Test Lead/Manager Resume , Michigan - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

A Seasoned Test Lead/Manager consultant with 17 years of experience.
11 years in Software Testing and QA (3+ years of automotive test experience).
6 years of Design experience (Print media, Graphic Design & Flash Animation experience)
Extensive experience in managing, leading onsite - offsite teams along with preparing/running calls and meetings.
Experience in working at client location, USA. Interacting directly with clients and co-ordinating with teams from onshore.
Excellent Communication, Leadership, Team building, Technical & Analytical Skills with proven abilities in resolving complex software issues
Worked in all areas of project execution including planning, business analysis, requirements gathering, design, development, testing and SLA based production support & maintenance.
Experience in process management and improvement, risk management, root cause analysis and best practices.
Experience in writing and executing Test Process, Planning & Estimation, Test Strategies and test cases in structured and Agile development environments, performing all types of testing including functional, automation, ad-hoc, acceptance, sanity, browser and operating system compatibility, Internationalization/Localization and document testing for web based and Client Server applications.
Proficient in hands on and leading test activities for system testing of several Web based applications,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Michigan

Test Lead/Manager

Responsibilities:

Lead, direct and administer overall project testing effort to ensure the solution meets the client need as defined in the system requirement specifications.
Ensure testability of both Functional and Non-Functional requirements by participating in system requirements gathering sessions
Participate in the Peer Review of the requirements
Initiate Overall Test Plan by conducting reviews with Subject matter expert and Technical Project Manager
Ensure initial Test Management project tasks to be included in the Overall project schedule.
Refine estimates from applicable participating areas.
Gain approval of the Overall Test Plan through a peer review process.
Review and update project schedule with Technical Project Manager.
Secure testing resources for all applicable phases of testing.
Schedule, monitor and document test script/test cases creation progress on Test Planning Tracking Log.
Complete Requirements Traceability Matrix.
Ensure all test environments (hardware, data, accounts etc.) are configured and available
Conduct peer review sessions for test scripts/test cases and gain approvals.
Initialize Test Execution Tracking Log.
Schedule testing status and defect meetings.
Document all known defects in QC/defect management system and document Remediation Plan with Technical Project Manager.
Verify test readiness against the test entry criteria.
Ensure all test documentation is contained in the Project database .Test assets will remain in QC/defect management system.
Schedule, monitor and document test execution progress on the Test Execution Tracking Log for all applicable phases
Track defects and publish standardized metrics for overall testing efforts
Facilitate all defect review meetings.
Ensure all test exit criteria has been met.
Obtain sign-off on applicable testing phases.
Complete test status/metrics for project close-out.

Skills: Windows & UNIX, UNIX command center, MS Project, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, JIRA

Confidential, Michigan

Test Lead/Manager

Responsibilities:

Developing and maintaining test methodology.
Preparing Plan & Scheduled QA deliverables week on week basis.
Coordinating the work of team and monitoring their performance between onshore and Offshore (India team).
Gathering of results through ALM (also effectively used for defect management too)
Compiling test metrics for management on a day-to-day basis (daily status report…).
Following up any outstanding open test risks / issues
Identify test approaches that optimize the delivery schedule for client.
Involved in planning resources for Production Testing done for Data Migration and Server Change Over.
Managed Migration Testing activities.
Supported for web and mobile testing for UAT team

Skills: Windows, HP ALM, SQL, Selenium, SOAP UI

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved in defining Test Plan (using MPP) as well as Test Strategy artefacts.
Have Planned & Scheduled QA deliverables.
Prepared Estimation of testing effort for test design and test case execution.
Direct client interaction over the calls for complete process implementation so that Confidential aligns with the client’s process in all the instances of testing phase.
Conducted Requirement Gap Analysis and published the report to management as well as to the client.
Responsible for making sure that test coverage is adequate by conducting test design reviews thoroughly.
Preparing daily, weekly status report on testing activities & publishing the same to the management as well as client.
Conducting Daily Stand-Up and Weekly meetings with the team & publishing MOM of those meetings to the management.
Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix for proper test coverage
Used Confidential JIRA application for defect logging and analysis.

Skills: Windows, Linux, MS Project, MS Excel, Linux command center, JIRA

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

Prepared Estimation of testing effort for test design and test case execution.
Conducted Requirement Gap Analysis.
Responsible for test design reviews.
Preparing daily/weekly status report.
Coordinate between Offshore (India) and Onshore (Singapore) team.
Used SQL for Backend Testing.
Been involved in defect analysis & root cause analysis in this project.

Skills: Windows SharePoint, SharePoint, SQL, MS Project, HP Quality Center

Confidential

Test Lead

Responsibilities:

Served as one of the Business Analyst.
Preparing Estimation of testing effort for test design and test case execution.
Conducting Requirement Gap Analysis.
Responsible for test design reviews.
Preparing daily/weekly status report.
Handle Offshore (India) and Onshore (USA) team
Involved in defect analysis & root cause analysis.
Involved in planning and executing Mobile app testing for this application using open source tool.

Skills: Windows, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, MS Project

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved right from Requirement phase to post production phase completely.
Prepared High Level Test Plan.
Prepared Test Execution Plan.
Prepared Production Test Plan
Identified resources and planned for Post Production Phases testing.
Client interaction, offshore point of contact & also the onsite coordinator from offshore itself. Single point of contact to the client and the offshore teams.
Preparing daily & Weekly status Reports.
Conducting Daily Stand-Up and Weekly meetings with the team.
Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix for proper test coverage
Handled two project streams in parallel (a core functional testing team and a small team of regression test engineers).

Skills: Windows, MS Project, HP Quality Center, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved from Requirement phase to UAT.
Prepared Estimation of testing effort for test design and test case execution.
Conducted Requirement Gap Analysis.
Responsible for making sure that test coverage is adequate by conducting test design reviews thoroughly.

Skills: Windows, HP Quality Center, MS Project

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved from Requirement phase.
Prepared test design and test case execution. Involved in Automation Test case execution (30% contribution)
Involved in Requirement Gap Analysis.
Prepared test design for mobile apps and tested the apps using open source tool.

Skills: Windows, HP Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, SOAP UI

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved from Requirement phase as a Business Analyst.
Prepared test design and test case execution.
Member of Test Automation execution team.
Project Health index update

Skills: Windows, Portlets HP Quality Center, Selenium

Confidential

UI Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved from Requirement phase.
Prepared test design and test case execution both manual as well as Automation.
Prepared UI related Test cases.
Created Reusable components from the test design.
JIRA is used for defect management.

Skills: Windows, HTML, CSS, Quick Test Pro, JIRA

Confidential

Project Leader

Responsibilities:

Handled clients directly as single point of contact from the offshore location.
All the e-commerce projects handled at Confidential were designed, developed and tested at the offshore location.
Most of the projects executed were revamped for a better look and feel along with having a better user friendly application for the end user.