Shrikant Wagh Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Milpitas, Ca, Us

Berkeley, California, Us

As Director of Software Product Development at Bellwether Coffee, I lead product management, development, and quality assurance (QA) for our revolutionary electric, ventless coffee roasters. I oversee the entire software product lifecycle—from concept to delivery—ensuring that both our software and hardware achieve the highest standards of innovation, performance, and sustainability. With a focus on integrating robust software solutions for new product initiatives, I drive product strategy while managing QA processes to guarantee the reliability and excellence of every roaster. Reporting directly to the CTO, I am devoted to advancing the coffee industry through cutting-edge technology and seamless user experiences.

Managed QA and Release efforts for PayCertify's products, including the payment gateway, VCC platform, fraud prevention services (3DS, Kount), ChargeBack management, and CashBack tracking. Oversaw a distributed QA team across the US, Brazil, and Ukraine. Unified the QA process by implementing automation strategies to support Agile development and in-sprint testing. Brought transparency and quantification to the QA process using XRay Test Management and Jira for test coverage and traceability.Architected an automation framework using Frisby for API testing and Selenium/WebDriverIO for UI testing, and integrated Open API 3.0, SwaggerHub, and Postman for API design and documentation. Defined and automated regression suites, functional UI and API tests, PCI security testing, and performance testing, integrating with Jenkins CI for automated execution. Led the transition to an integrated SDTLC with Agile sprints, while managing vendor relationships with PAAY for 3DS authentication and Kount for fraud prevention. Additionally, implemented process automation for support, finance, and billing using Jira Service Desk.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Experienced in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), managing teams, processes, and products in Agile environments for multi-tenant, high-volume, highly available applications. Led a 40+ member global QA organization across seven locations in three countries, including senior managers, architects, and engineers. Designed and implemented a comprehensive QA strategy focused on "Think Test First," "Shift Left," and "Shift Down," achieving significant cost savings by automating testing processes and reducing the need for manual regression testing. Leveraged technologies such as Java, TestNG, Selenium Grid, Jenkins Pipelines, Docker, and AWS to build distributed and parallel test execution frameworks, optimizing resource utilization and accelerating product release cycles.Streamlined the build release process, minimizing production issues and enhancing customer satisfaction by reducing hotfixes and patches. Implemented and scaled Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices to improve release quality and speed. Transitioned the organization from waterfall to Agile, designing workflows in Jira and X-Ray to manage stories, bugs, test cases, and test plans, enhancing transparency and improving metrics-driven decision-making.Managed the execution of this strategy across global teams, aligning technical processes with business objectives to ensure efficiency and quality at scale. Achieved 80% test automation across all releases, significantly improving the release cycle time and quality of deliverables. Fostered a culture of accountability and excellence within the QA organization, while continuously building, training, and mentoring high-performing teams, resulting in sustained operational efficiency and improved cross-functional collaboration across the company.

San Francisco, California, Us

Heading QA, Build Release, and DevOps at ZoomSystems, I drove the strategy for accelerating application delivery by developing a continuous delivery framework, promoting test/behavior-driven development, automation, and configuration management. Orchestrated the engineering team's transition from waterfall to Agile, reducing release cycles from months to a three-week cadence. Implemented CI/CD processes using open-source tools, achieving 80% test automation. Managed CI, DevOps, and build-release infrastructures, and led the integration of payment devices and services with kiosks across Europe, Canada, Japan, and the US, working with vendors like ClearOne, Ingenico, Paymentech, EasyCash, GlobalPay, Omron, and more. Led QA efforts for PCI PA-DSS compliance and deployed hardened OS/browser configurations across 1,500 kiosks in 9 countries. Oversaw OP-EX, CAP-EX, and resource management for QA and DevOps teams.

Established and led a distributed QA team across the US, Romania, and Costa Rica, implementing infrastructure for system, configuration, and performance testing to support high-profile web launches. Managed knowledgebase using LiveSubscribe and content sanitization. Optimized regression test cycle time from 6 to 2 days by enhancing automated testing with a Ruby/Watir-based framework, achieving 60% automation coverage. Spearheaded QA for Mevio’s web properties, applications, and ad campaigns, including mevio.com, podshow.com, and internal tools. Directed QA strategy, metrics, continuous delivery, load testing, benchmarking, and root cause analysis across multiple parallel releases. Led defect tracking, triage, prioritization, and established build promotion guidelines for efficient release cycles.

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Managed all QA efforts at Mevio - a new media sharing and social networking company. Managed QoS for Mevio, BTPodshow and other 20 Mevio network sites. Scalability, Performance, System and functional testing of all application at Mevio. Manage QA efforts for on-site and off shore - Northern Romania - QA teams and ensure accountability, throughput and timely delivery of the tasks. Monitor quality of service of parters and vendor applications integrating with Mevio.

Managed Quality and Build Release efforts for Macrovision's eCommerce Business Unit, overseeing QA for 8 products across teams in the US, Spain, and India. Led QA for Yahoo video game sites in 5 countries and over 20 AOL and BigFish Gamestore sites. Managed payment gateway integrations and consumer/merchant account setups. Established a performance testing lab using Mercury LoadRunner, responsible for capacity planning and testing for 25+ gamestore sites. Centralized test case management with Mercury Quality Center and achieved 80% automation using QuickTest Pro. Oversaw daily/weekly reporting, task prioritization, scheduling, and performance appraisals.

Co-founder and VP of Engineering, led Product and Engineering for Optimyz Software. Defined the product and technology strategy for WebServiceTester, an end-to-end Web Services testing solution. Developed the product from concept to revenue, defining the roadmap and PRDs. Managed beta programs, POCs, demos, and customer engagements, acting as the subject matter expert for customers and internal teams. Innovated BPEL-based Web Services workflow testing and secured two US patents.Led outbound efforts in lead generation, messaging, and industry positioning, while contributing to marketing collaterals, trade shows, and analyst relations. Published white papers on ROI and competitive advantages, delivering product demos to high-level executives.

San Jose, California, Us

QA Manager For Twin peaks project (11 direct reports). Twin peaks was very high revenue enabler application for Symantec ( and is registration & subscription management system for all Symantec products.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Lead QA and QA automation efforts as QA Architect/Lead/Test Development and Automation engineer for various organizations at Sun Microsystems, which includes SunTest, Inter Application and Programing Tools (IAPT) Group, Forte4J IDE Group, Java Blend, Java.com and Java I18N organization.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Project Manager, Onsite Certification and Bechmarking Specialist for Development and Testing of OSDs and Certification and benchmarking of Oracle Parallel Server (ver. 7.7.3, ver. 7.3.4, ver 8.0.4, ver. 8.0.5 and 8I) on NT for NCR Corp.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Client Program Manager and Technical Lead for Trade Finance Documentary Credit System.Managed Adaptive maintenance and enhancement of the TF System's. Client coordination (15 main branches of Deutsche Bank in 12 different countries), Coordination with Singapore development center.

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

B.E., Electronics

Hsc, Science