Mohammad Basha

US Citizen

acfo4i@r.postjobfree.com

309-***-****

Objective:

To seek a great opportunity as QA Lead/Manager with my extensive 19 plus

years of IT experience in all kinds of software fields, (14 in Oracle apps,

4 plus in Dynamics AX). Possesses excellent communication skills with a

Masters degree in Engineering from Alabama. Can relocate anywhere in the

world for the best opportunity.

Open for W2 contract/C2C/1099 or W2 Full time.

Worked in and through big firms such as Cap Gemini, Keane, KPMG and BDM of

USA., with corporate giant clients like Wells Fargo Financial Institution,

State Farm Insurance, Sprint PCS Telecom group, D&H, US Govt. etc.

Expert in UAT, Regression testing

Experienced in Onsite / Offshore model of services of Testing (State farm

Insurance). Had experience leading large complex project testing activities

in State Farm Insurance and US Govt. Projects.

Had experience leading large complex projects with onsite and offshore

model.

Technical Summary:

ERP: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009/2012 R1/R2/R3.

Oracle Applications/Financials 11i (AP, AR, GL, PA, BOM,

RMS, OM, OE/S, CRM and

System Admin modules), SAP HR.

Languages: X++, SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL* Plus

RDBMS/Servers: SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, Oracle 8i, 9i and 10g, MS

Access,

OS: Windows 98/95/NT, 2000, XP, Vista, UNIX, and Windows

7/8/8i

Education and Training:

2012 Dynamics AX 2012 System Administrator Certification, Microsoft

Corporation

2009 SQL Server 2005 Foundations/Transact-SQL Mastery Certificate,

Techskills, USA, August 2009

1999 Oracle Master Certification as Functional Implementation Team Member,

Oracle Applications release 10.7/11.X, Oracle Corporation, USA.

1995 M.S., Electrical Engineering (Satellite Telecommunications), Tuskegee

University, USA

1990 B.S., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Osmania University,

INDIA

06/13 to Present, Microsoft Corporation, (contractor)

Redmond, WA

Dynamics AX Retail 2012 R3 Beta Functional tester for R3 release/QA Mgr

. Involved in monitoring onsite and offshore Retail AX Testing team.

. Functional Expert in Dynamics AX Retail Essentials

. Functional Expert in Dynamics AX Full Retail.

. Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail is an end-to-end retail solution for

mid-sized retailers and two-tier enterprise scenarios. It is the first

retail ERP solution designed with a fully integrated point-of-sale

component, giving retailers more control over their retail chains.

Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail provides capabilities to connect

people, processes, and technologies, helping retailers create a

"Connected Retail Experience" that can develop lasting customer

relationships.

. Involved in monitoring onsite and offshore Retail AX development and

Test team.

. Functional Expert in Dynamics AX Retail Essentials, 2012 R3.

. Expert in setting up AX Retail Store configuration

. Expert with configuring Dynamics AX POS with AX database

. Functional Expert in Dynamics AX Full Retail, 2012 R3, considered as

SME

. This release is for both domestic and International customers with

Multi-currency and Multi-language capabilities similar to R2.

. Involved in triage team to assign bugs to the developers to fix and

testers to test

. Reviewed new functional and technical requirements based on the

feedback of R2 customers in Retail domain.

. Expert in Dynamics Retail AX POS functionality

. Monitoring the support of RMS migration to AX 2012 for the existing

customers to help them switch to Dynamics AX 2012 R2

.

. Involved in triage team to assign bugs to the developers to fix and

testers to test

. Expert in Dynamics Retail AX POS functionality

. Monitored the support of RMS migration to AX 2012 for the existing

customers to help them switch to Dynamics AX 2012 R2

Environment: Web based environment, MorphX environment of X++,

Microsoft Dynamics AX 6.2/6.3-2012 R3, Windows 8i, Windows server

2012, SQL Server 2013, Visio 2013.

09/12 to 05/13 Patagonia, Inc

Ventura, CA

QA Manager

. This project is the upgrade of AX 2009 to AX 2012.

. Conducted GAP analysis

. Designed the functional process in day to day operations for UAT

testing

. Created master QA test plan and test cases metrics

. Well Versed in GL, Fixed Assets, Bank, Accounts Payable, and Accounts

Receivable Modules along with System Administration and Organization

. Created active users in active directory and assigned roles

. Created or modified workers/employees and assigned security based on

their positions

. Constantly communicated between the offshore and onsite teams

regarding the system issues for the smooth flow of the application

. Conducted review meetings with QA, Development and BA teams to

understand if there are any issues with the application and or the

system overall.

