Personal Profile:
A postgraduate individual having a work experience of 3.1 years with an outstanding record of contribution in the Software industry is now looking forward to explore IT with a business prospective on virtue of the management skills, strategic thinking and leadership abilities obtained.

Work Experience:

Organisation: Confidential, Mumbai
Role: Software Test Engineer
Period: May 2009 August 2011
Domain: Banking Financial Services

Applications/Functionalities: Global Payplus, HP Quality Center 9.0 and 10.0, QTP, SWIFT MT103, MT202, MT900, MT910, FED, CHIPS, SWIFT XML SEPA Payments (Pacs.002/Pacs.004/Pacs.008), Single Nostro, SQL, Oracle 9i.

• Worked in a team of 25 members which helped me to build up strong team working skills.
• Gained expertise on the V Model testing, STLC phases and SDLC.
• Performed defect retests, regression and functional testing of the application.
• Worked on SQL Server 2005 and Oracle 9i applications in order to extract payment details from the database by constructing relevant database queries.
• Mentored new recruits on the project functionalities.
• Handled Simulators which led to efficient transaction processing throughout the testing activities.
• Delivered presentations on the core functionalities to the team which helped me develop excellent presentation and problem solving skills.
• Monitored script execution progress of the team on daily basis.
• Assisted in preparation of Test Plan and Test Sign-Off documents.

Achievements:

• Raised 120 legitimate defects that helped identify the potential risks in the application.
• Promoted as a Defect Manager wherein I handled all the defect management activities using HP Quality Center 9.0 and 10.0 as a defect tracking tool.
• Received client appraisals for quality work and good coordination.
• Successfully planned and completed 9 Change Requests (CRs) successfully, of which I lead 7 CR with a team of 2-3 people for each CR.
• Was successfully appointed to handle managerial responsibilities like preparing MIS reports, Vendor Performance tracker, Automation Trackers, Downtime trackers and UAT execution trackers the results of which were further communicated with the Functional Analysis Division (FAD) team and the client on a call.

Part Time Work-Experience in UK:
Period: November 2011 August 2012

• Worked as an Environment Research Analyst with “Odournet UK” where I had a prime responsibility of ensuring the degree of acceptance of the odour samples that can be accepted in the environment by using Olfactometer tool.
• Successfully elected by the Manchester Trafford Council to work on the Human Rights Volunteering project as a Quality Checker. My prime responsibility included gathering responses from the UK residents and ensuring the quality standards of the service provided by the Manchester Trafford Council are met.
• Worked for London Olympics 2012 as a supervisor where I had a pleasure to be involved in such a huge event while interacting with visitors from across the globe which helped me build up strong interaction skills with people belonging to different cultures.

Educational Background:

2011-2012, Confidential, Business School
Studying Masters in Information Systems: Business IT
Key modules include Industrial Leadership Forum, Managing Projects, Information
and Knowledge Management, Digital Technologies for Marketing using SPSS and Business
Improvement Tools, Techniques and Systems.
Secured Merit in 1st Semester and 2nd Semester
2006-2009, University, Confidential
BSc (Information Technology) First Class with 69%
Key modules include SQL, Java, Advanced Java, Visual Basic, VB.Net, ERP and CRM.
2004-2006, Confidential,College
H.S.C First Class with 67%
Subjects taken Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology
2003-2004, Confidential,High School
S.S.C Distinction with 79.6%

Academic Projects:

• Dissertation on “Application of Cloud Computing Technologies in Distance Learning Education” [November 2011 September 2012]Description: The research project reflects the application of Cloud Computing in distance learning education. It also takes into account the possible security issues and the Cloud testing methodologies to be followed in order to keep the cloud secured.
  Tools Used: MS Project, Semi-structured interviews, Qualitative research techniques Grade Awaited

• Group Project on “Business Improvement” [January 2012 March 2012]Description: The project aimed in understanding the current business process and the queuing problem at the “Manchester Aquatics Centre” and thereupon providing suggestive recommendations using business improvement tools and techniques.
  Tools Used: MS Project, Relationship diagram, Pareto Analysis, FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) Secured Distinction

• Project on building “Recruitment Software Systems” [July 2008 May 2009]Description: Created an Integrated Recruitment Software System enhanced with advanced features like ‘Email Configuration’ and ‘Automated Resume Sorting’ system. The interface was designed in such a way that the values entered by the user were appropriately placed in the corresponding fields of the database.
  Tools Used: VB.NET 2005, SQL Server 2005 Secured Distinction

• Group Case Study on “Implementation of ERP” [August 2008 October 2008]Implementing Sales and Distribution Module on a Garment Factory (Laxmi Creations) and designing the “to-be” business strategies for the organization.
  Tools Used: Sales and Distribution module Secured Distinction