Thomas Ashwin Varghese Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Software Tester at Freshii, a Canadian restaurant franchise that served healthier food options. In this role, I was responsible for testing their mobile app on Android phones.
• Performed manual and automation testing of Freshii web and Android environment.
• Achieved regression testing for their Android application and detected defects that were reported as bugs, on multiple builds.
• Developed and executed automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and JAVA with tools such as TestNG and Maven.
• Reported, monitored, and followed up on the disclosed bugs, on JIRA, an issue tracking software.
• Attended daily scrum meetings where current previous and future progress was shared daily.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• A chemical technologist at Xerox SDC, where large-scale manufacturing of ink polymer was developed in the form of fine powder.
• Part of Operations at a Six Sigma, 24/7 running Emulsion Polymerization and Aggregation Coalescence toner production facility, in compliance with ISO 9001 and 14001 standards.
• Controlled and monitored process parameters using ABB System-Six software and PLCs.
• In-training trouble-shooter of control systems, programming software, pneumatic and mechanical devices, industrial-scale process equipment including dryers, holding, and processing tanks, Larox pressing units.

Mississauga, ON

• Scholars Education is a Canadian-based company, based in Toronto, with its focus on helping students achieve top results using their proprietary programs and excellent teachers.
• Conducted one-on-one and group tutoring sessions for high school students in various subjects, including but not limited to grade 10,11 and 12 Mathematics, grade 11 and 12 Chemistry and Grade 11 and 12 Physics.
• Tracked pupils' progress to ensure they met the benchmark and followed up with the students on weekly basis.

Mississauga

Teaching Gurus is a start-up that offers an after school tutoring program to help kids with homework, tests, projects and provide guidance and counselling.

575 Oster Lane, Vaughan

• Les Plats du Chef is a company specialized in making chef-quality appetizers. While working at PDC, I followed HACCP plans and prerequisite programs and performed HACCP and CCP-related verification and validation.
• Suggested disposal of both expired ingredients and work after accidental usage of expired product was identified during sample collection and quality checks. The problem was resolved before work went to packing stations.
• Provided required documentation, conducted on-site sanitation inspections and walkarounds with CFIA inspectors for external audits and followed up with corrective actions.
• Added areas of improvement and pictures of servicing company to the audit report and submitted on time despite audit delay.
• Helped plan long-term and short-term solutions to on-site sanitation problems by noting concerns and repeated errors in production facilities to the servicing company.
• Revised sanitation SOP binder to improve on generic content. Environments: RedZone, SOPs

The Dioxin division of OMECC was used to test the levels of dioxins in various samples, collected from contaminated or suspected sites of contamination in nature. While there, I complied with laboratory PPE and SOPs to reduce accidents. Extracted solid parts from wet samples and further reduced them into minute/fine particles to distillate contaminants..

Automation Testing & Co-Op, Information Technology

Software Testing Training & Co-Op, Information Technology

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: 2018-2019 Dean's List, Mentor with Tri-Mentoring Program, Exam Bank Coordinator with Ryerson Engineering Student.