. Gave presentation on Best practices to follow to developers

. Created test box, sand box for Regression and UAT testing

. Applied hot fixes from Microsoft

. Has goo working knowledge of GL, Fixed Assets, Bank, Accounts Payable,

and Accounts Receivable Modules along with System Administration and

Organization modules in AX 2012 R2 and R3

. Experienced and expert in all phases of the software development life

cycle (SDLC))

. Mentored new employees with the flow of the AX application

. Member of the core committee to create the master document for the

setup of Chart of Accounts, Bank setup, Fixed Assets setup, expense

journal report setup etc.

Environment: Web based environment, MorphX environment of X++,

Microsoft Dynamics AX 5.0-2009/6.0-2012 R1, Windows 7 Professional,

Windows server 2008, SQL Server 2008.

06/12 to 09/12 Creative Artists Agency (Contractor)

Beverly Hills, CA

Project QA Mgr

. This project is to upgrade AX 2009 to AX 2012.

. Involved in Gap Fit Analysis to see the gaps between existing 2009 and

to be implemented 2012

. Designed the functional process in day to day operations for UAT

testing

. Constantly communicating between the offshore and onsite teams

regarding the queries related to the requirements and customizations

to help ease the process for the best possible solutions for client.

. Conducted review meetings with QA, Development and BA teams and

monitored the Design and implementation of product enhancements and

customizations using best practices from Microsoft Dynamics.

. Interacted with business users, developers for better testing

. Created Project plan, Risk analysis report, QA plan for the

implementation.

. Working knowledge of GL, Fixed Assets, Bank, Accounts Payable, and

Accounts Receivable Modules along with System Administration and

Organization modules in AX 2012 R2 and R3

. Experienced and expert in all phases of the software development life

cycle (SDLC))

. Assigned mentors for the new employees at different locations.

. Lead the core committee to create the master document for the setup of

Chart of Accounts setup, Bank setup, Fixed Assets setup, expense

journal report setup etc.

. Created master QA, BA test plans and test cases metrics

. Well Versed in GL, Fixed Assets, Bank, Accounts Payable, and Accounts

Receivable Modules along with System Administration and Organization

. Experienced in all phases of the software development life cycle

(SDLC))

. Providing training to new employees and at different locations

. Monitored the BUG cycle and helping the team to work in close

coordination with development and functional team to resolve the bugs

. Prepared status

. Mentoring the new and junior testers

Environment: Web based environment, MorphX environment of X++,

Microsoft Dynamics AX 5.0-2009/6.0-2012, Windows 7 Professional,

Windows server 2008, SQL Server 2008.

05/11 -05/12 Tempurpedic (Contractor)

Lexington, KY

Project QA Manager, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and 2012 implementation

. This project is to convert Oracle ERP to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

ERP in the US location and moving from Microsoft Dynamics AX 2.5 to

5.0 (2009) in Europe locations.

. Managed, Maintained and Lead projects in on-site/off-shore model.

. Responsible for staff management, development, knowledge retention,

knowledge transfer, setting goals, reviews & directions.

. Conducted review meetings with Functional analysts who are involved in

the GAP analysis to identify the gaps between COTS and client approved

requirements.

. Constantly communicated between the offshore and onsite teams

regarding the queries related to the requirements and customizations

to help ease the process for the best possible solutions for client.

Environment: Web based environment, MorphX environment of X++,

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009/2012, Windows 7 Professional, Windows

server 2008, SQL Server 2008.

07/10 - 04/11 Standard Insurance [Domain: Insurance and

Financing] Portland, OR

QA Manager, IBM OPTIM ETL process

. Lead the ETL team who is involved using IBM OPTIM

. Strategized and defined test approach and process.

. Defined UAT testing test scope and boundaries as per the requirements.

. Also responsible for creating the status reports using the defect

tracking tools and acted as a Liaison between the development and QA

Managers and UAT personnel.

. Environment: Web based environment, Oracle e-Commerce, Windows XP

Professional, HPQC, Windows server 2003, SQL Server 2005.

07/10 - 04/11 Standard Parking [Domain: Insurance and

Financing] Portland, OR

QA Lead, Oracle ecommerce and Oracle CRM

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy testing.

