SUMMARY:

• Software (ERP/CRM/Mainframe/Microsoft/Java/API) Development/QA Enterprise Implementations Systems Engineering
• Diligent QA LEAD/PROJECT MANAGER offering a proven record of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects; working towards PMP, ATDD (Agile Test Driven Development), Agile - Scrum and Six Sigma Black Belt Trained, computer programming, Test Architecture and business finance experience.
• Business strategist: plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Excellent communicator: leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.
• Expert in agile and waterfall model implementation. Known ability to produce high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Custom Software Development/QA
• ERP-SAP/CRM Implementation
• Systems Engineering
• Financial Service Sectors
• SaaS Partner Applications
• System Migrations/Integrations
• SAFe Lean-Agile Principles
• Enterprise Wide Implementations
• Requirements Analysis
• ROI Analysis
• Costing & Budgeting
• Project Scheduling
• Testing/QA/Rollout/Support
• Cross-Functional Supervision
• Team Building & Mentoring
• Client Relations & Presentations
• Business & IT Planning
• Vendor Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pittsburgh

PROJECT MANAGER - UAT/QA LEAD

Skills: Mainframe, UAT, Project and Portfolio Management, Banking Domain and Test Automation - UFT and LeanFT.

Responsibilities:

• Provide turnkey solutions on Test Architecture, Test Automation and design overall test strategy.
• Manage and guide the testing team on test deliverables from an ATDD (Agile Test Driven Development) in line with the project milestones.
• Tracks the progress of all the user stories derived from the Features/Release Train and reports status to the stakeholders (Product Owner/Business Owner/Directors)
• Manage and guide the team on Sprint Planning, PI Review to formulate the deliverables in order to meet the Sprint Goals from a SAFe and ATDD (Agile Test Driven Development) standpoint and in line with the project milestones.
• Work with IT and business stakeholders to develop and implement detailed project plans
• Lead efforts to define project requirements with key business stakeholders
• Closely managed project development process to include monitoring project scope and change control processes
• Ensure project team has comprehensive knowledge of the FXG’s application development methodology, including but not limited to quality control and change management process
• Ensure all project documentation is prepared in accordance with FXG standards and published in a timely fashion
• Coordinate project activities for adherence to project plan and FXG standards and policies
• Report on project status, risks and mitigation strategies on a weekly basis to application stakeholders and senior management as required
• Identify key risks and their impact on the project
• Develop detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, project checklists and budget maintenance to meet established time lines as well as funding resource limitations
• Managing Requirements Analysis for Development, software testing and for new enhancements from the SDLC Development and Quality Assurance standpoint.
• Strengthen the usage of HPE Unified Functional Testing (UFT) software in terms of automating the functional testing through an intuitive, visual user experience that ties manual testing, automated software testing, and framework-based testing together in one integrated development environment (IDE).
• Manage to implement HPE UFT capabilities to help significantly reduce the cost, time spent, and complexity of the functional testing process while driving continuous quality and ultimately realize the ROI in due course.

Confidential

PROJECT MANAGER - UAT/QA LEAD

Skills: Mainframe, UAT, Project and Portfolio Management, Banking Domain and Test Automation - UFT and LeanFT.

Responsibilities:

• Overall project management for Consumer Finance project which includes managing and monitoring the development and testing activities of the software and applications.
• Identify key risks and their impact on the project
• Develop detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, project checklists and budget maintenance to meet established time lines as well as funding resource limitations
• Managing Requirements Analysis for Development, software testing and for new enhancements from the SDLC and Quality Assurance standpoint.
• Designing and developing the test strategy, test plan and test closure report (EOTR) of the related test phases in the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) management project
• Ownership on UAT Estimation and Cost Analysis.
• Responsible for hosting Defect Triage and other key meetings with stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of the service provider's tools and methodologies.
• Leverage best practices on Agile-Scrum, Waterfall (due to multiple projects) and Testing and implement them on a need-basis in the client environment.
• Resource related issues (swapping resources, backfilling resources if needed etc.) Responsible for Handover to support team (preparation starts before go-live)
• Conduct Retro, Determine Stretch objectives, Review Test Execution Reports and defects during the testing phases and works in tandem with the Test Leads.

