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Arlington Heights, Il, Us

As an IT Delivery and Automation Manager, assumed a pivotal role overseeing multiple aspects of the company, with a strong emphasis on effective managerial leadership, innovative project management, and strategic human resources management. My tenure was marked by a series of responsibilities:• Leadership to International Project and product Management• Offshore Transition, Team Building and Cost Efficiency• Automation, Process Improvement, and cost savings• Stakeholder Engagement and Project Definition• Recruitment, separation, and People Management• Strategic Decision-Making

As a dynamic technology strategist and seasoned Programmer Analyst with a track record of spearheading end-to-end Software solutions for pharmaceutical clients. Leveraged advanced technical expertise, industry insights, and leadership acumen to optimize Healthcare Professional (HCP) engagement, streamline Speaker Bureau operations, orchestrate Live and Virtual Speaker programs, and flawlessly execute conferences. Performed the following job duties:• Strategic Solution Development• Regulatory Compliance• Innovative Problem-Solving• Leadership Excellence• Process Optimization• Effective Communication and stakeholder collaboration• Quality Assurance• Client-Centric Focus• Automated Test Suite

Managing end-to-end project lifecycle activities. Team Management, project coordination and client Management. Quality Assurance, Delivery and Deployment Management

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

RESPONSIBILITIES:Knowledge acquisition, Gap analysis and setting up of Test governance model with Offshore- onsite Coordination for Life Cycle Testing.Involved in Agile Iteration planning meetings for activity planning and scope finalization for different stories.Providing estimations, preparing Business Risk Assurance Strategy to present and execute a Risk based prioritized Testing Strategy for month to month Production ReleasePlanning for end-to-end activities for Regression, System and Integration TestingAnalysis of backlog defects and helping business to set the priorities on the backlog itemsIntroduced best practices for Test planning, Execution & Defect Management in Quality Center to ensure zero non-compliance Planning and Designing a robust Regression Suite to mitigate the Risk of Impact on Existing functionalities by monthly Releases.Test Scope change management and define Scope LockdownPrepared executive and detailed status reports to enable different stakeholders in taking fact based decisionsManaging test environment updates and code deployment schedule.Improving test productivity by implementing fully/partial automation processes for test execution and reporting.Involved in various Value Add, Quality, Productivity and Process improvement activities including Release management, Defect management, Knowledge Management, Transition, Scope Lockdown etcPeople Management including allocation, goal setting, performance appraisal and Feedback sharingManaging escalations, troubleshooting /issue resolutionsReviewing important Test Artifacts Coordination with Offshore Team

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Project Description: COLT IPVPN Data MigrationThis was a very short duration project about testing the data migration and simplification of the system for a UK based Telecom Business. In order to improve the Order to Bill process, simplification programm, a key element of which is the development of new simplified provisioning screens and the removal of old workflow was undertaken. To enable modification and cease orders to be entered for existing services it was necessary to migrate existing order details from the original to the new provisioning screens. It was a VB.Net application and database used is MS SQL Server.RESPONSIBILITIES:Requirement Analysis and articulating to the TeamCreating Test plan and Test Cases.Test case and Test Execution ReviewDefect ManagementDaily status and defect report and coordination with Onsite.Managing escalations, troubleshooting /issue resolutionsPreparation of Test Result Summary Report.Mentoring the Team member, goal setting, performance appraisal and Feedback sharing

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Project Description: EPMEnterprise Program Management (EPM) was intended to provide Telstra with an integrated program management tool, replacing the existing system BIMS (Business Initiative Management System), with the Clarity product from CA (Computer Associates).An EPM toolset provides the ability to integrate top down portfolio management with bottom up project, program, resource, financial and process management. It provides senior managers with a real time view of investment, initiative, resource and business benefits performance. The EPM solution was web based, mainly consists of configuration of Clarity features to meet Telstra's Program Management Needs. RESPONSIBILITIES:Gathering test requirements from business and IT stakeholders, analyzing and articulating to the team.Providing EstimationsCreating Test Strategy, Master Test Plan, Detail Test Plan and IPTA (Interface Planning Test Agreement) for various EPM releases.Reviewing important Test Artifacts for different phases of Project Life Cycles.Tracking and Managing test planning and execution activities.Daily status and defect report. Preparation of Test Result Summary Report and providing Testing Sign-Off.Managing a Multi Vendor system and playing an Integration Test Lead Role for the Integration Testing.Managing the Production Verification Testing & System testing.Defect ManagementProduction test support for data migration.Managing test environment updates and code deployment schedule.Mentoring the Team member, goal setting, performance appraisal and Feedback sharingInvolved in Operational activities to provide Best Estimates, Revenue analysis to higher managementReview and walkthrough of the Test artifacts to the clientCoordination with Offshore Test Team and Development TeamInvolved in Operational activities to provide Best Estimates, Revenue analysis to higher managementManaging escalations, troubleshooting /issue resolutions.Review of Unit Test Result and System Test Results

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Project Description: Data Migration, DW, Marketing, Signature Capture and Reporting ProjectsDuring this period worked on various projects related to Data Migration from Legacy mainframe System to SAP System, Complex Data warehouse and ETL Jobs, Consolidating Marketing data to identify all the prospects & its campaign management program, a Mainframe based signature-capture management application that stores the proof of delivery details of a shipment and the signature of the shipment recipient and Reporting applications for various reports including Customer Facing Report (CFR), Consolidated Revenue Report to measure customer and sales activities, pricing, and marketing, as well as perform customer analysis and Rated/Invoice and Fee Related weekly Reports.RESPONSIBILITIES: Requirement analysis. Preparation of the Test Plan.Preparation of test cases for Functional, Regression testingConducting manual/functional/regression test execution as required.Reporting, Tracking and Managing Defects.Test Cases review & Preparing Test Case Check List.Configuration ManagementPreparation of Test Report and QA certificateReviewing of deliverablesPreparing Weekly Status Report and updating MPP.Helping Lead for preparing Milestone data.Providing necessary training to new project members.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Project Description: Correspondent Lending Division (CLD)The project was about testing of some interlinked modules for functionality and different validations. Testing was involved for front end as well as backend.The project was about testing a Correspondent Lending Division (CLD). Using this application loan officer can assign/ purchase loans from their sellers. This project was for testing of applications and providing loan confirmation letters to sellers. It is a VB.Net application and database used is MS SQL Server.RESPONSIBILITIES:Requirement analysis. Preparation of the Test Plan.Preparation of test cases for Functional, Regression testingConducting manual/functional/regression test execution as required.Reporting, Tracking and Managing Defects.Test Cases review & Preparing Test Case Check List.Configuration ManagementPreparation of Test Report and QA certificateReviewing of deliverablesPreparing Weekly Status Report and updating MPP.Providing necessary training to new project members.Coordinating with OnsiteCoordinating on establishing Client ConnectivityProviding necessary training to new project members.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Joined Infosys as a Software Developer and got trained as a Mainframe and open source Software Developer. It was a great learning experience through the robust world class training program supported by highly skilled professional rightly justifying the name and fame of Infosys. This training program pave the gateway of IT-career journey very nicely towards achieving success milestones one after another throughout my career!

Bachelor'S, B.E. Electronics & Instrumentation

Hs, Higher Secondary-Pcm-Science