Pradeep Shinde Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Singapore

Project Areas:1. Strategic Market Data publishing system for BarclaysRisk and AnalyticsTest Manager across 3 business streams Establish and evolve a solid test process within a brand new team. Multitask and lead test efforts for 3 business streams; facilitate cross training. Setup Agile testing framework across 3 streams that could facilitate sprints with zero dependency, no overlapping and full utilization of shared resources. Push for improvements in software development practices to increase software maturity prior to delivery to test team. Worked as a Individual contributor across several business streams Test Estimation, Project Planning & Tracking, Resource Utilization, Appraisal. Create Test Strategy document; scheduled sprints Identify areas for test improvement by implementing traceability, automatedtesting, repeatable test practices and metrics.2. Official EoD Risk and PnL system for BarclaysTest Lead across 2 business streamsManual + Automation Testing Built and led a cohesive test team of 5 members by reviewing resumes, interviewing and decision making in hiring. Provided training and mentored/managed them. Improved efficiency and reduced test cycle by increasing automation of test script execution upto 70%. Proposed and implemented “cheat sheets” to reduce UAT cycle timelines. Actively played a shadow Project Manager role on several occasions given the know-how of project artifacts; leading entire project from initiation to completion.

Singapore

Project Areas:1. Official EoD Risk and PnL system for BarclaysTest LeadManual + Automation Testing Defined and presented not on testing, but DEV + PM + Users activities workflow for major project – which brought in a lot of sanity to existing frustrations Participated in regular meetings with upper management to communicate accomplishments, plans and issues as well as any risks to the project's progress Successfully leveraged resources across multiple projects to do more with less. Consistently met project milestones for multiple simultaneous projects. Initiate the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results and check the exit criteria.

Mumbai Area, India

About 4 years of IT (Finance) experience in Manual and Automation testing (QTP) at Merrill Lynch, India Expert level mastery in Automation Testing using QuickTest Professional (QTP). ISTQB (Advanced and Basic) Certified Test Engineer, having NSE (NCFM) certifications. Vast experience in end-to-end testing. (Test planning, Requirement Analysis and Design, Implementation and Execution, Status Review, Evaluating Exit criteria, Test Closure Activities)  Sound knowledge of Finance Domain.  Designed and implemented 5 automation frameworks aligned to different approaches across more than 20 financial products using QTP. (Web based, Client Server & Desktop applications) Excellent understanding of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Strong analytical, communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Highly motivated team player with strong organizational skills.

B.E Comps, Computers

Activities and Societies: General Secretory @ Computer Society of India Bachelor Of Engineering (Computers)

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