Founded in 2010 QA Mentor, Inc. is multi-awards winning CMMI Level 3 DEVELOPMENT + SERVICES v2.0 appraised ISO 27001:2013, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 20000-1 certified leading independent software testing company headquartered in New York. With 350+ global QA resources in 12 different countries offering more than 32 QA Testing Services and covering all time zones, QA Mentor is a global leader in Software Quality Assurance and Testing space. Serving 474 clients from Fortune 500 to start ups in 28 countries, QA Mentor supports applications in 9 different industries. With unique products propositions from a crowdsourcing platform with a pool of 12,000 crowdsourced testers to a test management platform QA Coverage, unique and economical services offerings and QA education from e-learning and corporate training, QA Mentor continues its growth, expansion and footprint around the globe.Over 100 global awards and recognitions demonstrates QA Mentor’s deep commitment to clients, employees, fans and supporters around the world.We have 28 distinct quality assurance testing services – more than any other independent software testing company in the world: - Testing in Your Time Zone - QA Agile Transformation - Data Warehouse and ETL Testing Services - Advisory Support Subscription - Application Architecture Inspection - Crowdsourcing Testing - Manual Test Design & Execution - QA Audit and Process Improvement - QA Automation Tool Expert - Candidate Interview Assessment - QA Environment Management - Lab Compatibility Services - QA Manager on Demand - QA Performance and Capacity Planning - QA Performance Engineering and Optimization - QA Recruitment and Staffing Services - QA Technical Writing - QA Training and Seminar Services - Regression Test Execution Factory Services - Security Testing Services - Static Testing Services - Testing Center of Excellence Establishment - Test Automation Framework Design

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• Providing direction and leadership towards achievement of the organization’s mission, strategy and corporate annual goals and objectives.• Managing all of the operations and ensuring that excellencies components, such as operational efficiency, continuous improvement, positioning of the organization arising out of initiatives both in terms of marketing and QA service offerings are maintained and developed.• Working closely with Sales team to establish sales strategy, helping to close complex deals and involved in proposal and RFPs reviews.• Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer to prepare annual budgets, complete risk analysis on potential investments, and advise the Board of Directors with regard to investment risk and return.• Working closely with Human Resources (HR) regarding hiring practices, payroll and benefit disbursement.• Reviewing and approving hires, promotions and compensation packages for direct reports and other key managers.• Implementing internal training programs and coaching employees in project management and project coordination principles.

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Occygen is a software development company headquartered in New York with offices in France, Tunisia and India that has a vision towards innovative solutions for the QA Industry. One of the products launched in early 2016 is QACoverage (www.qacoverage.com) Test Management Solution, which supports testing cycles under multiple Software Development Models including Agile. This is the first product from a suite of multiple products which will soon hit the market and revolutionize Quality Assurance Testing with unique automation solutions.

Managing System and System Integration testing phases including functional, performance and automation testing for WorldLink Global Payment System which generates more than $325 million in annual revenue and more than $220 million in net income while offering world class cross-border payment solutions in 150 countries and serving more than 4000 large corporations and government agencies

Managing 2 complex Testing Programs (Wholesale cards and Payments) consisting of 7 different projects for 5 internal bank clients.Member of 350+ Global Testing Center of Excellence practice reporting directly to Head of TCoE.$3+ million dollars budget planning, estimation & forecasting.Mentoring and guiding 30+ resources from Testing Center of Excellence (FTEs + vendor consultants).Perform broad range of management activities for the team such as People Management (internal and external workforce), Strategic Alignment, Client Service and Relationship Management, Resource and Portfolio Management & Cost Management.Responsible for quality and timely delievery of automation, performance and functional testing activities.Provide directions, define strategy and vision for quality assurance testing activities on multiple projects.Share best practices and quality assurance principles to internal QA Managers.Handle budgetary control issues and high level escalations.

Managed 30+ onshore/offshore resources with $1 million + budget.Was promoted twice from Senior QA Manager to Director level and VP level titles.Reported directly to Chief Information Officer and was second promoted Vice President with in 200+ resources IT Organization.Responsible for functional, performance, automation testing activities for multiple platforms, web-based and client-server applications.Established QA process, methodology and approach for Global QA Depoartment. Established performance and capacity planning function with in QA Department by implementing performance methodology and best practices for LoadRunner performace tool.Outlined QTP automation methodology and approach for regression testing coverage.Organized and established testing offshore engagement model with 30+ QA SpecialistsResponsible for establishing security testing function with in QA Department.Achieved 90% or above Test Efficiency Indicator on all released projects.

Performed Global SAT Test Manager roles and functions by managing multiple global projects and offshore teams with over 100+ testers located in 5 different countries. Managed $7+ million dollars budget for Testing Center of Excellence.Was responsible for organizing, building and supporting HSBC.com Global Testing Center of Excellence.Established QA Process, procedures and methodology for HSBC.com Global Testing Center of Excellence.Was responsible for managing directly on-site 10 Project Test Coordinators supporting 12 global projects with over 100 testers participated in System Acceptance and User Acceptance testing phases.Was responsible for Production Certification testing activities and hot fixes releasesWas responsible for coordination and management of Browser/OS certification testing for banking products and applications including over 50 different combinations.Wrote methodology and approach for testing applications on multiple languages.Achieved 85% or above Test Efficiency Indiactor for all managed projects.

Provided trainings on Quality Assurance manual and automation process, methodology and theory.Managed testing cycles for in-house application conducted by students.Provide technical assistance on QA questions to students and development team.

Responsible for the coordination, scheduling and monitoring of 6 QA TestersLead role on multiple projects including training, testing, strategy execution and bug tracking effort.Performed various types of testing, including: functional, positive, negative, end-to-end, integration, cross-browser, database validation, sanity, load, stress, performance and build acceptance. Communication and coordination with Operations, Development, Application Support, Product Planning and Account Management groups.Testing Execution time estimation for multiple projects. Full functional, regression, cross platform testing on e-Business Advertising Software and Ad Billing System. Created automation test scripts with GUI and database checkpoints, data-driven test cases and looping functions using WinRunner automation tool. Enhanced WinRunner test scripts with TSL statements and functions.Load/Stress/Performance testing of AdSuite application using LoadRunner.

Fully tested Web-based technology, a Server application, that runs Web Pages, Java Applets, and Flash ads on Internet Browsers for potential customers and clients. Designed and developed test cases and procedures for system, regression and performance testing. Ensured the successful migrating of software from test to production environment.Analyzed system requirements and functional specifications; collected information to accommodate user requirements; and created test scenarios for testing rules and critical points. Wrote and executed scripts for automated testing using WinRunner and ProtoSpeed testing tools to test Java Applets and HTML files, including Flash ads developed in Java and Perl. Guided 4 testers in QA Team on Testing Techniques & Procedures. Prepared Daily Status Reports, which described the total number of Test Cases executed and sorted by functional areas and severity levels.