IBM Canada was selected as the lead technology partner for Canada’s new high-value payments system, Lynx. Working with Payments Canada as a Test Manager ensuring the overall quality of settlement system.* Act as the Subject Matter Expert by supporting Industry testing for all the leading financial institutions.* Managing team of IBM Canada and on-shore/off-shore members* Very efficient in conducting meeting with stakeholders and business analysts to gather business… Show more IBM Canada was selected as the lead technology partner for Canada’s new high-value payments system, Lynx. Working with Payments Canada as a Test Manager ensuring the overall quality of settlement system.* Act as the Subject Matter Expert by supporting Industry testing for all the leading financial institutions.* Managing team of IBM Canada and on-shore/off-shore members* Very efficient in conducting meeting with stakeholders and business analysts to gather business requirements.* Assured test quality using IBM IGNITE, specifically using IBM's test case clustering & optimization, script-less automation. Show less

As a Test Manager, set up a Testing Center Of Excellence (TCoE) for a leading bank based in Toronto, offering savings, checking, mutual funds, credit cards and mortgages. Increased delivery speed, responsiveness to change,• Built and managed teams at IBM Canada and Offshore.• Documented work flows and business logic related to data for consumption by end-users.• Led cross-functional teams. Identified needs for specialized expertise outside, got commitment of needed resources… Show more As a Test Manager, set up a Testing Center Of Excellence (TCoE) for a leading bank based in Toronto, offering savings, checking, mutual funds, credit cards and mortgages. Increased delivery speed, responsiveness to change,• Built and managed teams at IBM Canada and Offshore.• Documented work flows and business logic related to data for consumption by end-users.• Led cross-functional teams. Identified needs for specialized expertise outside, got commitment of needed resources, and effectively applied the expertise of team to the development of IT solutions. • Collaborated effectively with Delivery Manager/s to ensure project deliverable remain on track and aligned with business goals.• Collaborated with functional leads and stakeholders to identify best practices and facilitatedsuccessful completion of deliverables.• Identified potential risks and facilitated the development of mitigation plans.• Managed overall schedule to ensure the work was completed on time and within the allocated budget. • Presented weekly reports projecting progress, roadblocks, dependencies and solutions to leadership.• Led end to end project testing including planning, execution, monitoring and controlling,and closing of the project. Monitor the project scope, time, cost, and quality.• Partnered with team members and stakeholders to manage changes in scope to technical requirements and business requirements.• Involved in Business Requirements Document of various stakeholders (internal andexternal).• Involved in creating Consolidated Technical / Business Process / Functional Specifications document for various interfaces.• Created CTD models for complex requirements that needed multiple combinations of inputs.• Reduced the number of test cases with help of CTD models and made sure better test coverage is provided as needed. Show less

Successfully managed the requirements, design, implementation, testing and delivery of leading financial institution. Evaluated and analyzed the quality of testing, as well as investigating several testing tools and recommending a course of action to the client. The client was able to choose a better tool on each platform to suit their needs, resulting in faster and more efficient repeatable test scripts and a defect tracking system. Automated IVR process and led the team which… Show more Successfully managed the requirements, design, implementation, testing and delivery of leading financial institution. Evaluated and analyzed the quality of testing, as well as investigating several testing tools and recommending a course of action to the client. The client was able to choose a better tool on each platform to suit their needs, resulting in faster and more efficient repeatable test scripts and a defect tracking system. Automated IVR process and led the team which automated complex applications using IBM IGNITE tool. Show less

Client: State farm InsuranceState Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The group's main business is State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a mutual insurance firm that also owns the other State Farm companies.As a test lead, I ensured to understand the client's requirements and delivered with high quality. Duties and Responsibilities:• Testing the Application and finding the defects.•… Show more Client: State farm InsuranceState Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The group's main business is State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a mutual insurance firm that also owns the other State Farm companies.As a test lead, I ensured to understand the client's requirements and delivered with high quality. Duties and Responsibilities:• Testing the Application and finding the defects.• Documentation of the defects found in Lotus Notes.• Training the new joiners in the testing process followed in the project.• Being the POC (Point Of Contact) of the team, I had to be involved in daily communication between offshore and onsite so as to get the work requests from onsite and to clarify the same to the offshore team.• Designing and Testing the Application to confirm that all the business functionalities are covered and the application is defect free.• Documentation of the defects in Lotus Notes.• Training the new joiners in the testing process followed in the project.• Creating test case index, Traceability Index and Test case Tracker.• Authoring Test Cases for the application.• Test execution of functionality and ad-hoc testing.• Documentation of the defects in HP Quality Center 10.0 Show less

Client: SallieMae (Student loan lending Institute)As a development lead or coordinator, I performed the below duties- Provided technical analysis and support to the application. - Investigated and troubleshooted system issues occurred.- Worked with the development team to develop and test enhancements for front office users- Implemented systematic improvements, upgrade packages and system maintenance activities- Advised the business users on the Mainframe… Show more Client: SallieMae (Student loan lending Institute)As a development lead or coordinator, I performed the below duties- Provided technical analysis and support to the application. - Investigated and troubleshooted system issues occurred.- Worked with the development team to develop and test enhancements for front office users- Implemented systematic improvements, upgrade packages and system maintenance activities- Advised the business users on the Mainframe application.- Designed improvements for existing End of Day/Intraday batch processes.- Documented and improved troubleshooting procedures and service-level agreements- Proactively diagnosed possible issues of the applications and provided options and recommendations for prompt resolution- Analyzed reports and calculations. Show less

Client: SallieMae (Student loan lending Institute)- Provided technical analysis and support to the application. - Investigated and troubleshooted system issues occurred.- Worked with the development team to develop and test enhancements for front office users- Implemented systematic improvements, upgrade packages and system maintenance activities- Advised the business users on the Mainframe application.- Designed improvements for existing End of Day/Intraday batch… Show more Client: SallieMae (Student loan lending Institute)- Provided technical analysis and support to the application. - Investigated and troubleshooted system issues occurred.- Worked with the development team to develop and test enhancements for front office users- Implemented systematic improvements, upgrade packages and system maintenance activities- Advised the business users on the Mainframe application.- Designed improvements for existing End of Day/Intraday batch processes.- Documented and improved troubleshooting procedures and service-level agreements- Proactively diagnosed possible issues of the applications and provided options and recommendations for prompt resolution- Analyzed reports and calculations. Show less

Project Description: Salliemae provides Consumer banking and lending loans to students.Managed projects to design their loan applications page. Design should accept user input,store in database and support customer retrieval. This project was part of the building TestSuite from the scratch for the client’s User Acceptance Testing and automating the same fortheir Student Loan lending application and Credit card services.roven ability to manage through others.* Strong decision making… Show more Project Description: Salliemae provides Consumer banking and lending loans to students.Managed projects to design their loan applications page. Design should accept user input,store in database and support customer retrieval. This project was part of the building TestSuite from the scratch for the client’s User Acceptance Testing and automating the same fortheir Student Loan lending application and Credit card services.roven ability to manage through others.* Strong decision making and problem solving skills.* Leveraged Lean Six Sigma for process improvement and cost savings.* Able to motivate and lead others in a team environment.* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.* An ability to build rapport and trust quickly with work colleagues.* Able to prioritize tasks and workloads in order of importance.* Track record of delivering results with deadlines Show less

Client: SallieMae (Student loan lending Institute)* Worked as a Junior programmer involved in coding Mainframe applications.* Written code using COBOL, JCL & CICS and ensuring it is off great quality.* Delivered results within deadlines.