Senior Management consultant with over 20 years hands-on experience in Information Technology in a variety of challenging positions involving strategy and implementation of large programs in a cutting edge technology landscape and involving multi dimensional stakeholders. Being a very proficient automation engineer early in my career I have in depth knowledge of tools and technologies which I have used to build automation strategies and roadmaps.I am currently seeking new challenges in a senior level management position.
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Qa Director And Sr ConsultantManulifeOakville, On, Ca -
It DirectorManulife Oct 2015 - Present -
Senior Quality Assurance ManagerRoyal Bank Of Canada May 2014 - Sep 2015Toronto, Canada Area• Managing and coordinating multiple QA teams/Business teams for the Prudential-Envestnet Migration Project. (Portfolio management systems)• Working with multiple vendor teams and a global QA teams and senior IT and business stakeholders to come up with a program level strategy. (QA budget 2 million +). • Building Test Strategy / Automation strategies for the end to end integrated solution of the complete wealth management solution built on the Envestnet wealth management platform..• Drive continuous optimization on QA processes, resources by leveraging efficiency and automation. -
Senior Test ManagerOntario Securities Commission Aug 2013 - Dec 2013Toronto, Canada AreaWorked as Senior Test manager managing a team of 25+ testers and Sr. technical analysts in security commissions across 6 provinces across Canada. (BCSC, AMF, ASC, OSC, MSC, NBSC) and other third party stakeholders like IIROC, TMX and CDS. -
Senior Qa ManagerTeradata 2011 - 2013Toronto, Canada AreaWorked for Client Enterprise Information Management at Royal Bank of Canada. Lead and mentored a large technical QA team ( 50+ resources) based in Canada / Offshore.Oversaw Quality assurance, change management and release management activities -
Management ConsultantIndependent Consultant 2010 - 2011Toronto, Canada AreaWorked for clients Toronto Dominion Financial Bank and RBC DEXIA -
Sr Test ManagerPwc 2009 - 2010Winnipeg, Canada Area• Responsible for Management oversight for the entire testing stream for the claims management (PIPP) project for MPI. (Project Size : 30 million)• Responsible for championing and advocating testing issues to the Sr Management at MPI.• Responsible for implementing a test automation framework (data/ keyword driven) for the entire project. -
Quality Assurance ManagerRbc 2005 - 2009Toronto, Canada AreaResponsible for Managing and Leading highly complex mission critical projects at RBC ( 4- 9 million dollar) earning high regard and acclaim from executives.Creating Test Strategy and test plan for testing of the entire application ( Online Banking Estatements) involving System , Integration and UAT testing in accordance with CMM certification standards.Creating/ establishing framework/ establishing test environments for automation and Performance testing for various critical RBC applications.Responsible for weekly reports, metrics and graphs to the Senior Executives at the bank.Responsible for implementation of new tool sets and processes into the QA framework.(Mercury Quality Center)Co ordination with external service providers/vendors (Symcor, TSYS , ADP, Resolve) for establishment of a test environment and defect resolution for various projects. -
Qa Automation LeadSelf-Employed Oct 1999 - Oct 2005Automation lead specializing in coding , automation architecture with various automation tools ( Compuware, QTP , HP ALM etc.). Working for various companies in Toronto .( BMO , TD Bank , Canadian Tire)
Murali Bala Education Details
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Business Strategy -
Birla Institute Of Management TechnologyMaster Of Business Administration (Mba) -
Electrical And Electronics Engineering -
Project Management
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Murali Bala works for Manulife
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Murali Bala's current role is QA Director and Sr Consultant.
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Murali Bala attended Harvard Business School Online, Birla Institute Of Management Technology, Punjab Engineering College, Project Management Institute.
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