Sugadevarajaguru Gunasekaran Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Cognizant is a leading world leader in IT Services and Consulting and it has been my privilege to have worked with some of the world's topmost Co. such as Southwest Airlines, NBC Universal, CSL Behring, The Hartford Insurance. As a SAP Business Process Automation with Southwest Airlines, I worked in a team of 5 using Agile, besides Worksoft certify, SAP Successfactor, SAP FICO.The project started in 2018 and before that, I worked as a Technology CoE Lead - Integrated EAS & QE&A Services (Technology Leader), responsible for developing Emerging Technology & Business Process Assurance Solutions, E2E Business Process and Test Automation platforms, SAP DevOps, SAP Test Data Management). As EAS Technology CoE – Lead, responsibilities included working on SaaS based Business Process Quality & Insight Platform and operating as Independent Venture with Concept to Market ownership.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS► Acco Brands: Live Compare Tool full implementation for SAP life Cycle. ► Columbia Sports : Consulting ECC to HANA migration – Live Compare Implementation ► Belden ( Europe ) : Consulting and solution provided for ECC 6.0 to EHP 7.0 upgrade ► Merck: Live Compare Tool full implementation for SAP life Cycle. ► Agilent: Provided support for EHP 8 & Support packs upgrade for ECC, CRM, SCM and BW systems. ► J&J, USA: Build solution to integrate Impact analysis with HP ALM and Worksoft automation tool. ► Implemented Shift Left Automation/Early Automation in Multiple accounts and reduced Regression execution time and script development time ► Create worksoft Certify custom E2E business process report in Southwest, Loblaw Companies limited,

Toronto, Canada Area

As Senior Consultant, during the 4+ years' tenure, the following have been my significant projects and achievements respectively:► Southwest Airlines Implemented Early automation ( Shift Left Automation ) in Project Monarch (SAP HCM to SAP Success factor Migration). Reduced SIT cycle time from 10 days to 7 days. RT reduced from 5 days to 3 days. Overall Test phase reduced from 15 days to 10 Days. Additional working on Service now application automation with Selenium-Serenity BDD framework. Introduced in sprint automation in SAFe Agile method and increase automation coverage in 15 - 20 % in Sprint cycle and 50 -60% in Regression coverage. ► Acco Brands Implemented Live Compare Tool in SAP life cycle phase. Overall sap release to production reduced from 20 days to 15 days. ► Loblaw Companies Limited Implemented Worksoft Certify Automation ( previously UFT) and saved $ 650k Hard Savings.► LiveCompare Tool ImplementationSuccessfully Implemented in LiveCompare in Columbia Sports, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Agilent customers.

Toronto, Canada Area

In this role, one of my primary achievements includes the following:For client, CBPA ( Cognizant Business Process Assurance Platform), I implemented Cognizant's Platform CBPA in NBCU universal and Saved 500K USD soft savings per year.I worked in a team of 4 and reported to Manager - Testing. My role spanned managing teams, projects and producing desired results as per given targets and timelines within given resource constraints.► Working with global clients on all primary testing strategies and testing operations including managing an onshore/offshore team of X respectively.► Guiding and providing end-user trainings to clients and their teams to ensure all processes run smoothly throughout the year.► Providing subject matter expertise and implementation of the latest testing tools and techniques used across the IT industry.► Developing KPIs for my team members, defining performance benchmarks and ensuring we met project deadlines strictly.► Mentoring junior team members and providing end-user trainings to clients to ensure qualitative maintenance of applications developed and tested.

Chennai Area, India

In this role, my primary responsibilities included Functional Testing and Automation Test ( QTP). The project details include the following:Title: eShareClient: Nam An Stock Securities, VietnamTools: HP ALM, HP QTP Team Size: 5Role: Team Member, Offshore – FunctionalMethodology: AgileIn this project my role included reviewing test cases developed by client, developing new test cases from my side as well as develop scripts wherever required.OTHER KEY RESPONSIBILITIES► Developing the test scripts, coordinating client and offshore Team and leading 7-member automation team.► Analyzing test scripts, executing test scripts as per the release of the application and fixing script related issues if any.► Reporting application related issues to the client, preparing and maintaining metrics and defining KPIs for future performance of teams respectively.► Mentoring and guiding team members based on requirements of the industry and of the client specifically.

B.E, Electronices & Communication

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