SUMMARY

• Over 5yearsofITexperienceinSoftwareTestingandunderstandingofrelevanttestengineering activities.
• Experience in analysis of the Business Requirements, Software Requirements Specification, and Interface Specifications.
• Extensive experience in implementing QA Methodologies for various applications to ensure proper Business compliance.
• Extensive experience in running various kinds of tests such as Integration, System, Regression, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Experience in Requirements Tracking (Requirements to Test Cases, Test Cases to Test Lab - defects) and generating Defects report in Enterprise Quality Center.
• Experience in working with business analysts, development groups in analyzing business specifications, and in working with testers to resolve technical and end-user issues.
• Provide feedback to Higher Management on goal/task completion as required.
• Self-starter and a team player with excellent communication, interpersonal, and team mentoring skills.
• Capable and well driven in spearheading a project from initiation to release from QA perspective.
• Complete Implementation of processes in line with CMMi framework.
• Exposure on the Project & Quality Management tools such as Project Office, Clarity.
• Fair Knowledge on Six-Sigma Framework.
• Fair Understanding on Agile Software Development Methodology.
• Fair knowledge of QTP 9.2.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Operating Systems : UNIX and Windows
• Programming Languages : C, C++, and Java
• Database : MS-SQL Server and Oracle
• Data Base Interaction Tool : Toad
• Tools : QTP 9.2, Mercury Quality Center 9.0, Win CVS and VSS
• SQA Concepts and Methodologies : Creating Test Cases, Test Case Execution, Test metrics, Peer

Review of Test Cases, Defect Tracking and Reporting,
Regression Testing, Integration Testing, GUI Testing,
Re-Testing, Data Base Testing, and Functional testing

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Software Quality Assurance Analyst.Certification # : 23608
• Brain Bench certified in Software Configuration Management, Project Management, and Software Quality Assurance. Transcript ID number: 5318917

EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
SQA Analyst Nov’ 07 to Jul’08

Project: TCoE (Testing Center of Excellence)
Testing Approach: Manual testing

Description: The TCoE team closely works with the USA team to gather requirements. Based on the requirements gathered, the TCoE team executes the testing phase (creating test plans, developing test scripts, reviewing testing artifacts, executing test cases, generating defect report, and tracking defects to closure including sign-off from testing team).

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the stateside client requirements and project functionalities.
• Involved in Requirements Reviews.
• Developed Test cases to verify the business transactions.
• Created test cases and test procedures based on functional requirements.
• Performed Manual Testing on different modules of the application.
• Developed test scripts for functional and data driven tests using QC on web based module.
• Creating test cases, test scripts, executing the scripts, and defects logging using HP Quality Center.
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using HP Quality Center.
• Executed test cases and verified actual results with expected results
• Executed SQL Queries to check the data table updates after test execution.
• Interacted with developers to resolve the technical issues.
• Weekly status meeting with development and the project management teams.
• Involved in peer review of Test Cases.
• Maintain & ensure tracking of product area bugs from initial detection to resolution, verification & documentation. Defect tracking and reporting was done using Quality Center.

Project: FM&MS (Financial Management & Marketing Systems)
Testing Approach: Manual testing

Description: The Financial Management System is subject to some major enhancements and this development is posing a challenge to the old system. Thus, extensive regression testing is being carried out to ensure smooth transition from the old system to the new.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the stateside client requirements and project functionalities.
• Involved in Requirements Reviews.
• Support TCoE for building the Base and Test environment.
• Provide support for the Core FM executions on Base and Test Side.
• Design and development of the test cases for Compare process for all the critical files in core FM.
• Involved in peer review of Test Cases.
• Maintain & ensure tracking of product area bugs from initial detection to resolution, verification & documentation. Defect tracking and reporting was done using Quality Center.

