Shivakumar Bayyareddy Email and Phone Number
13 Years of experience in Quality Engineering & Leadership role in E-commerce industry Verticals, driving end to end quality for multiple products under travel domain• 8 Years of hands on experience testing E commerce enterprise applications in an Agile Setup across various B2B & B2C products around Hotels, Inventory, Airlines reservation, OTA’s • 5 Years of strong Leadership Experience in Coaching & Mentoring a team size of 15 + QA Engineers (Both manual and automation)•Played a key role in setting up the entire QA Structure for new projects from scratch.Involved in Hiring, setting up QA guidelines, Training plan, QA Processes, automation frame work design, regression suite optimization, setting up QA SLA’s, budget planning , portfolio management, performance reviews and goal settings•Implemented lot of QA Transformations for new & legacy products which has helped in reducing the current testing cycle, thereby improving quality & speed to market •Transitioning and consolidation of Quality Teams from Global locations within the Bangalore Global Development Center resulting in significant savings which added to the bottom line of the BU as well as increased collaboration•Hands on experience in Designing & Implementing Test Plan/ Test Strategies for Multi-Year projects.•Delivery Responsibility of End to End Quality (Functional & Automation) for multiple products including Legacy & new development •Strong background in Java. implementing & developing Hybrid & Robot Automation Framework using Selenium Webdriver, along with CI/CD with Jenkins•REST/API testing using JMeter & Postman, providing early feedback on the functionality developed in scrum
Mineraltree, Inc.
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Qa ManagerMineraltree, Inc. Aug 2021 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, India -
Quality Assurance ManagerPowerschool Oct 2020 - Aug 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDriving end to end quality for multiple products within PowerSchool which includes story reviews, functional testing, NFR testing, Automation (includes API & UI), Regression testing Setting up QA road map for multiple initiatives within our current product line, which includes moving towards 100% automation, Test coverage identification, In-sprint automation, 100 % quality guidelines followed, Break fix cycle, Shift-left approach etc. Imparting knowledge transitions within QA teams through various cross trainings, helps in leveraging the QA resources more efficiently & breaking the silos. Moving towards more of defect prevention than defect identification, through various means of static testing within the SDLC cycle Documenting various testing KPI’s which helps in taking corrective decisions in terms of improving the quality & various processes followed Attending stake holder meeting in presenting the QA update on various products, taking the right decision in terms of Go/No Go Handling a team of QA Engineers, helping them to move in the right direction & unblocking them to do their day-to-day work. Also. setting up their goals & helping them to shape their career -
Manager - QaAmadeus Labs Nov 2017 - Dec 2019Bengaluru Area, India• Responsible for building a new QA team and defining End to End QA processes across all phases of testing in an Agile environment• As part of this new setup, I was responsible for Hiring the right talent, trainings and documentation, defining QA SLA’s, standardize various QA activities, regression suite design, Automation strategy etc.• As a QA Manager, I was a key stakeholder responsible for End to End quality of the product right from Development phase until production• Involved in designing & developing UI automation framework using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG• Implemented API automation across multiple modules of the project to provide early feedback to developers about the new features getting developed.• CI integration of automation test suite with Jenkins (Both UI & services scripts) ensuring the stability of the new builds• Implementation of Shift Left approach for QA testing, which helped in completing the sprint commitments on-time and reduced defect leakage• Driving innovation within the team, designing and implementation of in-house tools that helps reduced manual effort & increased QA efficiency• Implementation of Nonfunctional testing (Performance & security) as part of the sprint signoff, using open source tools & frame work (Taurus, JMeter, Postman)• Good understanding of the microservices architecture, AWS (EC2, S3, Code Deploy), Docker• Regression suite optimization for a Legacy PMS product, reduced the testing cycle time from 5 weeks to 2 weeks, contributed towards huge savings to the project bottom-line• Played a vital role Implementing lot of QA transformations which has helped increase QA efficiency & improve faster release cycles (Example: In sprint QA automation, feature stabilization within scrum, local testing of scrum deliverables, Test matrix review process, QA calendar, incremental QA builds, Early involvement of QA in design sessions etc.) -
