Ganuka Yashantha Email & Phone Number

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Mentoring 35+ QE Leads, and team members who are willing to pursue their careers in Quality Engineering• Provide QE technical and strategic leadership across multiple program deliveries, initiatives and in designing test frameworks and infrastructure.• Review test strategies/quality management plans and drive teams toward the right scope, coverage, and quality• Assess release readiness and make go, no-go decisions based on test progress• Identify and recommend automation and… Show more • Mentoring 35+ QE Leads, and team members who are willing to pursue their careers in Quality Engineering• Provide QE technical and strategic leadership across multiple program deliveries, initiatives and in designing test frameworks and infrastructure.• Review test strategies/quality management plans and drive teams toward the right scope, coverage, and quality• Assess release readiness and make go, no-go decisions based on test progress• Identify and recommend automation and performance tools, architecture, framework, technologies, and practices required for the teams• Monitor initiatives to achieve department objectives and suggest corrective actions• Drive strategic initiatives to reduce time to market, increase quality and expand the technical rigor of the team members• Initiated the QE Nexus program as a knowledge-sharing platform with industry experts. Show less

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

My responsibilities include :• Leading and managing 7 software Quality engineering teams consisting of 30+ QEs to deliver Pricing, Costing, and Customer Data Platform products with higher quality.• Responsible for the end-to-end quality aspects of pricing projects including functional and non-functional areas.• Grooming and Mentoring all the QE Resouces to uplift technical and soft skills• Evaluating existing QE Process and Corrective measures to increase Efficiency and… Show more My responsibilities include :• Leading and managing 7 software Quality engineering teams consisting of 30+ QEs to deliver Pricing, Costing, and Customer Data Platform products with higher quality.• Responsible for the end-to-end quality aspects of pricing projects including functional and non-functional areas.• Grooming and Mentoring all the QE Resouces to uplift technical and soft skills• Evaluating existing QE Process and Corrective measures to increase Efficiency and Effectiveness• Conducting interviews for the Quality Engineering openings Show less

My responsibilities include :• Led 4 software Quality engineering teams consisting of 11 QEs to deliver Pricing and Costing Platform products with higher quality.• Responsible for the end-to-end quality aspects of pricing projects including functional and non-functional areas.• Maintained Higher numbers of Automation coverage with greater efficiency and effectiveness.• Shared periodical test status updates to key stakeholders and higher management of Sysco LABS• Established… Show more My responsibilities include :• Led 4 software Quality engineering teams consisting of 11 QEs to deliver Pricing and Costing Platform products with higher quality.• Responsible for the end-to-end quality aspects of pricing projects including functional and non-functional areas.• Maintained Higher numbers of Automation coverage with greater efficiency and effectiveness.• Shared periodical test status updates to key stakeholders and higher management of Sysco LABS• Established Shift left test approach in selected Pricing Projects and evaluated the outcomes Show less

• Led Multiple product teams in the Pearson Education platform which includes 10+ QE Members to achieve ultimate product quality with quick release cycles by adopting DevOps culture.• Played Key role as Integration Test Specialist and Integration lead for GLP Learning Apps and proven track record with coordinating onshore and offshore teams.• Groomed 10+ direct QE Subordinates to their next levels• Conducted QE Onboarding and Technical Training sessions for Pearson QEs• Trained… Show more • Led Multiple product teams in the Pearson Education platform which includes 10+ QE Members to achieve ultimate product quality with quick release cycles by adopting DevOps culture.• Played Key role as Integration Test Specialist and Integration lead for GLP Learning Apps and proven track record with coordinating onshore and offshore teams.• Groomed 10+ direct QE Subordinates to their next levels• Conducted QE Onboarding and Technical Training sessions for Pearson QEs• Trained teams to onboard with DevOps cultural fit Show less

Colombo

Colombo

World Trade Center Colombo

Responsibilities: • Developed the Automation Framework which supports data-driven testing.• Achieved 90+ Automation % for existing test cases• Conducted testing activities such as Test Planning, Test cases writing, Test Designing, preparing MindMaps (Xmind).• Transferred Test Automation knowledge to internal QA teams and the Development team.• Tracked and validated issues (Redmine), analyzing the automated test result and troubleshooting thetest scripts.•… Show more Responsibilities: • Developed the Automation Framework which supports data-driven testing.• Achieved 90+ Automation % for existing test cases• Conducted testing activities such as Test Planning, Test cases writing, Test Designing, preparing MindMaps (Xmind).• Transferred Test Automation knowledge to internal QA teams and the Development team.• Tracked and validated issues (Redmine), analyzing the automated test result and troubleshooting thetest scripts.• Implemented Reporting module for Automation Framework by integrating Jenkins and TestNG.• Built POC for Hybrid Test Framework.Awards• Best Performer of the Year in 2014 for being customer-focused and innovationProduct :ProntoXi Show less

Sri Lanka

• Conducted testing activities such as test case writing and execution, test designing, preparingbusiness flow diagrams / Mind Maps (MindJet).• Tracked and validated issues (JIRA), analyzing the automated test result and troubleshooting the testscripts.• Introduced new strategies of QA test automation to achieve quality and efficiency by implementingnew tools.• Performed day-to-day routine tasks such that validating issues, Ad hog testing, Regression Testing inFIX… Show more • Conducted testing activities such as test case writing and execution, test designing, preparingbusiness flow diagrams / Mind Maps (MindJet).• Tracked and validated issues (JIRA), analyzing the automated test result and troubleshooting the testscripts.• Introduced new strategies of QA test automation to achieve quality and efficiency by implementingnew tools.• Performed day-to-day routine tasks such that validating issues, Ad hog testing, Regression Testing inFIX Trading Gateway, Native Trading Gateway, and existing features.Product:Millennium Exchange: Millennium Exchange, the flagship product of MillenniumIT Show less

• Designed key interfaces and implemented leave management module in Java with JPA.• Optimised the attendance module and reduced 10% code lines while enhancing overall functionality and performance.

Master'S Degree, Business Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology, Second Class

Activities and Societies: Badminton

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