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Professional Software Test Manager/Test Lead with 15+ years of progressive experience and proven record on leading QA and UAT teams to support enterprise applications.Good hands-on experience in various - Functional, Integration, End to End, UAT, System, Regression, GUI, API (Web Services), Database and Mobile App testing.Currently leading all Functional, End to End, UAT, Regression and automated testing requirements for more than 5 applications/projects for Santander Consumer USA.Experienced in various business domains such as Auto Finance, Payment Collections, Payment processing systems, Salesforce, e-Commerce, Retail banking, Change & Configuration Management, Practice Management and Retail.Lead the test automation team to develop automated tests using Selenium WebDriver, C#, CodedUI, Appium, RESTSharp and SQL queries in a SOA based environment which reduced 70% test cycle (reduced the regression test cycle from 10 days to 3 days).Good experience/knowledge on tools like Selenium, UI Path, MTM, Test Director (QC), TFS, JIRA, Confluence, qTest, Zephyr, Jenkins, Appium, Katalon and SilkTest.Worked closely with on-site and off-shore teams to deliver testing projects on time and with quality standards for Mary Kay.Good experience to execute manual & automation testcases, creating bugs and tracking till closure in bug tracking system.Good experience to work with Product Teams, Product Owners and Scrum Masters for creating test plan, test strategy, test metrics and provide release status updates in all levels.Responsible for automation team to implement Automation frameworks for web application, web services, multi-layered architectures, Mobile devices and other environments.Proficient in establishing different Test beds to simulate customer environments in-house and cloud based environments to reduce defect leakage.Prepare and finalize various reports and test metrics to reflect the status of the projects.Responsible for ‘Quarterly Business Review’ meeting and presenting team accomplishments to clients.Good knowledge in AGILE (SCRUM), Waterfall, SDLC, STLC and testing concepts.Responsible for establishing and maintaining technology standards, evaluate new technologies and contribute towards technology innovation.Interact with executive management team and client contacts using strong leadership and communication skills.Ability to effectively hire, train and develop team members in order to produce a successful team.Thought leadership, Passionate, Focused, and Hardworking professional with positive attitude.

Listed skills include Sdlc, Test Management, Test Automation, Manual Testing, and 28 others.