OBJECTIVE

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Planning, directing and managing projects.
• Risk and Issue Management.
• Ensuring technical and financial objectives are accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities.
• Analyzing results of operations to discover more efficient ways to utilize resources.
• Involving in strategic planning and process for cost reduction and low cost sourcing.
• Delegation of responsibilities and time schedules / Negotiation of contracts etc.
• Coaching and mentoring professionals in waterfall and Agile concepts so as quality and deliverable is met on time every time.

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Scrum Master December 2011 Present

Confidential Foster City.

• Highly proficient in Scrum concepts like,
  • Product backlog sessions,
  • Sprint backlog sessions,
  • Sprint review sessions,
  • Team retrospectives,
  • Daily standups.
• Prioritizing product backlog with product owner / Release planning / Sprint planning
• Tracking the project on a daily basis with points and velocity.
• Implementing TDD, Continuous Integration etc.
• Working with Product and Engineering Managers, co - manage release cycles and escalate impediments & improvements.
• On ongoing basis, provide scrum status updates on projects to PMO, Engineering management and Peers.
• Provide analysis of risks to maximize likelihood of project success.
• Primary for organizing and creating deliverables including Burn down charts, Weekly/Sprint Status Reports, and also Summary Analysis of impediments and their root causes.
• Coordinated resources, prioritize group activities, and establish schedules to complete assignments and deliver products.
• Direct assessment of product readiness, and quality/performance metrics with stakeholders.
• Provide liaison support for UAT & Product Releases.

Scrum Master/Coordinator December 2010 November 2011

Confidential Palo Alto.

• Successfully Initiated & Led the Scrum in developing the web application
• Managed 10 offshore developers and architects in two different sprint teams simultaneously.
• Planned and successfully rolled out in six three week sprints.
• Involved in jointly prioritizing user stories to be delivered in Sprints, Conducted daily stand up meetings, maintaining and updating the sprint backlog/ burn down & burn up charts,
• Conducted sprint planning and release, with a high degree of stakeholder acceptance.
• Instrumental in developing strategies for business unit Continuity Plans.
• Provided day-to-day support, which included problem analysis and resolution of hardware and software issues, program and configuration modifications for projects, quality assurance testing and coordination of technology installations.
• Maintained full responsibility for contingency plans and for providing increased project management delivery and higher communications by directing project efforts and by implementing Project Portfolio Management, project management tools, standards, and methodology.
• Established processes trained and developed templates and procedures for Risk management, Communications management.
• Proactively disseminating project information to all stakeholders.

Sr. QAE July 2007 Dec 2010

Confidential - Mountain view, CA.

Responsibilities

• Primary Test contact for Orkut and Google profiles.
• Provide technical leadership to the QA team (6 members onsite/offshore team) in developing test plans (includes Automation), design, strategy and implement of test cases and execution.
• Oversaw every aspect of product testing including
  • Black box testing (Functional, Regression, System, Integration, Acceptance, Smoke, Ad-hoc, API testing).
  • Grey box testing (Database, Security, Performance, load and stress testing).
• Assisted in staffing, policies and procedures assuring best QA practices.
• Mentored, Monitored and worked closely with offshore staff (India, Brazil).
• Performed Mobile testing (Functional, System and Integration) on Android and IOS devices for Google Books.

Accomplishment Highlights

• 500+ features tested under a year for Google Orkut with high success rate.
• Driven Orkut offshore QA team to meet the aggressive weekly release schedules.

Environment: Java, J2EE, AJAX, Javascript, DHTML, MySQL, Bigtable, LDAP, XML, JSON, Python, PHP, Android, DB-visualizer, Eclipse, Ant, Selenium, Junit, Perforce, Linux(Gubuntu), Windows (XP, Vista, 7), Firebug, Fiddler.

SQA Analyst

Confidential, Bangalore, India. July 2005 - June 2007

SQA Lead

Confidential March 2004 - June 2005

Software Engineer/QA

Confidential Bangalore, India September 2002 - January 2004

TECHNOLOGIES SUMMARY

• Certification: Certified Scrum Master.

  SUN certified Professional in Solaris (Unix) System Administration.

• Operating System: Solaris 2.8/2.7, Red Hat Linux 7x, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Vista.
• Testing/QA Tools: QaTraq, OpenSTA, Compare SQL, Test Director, E-Dule, Win runner, Load Runner, Clear Quest, FindBugs, firebug, fiddler
• Bug Tracking Tools: Jira, Bugzilla, DRTT (Defect Reporting and Tracking Tool), Bugnizer.
• Languages: Java, HTML, Javascript, python.
• Database: SQL Server 2000, MySQL, Oracle, Ms-Access, Sybase.
• Application & Web Servers: IIS, Apache Tomcat, Web Logic.
• Build & Integration Tools: SVN, Maven, Jenkins, Hudson.
• Knowledge Exposure: Routers, Bridges, Switches, Firewalls, Network Topologies, etc
• Miscellaneous: MS-office, VNC viewer, Proximitron, Afford soft.

QUALIFICATION

• Master's degree in Computer Applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Commerce.

Work Status: Holds H1B