Service Delivery Director - Quality Assurance & Testing Practice
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area
Planned, led, deployed, and executed large scale Quality Engineering transformation projects totaling over $100+ million annually. Co-managed a global workforce of 3,000 consultants responsible for supporting testing projects based in the US, Canada, UK, and India. Significant individual efforts contributed to Quality Assurance and Testing (QAT) practice growing at 20% year over year (YoY). This growth was sustained as a result of accolades from industry analysts such as InformationWeek, International Data Corporation (IDC), Gartner Research Forrester Research, Everest Group and Horses for Sources (HfS) notably for the comprehensive approach to quality assurance, along with innovation surrounding testing services. Implemented cost effective quality assurance and testing solutions that incorporated both commercial and open source tools/technology, along with proven best practices in test management, requirements management and test case execution. Led business consulting engagements related to assessing client’s overall quality process maturity level and developing future roadmap for Quality Engineering transformation. Developed measurable ROI models that promoted the use of testing best practices, automation frameworks and tools to improve enterprise testing efficiency and reduce testing costs. Facilitated the migration of traditional testing practices to Agile, Iterative and Hybrid development methodologies. Supported client managers and sales executives with pre-sales, resource management, project staffing, account strategy development and client presentations related to Quality Assurance and Testing Services initiatives. Actively participated in the global integration of NTT DATA Group QAT Services and Solutions ($1B annual revenues) with Japan, Europe and the Middle East (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Brazil. Collaborate with multiple NTT DATA entities to define strategies for growing and supporting global accounts across multiple geographies..