Jacob Pushparaj Email & Phone Number

Canada

Calgary, Ab, Ca

• Development and maintenance of resource and work plans. Monitoring project plans to reflect project progress, change and issues resolutions.• Communication with external stakeholders (including review committees) to ensure clear understanding of dependencies, deliverables, and issues and to measure and manage stakeholder expectations.• Leading multiple programs / project teams• Make sound decisions under stress (to resolve project roadblocks and issues).• Liaise with Senior… Show more • Development and maintenance of resource and work plans. Monitoring project plans to reflect project progress, change and issues resolutions.• Communication with external stakeholders (including review committees) to ensure clear understanding of dependencies, deliverables, and issues and to measure and manage stakeholder expectations.• Leading multiple programs / project teams• Make sound decisions under stress (to resolve project roadblocks and issues).• Liaise with Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and the Technical Testing team to develop, implement and deliver Program and Project Test Strategies.• Ensure all the deliverables are met across program level. • Meet client managers and all client stakeholders and provide them with the project progress and strategies.• Set strategy and priority with the program team, development, QA, documentation, and implementation leads.• Recognizing business problems, gathering data, recording it, analyzing it, and then offering data solutions.• Creating and implementing suitable project management guidelines • Managing the project, deliverables, planning and monitoring• Managing project risks, including the development of contingency plans• Monitoring overall progress and resource use, and initiating corrective action where necessary• Reporting on the project's progress in accordance with established timelines using highlight reports and end-stage evaluations.• Adopting and implementing appropriate technical and quality strategies and standards• Collaborate with the client's Product Owner (PO) and other key players to gather, examine, record, and manage the software and business requirements for the applications.• Prepared test schedules for weekly/monthly runs and generated reports to update management of project progress/status.• Carried out RCA to identify faults/issues and implemented process enhancement techniques in order to enhance overall efficiency. Show less

Manager & QA Engineering: Managing Manual and Automation Team • Managed both manual and automation (API, UI, and Performance) testing teams and product releases for clients• Performing System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and Non-functional Testing as per functional specifications stated by the client• Liaison between the Development team and delivery team both onsite and on day-to-day basis for the delivery• To lead the Defect Triage… Show more Manager & QA Engineering: Managing Manual and Automation Team • Managed both manual and automation (API, UI, and Performance) testing teams and product releases for clients• Performing System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, and Non-functional Testing as per functional specifications stated by the client• Liaison between the Development team and delivery team both onsite and on day-to-day basis for the delivery• To lead the Defect Triage and send a complete report to stakeholders bi-weekly • Steered defect triage with a complete report to stakeholders bi-weekly; monitored Internal Testing process for different product streams. Tailor the testing process based on client delivery and communicate to the stakeholders • Manage customer defects, create metrics, and carry out process improvements• Perform periodic testing process compliance audits and propose areas of improvement to the organization• Writing and Reviewing Automation Test Scripts, Test Design Metrics and Test Execution Metrics.• Provide support activity from offshore and ensure the product is always in a healthier state• Instruct and provide actions on the support tickets in the absence of the onsite support team• Mentor team on certifications and gain adequate testing and process knowledge in both manual and automation. Show less

Sr. Manager (Managed Manual / Automation/ Performance Team)I was accountable for conducting testing under managed services for the Falmingo Programme. Interacted between Quinnox, Customers & Accenture test team. Displayed keen acumen in adopting testing approaches based on the scope, baseline requirements, and Change Requests to customers with an agreement with Accenture Compiled testing engagement RAIDs log; managed customer defects, create metrics and carry out process improvements… Show more Sr. Manager (Managed Manual / Automation/ Performance Team)I was accountable for conducting testing under managed services for the Falmingo Programme. Interacted between Quinnox, Customers & Accenture test team. Displayed keen acumen in adopting testing approaches based on the scope, baseline requirements, and Change Requests to customers with an agreement with Accenture Compiled testing engagement RAIDs log; managed customer defects, create metrics and carry out process improvements. Performed periodic testing process compliance audits and propose the areas of improvements to the customer organizations.• Accountable and Responsible for heading and managing testing under managed services for the Flamingo Programme • Client Management - Liaison between Quinnox and the customer’s and Accenture test team• Provide testing approaches based on the scope, baseline requirements, and Change Requests to customers with an agreement with Accenture• Manage customer acceptance (UAT) testing from offshore / Onshore delivery plan• Manage testing engagement RAIDs log• Manage customer defects, create metrics and carry out process improvements• Perform periodic testing process compliance audits and propose areas of improvement to the customer organizations• Obtain sign-off of Test Completion Reports from required teams• Account Management - Identify potential business opportunities for Quinnox Show less

