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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Led customer and vendor teams to develop test strategy and planning activities for quality and testing assurance, automation, engineering, and transformation.● Developed integration test strategy & plan by introducing transformative program and test management processes to cross-functional teams, cross-business group stakeholders for core banking, bank card, servicing, marketing and unsecured lending applications● Devise end to end test strategy and plan for SaaS based banking/financial applications & products for migration & Integration projects.● Concurrently manage end to end QE activities for multi-workstream testing programs by working with TPMs, Engineering, Business, Product Managers, risk / control and audit partners for early QA engagement(Shift left approach)● Create and present executive leadership status, dashboards, SLA/KPI metrics and reports for the integration test program planning, governance structure and strategic testing activities.● Training and mentoring new recruits into the team and directing their tactical day to day testing activities for successful delivery of the testing programs and projects

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES• IT Program & Project Management • Quality Engineering & Transformation • Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management • Enterprise Test Strategy & Planning • Value Stream Mapping • Global Collaboration & Though Leadership • Building High Performance Teams • Establish TCoE / QCoE engagements • Continuous Improvement and Process Optimization • Change Management Framework • P&L/Budget/Cost/Risk Management & Compliance • Data Driven • Governance & Reporting • Customer Wins • Transition Management • Vendor Management • Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills.• Core Banking Transformation • Consumer, Commercial Banking & Lending Ops • Payment & Credit Card Settlements • Finance & Securities • Core Brokerage • Regulatory & Compliance • Fraud & AML • Agile, Scrum & Waterfall Methodologies • Continuous Testing • SaaS Product Testing • Webstore, Mobile, Point of Sale (POS), Handheld Devices • IVR • Marketing CM • eCommerce • POC strategy for QE Tools and Technologies • Shift Left & Automation First Approach • Data Quality & Governance Testing • DevOps/CICD • AI/ML/GenAI • Test Data & Environment Management • CRM • Legacy Modernization • Cloud & Infrastructure Testing.

Memphis, Tn, Us

Introduced transformational quality engineering initiatives for multi-division projects and vertical integration projects in test life cycle management, data management, automation, security testing and process excellence● Evaluated various testing tools to improve delivery time and process efficiencies impacting data reports and eliminating redundant processes for data management.● Implemented qTest integration with JIRA for improved collaboration between testers and developers, better traceability and enhanced test reporting● Moderated M&A due-diligence and retrospect activities by introducing transformative QA project and programmanagement processes to cross-functional, cross-business group stakeholders.● Improved automation execution cycle time by 85% by introducing parallel execution across distributedagents/servers using TOSCA

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

Successfully transformed a core banking transformation testing program with the collaboration of internal, externalstakeholders and cross platform teams in less than 3 months. Took charge by wearing multiple hats from programmanager, agile coach, transformation leader in providing thought leadership, rationalizing ambiguity withgeographically distributed teams.● Implemented a transformative agile estimation methodology & automation tool with BDD that significantlyenhanced the cost of test delivery for core banking applications across various cross-functional teams.● Led a 30-member testing team in delivering SaaS product testing in a fast-paced Agile environment● Successful in cultivating a quality mindset by conducting agile and continuous testing workshops● Spearheaded continuous testing processes by introducing DevOps and CI/CD methodologies● Managed test program performance, cost, scope, risk, schedule, quality, change, process, and subcontract activitiesby employing SLA & KPI metrics, and program management best practices to ensure successful execution.

Dublin, Ca, Us

Prepared and executed SOW, program charter, governance plan and other program/project documents for a multimillion dollar managed services TCoE & QE engagement● Evaluated various testing tools to improve delivery time and process efficiencies by collaborating with various vendor teams● Senior stakeholder management to understand their strategic long-term initiatives, digital roadmap and converting them into workable solutions● Successfully led organizations increased needs of quality engineering activities in POS testing, testing tools implementation and store operations.

