An IT professional offering 12 years of rich experience in Software Testing & Project Management across Telecommunications and Banking domain. Skilled in utilizing various Automation & Test Management Tools. Currently working with Telus International, Noida as Team Lead. Worked as onshore lead at client location at Client location (St. Louis, USA). Forward-focused QA Specialist, leveraged skills in end-to-end project planning and implementation from scope management, to activity sequencing, effort & cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management in line with the company’s guidelines and norms. Proficient in QA Automation for Windows based GUI and API along with hands-on experience in designing & development, execution, maintenance, and management of automation frameworks like Data Driven and Hybrid frameworks. Extensively worked on Automation tools - Selenium Web Driver, REST API Automation, TestNG, QTP 9.2, QTP 10.0, Quality Center 9.2, UFT 11.53, Quality Center 10.0 and expertise in Automation Testing on various Client Server and Web based & Tier Architecture.Planned and coordinated resources needed to implement new test strategies which resulted in the development of best practice models. Expertise in STLC entailing scripting, analysis & implementation of test scripts, test cases, test processes, defect reporting, bug tracking, and reportgeneration of different applications/ products. Successfully performed end-to-end testing (with multiple release versions);monitored Functional Testing (FT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) TestScripts, provided User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Testing Support. Experience with estimation models to provide accurate estimates for manual/automation test plans. Conducted Manual, Functional, System, Integration, Regression, Security, Performance and End-to-End testing for webbased & client-server applications; gained exposure with international clients.Established, implemented, and improved QA infrastructure, test procedures, processes, quality standards under overall development and product releases. Expert in mapping requirements of clients as well as multiple stakeholders, translating the requirements into Business Requirement Documents (BRD)