Associate Manager- Qa EngineeringSabre Corporation Mar 2014 - Sep 2017Bengaluru Area, India• Involved in designing & implementing automation framework for both UI & Services using open source tools (Selenium Web driver, JMeter)• Setting up continues integration of automation script using Jenkins, which enables the script to be executed automatically during new build process• Preparing End to End automation related help document for new joiners along with training them on automation frame work & design• Involved in reviewing the scripts before merging the scripts into the main GIT repository• Involved in providing workshops to the manual testing team with respect to core Java & selenium to bring them up to the speed on automation• Building a strong regression suite to prevent defect leakage across all environments (QA, UAT, Beta, Production)• Implementing JMeter automation for services validation, giving early feedback to development team about the business scenarios being developed• Monitored testing activities to ensure the quality and functionality of assigned systems; ensured timely and accurate test communication with Development Leads, Project Manager and Senior Management throughout the project life-cycle.• Provide technical assistance in project initiation phase to identify QA efforts and resource planning• Providing end-to-end management of multiple projects from conceptualization to the final execution/deployment of projects; interfacing with teams for business requirements gathering, analysis and finalization of specifications• Manage the team achievements through established performance goals, conduct timely and regular performance reviews and sessions. Provide real time technical mentoring during project assignments• Responsible for bringing in process changes for better Quality testing. Such as, early involvement of QA within the product development cycle, involving QA in all technical walkthrough & design sessions. -
Quality Assurance LeadSabre Corporation Jul 2011 - Mar 2014Bengaluru Area, IndiaInvolved in coordinating & testing high revenue generating product enhancements for hotels. which includes testing Top Secret hotels (TSH) business model for lastminte.com• Coming up with test strategy & Detailed test plan for critical “LMN hotel migration”, which includes migrating LMN hotel inventory to Global hotels.• Very good experience in Web services testing, worked on lot of projects involved in building connectivity services for consuming 3rd party Hotel Inventory like EAN (Expedia Affiliate network)• Built web service automation suite using J-meter to support the above-mentioned hotel projects, primarily for testing hotel migrations which involved thousands of hotel properties• Bringing functional automation using Selenium Webdriver for automating Lastminute.com,- Responsible for converting manual test cases to automation scripts- Responsible for reviewing automation script- Developing POM classes & library classes- Executing the frame work & analyzing the resultCONFIDENTIAL & RESTRICTED• As a QA Lead, I was also responsible in overseeing the testing activities of multiple projects, with the responsibility of managing teamwork & provide necessary directions. -
Quality Assurance, SeniorSabre Corporation Dec 2009 - Jun 2011Bengaluru Area, India• Primarily involved into preparing test cases for functional and regression testing. Prepared daily regression test document and quick check list for transactions.• Develop and execute both manual and automated test cases against new builds.• Was responsible for the preparation of Test Summary Report.• Design and write use cases using defined QA standards and processes• Review test cases with persistent team and agree on acceptance criteria• Developed User Guide/ Training Manual -
Quality Assurance ContributorSabre Corporation Mar 2007 - Nov 2009India• Involved Writing Test Cases in ALM• Executing the test cases and Analyzing Result• Responsible for functional testing different products of the application (Hotels, flights etc.)• Performing Regression testing, reporting and tracking defects• This project was launched with only one post production issue, I was given a project appreciation award for my efforts in testing
Shivakumar Bayyareddy Skills
Shivakumar Bayyareddy Education Details
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Industrial Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about Shivakumar Bayyareddy
What company does Shivakumar Bayyareddy work for?
Shivakumar Bayyareddy works for Mineraltree, Inc.
What is Shivakumar Bayyareddy's role at the current company?
Shivakumar Bayyareddy's current role is QA Engineering Manager.
What schools did Shivakumar Bayyareddy attend?
Shivakumar Bayyareddy attended Kuvempu University.
What skills is Shivakumar Bayyareddy known for?
Shivakumar Bayyareddy has skills like Cucumber, Core Java, Git, Test Planning, Java Database Connectivity, Postman Api, Maven, People Management, Performance Testing, Jira, Jenkins, Testng.
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Shivakumar Bayyareddy's colleagues are Goran Mandic, Jay Mccormack, Kunal Chauhan, Wayne Zozman, An Tran, Christiaan Kelly, Bernice Ritch.
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