First Name: Visalakshy

Last Name: Gnanakkumaran

Nick name: Visa Kumar

Mobile: 843-***-****

Location: Charlotte, NC

Email: acf72k@r.postjobfree.com

Work Authorization: US Citizen

Objective: To obtain a challenging position as Software QA Tester.

Professional Summary:

8+ years of experience in the Information Technology Industry as a Manual

QA Tester.

Firm knowledge of different phases of Software Testing and SDLC including

Agile Methodology and Waterfall.

Experience in Web based testing including Regression Testing, Integration

Testing and Unit Testing.

Experienced in writing and executing test cases and interaction with

developers in fixing the errors.

Strong skill in Backend Testing using SAP, SQL queries to validate the

data.

Experience in Bug Tracking and Reporting using Test Director,

JIRA,Bugzilla, Footprints.

Good Experience in using QC, using Excel Add-On for test cases and QC for

defect tracking.

Good Experience on Selenium IDE and creating Scripts in selenium by using

Java

Good experience in testing browser compatabilty

Extensive experience in Mobile and Web testing, Testing of Mobile App and

APIs

Setup the Environment for Mobile based application.

Experience in User Support after each Project release.

Good Experience in writing Test cases, Training Manuals, Release Notes

etc.,

Ability to work in a team environment or independently.

Good at multi-tasking and working well under tight deadlines with high

efficiency.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Expertise in analyzing User Requirements, Functional and Technical

Specifications.

Excellent troubleshooting, project management and problem solving skills.

Technical Skills:

Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, WebDriver, Selenium Testing Tools

Grid, Selendroid, Clear Quest, Test Director, HP

QC

C/C++, Visual Basic, HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP, WML, Programming

PL/SQL Languages:

Oracle, MS Access Databases:

WebLogic 8.1 Application

Server:

Rational ClearCase Version Control

Tools:

Windows NT/XP/2007/Windows 8 Operating

Systems:

MatrixOne, Program/Engineering Central, Applications

Unigraphics, ProE, CATIA V4 and V5, Teamcenter

Engineering/Enterprise, SolidWorks. MS Office

2007+

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Siemens Energy, Charlotte, NC Aug 2011 -

Oct 2013

QA Engineer

Worked as a QA Tester and Support in a team for the Collaborative Project

Development (CPD) project for CAD application. It is a PLM project to

develop, implement, maintain and support the PLM process. Involved in

weekly cross team meetings with developers and project manager to discuss

issues and status reporting. Attended Release Management meeting and

supporting the code deployment by doing successful Smoke testing.

. Developed and Test Cases based on the technical specifications

and business requirements and executed all documented test cases.

. Performed Regression Testing,Smoke Testing.

. Log bugs using Bugzilla, retesting and closing bugs after issues were

resolved.

. Used SAP to verify the tested data.

. Developed/Updated documents for Training Manuals, Release Notes and

User Guide.

. Provided end user support after every release process.

. Created a JAVA framework for Test Automation using the Selenium Web

Driver

. Wrote TestNG test cases on several added features.

. Performed testing on IE, Mozilla Firefox and Safari browsers.

. Responsible for providing weekly testing status reports to QA Manger.

. Responsible for providing detailed reproducible test case to the

development teams to fix the issues found during testing.

HP, Columbia, Jun 2010

- Jun 2011

Quality Assurance Analyst

Working as QA Analyst in a team of 10-12 members for the South Carolina

State Government-Child Support Enforcement and Family Court Management

System (CFS) project involving replacement of Legacy processing system with

a component based state of the art technologies system. The "CFS Project"

is defined as a project to develop, implement, maintain and obtain federal

certification of a CSES that will provide comprehensive support to the

operation of SC Child Support Enforcement ("CSE") program and to develop,

implement, maintain and provide comprehensive support to the operation of

the Family Court Case Management System.

. Created Test plans and data preparation for test scenario.

