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Over 15+ years of hands-on experience in IT Industry in handling various projects/accounts and performed Scrum Master, QA Test Manager, Automation teat lead & Onsite Coordinator roles.Lead large teams having multi-vendor foot print in Agile as well as Waterfall environments.Experienced in analyzing and providing solutions to various business / customer needs and Quality Assurance procedure in Retirement, pension administration and healthcare domain.• Excellent Analysis, Communication, Problem Solving, Project Management, and Interpersonal skills critical to pro-actively manage projects and gather requirements for supporting the strategic initiatives• Adept in identifying project stakeholders, document Project Charter, System Vision, Traceability Matrix, Define and control Project Scope, Identify and Manage Project Risks and Issues, Manage Stakeholder Expectations, and facilitate communication to maximize productivity• Extensive experience in scaling Agile at enterprise level• Proven experience working with coaching / managing multiple scrum teams and proficient in conducting sprint ceremonies like estimation, sprint planning, backlog grooming, poker planning, sprint review, demo and retrospective• Participate in scrum of scrums, conduct defect triage meetings and ensure viable product is developed, tested and released to business users at end of each sprint• Adept in conducting business requirement analysis with product owners involving review of existing systems configurations and evolving business needs• Competent in different testing phases - Test Strategizing, Test Planning & Scheduling, Test Estimation, Risk Based Testing (RBT), Test Documentation, Test Metrics identification and reporting, Test Execution Techniques, Test Reviews and Feedbacks, Incident Management, Defect Analysis and Management, Test Data Management & Test Process Improvements• Have experience in leading automation testing team to perform regression tests using automation tools UFT and Selenium• Perform Risk management/ respond to complex business challenges and make critical decisions using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethic and irreproachable integrity• Expedited resolution of customer concerns to ensure high satisfaction level• Successfully implemented TDD based in-Sprint automation, which provided better test coverage, reduced the Dev to QA ratio in Scrum teams and increased overall QA capacity• Took active part in establishment and standardized testing processes. Improved the team's engineering practices and tools

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