Samrendra K. Email & Phone Number

*Brief Introduction:*- Overall 14.6 years’ experience in IT industry.- Currently serving as Global Delivery Manager driving enterprise level QA programs.-Specialize in establishing automation in organizations with zero to no automation presence.*QA Management:*• 9+ years experience in Leadership Roles (VP/QA Architect/QA Manager) in Line/People Management, Program Management, Vendor Management, defining KPIs, Financial Planning/Budgeting, Managing Large Testing Engagements (Multimillion/Multiyear/Multi location), along with setting up governance ensuring QA policies & procedures meet regulatory compliance and audit requirements.• Manages QA Portfolio having multiple programs and projects (functional/automation testing) with support/guidance on Test Strategy, Test Planning having large team size (more than 40 direct employees and 100+ vendors spread across multiple geographic locations in US/UK/EU/APAC i.e., Bulgaria, Ireland, London, Spain, Pune, Hyderabad and Mumbai) with Stakeholder/Vendor Management, Pre-Sales support on POCs, RFP, RFI, SOW creation and review.*Automation Testing:*• Hands-on experience in creating automation frameworks from scratch using Java, JavaScript, Selenium WebDriver, Postman, TestNG, Cucumber, NodeJS, Protractor, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured, GIT, Azure DevOps, PostgreSQL, SQL, RPA UiPath etc.• Expert in analysis of automation testing opportunities in API, Desktop, Web and Cloud (Citrix, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Windows 365 VMs and AWS).• Responsible for setting Automation coding standards, code review, setup CI/CD pipelines.*Achievements:*• Testing Centre of Excellence (TCOE): Spearheaded development of "TCOE", improving standards of QA, Best Practices, Training/Development, Starter Kits (Template Frameworks, Reusable component library, Training, SDET support).• Digital Transformation : Successfully led "Digital Transformation Program" by implementing RPA UiPath solution on cloud infrastructure of Microsoft Azure VM, integration with ALM tools like Jira, GIT, Confluence and Azure DevOps, aligning cross-functional teams (security, operations, service management) securing approval from Architectural Review Boards and negotiating a 3.5 year contract deals with vendors for 15% YOY savings.• Savings & Early ROI : At Apex Group with our QA team's dedication in adoption of Test Automation navigating RPA & AI led complex digital transformations, resulting in saving 600+ hours of QA effort monthly thereby achieving early ROI in first 6 months.

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