. Developed Test Cases based on the technical specifications

and business requirements and executed all documented test cases.

. Performed Regression Testing, Smoke Testing.

. Updated regression documents for new functionalities.

. Good knowledge of Child Support Test Methodologies and followed V

model of testing.

. Log bugs using Bugzilla, retesting and closing bugs after issues were

resolved.

. Used QC for defect tracking and used Excel Add-On for exporting Test

cases.

. Attended Release Management meeting and supporting the code deployment

by doing successful Smoke testing.

. Using SQL Query to verify the tested data in the database.

. Provided weekly status reports.

Modulant Solutions Inc, Charleston, SC Mar

2008 - Jun 2009

Quality Assurance Analyst

Performed Regression Testing for Contextia Business Maps and Migration Designer for

one of the nation's largest banking and financial services companies. Instead of

using multiple documents and spreadsheets, the Contextia Knowledge Repository

captures all relevant information about data, its meaning and usage.

Worked on Data migration project. (Like transferring Data from Wachovia to

Wellsfargo)

The Product is Java-based and consists of a rich-client user interface, server

components and a data base repository.

Developed test cases based on the technical specifications and business

requirements.

Reviewed user documentation for accuracy and clarity.

Used SQL for verifying database.

Used BugCentral for bug tracking.

Established and maintained productive relationships with Development and other

applicable departments.

Provided weekly status reports.

TranscenData, Charleston, SC Oct

2002 - Dec 2007

Quality Assurance Analyst

Teamcenter Engineering/Enterprise Project:

Developed test cases based on the technical specifications and business

requirements.

Assisted the QA managers with the creation of testing schedules/project plans and

test plans. Including designing and generating assemblies, associated drawings

using Teamcenter Engineering for ProEngineer, Solidworks and Teamcenter Enterprise

Manager for ProEngineer.

Performed Regression testing on all applicable platforms.

Executed test cases manually and verified system results matched expected results.

Responsible for providing weekly testing status updates to QA managers.

Involved in weekly cross team meetings with developers and project manager to

discuss issues and status reporting.

Provided detailed reproducible test cases to the development teams to fix the

problems found during testing.

Used JIRA for bug tracking.

MatrixOne Project:

Created test plans and test scenarios based on Functional Requirements and System

Design Specifications for the MCAD integrations for MatrixOne PLM. Including

designing and generating assemblies, parametric models, associated drawings using

various CAD tools like, Unigraphics, ProEngineer and CATIA.

Performed Regression testing on all applicable platforms.

Provided detailed reproducible test cases to the development teams to fix the

problems found during testing.

Responsible for creating Installers using InstallAnywhere for CAD tools.

Created test plans and test scenarios based on Functional Requirements and System

Design

Specifications for MatrixOne Program Central Application.

Executed test cases manually and verified system results matched expected results.

Used Footprints for bug tracking.

Responsible for providing weekly testing status updates to QA managers. Involved in

weekly cross team meetings with developers, business analysts, QA management and

project manager to discuss issues and status reporting.

INTERNSHIP:

BenefitFocus.com, Jun

2000 - Aug 2000

Charleston, SC

This project was a substantial web/database application. It involves creation of web

interface for the users to access their various insurance data stored in an Oracle

Database. Created web pages using HTML, DHTML and the development of cascading style

sheets.

CERTIFICATIONS:

. Underwent training in E-commerce at NIIT, India from Dec 2001 - Feb

2002

. Internship training on web site creation BenefitFocus.com, SC, from

Jun 2000 - Aug 2000

. Underwent training in Database Management (with MS Access) in

Charleston Southern

. University, SC, USA from Feb 01, 2000 - May 20, 2000

. Underwent training in Visual Basic 6 in Charleston Southern

University, SC, in Jan 2000

. Underwent training in Oracle in BiTech, India from May 1997- July 1997

EDUCATION:

Masters in Engineering, (Graduated 1997)

Anna University,

Chennai,

India.

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