Kanmani Balasubramanian

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SUMMARY PROFILE

** ***** ** ********** ** QA Test Lead in Insurance, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods and Retail

industries.

• Certified Project Management Professional

• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Professional.

• Experience in Functional Testing, Agile Testing, Regression Testing and Integration Testing and expertise

in developing Test Estimations, Test Plans, Test Cases/Scenarios, Test Procedures,analyzing Test Results

and Test documentation and Test Metrics and Front End application and Backend Database.

• Experienced in Plan/execute/Control QA test activities during all test related project phases.

• Extensive experience in designing Test Scenario/Test cases based on Functional Requirements.

• Experience in determining and creating the test data necessary for execution of calculations and approval

workflow.

• Heavy experience in hands on testing including System Testing, Unit Testing of Interfaces, forms, Xref

mapping. reports, conversions and enhancements .

• Extensive experience in testing the business processes in SAP ECC modules SD/MM/CRM/BI /BPC,

HCM HR and Payroll and also in SAP Mobility device testing.

• Experience with HP Quality Center/ALM,QA Methodology, QA Matrix, SDLC and QA Validations to

ensure the Quality Assurance Control and Defect Management

• Excellent experience in supporting UAT phases with the users from Analyze requirements/creates and

executes test cases, track progress.

• Experience in communicating with business, development, and senior management on the daily/weekly

progress of the Release goals, objectives, and testing efforts.

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, planning and organizational skills and strong interpersonal

skills

• Well experienced in software development life cycle and agile methodology including analysis, design,

development, testing and implementation of software applications.

• Well experienced in software development life cycle and agile methodology including Requirement

analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of software applications.

Core Competencies

• DATABASE: Db2 7.X and ORACLE

• Tools: HP Quality Center/ Test Director, Star Team, SAP SOLMAN,IBM Rational Requite Pro, Microsoft

Office,TOAD,Endevor, file aid, Change man.

• SAP modules: SAP ECC 6.0 SD/MM, SAP HCM (HR/Payroll),SAP BPC, SAP CRM,SAP POSDM,SAP

BI,SAP XI.

• Other: Test Planning and Estimation, Agile Testing Methodology, Share point Testing, SAP

HCM/CRM/BPC/SD/BI/CRM applications testing,People soft Payroll, TIBCO Middleware /Java

Applications/.net and SQL server.

• Smartmapper/cross reference testing and Interface/End to End Testing /UAT, Test documentation and Test

metrics.

• Retail systems experience including Point of Sale and Tool Rental systems.

• QA Test Estimation techniques and Resource Management skills and support Functional /nonfunctional

tests

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt CSSGB (2010)

Project Management Professional PMP (2009)

Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management PAHM (2007)

Experience OVERVIEW

QA Test Lead Home Depot, Atlanta, GA (2011 Present)

• As a Test Lead been involved in multiple projects in the current tenure and handled Qa Testig activities for

the below projects for SAP Canada Home Depot.

o SAP Bill of Lading Portal Testing (Jan 2014 – Current)

o SAP CRM upgrade and Loyalty Management (Feb 2013 – Oct 2013)

o SAP WCEM Portal testing (Feb 2013 – Oct 2013)

o SAP Canada Click 2 Buy ( June 2013 –Dec 2013)

o SAP Inter Connected retail Enhancements for Canada Retail system ( Jan 2013 Jan 2014)

o SAP Canada First Phones(Mobility testing) – Store Ops apps and BI reports ( Feb 2012 current)

o SAP BI/SOLMAN Upgrade –Nov 2011 – Feb 2012

o SAP CRM upgrade – Jun 2012 – Sep 2012

o SAP Enhancement Pack Upgrade (May 2011 – Oct 2011)

• Working in testing the SAP CRM Order creation and Loyalty Management processes within SAP SD/CRM

and interfacing with external system and Point of sales systems.

• Worked in System/regression testing of various Mobile Apps for Retails business processes like Product

look up for Price/promotion and On Hand qty/Receiving/Inventory count/Pack down/Label printing/BI

sales reports more of Agile releases

• Worked on Inter connected Retail project in testing SAP SD modules for Order creation process, Order

payment and Returns process .Email confirmation on various stages and Payment information/Credit card

processing tests.

• Worked on SAP Click 2 Buy project _ Enabling online ordering options for appliances and services via

Front webpage / SAP SD systems.

• Worked on system and Regression testing for SAP infrastructure upgrade related projects including SAP

Enh upgrade/SAP SOLMAN upgrade / SAP BW 7.0 to 7.3 upgrade /SAP Hana Upgrade.

• Interface testing coordination and management for all the QA teams involved SAP/Non SAP boundary

systems including the Point of Sale/Tool Rental/Appliance Management teams.

• Liaison between functional teams and ensuring the Integration testing activities are carried out from SAP to

Boundary systems ( POS/Tool Rental/Installation services etc.)

• Hands on Test planning and developing Test scenario /Test Cases in Quality Center for System, Regression

and Performance testing and maintaining the test cases in Quality Center.

• Test Lead for Defect Management and Migration in Test Management office using Quality Center.

• Total Test management for the Project and tracking activities to completion and managing Issues and Risk

that occur during the Pre and Post Upgrade testing.

• Efficiently worked with Onsite/Offshore development/Testing/Functional/Business teams.

QA Test Lead PepsiCo, Plano, TX (2010 2011)

• This project was the Implementation of SAP Payroll for PepsiCo,USA

• Hands on Test planning and developing Test scenario /Test Cases in Quality Center for System, Regression

and Performance testing and maintaining the test cases in Quality Center for SAP Payroll implementation

testing.