Confidential

QA LEAD

Skills: Mainframe (Host and Distributed), HP ALM, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office, etc. Test Automation - QTP

Responsibilities:

• Overall Project management for Global Rollout project which includes managing and monitoring the development and testing activities of the software and applications.
• Managing Requirements Analysis for software testing and for new enhancements from the Quality Assurance standpoint.
• Designing and developing the test strategy, test plan and test closure report of the related test phases in the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) management project.
• Expertise in problem solving, resource management, troubleshooting issues related to project and other operational parameters.
• Profound knowledge in banking solutions and cross-functional expertise.
• Manage and execute the Integration testing and UAT support.
• Involved in direct Client interaction and addressing the testing related challenges. Responsible for hosting Defect Triage and other key meetings with stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of the service provider's tools and methodologies.
• Lead efforts for hiring and training of project team as needed
• Ensure effective communication between non-technical and technical teams
• Monitor results against established timelines, deliverable, tasks, dependencies and associated technical specifications
• Leverage best practices on Testing and implement them on a need-basis in the client environment.
• Provide turnkey solutions on complex integrated applications and systems in the Mainframe, Distributed, ERP and CRM platforms.
• Implementing Testing Framework Solutions such as Agile, Data-driven, ASAP Testing Methodology, Test Automation, etc.
• Instrumental in driving program wide efforts for setting up Development/Testing Architecture Review Boards with the goal of cultivating an environment for the testing team to deliver their capabilities.

Confidential, San Diego

PROJECT MANAGER

Skills: SAP, ICC, Corporate and Web Applications

Responsibilities:

• Manages the delivery team and testing team on a daily basis and maintains a detailed development and testing project plan to track the project deliverables.
• Tracks the progress of all work packages and reports status to the stakeholders
• Identifies any anomalies on the delivery and activates resources for resolution (e.g. SA or TA)
• Communicates updated issues and risks to the stakeholders Manages the Resource Planner on any Resource related issues (swapping resources, backfilling resources if needed etc.)
• Responsible for Handover to support team (preparation starts before go-live) Reviews Test Execution Reports and defects during the testing phases and works in tandem with the Test Lead

Confidential, Portland, OR

PROJECT MANAGER/BSA/Test Program Manager

Skills: SAP and INTEGRATION

Responsibilities:

• As a Project Manager/BSA (Business System Analyst), I was involved in SAP-HR functional activities such as configuring and customizing OM/PA/TA/BN modules, resolve tickets, manage the work between the teams onsite/offshore and ensure the deliverables are met on time.
• Client facing and communicate/collaborate with the stakeholders on SAP and other Testing Implementation.
• Resource Management and elaborating the testing portfolio and Conducting Internal/External reviews.
• Coordinating between onsite & offshore team to execute SAP HR and other ERP Testing activities including SAP TAO implementation.
• Design Test Phases like system, Integration, Security, Portal, Performance, Portal, UAT Support, Parallel, etc.
• Confidential Resource Management, Planning & Estimation.
• In the SAP Supply chain area we have handled the functional, automated testing for several roll outs (comprising the spring and fall releases)
• Experience in different business scenarios of Order to Cash process such as sales order processing, order fulfillment, output determination, smart forms etc. and Procure to Pay business processes.

Confidential

TEST MANAGER

Skills: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP-CRM 6.0, SAP Gui 710, QTP 9.5, WiSTA, Solution Manager, Quality Center 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Involved in initiating test scoping and test deliverable activities including test bed setup, requirements gathering, Onshore-Offshore coordination, etc.
• Analyze and provide solutions on functional testing and test planning Leverage and sustaining strategies with the stakeholders from the SAP-QA standpoint (pre-dominantly in SAP-CRM till date).
• Initiated TCOE (Testing Center of Excellence), Involved in Healthcare Company-SAP-QA methodology, testing best practices, and selection of tools.
• Design, develop and execute the Dry Run and Validation test cycles. Detail Test Plan/Tools layering, Estimations, Resources handling and Defining test strategies. Designed and layered out a thorough deployment plan for testing.

