Archana Boddu Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Az, Us

Charenton Le Pont Cedex, Fr

Leading enterprise-wide quality strategies and standards in a complex environment and multiple products., by establishing the vision and direction for software Quality Engineering department., as well as, direct day to day operations of testing to create a highly engaged QA/QE team. Provide strategic leadership and direction to onshore/offshore professionals. Developed testing methodologies as well as Dev-OPS CI/CD process across the Organization. • Established a global software quality assurance system and team that promotes customer satisfaction and that positively impacts financial performance.• Developed a network of partnerships with cross-functional enterprise IT leaders and key business stakeholders to identify gaps, champion, review and approve testing approaches.• Established and standardized key metrics for the performance of SQA team, as well as the quality health of the various product lines. • Initiated, Designed and executed a Quality Dashboard that display monthly quality metrics, trends and automation coverage for each of the product.• Communicated and collaborated with Executive management by driving quality initiatives.• Initiated a standard environment strategy across the company. • Leverage resources to assure adequate manual and automated test coverage and establish best practices.• Developed the SQA defect documentation and process.• Improved release readiness process such that customers have minimal impact when deployed a major release.• Collaborated with small business agility teams that led the roll out of SAFe practices across 4 countries.• Developed the process for root cause analysis and defect prevention techniques, testing tool standards and reports.• Drove the successful implementation of Automation team and directed and review the development of new testing frameworks and ensure the implementation of manual and automated solutions.• Partnered closely with DevOps team in integrating QA Automation into the CI/CD pipelines.

Richardson, Texas, Us

Direct the day-to-day testing and QA operations aligned with established standards and organizational objectives. Develop and execute effective strategies driving testing and QA practices. Oversee the definition and administration of departmental budget. Provide strategic leadership and direction to teams up 50+ cross-functional onshore/offshore professionals. Facilitate staff training as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in testing methodologies as well as Dev-OPS CI/CD process across enterprise, CRM, Salesforce, ERP and Cloud based applications. Analyze processes to identify and remediate issues. Coordinate release activities and resource allocation. Manage a diverse portfolio of projects encompassing deployments and reporting. Lead the development of testing strategies and scripts. Communicate with senior leaders and key stakeholders on complex content as an expert in IT strategic planning, organization design and development. Drive synergy across departments focused on cost savings and the development of shared solutions. Partner in the selection of solutions for test frame works, productivity tools and CI/CD systems. My highlighted outcomes: Standardized processes to enhance quality efficiency and reporting accuracy. Championed the deployment of shift left methodology improving testing efficiency and effectiveness.Generated a 25% increase in QE count., which helped with testing cycle times and also reduction in defects.Drove the successful implementation of performance testing capabilities, a CI process, a test management solution, defect tracking tools, and change management practices.Improved production defect rate to <2%. Cut 20% of resources and 25% across delivery times through the establishment of quality controls and metrics. Transformed QA to QE with no disruption to projects and timelines. and Collaborated with HR to define QA/QE Career Ladder.Established mobile, cloud, and mobile testing teams as well as global test engineering teams.

I leveraged an opportunity to oversee the development and management of dynamic testing teams to deploy testing strategies within the mobile lab. Designed, developed, tested, and implements inhouse ERP and CRM solutions. Directed major technological upgrades. Served as an expert in manual, sanity, functional, system integration, and regression testing methodologies. Executed testing efforts across Mainframes CICS, SOAP, web services, batch and online processing environments. Liaised between the business, end users, vendors, and SMEs to drive success mainframe, internal/external web-based application QA testing initiatives.My achievements: Achieved a net zero defect rate. Established standardized processes across QA practices. Built a dynamic and effective automation team.