. Expert in formal QA methodology through all stages of the SDLC, along

with prioritizing and multi tasking.

. Managed QA teams and worked closely with Business Analysts to find out

the applications and their relationships to make sure referential

integrity between Systems, Integration environments is not out of sync

due to data masking.

. Responsible for staff management, recruitment, development, knowledge

retention, set goals & direction.

. Well Versed in GL, AP, Basic, and Administration, and Accounts

Receivable Modules of AX.

. Used Test Director (Mercury Quality Center) extensively to create

status reports.

. Monitored the QA team and motivated and guided them in the right

direction to achieve goals.

. Responsible for creating the status reports using the defect tracking

tools and acted as a Liaison between the development team, QA Manager

and UAT personnel.

. Trained/mentored new employees.

. Monitored defect tracking process through HP QC tool.

. Tracked the bugs thru HP Quality Center.

. Became part of Functional team to get trained with Functional flow and

setups of Microsoft Dynamics as a backup and got familiarized with

Chart of Accounts setup, Bank setup, Fixed Assets etc.

. Worked closely with functional consultants on a number of stages.

. Constantly communicated between the offshore and onsite teams

regarding the queries related to the requirements and customizations

to help ease the process for the best possible solutions with thorough

testing.

. Conducted review meetings with QA team and monitored the progress of

defect management.

Environment: SQL-2008, Web based environment, HPQC, Windows XP

Professional, Windows server 2008, Oracle 11i

01/09 - 11/09 Vishlent, Inc. [Domain: Banking and Financing]

Austin, TX

Oracle Financials Development Lead

. Worked closely with functional consultants on a number of stages.

. My responsibility as a Lead is to assign work to onsite and offsite

developer teams.

. Monitored QA team and guided them in the right direction to achieve

goals.

. Also responsible for creating the status reports using the defect

tracking tools and acted as a Liaison between the development and QA

Managers and UAT personnel.

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy testing.

. Used Quality Center extensively on day to day basis to create status

reports to discuss the progress in the meetings to monitor the testing

activity.

Environment: HPQC, Oracle 11i, SQL Server 2005

5/08 - 12/08 Wachovia Securities [Domain: Banking and Financing]

St. Louis, MO

Adobe Flex QA Lead

Wachovia Securities is one of the leading securities company in US that

acquired AG Edwards and it's a one of the biggest merger in Banking and IT

fields.

. Conducted several reviews to access the extent of project quality and

smooth flow.

. Monitored QA testers and guided them in the right direction to

achieve goals.

. Also responsible for creating the status reports using the defect

tracking tools and acted as a Liaison between the development and QA

Managers and UAT personnel.

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy testing.

. Trained and mentored new and junior employees.

. Always kept Supervisor and/or Manager informed of activities and

problems facing/pending within assigned area of responsibility.

. Planned for the development of integrated test data in a pre-

production environment.

Environment: Web based environment, Windows XP Professional, Adobe

Flex, HP QC.

01/08 - 05/08 City of Atlanta, [Domain: Housing and Finance]

Atlanta, GA

Oracle QA Lead (Oracle CRM)

Atlanta Housing Authority, AHA, is one of the largest in the nation,

serving over 50,000 customers, is a public housing authority, and a non-

federal entity that administers affordable housing programs for low-income

persons and families in the Greater Metro Atlanta area. Customer is

migrating from Oracle to Microsoft Dynamics ERP.

. Enhanced the use of Oracle CRM by all AHA users to make the software

as user friendly as it can.

. Provided end user support for the Implemented modules.

. Developed ad-hoc Reports for Dealer Management Module.

. Involved in the data porting activity from their legacy system to

Axapta.

. Developed of consolidated reports for implemented modules and Worked

on Document management.

. Used Test Director (Mercury Quality Center) extensively to create

status reports.

. Also responsible to prepare project planning and estimates.

. Monitored the QA team and guided them in the right direction to

achieve goals.

. Responsible for creating the status reports using the defect tracking

tools and acted as a Liaison between the development and QA Managers

and UAT personnel.

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy testing.

. Expert in formal QA methodology through all stages of the SDLC, along

with prioritizing and multi tasking.

. Trained/mentored new employees and Monitored defect tracking process.

. Responsible for weekly status reports to the higher management and

analyze the workload to share with team members.

