Saravanan Balakrishna Email & Phone Number

Accomplished Software Engineering Leader with 29 years of experience in Software Engineering.A result-oriented go-getter and leader with solid experience in the field of web, enterprise applications in various aspects of Software Engineering. Involved in various aspects of product development right from requirements gathering, design, implementation & delivery, Demonstrated strong leadership skills in Transitioning Product ownerships’ for several projects by building amazing teams. Hands on Expertise with every phase of Quality Engineering from Planning, Deciding on Automation-frameworks, implementation and delivery.Good expertise in Hiring the right talent, mentoring/coaching, leading successful teams. Relentlessly working on building successful leaders and teams who can "Deliver on-time with Quality" Have been a great motivator, effective manager with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Have supported several offshore/onsite enterprise applications for quality feature roll-outs over the past few years (worked with teams in US, UK and Beijing). Have worked with both consulting and product organizationsGood exposure to Agile development, DevOps, SaasOps, Client Server, Internet and Enterprise software engineering, hands on expertise in providing end to end solutions Thorough expertise in Front end, Backend testing methods and web services, good technical knowledge of C, C++, JAVA & J2EE, UNIX, Cloud and Oracle technologies, well versed in programming practices, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployments, Defect management and Test management tools, Scrum/Agile software development methodologiesHave a special flair for technical training and had been a corporate trainer for several years. Good technical & analytical thinking, logical reasoning, good presentation & strong written and oral communication skillsDomain expertise in Cyber Security, Cloud based deployments, Digital Advertising & Publishing, Order Management, Inventory Management, Sponsored Search, Display advertising, Exchange etc...

Listed skills include Test Automation, Performance Testing, Test Planning, Agile Methodologies, and 20 others.