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Colorado, United States

• Developed and maintained detailed project plans, defining scope, timelines, and milestones for successful project delivery• Managed requirements gathering by collaborating with stakeholders and translating business needs into technical tasks• Identified project risks and created mitigation strategies to ensure smooth project progression• Led daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, promoting Agile/Scrum methodologies to drive team productivity• Monitored project progress using tools such as Jira, ensuring timely delivery of tasks and reporting key milestones to stakeholders• Coordinated resource allocation and ensured that the team of 6 had the tools and support necessary for efficient execution• Oversaw quality assurance and testing processes, ensuring that all deliverables met functional and performance standards• Managed scope changes and communicated adjustments to the team and stakeholders, ensuring alignment throughout the project lifecycle• Provided regular status updates and progress reports to upper management and stakeholders, highlighting key risks and achievements• Managed the project budget, tracked expenditures, and ensured resource allocation was optimized within financial constraints• Facilitated post-launch support, ensuring all issues were addressed, and gathered feedback for continuous improvement in future projects

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Developed and maintained detailed project plans, defining scope, timelines, and milestones for successful project delivery• Managed requirements gathering by collaborating with stakeholders and translating business needs into technical tasks• Identified project risks and created mitigation strategies to ensure smooth project progression• Led daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, promoting Agile/Scrum methodologies to drive team productivity• Monitored project progress using tools such as Jira, ensuring timely delivery of tasks and reporting key milestones to stakeholders• Coordinated resource allocation and ensured that the team of 6 had the tools and support necessary for efficient execution• Oversaw quality assurance and testing processes, ensuring that all deliverables met functional and performance standards• Managed scope changes and communicated adjustments to the team and stakeholders, ensuring alignment throughout the project lifecycle• Provided regular status updates and progress reports to upper management and stakeholders, highlighting key risks and achievements• Managed the project budget, tracked expenditures, and ensured resource allocation was optimized within financial constraints• Facilitated post-launch support, ensuring all issues were addressed, and gathered feedback for continuous improvement in future projects

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led QA efforts for a diverse portfolio of over 15 applications, including new and next-gen notebooks, desktops, AiOs, and tablets, ensuring comprehensive manual and automated testing• Developed and executed test plans for functional, unit, and user acceptance testing, with a focus on notebook and desktop applications, including IoT-enabled services• Managed notebook process creation, BIOS updates, and recovery processes, ensuring smooth deployments and functionality• Led a team of 20 QA engineers to perform functionality, system, GUI, and user acceptance testing using blackbox testing techniques• Collaborated with manufacturers, Product Owners, and Project Managers to prioritize and resolve bug fixes, improve customer-requested features, and update test cases• Created and maintained test cases for functionality, UI, regression, localization, and API testing across multiple deliverables, ensuring full traceability• Monitored remote application deployments and updates using SCCM baseline (MIKS) technology• Provided contract estimates and proposals while representing the team during audits and demonstrating a deep understanding of project strategies

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led a high-performing QA team, designing and implementing test protocols, resulting in cost savings, immediate issue corrections, and error-free audits• Conducted integrated testing across HP system management products, ensuring consistency across various operating systems, server hardware, and databases• Expanded the test suite by incorporating customer-specific scenarios for new releases, enhancing test coverage• Provided comprehensive testing, including exploratory, negative, out-of-the-box, and integration testing, ensuring robust product validation• Analyzed requirements to define test scope, developed test cases and scenarios, and managed change requests, regression, and discrimination testing• Acted as a quality liaison, facilitating communication between developers, subject matter experts, management, and project teams to ensure alignment• Developed and maintained testing protocols within the QA lab, supporting testing efforts across global locations such as the USA, Brazil, and the UK• Managed resource estimates, coordinated work schedules based on business needs, and ensured clear communication of project milestones and critical issues• Maintained regular contact with customers to review schedules, provide test execution updates, and address any remediation needs

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Conducted comprehensive compatibility testing of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) software across multiple HP server hardware platforms running Windows and Linux operating systems• Analyzed product functional specifications to create thorough and complete test case documentation, ensuring all functionalities were covered• Established and maintained a test environment using HP deployment solutions to validate the accuracy of HP SIM software across supported hardware and software ecosystems• Performed extensive regression, performance, and scalability testing to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the software in various enterprise environments• Classified, reported, and tracked software defects throughout the testing lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution and product stability

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Information Science/Studies, First Class

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