency planning.
• Performed automated and manual testing and validated test results.
• Issued project completion report after documenting all test results.

Confidential, Wilmington, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Performed investment accounting, quality control and quality assurance functions for various mutual funds. Responsibilities included preparing test plan and test scripts using user scenarios and requirements, testing the application for mutual fund accounting involving mutual fund trades, stock trades, bond trades, money market trades and daily calculation of NV (Net Value) of mutual funds.
• Prepared and analyzed periodic financial statements, accounting schedules and regulatory statements.
• Participated in setting up the accounting functions for new funds. Worked with mutual fund clients to setup fund management process and procedures