. Became part of the MS Dynamics development team to learn Microsoft

Dynamics AX and got involved with customization of Tables, Forms, and

Reports etc.

Environment: Web based environment, Windows XP Professional, MS

Outlook 2000, Oracle Applications CRM: 11.5.10.2, Oracle RDBMS:

10.2.0.2.0 (10g), Oracle Forms 6i, Microsoft Dynamics 4.0, PL/SQL,

MorphX and HP QC.

03/07 - 12/07 United States Government [Domain: Retirees and their

Finances] Washington D.C.

Oracle CRM QA Manager

. PBGC is a corporation formed by the act of United States

congress to protect the pension benefits of US employees. PBGC

uses Oracle Applications 11i financials to maintain the revenue

and pension amounts with Account Payables, and GL for balancing

the budget and the payments etc. It also uses CRM (Customer

Relations Management) module to interact with former employees

of US companies who are eligible for pensions. This interaction

can be in the form of emails, fax, phone calls, and via regular

US mail.

. Planed and managed the execution of end to end user acceptance

testing

. My responsibility as a QA Director is to prepare project

planning and estimates.

. Monitored QA Managers and the team and guided them in the right

direction to achieve goals.

. Also responsible for creating the status reports using the

defect tracking tools and acted as a Liaison between the

development and QA Managers and UAT personnel.

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy

testing.

. Participated in functional, regression, integration, system, and

acceptance testing thoroughly.

. Environment: Web based environment, Windows XP Professional, MS

Outlook 2000, Oracle Applications CRM: 11.5.10.2, Oracle RDBMS:

10.2.0.2.0 (10g), Oracle Forms Version: 6.0.8.25.2; and Mercury

Quality Center.

3/05 - 02/07 State Farm Insurance [Domain: Insurance and Financing]

Bloomington, IL

QA Manager, Oracle HRMS and Oracle Financials AP, AR, GL

. Managed a team of 11 people, 7 in USA and 4 in India.

. Involved in writing test plans for four modules of AP, AR, GL

and HRMS of Oracle 11i.

. As a Director designed the integration, system, regression,

implementation, acceptance test strategies for all drops of

projects.

. Maintained the metrics and test logs.

. My responsibility as a QA Director is to prepare project

planning and estimates.

. Monitored QA Managers and the team and guided them in the right

direction to achieve goals.

. Also responsible for creating the status reports using the

defect tracking tools and acted as a Liaison between the

development and QA Managers and UAT personnel.

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy

testing.

. Expert in writing test plan and test cases from scratch from

requirements and wrote almost 8,000 test cases for another

project.

. As a QA Analyst, was responsible for complex and highly

integrated software systems that were internally developed in a

fast-paced development environment.

. Experienced at developing test strategies, detailed test plans,

test cases, test data, test coverage, test execution, and

reporting status to multiple Project Managers.

. Expert in formal QA methodology through all stages of the SDLC,

along with prioritizing and multi tasking.

. Can precisely and thoroughly document defects found and work

with developers to resolve them.

. Participated in functional, regression, integration, system, and

acceptance testing thoroughly.

. Environment: Web based environment, Windows XP Professional, MS

Outlook 2002, Oracle HRMS 11.5.9.2, Oracle Applications 11i, .2,

and Rational ClearQuest.

10/01 - 2/05 Sprint PCS [Domain: Telecom industry]

Overland Park, KS

QA Manager (Oracle Financials AP, AR, GL)

. Involved in writing test plans for modules of AP, AR, and GL of

Oracle 11i.

. Worked in a project, which is a system that automatically pays

commissions for Sprint PCS.

. Worked in Portal Replacement testing in Integrated Test

Management team (ITM). Mainly responsible for www.sprintpcs.com

web portal testing designed in Java. The concept of testing is

white box. Used Change Synergy to open and close and monitor the

tickets entered as defects through testing process.

. Used Test Director (Mercury Quality Center) extensively to

develop, test, and monitor the test cases. Used QTP to automate

the test scripts.

. My responsibility as a QA Mgr is to prepare project planning and

estimates.

. Monitored QA Managers and the team and guided them in the right

direction to achieve goals.

. Also responsible for creating the status reports using the

defect tracking tools and acted as a Liaison between the

development and QA Managers and UAT personnel.

. Managed onsite and off-site teams, who are involved in heavy

testing.

