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• Over 21 years of extensive experience in QA CoE, Software Test Management, Program Management, Development, Sustenance and Delivery • Received “IBM Patent Plateau Award” and “IBM Patent Award” for 12 Software Disclosures done for IBM• Built multiple teams from scratch for Small scale and large scale organizations.• Working as Director of Engineering (R&D) - Built Test practices/frameworks and QA teams for different Products for Numerator. • In the current role, Defined Vision for Quality, managing Quality KPIs, Quality practice setup, Managing geographically distributed QA teams, Automation and Performance framework building• Experience in End-to-end Product delivery which includes Program Management, Product Development (Cloud base), Sustenance & Test delivery.• Experience working in Product based organization with Cloud base SAAS Products, Market Research Data Analytics, Call center Data Analytics and Service based organizations - Insurance domain.• Extensive customer facing experience. Worked at client location 5+ years in United States of America.• In-depth knowledge and experience in cost management, time management, risk management, escalation management and resource management.• Extensive experience in leading and managing distributed large test teams (100+ test team size) for IBM GBS (Services division) at client site USA and at IBM Software Labs (Product division)– Pune.• Experience in preparing Project Plan, Resource management, coordinate and tracking day-to-day project activities.• Exhibited expertise in project management methodologies/frameworks like, Agile, Waterfall. • Proven competencies at all phases of STLC, which includes Program/Release Management, Customer coordination, Requirement Engineering – Epic discussions, functional/technical spec gathering, wire-frames/design specs, Test Planning and Estimation, Automation Test Framework Design (BDD -Cucumber, Selenium), Performance Test Planning, Security Test Planning, Globalization Testing, Accessibility Testing, UAT and Mobile Application Testing.

Listed skills include Qtp, Regression Testing, Test Estimation, Testing Tools, and 16 others.