SUMMARY:

• Graduate in Computer science and engineering with 12+ years of Testing experience with a forward thinking, capable and committed test manager/coordinator with a proven ability to meet agreed deadlines, co - ordinate work and work to defined testing methodologies within a structured environment. Focused on any task at hand and able to utilize existing test knowledge and experiences to come up with practical solutions and alternatives to testing processes. Having good leadership, negotiating and communicating skills and
• Capable of providing authoritative guidance and advice to both in house and third party test teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT Test Automation Selenium, Dev Test, Hands-on QTP and Load Runner.

Products: Claim Center Guide Wire.

BrowsersIE6: 9, Firefox 3, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera

Bug Tracking/Application Lifecycle Management Systems: PIVOTAL TRACKER, JIRA, HP ALM, HP Quality Center, HP Test Director.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

QA Test Manager - Onsite

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented solutions roadmap and managed 24 testers for test phase.
• Coordinated with third party teams and maintained documents as per project specifications.
• Planned all tests on projects and scheduled activities accordingly.
• Developed various initiatives making test cost effective and increasing its efficiency. Monitored and implemented all UAT Testing methodologies.
• Prepared and designed testing products as per testing standards and policies. Reviewed staff performance and managed working of all staff members.
• Managed Test implementation, tracked all defects and prepared necessary reports. Determined test beds for complex test scripts and associated testing tools.

QA Sr.LEAD - Onsite

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Introduced the automation environment at Confidential and led the team to test the JAVA WEB based application with various Testing Stages/Levels/Phases, Testing Techniques and Quality Work ProductsParticipate in all meetings planned for a release and obtain necessary technical automation requirement. Such meetings include, design review, test execution timeline etc.
• Conducted a complete assessment of teams, processes and environment; defined issues and risks; and oversaw the design and introduction of tools, processes and best practices across testing life cycle to improve throughput, communication and on-time delivery of projects in an Agile development environment.
• Performed various automated tests and ensured continuous regression tests on application
• Maintain and monitor the error log for all issues identified using Homer Framework
• Managed 8 Off-shore resources for the test execution and reporting
• Participated and suggested automation idea in Hackathon (Internal process improvement meeting)

UAT Test Manager - Onsite

Confidential, NYC

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team of UAT testers for complex integrated enterprise systems.
• Coordinated with third party teams and maintained documents as per project specifications.
• Planned all tests on projects and scheduled activities accordingly.
• Developed various initiatives making test cost effective and increasing its efficiency. Monitored and implemented all UAT Testing methodologies.
• Prepared and designed testing products as per testing standards and policies. Reviewed staff performance and managed working of all staff members.
• Administered working of vendors and clients and ensured scheduled progress of projects.

Test Manager - Onsite

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented UAT test plans and test cases.
• Generated and managed results of all user acceptance tests for Model office users.
• Monitored working of activities identified issues and documented it to be resolved later.
• Determined new methods to test applications and prepared test plans.
• Resolved all customer issues and ensured customer satisfaction always.
• Designed various strategies and ensured program effectiveness.

Test Lead / Test Co-ordinator - Offsite

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented solutions roadmap, request for proposal and request for Information for various clients across Healthcare and Insurance.
• Prepared Test Approach on various Insurance (Policy Admin systems) and Health Care System applications. Coordinated with stakeholders and gathered all necessary information for the proposal based on the capabilities within Testing practice.
• Prepared Test plans and associated test cases and scripts.
• Monitored test plans and identified areas of automated test procedures.
• Managed Test implementation, tracked all defects and prepared necessary reports. Determined test beds for complex test scripts and associated testing tools.

Test Analyst - Onsite

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Review of functional specifications, review test specifications, test cases and performing manual testing. Identifying the Risk Based scenarios and executing the cases on time when the QA timelines are not met. Developed Functional Test cases and Workflows based on requirement specification and business logic. Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using defect tracker until the defect closing. Performed Black Box Testing from end users perspective without knowing the code
• Prepared Test Cases according to the software requirement specification and performed manual testing. Understanding the Business Requirements by conducting meetings with Business, solutions and Development. Raising Clarifications on the Requirements Gathered.
• Preparation and Review of System Integration, Regression and UAT Test cases. Preparation and Review of Test Data.
• Executing Integration and Regression test cases. Defect Tracking and Test Reporting.