Waleed Yousaf Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada Area

Assisted technology teams in the implementation, verification and validation of complex large scale business transformation solutions across Financial Services, Wealth Management and Financial Regulations Industries. I also have experience in ERP and CRM implementations in the Wealth Management and Oil&Gas industries.Lead a team of 11 resources in upgrading Canada's Financial Regulatory System across three Financial Regulators. Formulated Test Strategy in consultation with the client's business SMEs, implemented detailed test plans, conducted to-be business process testing and managed the release of code drops to the test environments. Worked closely with the business analyst to ensure alignment of test requirements with the business requirements. Developed strong relationships with the offshore vendor and worked with them for the timely delivery of the issues raised. Lead various teams (of 2-10 resources) in the implementation of the broker-dealer and shareholder management systems at a Wealth Management client. Managed the implementation of the alternate delivery model by training offshore resources on the client's QA processes and methodologies, applications. Worked closely with third party vendors in developing a test strategy and approach for document generation system. Also played a key role in the implementation of Microsoft's CRM solution MS Dynamics which tied into Deloitte's proposed strategy of Integrated Member Experience.Acted as QA Coordinator in leading and coordinating testing activities for Oracle R12 Upgrade from 11i for an Oil & Gas client, comprising of 65 to 85 testers covering 5 modules including HR/Payroll, Accounts Payable (AP), General Ledger (GL), iProcurement (iProc), Purchasing (PO) and Fixed Assets (FA) across 9 business units using the new multi-org setup in Oracle R12. Provided logistical support for onsite (in Canada) and offsite (in US) testers.

As an MBA Co-Op student I worked with Program Managers and Project Managers to identify Key Process Indicators (KPI's) for the purpose of process measurement. I also performed detailed data analysis on Linktrak's trucking application using statistical methods and techniques to measure the dispersion of data and accuracy of the GPS system.In liason with my Program Manager I assisted in identifying and documenting 3 Year IT Plan for Sawmills Division of J.D. Irving Ltd.

As a QA Engineer I performed System Testing, Integration Testing, Reviews of Software related work products (Requirements Specification and Functional Specifications) and business testing of Car Leasing Software Product under CMMI Level 5 principles

Mba, Innovation And Technology Management

Activities and Societies: Conducted Innovation Audit at Innovatia Aliant. Formulated and Presented a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists..

Bcs (Hons), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: President Debating Club: Organized first ever Bilingual Debating Competition and Multimedia Presentation.

B.Sc, Mathematics (Gen.), Statistics, Economics