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

TEST MANAGER

Skills: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP Gui 640, QTP 9.2, TAO, Solution Manager, Quality Center 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Involved in initiating PILOT activities, test bed setup, requirements gathering, Onshore-Offshore coordination, etc.
• Analyze and provide solutions on test automation, transport management Leverage and sustaining strategies with the stakeholders from the SAP-QA standpoint Totally involved and responsible for an analysis on Ecolab-SAP-QA methodology, testing best practices, and tools used.
• Implemented SAP TAO solution on OTC scripts. Design, develop and execute the TAO test cycles. Detail Test Plan/Tools layering, Estimations, Resources handling and Defining test strategies.
• Designed and layered out a thorough deployment plan for testing team restructuring involving roles, resources, tools and the test bed. Ownership in Test Automation for SAP using TAO+BPT+QTP+QC.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Test Architect

Skills: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP Gui 640, QTP 9.2, TAO, Solution Manager, Quality Center 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Proven Ownership to deliver as expected, Lead the Onsite & Offshore team of team size (5), Define test strategies on different test phases on Change testing & Regression testing, Ownership of testing deliverables (SAP-HR-PY-TM-PA-OM, SAP-SRM, SAP-FI-CO modules)
• Thorough testing expertise in HR PAYROLL (US, UK - 3-tier, labor, true-up process, etc.) and Time management modules. Review test conditions of system change and initiate cross-function-area review and discussion.
• Performed change impact testing in Regression environment QRT. Design, develop, drive & deliver the SAP Functional (CIT) & Regression (QTP 9.0) testing.
• Review and validate system documentation: Functional/Tech Spec ’s, GSS tasks, functional test summary and proof of test. Used QTP 9.2 and TAO to create and execute automation test suite for integrated business processes. TAO - Install, setup and mentoring the usage of TAO and its components. Review and verify transport list and give QA approvals for system changes to be promoted to PRD. Currently we are processing 25 transports every week.

Confidential

Test Architect

Skills: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP Gui 640, QTP 9.2, TAO, Solution Manager, Quality Center 9.2

Responsibilities:

• Define Test Strategies for different test phases Unit, Integration (SIT1, SIT2 & SIT3) and E2E testing.
• Collaborate with the stakeholders on major testing milestones. Lead a team of team of 12 involving manual and automated testing.
• Communicated with the Business Analysts to understand the Functional requirements. Guided the offshore team to understand the requirements and prepare test cases. Prepared the Test Execution plan for Business Process, Integration, E2E Testing phases. GAP Analysis of user requirements and reporting any functional and legal requirements.
• Taken ownership of SIT testing of all modules especially BTR, OTC, HTR, P2P and D2B (APO) work streams. Coordinated the Release management activity. Involved in testing Transport management and SLM scenarios.
• Used QTP 9.2 and TAO to create and execute automation test suite for integrated business processes.
• Prepared and review test scenarios for business processes and other key implementation tasks. Designed test cases for various business processes and technical specifications. Test to validate interfaces between SAP and other external Systems.
• Supervised and coordinated testing of various FRICEW to ensure consistency and integration on onshore/offshore model. Involved in full testing cycle i.e. unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end and user acceptance testing.
• Designed the project structure in Mercury Quality Center 9.2 managing different domains and projects. Quality Center was used for Test Case storage and execution. Interacted with the build and functional teams on a daily basis for quick defect resolution.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Test Lead

Skills: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, Quality Center 9.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in complete testing cycle i.e. unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end, user acceptance testing and Regression Testing.
• V&V - Test to validate interfaces between SAP and other external Systems.
• Supervised and coordinated testing of various FRICEW to ensure consistency and integration on onshore/offshore model.
• Designed the project structure in Mercury Quality Center 9.0 managing different domains and projects. Quality Center was used for Test Case storage and execution. Interacted with the build and functional teams on a daily basis for quick defect resolution.