QA Manager for Managed Manual / Automation/ Performance Team• Coordinated with the client, understanding test requirements, standards, policies & measures and accordingly designing Project Management Metrics. Involved in setting up the Testing COE for clients• Oversaw the project activities from conceptualization to execution including business definition, feasibility and optimization, project planning, implementation, and manpower planning• Allocating job responsibilities… Show more QA Manager for Managed Manual / Automation/ Performance Team• Coordinated with the client, understanding test requirements, standards, policies & measures and accordingly designing Project Management Metrics. Involved in setting up the Testing COE for clients• Oversaw the project activities from conceptualization to execution including business definition, feasibility and optimization, project planning, implementation, and manpower planning• Allocating job responsibilities amongst team members and interacting with team members to ensure the smooth progress of project work• Closely monitored the project progress as per scheduled deadlines for various tasks and took necessary steps to ensure completion within time, cost, and effort parameters• Implementing new processes by mobilizing resources to enhance overall operational efficiency• Extensively involved with the business for brainstorming and writing test cases for the trading systems and worked on Corporate Action Announcements using BaNCS• Reviewing Automation Test Scripts, Test Design Metrics and Test Execution Metrics.• Ensuring that the team performs System Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Acceptance Testing and Non-functional Testing as per functional specifications stated by the client• Studying weekly/daily status reports and submitting them to management/clients to facilitate critical decision making• Coordinating with clients on regular basis and ensuring the project is completed within the scheduled timeline Show less

Project Manager - QA for Managed Manual / Automation/ Performance Team• Involved in the SDLC process from initiation to the closure of every project • Prepared project plan, project charter, estimation (effort, time, and cost), risk and contingency plan • Handled API and testing for two products and provided the results for the stakeholders• Reviewed user case specifications and requirements documents for writing test plans/scripts and also designed Project Management… Show more Project Manager - QA for Managed Manual / Automation/ Performance Team• Involved in the SDLC process from initiation to the closure of every project • Prepared project plan, project charter, estimation (effort, time, and cost), risk and contingency plan • Handled API and testing for two products and provided the results for the stakeholders• Reviewed user case specifications and requirements documents for writing test plans/scripts and also designed Project Management Metrics• Administered Automation Test Scripts, Test scenarios, Test Cases, RTM and Test Design & Test Execution Metrics• Imparted continuous on-job training to new recruits as well as existing testers in order to enhance the overall efficiency of the team Show less

• Understanding the test requirements, standards, and policies and measures• Develop Test Plan, Test case and Checklists• Test Case Execution & log defects in the defect tracking system• Test the created and modified Dimension and Members• Test Logical Tags and Test the created Formulas• Test schedules for weekly and monthly runs• Test the views and generated Reports• Test drill through reports across modules• Test report using Excel VBA data that are fetched… Show more • Understanding the test requirements, standards, and policies and measures• Develop Test Plan, Test case and Checklists• Test Case Execution & log defects in the defect tracking system• Test the created and modified Dimension and Members• Test Logical Tags and Test the created Formulas• Test schedules for weekly and monthly runs• Test the views and generated Reports• Test drill through reports across modules• Test report using Excel VBA data that are fetched from RDBMS as well as MDDB TS Cubes.• Test the migrated reports from Excel VBA• Preparation of Requirement Traceability Metrics• Verify the System test data against the test documents• Conduct testing for all the components in the system• Performing complete System testing for BI and ETL by executing the test cases• Defect Tracking and Root Cause Analysis• Client Communication & Co-ordination Show less

• Understanding the test processes, standards, policies and measures• Actively involved in Test Plan Preparation and Checklist• Development of Functional & Integration Test cases • Test Case Execution & Defect Posting in ‘DevTrack’ Tool• Preparation of Test Metrics for Quality Management Department.• Performing functionality, regression, System, and Acceptance testing.• Participate in team meetings discussions and resource scheduling decisions.• Document edits… Show more • Understanding the test processes, standards, policies and measures• Actively involved in Test Plan Preparation and Checklist• Development of Functional & Integration Test cases • Test Case Execution & Defect Posting in ‘DevTrack’ Tool• Preparation of Test Metrics for Quality Management Department.• Performing functionality, regression, System, and Acceptance testing.• Participate in team meetings discussions and resource scheduling decisions.• Document edits, updated style standards, and issues for future reference• Defect Tracking and Root Cause Analysis• Client Communication & Co-ordination Show less

• Understanding the test requirements, standards, and policies and measures• Preparing test cases and test data• Execution of Test cases• Test the Website performance. • Defect Tracking and Root Cause Analysis• Coordinating for build deployment

Master Of Science (Msc), Information Technology, 75%

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, A