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New Delhi Area, India

Noida Area, India

Aristocrat is one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions in the casino gaming space. Working at AIDC (Aristocrat India development Center), responsibilities include managing team leads, Performance management, Project planning for local and external studios.• Manage transition and delivery of traditional video slot game properties to Facebook (Heart of Vegas, Jackpot dreams).• Manage platform conversion and usability experience working with the Product Madness Team (an Aristocrat Company).• Created and tracked KPO and all initiatives in project management.• Responsible for Performance management.• Managing QA for local and WW Studios• Interface with QE, PMO and Studios for weekly QA dashboard including 5 Why analysis

Hyderabad Area, India

Part of the Playfish social game team for the largest franchise and responsible for process, metrics tracking, user experience, community and quality.Key achievements... - Managed the game production team to deliver weekly content releases for the title.- Responsible for the quality of art, design and development for this title.- Analyze user feedback and social metrics to adjust gameplay and design.

Hyderabad Area, India

Part of the portfolio management team. Responsibilities included... - Maintain the metrics systems and regularly reports results to key partners.- Drive process improvement and process alignment methodologies to all teams in a given territory.- Partner with local teams to monitor resource allocations and progress towards delivering business goals.Achievements- Led the initiative to find outsourcing partners to supplement QA Capacity for WW Studios.- Managed the team to create the Game development framework for Mobile games.

Hyderabad Area, India

Responsible for the test management of projects throughout a project’s life cycle. Also involved in creating structured processes to manage defects right through to resolution, compiling test metrics for management, Planning and estimating and to advise the QA team and clients on testing best practices• Ensured that the QA productivity targets for OPM BU are met in more than 90% of the QA deliverable from HYD OPM• Completed more than 95% of the projects without external certification or compliance failure• Led the initiative to create a skill matrix for all regular and contract employees for QA

New Delhi Area, India

TestingXperts Online is the leading international provider of outsourced services to Games Testing.Projects include Multiplayer and single player titles on handheld devices, PC and MAC for gaming and E-learning Domain.- Management of QA infrastructure (test and production)- Writing and execution of test plans, test scenarios and test cases - Review of test scenarios, cases and defects- Provide status updates to on-site teams and customers- Training engineers on quality assurance for games, tools for defect tracking and test management

New Delhi Area, India

RockeTalk has developed and launched a social media platform and mobile phone client applications that provide a variety of fast, easy-to-use multimedia services. Users can create any combination of text, voice, photos, and video messages, share with any contacts, join communities and chat with individuals and groups, and access a variety of entertainment and content.Worked on... - Process implementation for Quality as well as review of existing documentation and application specification- Streamlining the application testing procedure and interaction method of various teams- Managing technical support activity for users and server support for developers- Managing deployment and analytics and MIS- Managing Marketing support and Events for advertising

Mauritius

Game Theorem develops proprietary software system and for multi-platform online gaming. Revenues are derived from the commercial licensing of e-Gaming systems as well as from providing relevant BPO services to international clientsResponsibilities included...- Implemented Testing process with defined metrics for certification program- Managed testing for the flagship mobile product that had Video poker, slots, baccarat, roulette, Blackjack and lottery games

Noida Area, India

Worked on various key products and services across technologies and platforms including and not limited to Microsoft Windows Mobile, J2ME, BREW, Symbian and Palm, Windows XP (JP), Win2003 server (JP), Windows Vista (JP) (RC2), IIS 6/7 (EN/JP), .NET, ActiveX, C++, Flash 8, Mssql Server, IIS 6, Windows XP/2003 (Deployment) etc. Some highlights are... - Communicating with the client: All the correspondence with the Japanese client, discussing the schedule and weekly status updates.- Initiated the automation process using Nunit and FIT - Test Setup: Supervised the setup of the test environment which included - Windows XP (JP), Win2003 server (JP), Windows Vista (JP) (RC2), IIS 6/7 (EN/JP) - Testing on the .NET, ActiveX and C++ class library: Performed Component testing, localization testing, assigning/vetting issues.- Noted for automation and for reducing testing schedule time by 50% for Leadtools

Trivandrum

TinfoMobile is a mobile games and applications development company. Role...1. Responsible for Content management and setting up operator criteria for Indiatimes/Reliance2. Managed testing and delivery of various applications and porting projects3. Managed presales and support for all projects delivered to clientsWon multiple awards for various projects. Some are... - ‘Best Platformer’ at E3 2006 for Bonk’s return for Java devices.- The largest strategy title on mobile device for 2005 for Truck Tycoons - An Abby Gold in 2005 in the Digital Innovation category for Mahindra's Scorpio Turbanator- Second Prize in Reliance Developer Contest 2005.

New Delhi Area, India

Babel is the leading international provider of specialist services to the global games and interactive entertainment industries. Founded in 1999, the company offers a complete post-production service for Console, PC, Handheld and Mobile content.Worked on functionality and standards testing on console (Sony PS2, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube) PC. Thorough knowledge of various Operator Acceptance criteria and java verified testing (UTC). Key Achievements... 1. Tested more than 150 Games/Application for small platform (Mobiles and GBA)2. Worked on Pilot projects for N-gage (Nokia) and PS2 standards compliance testing (Sony Online)3. Trained on testing for Xbox, PS2 and Nintendo Gamecube

Bachelor Of Information And Technology (Bit), Information Technology

Activities and Societies: Founder, Gamers' Club at MAC, Delhi University. Won more than 30 inter and intra college competitions.

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