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Client: Private Equity firm. An independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies. Has raised and advised funds with aggregate commitments of approximately $65 billion.New York, United States.Led quality assurance efforts and conducted full functional, integration, regression and performance testing based on business requirements and design documents for this project that involved a diverse range of web applications, including in-house software, third-party solutions, and integrations.Achieved:● Achieved optimum success in implementing QA function into the project and built a cross-functional QA team from the ground up, achieving full proficiency and productivity within 6 months.● Effectively developed comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test summary reports, ensuring transparency and traceability of QA processes. ● Monitored testers' progress, supported test case preparation and answered project or QA-related questions.● Oversaw the implementation of test automation framework, resulting in a 63% reduction in regression testing time.● Handled multiple projects at any given time and successfully led the QA team in achieving a 92% defect detection rate, ensuring that nearly all critical issues were identified before release.

Client: Data Provider startup. B2B data provider for regulatory, legal, and financial checks on firms.London, United Kingdom.Served as QA Project Lead for B2B web project featuring a robust microservices architecture and seamless third-party integration, facilitating data access for critical regulatory, legal, and financial assessments of various firms and individuals. The project focused on delivering a secure and efficient platform to perform comprehensive checks, enhancing compliance and due diligence processes for clients and stakeholders.Achieved:● Designed and executed comprehensive test strategies that improved test coverage and ensured the quality of critical application features.● Collaborated with product management to create user story acceptance criteria that ensured alignment between development and testing efforts.● Reduced regression testing by 47% by conducting application analysis with the development team and identifying dependencies between modules. Conducted targeted testing only in those areas that could be affected.● Achieved 83% reduction in critical defects through web services testing using tools like SoapUI, Postman during API testing.

Client: Global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities.New York, United States.Instrumental in building a robust automated testing framework for a trading Web Application and exhaustively engaged in front-end system testing for option trading for clerks and floor brokers on Stock Exchange. It is used for option order creation, order cancelation/replacement, manual and automatic trading and clearing.Achieved:● Created test case templates to facilitate mapping of manual test cases to automation test scripts.● Attained 100% requirement coverage with tests (each requirement was covered by at least 1 test).● Reduced regression testing time by 15% through efficient database queries and test data preparation.● Conducted various management activities by analyzing and verifying test results, and providing status reports.

Client: Coverage and healthcare services provider for individuals, families, and businesses.Oakland, CA, United States.An IOS and Android based mobile application synchronized with current mobile-website design and functionality. The app is for the Member Portal (MP) and would provide self-service features for company customers. Achieved:● Effectively trained, involved in the project, and supervised 6 QA engineers.● Collaborated closely with developers, reducing the average bug fix turnaround time by 35%.● Met all testing deadlines and milestones within the fixed-price budget.

Client: One of the world’s largest providers of healthcare solutions to office-based dental and medical practitionersAmerican Fork, Utah, United States.Web-based Healthcare Solution. The company is one of the leaders in Healthcare Products Providers network. Project was called to build the web-based application for their financial and reporting needs.Achieved:● Maintained 95% regression test scenario coverage through test case creation, updating, and maintenance. ● Conducted training sessions for development teams on QA best practices, enhancing overall product quality.● Received client commendation due to the absence of user-reported bugs during a 3-month post-release support period.