SUMMARY:

• Seasoned, Insightful, results - driven IT executive with a strong international experience in IT Execution, Testing COE’s, Test Program/Project Management includes development and implementation of testing strategies and execution under applicable test methodologies.
• Have expertise in global testing and managing client relationships for over 20+ years in USA, Europe, South Africa and India. Routinely employed as an independent Test Manager in leading the testing assurance process (S/W Development initial test and “bug” evaluation, etc.) as well as diligent UAT, Audits, QA process, Requirements Traceability and establishment methodologies, controls and repeatable processes for releasable applications and projects.
• Currently seeking a full-time position to enrich my experience and provide the thought leadership, anchor and engagement differentiation to deliver operational excellence and shape up value - adding solutions that enable customers to meet their changing needs of the global landscape.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Test Strategy & Execution Client Engagement
• Operational Risk Management Testing
• Center of Excellence
• Define & Roll - out of Test Methodologies (SDLC / Agile)
• CCAR Reporting
• Test Program
• Management Process
• Improvements Internal Audit

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Virginia

Test Manager

• Coordinated Testing efforts in the areas of Testing activities for each Sprint Cycles, Design and development of test cases, Testing Artifacts Documents includes RTM, Test Plan, Test Metrics and Test Summary Reports for each scrum release
• Directed QA and development teams in preparing test strategies and analyzing beta results by comparing actual versus expected for each sprint cycles.

UAT Program Manager

Confidential, NYC

• Responsible for managing and leading the overall UAT effort within the CCAR Program across Europe and USA which includes Test planning and execution, implementing Testing standards, resourcing and test artifacts.
• Developed key testing methodologies to align with the DB standards, define internal Testing controls and map them to the existing COBIT framework to improve the quality of testing across all phases of the testing life cycle management.
• Accountable for all qualitative test artifacts for completeness and sign-offs across all work streams
• Established a comprehensive program level view of testing metrics validation, and reporting framework using daily / weekly dashboards across CCAR program
• Managed the global Audit groups to support the internal audit function for overall testing.

Sr. Quality Assurance Manager

Confidential, NYC

• Responsible for managing integrated testing within the ORM/Compliance group of Confidential that includes Test planning, Test standards, and end to end testing for their global roll-out of FORCE application.
• Developed key testing methodologies to assess the effectiveness of key controls through identification of risk trends, awareness of procedural changes, and experience, making recommendations for enhancements to the application for future developmental activities.
• Worked with the Stakeholders / Business User groups across the globe to address the gaps within the testing arena analyzing, documenting, and monitor issues, root cause analysis, level of assessment for deficiencies and remediation plans.
• Co-ordinated and worked with assurance teams (Internal, External Audit and controls reporting) in identifying and improvements of key risks and controls performed.

Project Manager

Confidential, VA

• Accounted for managing Credit Enhancement releases within the Capital Markets group that includes delivery of projects / release status on daily/weekly basis. Responsible for all the project deliverables as per the defined Confidential methodology.
• Helped teams drive efficiency and also provided insights into execution with a defined approach for faster deployment and emphasis on quality in a cost effective manner.
• Worked closely with business partners to forecast level of effort across all disciplines, reconciling initiative budget against actual expenditures for all Testing projects across the portfolio.
• Involved in managing multiple projects with an overall budget of $14 M USD with an Onsite / Offsite working model.
• Responsible for timelines, schedules,deliverables, release management and coordinating with teams across all phases of the systems development life cycle.

Test Program Manager

Confidential, USA

• Driving Business Operations, Client Partner Relationship Management, extensively working on incubating new solution offerings & building relationships with the internal & external business eco system.
• Establish standard reporting metrics, dashboards, Process Improvements and effective resource planning across all Confidential projects within client site.
• Successfully Managed and delivered large Legacy Remediation Projects to Java based technologies resulted with highest customer satisfaction, lower defect rate and high quality of code >95%.
• Accountable for all the Project deliverables in terms of defining Project Plans and review of the Design, Requirements, developmental plans, Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases to ensure 100% compliance of qualitative artifacts delivered as per client methodologies.
• Project and Vendor Management: provided technical and financial evaluations of third-party technologies supporting systems and guided the Procurement process facilitating strategic alliances with software subcontractors and the client needs.

Confidential, Mclean, Virginia

Test Program Manager - PMO

• Defined, managed and implemented data standardization for all Testing Projects with RAG status rating.
• Defined Testing PMO through the creation, development and implementation of internal processes and efficiency reporting across all testing areas.
• Supported Testing managers across testing discipline to adhere to consistent use of framework.
• Created and managed Test Quality issues framework for identifying the discrepancies in the existing reporting systems and standardize the reporting mechanism for issue resolution.

Confidential, Washington DC, Virginia

UAT Manager

• Developed Key Strategies for initiating UAT team and Business Value charged with the implementation and rollout plan of testing RACE applications.
• Worked with the policy and development stakeholders in RACE Commitment Accounting to develop and design the Scenario binders and walkthroughs for Business Users and D&T Team.
• Prepared the custom developed reports and analyzed the financial impact analysis on adhoc basis for each build during the processes of validation and testing. Forecasted the metrics based on these analyses which are been submitted to executives at a time to time basis.
• Oversaw UAT system validation and supported D&T Audit on RACE Accounting System (SCBSL, STATS and STAMPS).
• Conducted business risk analysis to identify shortcomings in RACE processing document and established functional baseline of the system for both business user’s community and Auditors.
• Coordinated QA efforts and spearheaded the testing process of UAT Team for RACE.
• Created, designed, developed and executed comprehensive test cases, Testing Artifacts Documents includes RTM, Test Plan, Test Metrics and Test Summary Reports for RACE application.
• Coordinated execution of user acceptance testing, regression and integration testing with cross functional teams.
• Directed UAT QA and development teams in preparing test strategies and analyzing beta results.
• Possess proficient experience in testing metrics using general testing tools, automated testing tools and Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Requirements Analysis & Management, Rational Toolset experience, specifically ReqPro