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Us

Concurrently managed multi-division testing programs across line of businesses spanning Store Operations, Credit and Marketing, Enterprise Technology, Financial Settlements, Inventory Control, Store Infrastructure – Mobile & Handheld devices, UI/UX, Point of Sale, Kiosks, Pin Pads, electronic signs, and printers - a direct impact on retail customers and delivered testing solutions to enterprise customers.● Devised strategy for cross functional testing activities to the tune of 15+ parallel projects for each quarter and improved test efficiencies in terms of cycle time reduction, eliminating redundancy for successful store rollouts● Coached and mentored a team of up to 70 people, ensuring their readiness to deliver program objectives at various levels● Spearheaded Change and Release management test activities as per organizational standard operating procedures to ensure compliance to Inventory control, finance, legal and tax requirements for omnichannel store operations● Formulated a SaaS integration program test strategy in a highly collaborative environment to decommission 40+ monolith applications and batch processes by engaging stakeholders across the enterprise● Facilitated steering meetings with the executive committee and conducted quarterly and monthly QE performance reviews with key stakeholders on annual operating plans, budget forecast, decision making and review risk/dependencies/mitigation.

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Us

● Turned around a revenue recognizing enterprise value stream digitalization program by pitching and implementing automation first approach for faster turn around and delivery● Directing end-to-end test management of projects spanning scheduling, costing, and budgeting, managing project roles and resource requirements, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestone completion, and timely reporting of issues and risks● Cultivated a collaborative environment for an 85-member team that promotes creativity, innovation, and learning, while also fostering a sense of urgency and faster delivery● Contributed extensively for designing and providing architectural solutions towards proof of concepts for retail, omni-channel experience and, POS lab setups● Identifying and tracking projects risks/dependencies including customer escalations and leveraging project governance and escalation processes in collaboration with vendors and geographically distributed teams to meet project goals, SLA/KPIs.• Directly supervise Project Managers, Program Leads including the preparation and delivery of staff performance evaluations and career development activities.

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Us

• Participate in business requirements sessions and solution design walk-through to get detailed understanding of QA requirements.• Participate in project proposals and prepare efforts estimates & Resource planning. Work closely with application and service development project managers for QA requirements, timelines and deliverable● Facilitated Project and Program daily stand-up meetings, weekly status meetings with team to track progress, understand issues / challenges faced by team and provide leadership and resolution.

Westlake, Texas, Us

● Spearheaded various projects in multiple capacities for Retail Banking, CRM, Core Brokerage, Customer & Account Management, Data quality from requirement analysis, design, development, implementation, and production support of projects on Mainframe, Data, Integration, Distributed Systems and Packaged Applications● Directed cross functional teams in design and provision of architectural solutions for proof of concepts in retail banking and CRM applications● Introduced various operational efficiencies in campaign management, data quality for customer and accounts by conducting detailed analysis and offering recommendations to remove points of inconsistencies● Played a pivotal role in migration of MQ messaging to Oracle Fusion Middleware and IBM WPS orchestration in a dynamic environment with cross functional and technology teams● Continuously monitored and communicated technology related risks and issues and proposing mitigation strategies to make informed decisions in CRM application, integration stack and reliability engineering.

Westlake, Texas, Us

• Collaborated with business and technical partners to design, develop and test software applications and system changes that address business needs and market driven opportunities• Adjust communication to level of target audience providing clear, concise, and articulated updates as needed.• Defined and analyzed problems in terms of systems requirements and modify/enhance system design• Served as the point of contact with other Technology partners and applications for application patches, upgrades and other related issues

Westlake, Texas, Us

• Conducted Requirement Analysis, Contributed to Design and Development of projects in Mainframe, .Net and Siebel CRM application environments through various stages of the Software Developmemt Life Cycle (SDLC).• Performed Unit testing, black box testing and system testing.• Resolved problems of production by working with the end-users.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Banking, Finance

Master Of Computer Applications - Mca