• Test Lead for Defect Management and Migration in Test Management office using Quality Center and Star

Team.

• Liaison between Testing andDevelopment/Functional/Business teams for Defect resolution.

• Total management of Defect reporting and test Execution status for all phases /cycles in testing.

QA Test Lead Merck & Co, Whitehouse station, NJ (2007 2010)

As a Test Lead was handling multiple projects in this tenure.

One Merck – Enterprise Portal

Mar 2009 Feb 2010

• Proficient in testing MS Share Point Technology used to build the Merck internal Portal and SAP iview

used for interfacing the Portal with SAP HR(ESS/MSS) system

• Functioned as a Test Management Lead in managing Manual, Automation and Performance test teams both

at onsite and Offshore and estimation planning of resources in the team based on the scope of work.

• Requirement Analysis and maintaining Requirements Trace matrix and Preparation of Test scenario /Test

Cases /Test Data,MS Team Site is used for maintaining the documents

• Quality Center is used for test case preparation, test case execution, report generation and defect tracking

for the Agile Testing Process.

• Executed System integration testing/Regression Testing using agile methodology.

• Defect Management and Test Execution in Quality center/Test Summary Preparation .

• Project Planning and allocating resources and tracking project progress.

• Effectively reduced the testing cost by more than 50% by using automation of the manual test scripts for the

sprints in Regression testing and also for Multilanguage testing.

eopleSoft ERP_Production support

P Oct 2008 Feb 2010

• Production support testing for Enhancements and bug fixes in functionality, including modules

HCM,MSS,ESS,HR,Time & Labor, Payroll.

• Creating Test scenarios and test cases for testing the functionality being developed or fixed as part of the

enhancement and were documented and used in regression testing in Quality Center,

• Using The STAT software to track the workflow as the cases are assigned and move them to UAT for

testing/production as applicable.

Financial Planning and Analysis SAP BPC

Oct 2008 –Mar 2009

The project is to implement the SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) software to provide these

forecasting capabilities for Merck. BPC will encapsulate the new standard forecasting processes designed by

FP&A, thereby creating “One Version of the Truth” for financial forecasts.

• TIBCO Smartmapper/CIM (Middleware tool) is used to map the data from the Legacy system into SAP and

performs data validation and data enrichment.

• Effectively verified SAP /BPC reports for financial Data

• Functioned as a Test Lead for 5 interfaces into BPC and involved resources from Offshore for efficient

cost reduction for regression testing.

• Requirement Analysis and Preparation of Requirements Trace matrix

• Preparation of Test scenario /Test Cases /Preparation of Test Data

• String testing/Regression Testing

• Defect Reporting and Test Execution and Test Summary Preparation

• Project Planning and allocating resources and tracking project progress

SAP Payroll/CRM implementation

Sep 2007 –Oct 2008

• Effectively worked as a Test Lead for 10 interfaces testing for SAP Payroll implementation and in 5

interfaces for CRM.

• Been involved in Requirement Analysis and maintaining the Requirements Trace matrix by mapping the

test cases to requirements.

• Preparation of Test Cases /Preparation of Test Data

• Expertise in Unit Middleware & Legacy testing, String testing& Regression Testing.

• Defect Reporting and Test Execution and Test Summary Preparation

• Project Planning and allocating resources,tracking project progress

System Analysis/Release and QA Test Leadr United Healthgroup, Basking Ridge, NJ (2006 2007)

• Performed the role of the Systems analyst lead and QA Test lead. The role includes resource planning, work

distribution among the onsite and offshore teams and Hands on test scenarios and test cases preparation for

the various changes that were planned in monthly releases.

• Reduced the cost by $50K 75K of System Analysis/Testing by proactively using the resources to do both

Analysis and Testing of the modules at the release level.

• Mentored and coordinated the teams and aid in effective team building and take responsibilities to complete

the task in the speculated time for the various releases.

• Analyzed Test Plans and Test Cases based on Requirements and General Design Documents

• Proficient in using Test director and Prolite tools to track the issues and problems in the project.

• Planning the analysis and testing timelines of a release for the various SDLC testing phases Integration

testing coordination and execution.

• Prepared/executed the Release level test plan for successful implementations in the scheduled releases.

QA Test Lead GMAC Insurance, St.Louis, MO (2004 2006)

AS a Test Lead perform the role of a team lead that includes executing Batch Process in Natural, Adabas & COBOL

as part of the regression tests for the various monthly releases.

• Executing Oracle Stored Procedure in TOAD, executing Credit Card processing in Java and XML,

• Synchronizing Claims on EPIC SYNC, setting up new environment to execute all processes, developing

applications and fixing application problem.

• Testing & executing batches as part of GMACI Convergence project.

• Execute Batch Process in COBOL, Natural and Adabas. Write and Execute Oracle Stored Procedure in

TOAD.

• Execute Credit Card Payments in Java and XML. Synchronize claims on EPIC SYNC. Set up new

environment to execute all processes Develop application program per requirement.

• Good knowledge on the different systems like policy admin, cash, print and claims. Resolved issues quickly

based on the knowledge on the migration and book roll systems

And balancing policies that are found to be out of balance in the policy admin simulation cycle.

• Proficient in setting up the new environment to execute the batch and other processes mentioned above

specific to each environment. .

• Prepared Test Plans and Test Cases based on Requirements and General Design Documents. Planning the

testing timelines of a release for the various SDLC testing phases including Integration testing coordination

and execution.

• Preparing Release level test plan and conducting Release level testing status meetings to track the testing

progress and presented the Release level metrics on a regular basis.

EDUCATION

MS (Information Technology) Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India 2002

M Sc (Physics) Meenakshi College for Women, Madras Univerity, Chennai, India 1999

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