Shankar Shetty Email & Phone Number

Quality and process oriented software test professional with 15+ years of core industry experience helping large organizations across India, Australia and UK setup global agile QA practices driving test transformation programs improving quality, efficiency and time to market using best practices and automation. Currently part of Marsh McLennan India’s Mercer Technology leadership team driving Global Tech QA Group in Mercer Pacific (Australia) & Employee Benefits (UK) with a diverse team of 100+ QA professionals across Mumbai, Pune, Gurgaon and Bangalore.• Career spanning successful QA implementation for 5 major organizations, driving test strategies for 100+ programs and 300+ product releases• 2+ years of onshore work experience at client sites across Australia and UK• Experience across all types of organizations viz. service (Infosys, Trigyn), captive (JLT) and product based (MMC)• Experience with global clients like Mercer, Marsh, Telstra Australia, Telecom NZ, Johnson Controls, Ansell and Jardine Lloyd Thompson• Proven shift-left, Test Transformation & TCoE implementations for major organizations (JLT & MMC) with year on year 10% efficiency gains• Seasoned in developing optimized test structure and operating models promoting right-shoring and insourcing initiatives• Developing org wide QA strategies in collaboration with other delivery groups viz. Dev, PO, Vendors and App Support • QA road map, budget & capacity planning, vendor engagement, driving innovation and optimal technology implementations• Developing highly agile QA teams with hybrid structures including SME’s, SDET’s and NFT experts (Performance, Security etc.)

Listed skills include Quality Center, Testing, Manual Testing, Requirements Analysis, and 30 others.