Ankur Puri Email & Phone Number

Chicago Loop, Illinois, United States

• Drive software quality initiative across PnL, and manage 20+ QA engineers embedded in 7+ scrum teams across a portfolio of products based in Chicago, Atlanta and India• Manage all categories of test capabilities for algorithm/optimization centric projects both in-dev & in-prod/sustain mode; and collaborate customer env/platform test post deployment• Software quality processes & methodologies improvements in a microservices heavy environment for both Web & Mobile solutions delivered in Agile (Scrum/Kanban & SAFe) mode• Responsible for managing software quality tools, budget, hiring internally/vendor teams (SOW, PSA, Contracts, etc.)

Greater Chicago Area

• Sr. Software QA Engineer leading various testing activities for multiple projects• Custom test automation framework design, development & maintenance and CI/CD integration• Hands-on Web & Mobile testing using tools & tech like Selenium, Protractor, Appium, Cucumber, Node using Java, JavaScript

Chicago Loop, Illinois, United States

* Interacted with Business Analysts/ Users/ Developers for collecting Requirements.* Reviewing existing test cases and adding additional, more complex test scenarios based on the application functionality.* Extensively tested and authored test cases on Purchase orders & Invoices, releasing invoices for payment, Vendor payments.* Involved in writing Test cases for COE based on the Functional Design documents and executing the Test cases.* Performed multiple rounds of Integration Testing, Database Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing and User Acceptance Testing.* Implemented Functional test strategy and coordinating with the Onsite test lead and developers.* Verified the application's functionality on different configurations by performing Configuration Testing.* Perform manual testing of various functional scenarios related to SD, and MM modules.* Used SQL to perform backend testing on the database server to test data reliability and integrity.* Performed Smoke testing of the application manually after each build.* Logged Defects and tracked fixes using the Quality center & utilized the Defect reporting functionality.* Created Business Flows, Decision Trees using Visio and Decision tree matrix to give the weight age for the test cases.* Participated in daily status meeting with team members and coordinated with teams for the progress of the work done in application.

Chicago Loop, Illinois, United States

* Interacted with the Business and Development teams for requirements gathering.* Worked on Procurement, Account Receivables and Account Payables, Vendor Management transactions related to SD, MM and FI modules.* Involved in understanding the end-to-end business process of different Service orders.* Involved in writing Test cases for COE based on the Functional design documents.* Responsible for creating and executing Test Plans, Test Scripts, Results and Test Metrics.* Performed Integration Testing, Database Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Change Request (CR) Testing.* Delivered Defect report and Test summary report on a weekly basis using HP-QC.

Chicago Loop, Illinois, United States

* Worked on major SAP Implementations focusing on all development under the RICEF umbrella. (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms)* Support Center-of-Excellence work, Offshore coordination, Ticket resolution and Quality review.* Provided Technical guidance/ support to OTC, SD, FI/CO, PP and MM modules.* Manage leadership reporting/analytics and engage multiple teams across all phases of Testing - including primary POC for HP-QC admin responsibilities - Test case prep/execution and Defect mgmt. and analytics.* Drive the project by handling project mgmt. tasks, acting as a medium between technical & process folks.

Chicago Loop, Illinois, United States

• Successfully delivered multiple releases (R3, R4, R5, R6) for Enterprise Batch Scheduling by utilizing Control-M to design, create, and maintain over 12,000 jobs in various environments (QA2, QA1, UAT, PreProd, Prod) on both Windows and Unix box.• Developed (Multi-release) standard processes, procedures & dash boards for Enterprise Process Automation to ensure reporting of correct metrics, status reports as well as alignment on transition from Project to Production Support.• Manage Production synchronization Defect database to reflect mirror images while handling multiple SAP landscapes.• Consistent quick turn around of defects/SIRs closure by directly coordinating with process teams.• Training employees from different teams on using Control-M that have not used the scheduling tool before.• Coached new team members on the business process, methodologies used in the life cycle of single release v/s cross-release environment of Process Automation.• Working with command-line scheduling and group scheduling; using Control-M Desktop and Enterprise Manager.• Mentored and provided feedback to the summer intern as part of informal on-the-job training.

Chicago Loop, Illinois, United States

• Worked on new CRM 2007 Web UI architecture and toolset to support hands-on configuration activities for Release 6, PepsiCo.• Configure application and write supporting functional enhancement design documents to meet identified requirements; Work with technical developers to ensure supporting reports, interfaces, conversions, forms and workflow are effectively built, tested and implemented.• Identify, document and conduct all unit testing, mock and system testing of mission critical scenarios; manage expected results versus actual results; track & resolve errors.• Coordinate transports migration effort across various environments as part of different test phases (ST1, ST2, UAT, etc).• Provide post-implementation Hypercare support.

• Create & document technical mappings of business models by translating the end-to-end flow for Batch scheduling jobs across all interfaces for R3/QTG for PesiCo’s Project One UP.• Master the BMC Control-M Desktop and Enterprise Manager toolset

• Provide defect resolution as a Narrowband & Broadband technician for remote networks.• Extensive working knowledge of installation and troubleshooting of wired and wireless networks (802.11a/b/g/n architecture).

• Provided tech support for various Microsoft processes: Microsoft Broadband Networking, Microsoft Hardware support for Bluetooth enabled devices, Operating system support for Windows 9x, and Windows XP.

User Experience Nanodegree, Ux/Ui Design

UX Designer Nanodegree teaches how to create a digital user experience that is ready to be handed off for development. It includes various.

Google Developer Challenge Scholarship, Mobile Web Development

2018 Scholarship recipient of Google Developer Challenge for Mobile Web Specialist track

Designing Customer Experience, Design Thinking

Master'S Degree, Computer Networks & Telecommunications

Activities and Societies: Campus Wireless Analysis Group

B.Tech, Computer Science/Information Systems

Activities and Societies: The Linux Group