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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Help shape the future of strategic Test and QA initiatives in TechInsights' Cloud-based Content Platform.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Through strategic planning and execution, I lead a talented team of 40 Development Operations, Quality Assurance Engineers, and managers to achieve desired objectives.By executing new CI, design & QA shared TDD, and capacity & resiliency test strategies I plan and apply a robust strategy to enable, streamline, and improve lab operations and test engineering/automation via close interaction with multi-disciplinary teams.To initiate a major cultural shift for driving continuous quality improvement I conduct and chair comprehensive research.To reduce unnecessary costs and expenditures I prepare annual budget in terms of VP-level capital and operating expenditures (Capex/Opex).To discuss business matters related to R&D, PLM, and daily operations for initiation of informed decisions I actively communicate with executive and top leadership teams, while chairing regular individual and group discussions.Some of my selected achievements are…• Configured and deployed new tools and processes, aiding in advancing R&D and test engineering functions.• Contributed to aiding company in transitioning to a new mode of operations during post-pandemic.• Developed supportive culture and executed key changes to surpass new velocity-focused objectives.• Recruited qualified personnel and formed a top-performance team, addressing misbalanced LCC vs HCC investments in compliance with company set policies.

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By leading and overseeing automated & manual testers and developers I offered leadership directions to relevant teams on software and system development lifecycle.With an aim of optimizing staff morale and business growth I created budget and offered raises & bonuses to employees.For seamless functioning of daily activities, I collaborated with architecture, development, and product management teams.I also developed and formed thorough multifaceted strategies and plans that exhibited at peers and executive levels.A few of my key achievements are…• Oversaw all facets involved in moving from a legacy release process to a CI/CD rapid-release model, resulting in reducing release cycle time from 12-20 weeks to up to 4 weeks.• Accelerated quality by actively partaking in defect triage, architecture review, test strategy, and development plan reviews towards all EID product offerings.• Hired top talent and headed staff performance assessments with an aim of sharing results with management.• Boosted Agile development and release cycles.

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By planning and developing new solutions for next-generation products I strategically led and controlled a team of 40+ employees that performed across four business areas, encompassing tools development and support of automation process, legacy automation solution, test/quality of automation solutions.Some of my major contributions are…• Influenced and supervised a large contingent of personnel, acting as an Owner of a large automation test lab.• Determined and unified major requirements for cross-functional teams, motivating in reaching set objectives.

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By delivering leadership support multi-disciplinary teams to enhance test capabilities for three key components of a new BlackBerry 10 Operating System I directed a newly hired team of 14.Through utilization of internal and external sources I steered hiring campaign to employ top talent.To ensure timely large set delivery I drafted a contract contingency.Through utilization of LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter platforms as well as cloud file systems, including Dropbox and under-defined timelines along with execution of high-quality initiatives I orchestrated entire operations related to securing and promoting BlackBerry 10.I also held accountable for carrying out all compensation manager accountabilities, including salary planning, bonus, performance assessment, and reviews.A few of my key achievements are the following:• Devised and executed a viable keyword-driven test automation strategy and organized a hands-on workshop training plan, assuring broad adoption for a 1200+ person VP-level organization.• Created a large and distributed test automation lab for teams across Ottawa, Waterloo, and Mississauga.• Developed a new low-cost R&D center within India from scratch.

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