Confidential,
SQA Analyst Jun’ 06 to Oct’07

Project: Ariba Buyer Merge
Testing Approach: Manual testing

Description: The Ariba Buyer Merge project aims at delivering one global platform for non-production procurement of goods and services, thereby enabling globally consistent procurement processes and practices across the organization. The global platform will enable online submission of Purchase Requisitions, online approvals based on Dell policy, automatic generation of Purchase Orders, electronic transmission of the Purchase Order via the Ariba Supplier Network and online receiving by the end users in APJ and Americas.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the client requirements and project functionalities.
• Involved in Requirements Reviews.
• Generation of the Test cases to verify the business transactions.
• Involved in peer review of Test Cases.
• Involved in Ariba Buyer installation.
• Performing System testing, GUI testing, Sanity Testing, Usability testing, and Integration testing.
• Maintain & ensure tracking of product area bugs from initial detection to resolution, verification & documentation. Defect tracking and reporting was done using Quality Center.

Confidential,

• Define the Problem Statement, Scope In, Scope Out and Why Selected.
• Form a team with the representation from all the regions.
• Measure the Severity of the problem.
• Analyze the Root Causes of the problem with the effective usage of BPI Tools.
• Derive the Solution that would address the problem root cause.
• Improve the Process.
• Provide visibility to the Management Team and BPI Team on the status of the Project.
• Plan, Schedule, Execute, Control and Manage the Project Tasks.
• Update the BPI Project Tracking Tool with all the details at the end of each phase.
• Identify Pilot to Deploy Solution.
• Deploy Solution and Measure the Benefits.

• Have received a Team Award for my contribution to the SUCCESSFUL completion of the Ariba Buyer Merge project.
• Have received a SPOT Award on account of training 100 resources + (8 Resources per Session) on Dell IT floor within three months.
• Have received a Yellow Belt Certificate for successfully completing a BPI on Improving the Effectiveness of GPQT Ramp-up Process.
• Best Team Player Award for successfully conducting the Team Bonding exercises & bringing in positivism into the team and coordinating Tell Dell (A feedback mechanism to the Manager and Management).

Confidential,
Associate Quality Analyst Oct’ 03 to May’ 06

Project : SIP Archival Tool
Client : Radise, USA.

Description: Structure Inspection Program (SIP) project was initiated by South Florida Water Management District. The Districts overall issue/problem with the existing paper based system is that there is no centralized source/place to keep field inspection results and to retrieve them in a systematic readily retrievable fashion. Hence, it has become important that the District develops a better means for archiving, readily accessing and retrieving SIP inspection reports and other critical structure information.

Project : BI-JAR
Confidential,
USA.

Description: Just Ask Referral Tracking System is a web based application used to assign and track new sales referrals from receipt to closure. This system also provides valuable tools to management for referral queues and analysis of referral status trends. Using this system user can assign, analyze, update and search different referrals. User has the privilege of viewing referral as Open Referrals and All Referrals.

QUALITY RELATED TRAININGS

• Attended 2 weeks workshop on ‘Six-Sigma Green Belt Concepts and Certification’ conducted by Bank of America, Gurgaon, India.
• Attended a 2 Day workshop on SDLC.
• Attended the 5 day workshop on ‘Project Management Professional’ conducted by S. Ramani from QAI India.
• Attended the 2 Day workshop on ‘Agile Practices in Project Management’ conducted by Dr V. Chandra Sekhar, PhD, PMP, and MBB.
• Attended a Half a Day workshop on ‘ITIL Overview’ conducted by Dr V. Chandra Sekhar, PhD, P.M.P, and MBB.
• Attended BPI Yellow Belt Training conducted by Sanjeev M (Coordinator BPI Trainings, Dell International Services)
• Attended the Leadership Essentials trainings (Part 1 and 2) conducted by Sumati Kaushik (Coordinator Trainings, Dell International Services)
• Underwent training in Testing at AppLabs (2 months extensive training called ACE - AppLabs Center of Excellence).

EDUCATION:

• Currently pursuing Masters in Health Administration (MHA Informatics).
• Master of Computer Applications - 2004,

75%, Osmania University, AP, India