SUMMARY:

• Around 10 years of Software Quality Assurance & Project Management experience with Expertise in Telecom, Valve Engineering, Medical and Accounting Domain.
• Salesforce Administration Certified
• CSTE and ISTQB Certified
• Worked as a QA Lead / QA Manager for more than 7 years.
• Working Knowledge & understanding of SQL, PL - SQL & Data Analysis.
• Experienced in automated and manual testing of client-server and web applications.
• Testing expertise in performing Functional, UAT, GUI, Database, Regression, System, Module, Integration and Security testing, Automation.
• Extensive experience in Black Box Testing and in performing Backend Testing to verify data integrity
• Experience in testing with Automated Tools such as HP Quality Center, TestDirector, WinRunner, Quick Test Professional.
• Extensive hands on experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC)
• Proficient in different Team Lead activities such as Planning, Estimation, Schedule and Metrics Reporting
• Handled various defect-tracking tools for finding and reporting bugs to release software successfully
• Proficient in presenting Project for Quarterly Audits, active participation in SQA team, conducting internal team audits, maintaining all the documents as per company norms, Configuration Management
• Proficient in Functional PMO activities such as Project Quotes, KPI base lining, Business Volumetric baseline till operational level, Metrics Reporting to client
• Proficient in MS-Excel, MS-Word and presentations using MS-Powerpoint
• Excellent communications skills, strong analytical skills, good People & Process management, team leadership and client interaction.
• Adaptable to work both as a team lead as well as independent consultant

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, VB

Databases: MS-Access, Foxpro, Oracle, SQL Server

Tools: TOAD, Microsoft Visual Source Safe, MS-Project, VISIO

Testing Tools: TestDirector / Quality Center, WinRunner, QTP

Packages: MS-Office (MS-Word, MS-Access, MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint), Crystal Reports

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Team Lead / Functional PMO

• Lead the team for testing the application
• Developed a test plan for testing the application after reviewing requirement specification document.
• Developed Work Package Plan, Schedule in MS-Project, Estimate, Matrices
• Developed Automated Testing Solutions in VB to perform the Backend Testing
• Interaction with Client, Vendors, development team
• Used QTP for automating some Test Cases
• Used Test Director to manage Requirements, Test Cases and Defects
• Perform Data Analysis on received alamrs to analyze all raw alarms and do the correct transalation of these alarms.
• Preparation of weekly Highlight report, maintaining all the documents as per company norms Conducting team meetings
• Team management, timesheet management, Leave management of team members
• Participation in Quarterly PMR, Quarterly Audits.
• Preparing reports, metrics and Powerpoint presentations
• Performed Manual as well as Automated testing
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing
• Performed extensive Back End testing writing SQL queries in the mainframe to extract data required for various different scenarios.
• Created and maintained testing artifacts (test cases, defect reports, test data, Vendor Support Planner) for client products.
• Involved in Configuration Management using Micro-soft Visual Source Safe
• As a Functional PMO Involved actively in KPI base lining and Business Volumetric from baseline preparation till its operational level.
• Involved in automating the reports either internally or with the help of external teams.

Environment: PL/SQL, TOAD, Microsoft Visual Source Safe, MS-Project, VB, Test Director

Confidential

Sr. QA Analyst

• Worked on different RFCs and CR
• Developed test cases through using Mercury Quality Center.
• Executed the test cases manually using Mercury Quality Center.
• Reported numbers of defects in the defect module of the application, by using the Mercury Quality Center.
• Actively participated in the weekly held bug review meetings.
• Retested the different version/builds completely after fixing of different bugs.
• Written complex SQL queries for backend testing .
• Data build, Network build and Order placement with different instances of PACS
• Interaction with Development Team, Internal Systems
• Performed Manual as well as Automated testing
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing
• Complex Report Generation in MS-Excel
• Automated some of the regression tests using WinRunner

Environment: Oracle 9I, PL/SQL, TOAD, Test Director, WinRunner, MS-Excel

Confidential

• Travelled to Client Location Ipswich, UK
• On-site Client Interaction w.r.t design specs understanding & defect analysis.
• Co-ordination with Client as well as other external sub-systems.
• Actively participated in the meeting with sub systems to get adequate knowledge of all components.
• Data Building
• Preparation of Data Flow Diagrams and presentation to define the workflow between different systems using VISIO and MS-Powerpoint
• Performed Manual testing
• Performed Functional and Regression Testing
• Reported numbers of defects in the defect module of the application, by using the Mercury Quality Center.

Environment: Mercury Quality Center, MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint, VISIOCompany - Sahir Projects, Pune, India

Project Lead

Confidential

• Preparing Project Plan and Requirements Specification Documents
• Creating Flow Chart and Design Document.
• Designing and constructing various User Interfaces using Visual Basic 6.
• Testing of the application on Multiple Windows operating systems
• Formulating Test Strategy
• Preparing Test plans, Test Cases and Test Data for carrying out tests.
• Designing and developing System Design Document and User Manual
• Defect Reporting till Tracking
• Carried out Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Ad-hoc testing, Compatibility Testing

Environment: Visual Basic, MS-Access, MS-Office, Visio, Windows 9x

Confidential : - Received ‘Special Achievement’ Confidential for the Project and the presentation made in MS-Powerpoint

Test Lead

Confidential

• Preparation of Requirement Specification Documents for final phase
• Scheduling, assigning and tracking testing activities
• Formulating Test Strategy for all phases
• Preparing Test plans, Test Cases and Test Data for carrying out tests for all phases.
• Testing of the application on Multiple Windows operating systems for all phases
• Carried out Ad-hoc testing, Sanity Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, E2E Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Compatibility Testing

Environment: Visual Basic, MS-Access, MS-Office, Visio, Windows 9x