. Environment: Oracle 9i, SQL, SQL* Plus, PL/SQL, Java

application, Windows 2000, Test Director 7.0, MS Outlook 98, and

Amdocs.

01/01 - 9/01 Plus Mark, Inc. [Domain: Financials]

Greenville, TN System Administrator -- Oracle

Applications/Financials 11i

. Managed the administrative tasks in Oracle Apps 11i, using

System Administration module. Responsible for registering new

users, defining system printers, creating custom menus, creating

Report Request Groups, and creating new responsibilities using

the System Administration module.

. Involved in conversion of Oracle Apps 10.7 character mode

version to Oracle Apps 11i for all the financial and

manufacturing modules.

. Created more than 500 custom menus and more than 105 customized

responsibilities in 11i, based on the existing 10.7 version

menus and responsibilities.

. Created customized responsibilities for all the Oracle apps

modules: Oracle Financials (AP, AR, GL, and PA), Oracle

Manufacturing (BOM, OEng, OM, and OE/S), and Oracle HRMS.

. Created and tested the customized menus and responsibilities as

the client had in 10.7 character mode to 11i. Tested all the

customized menus and responsibilities created before assigning

to the end user.

. Environment: Oracle Applications 11i/10.7 (System

Administration), Oracle HRMS, Oracle 8i, SQL, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL,

HP UNIX, AIX/6000 Server, and Windows 95/NT.

6/00 - 12/00 South Western Bell Companies [Domain: Telecom]

St. Louis, MO Senior Test Director

. Involved in implementation of Oracle Apps 11i.

. Maintained the SCR logs, SRS logs, SDD logs for all the

activities in Oracle Apps.

. Also worked as a backup System Administrator, and was

responsible to set up security profiles for different types of

users according to the security level. Defined users, print

styles, and printer drives, and created customized menu prompts

and descriptions.

. Communicated testing expectations to project managers and

project team members.

. Developed the overall testing project plan and worked with

project manager on resource issues.

. Provided direction to project teams to ensure that testing plans

meet quality expectations.

. Coordinated the definition of system test scripts and expected

results.

. Coordinated the creation of test cases. Also involved in

understanding PVCS.

. Environment: Oracle Applications 11i (System Administration,

GL), Oracle 8i, Win Runner 6.0, Test Director 6.0, Manual

Testing, Forms 6i, Reports 6i, SQL, SQL* PLUS, PL/SQL, HP UNIX,

and Windows NT.

4/98 - 5/00 Black & Veatch [Domain: Financials]

Overland Park, KS Oracle Applications (AP, AR, GL and PA)

Project Manager

. Involved in writing test plans for four modules of AP, AR, GL

and PA (Costing and Billing) of Oracle Applications

10.7/11.0.28/11.0.300.

. Wrote critical processing test scripts to test each module.

. Published test plans and test scripts in shared network.

. Used Win Runner for automated testing.

. Designed, developed, and published test plans and test scripts

for Oracle Apps upgrades from 10.7 to 11.0.28 and 11.0.3.

. Developed test plans for Oracle Apps AP, AR, GL and PA

(Accounting & Billing) modules.

. Also involved in implementation of Oracle Apps modules AP, AR,

and GL.

. Provided and maintained all necessary documentation such as log

sheet of all the SCR's tested, SCR's coming for testing, and

SCR's pending with open issues for Software Quality Assurance

procedures.

. Conducted several reviews to access the extent of project

quality and smooth flow.

. Always kept Supervisor and/or Manager informed of activities and

problems facing/pending within assigned area of responsibility.

. Environment: Oracle Applications 10.7/11.0.28/11.0.3 (AP, AR,

GL, PA), Oracle 7.3/8.0, Win Runner 5.0, Manual Testing,

Developer 2000, SQL, SQL* PLUS, PL/SQL, AIX/6000 Server, Web

Server 3.0.2, and Windows NT.

11/97 - 3/98 United States Postal Service

Kansas City, MO

Oracle Applications System Test Manager

. USPS is one of the biggest postal companies in the world, which

handles more than 10 million letters each day to the entire

world.

. Involved in testing the Customer Management System. The Customer

Management System integrated the information system and provided

a replacement to the existing order fulfillment software. Tested

Change of Address (COA) interface and Address Clean Up (ACU)

interface.

. Wrote test plans and test cases and tested the interface

successfully.

. Involved in implementation of Oracle Apps modules AP, AR, GL,

mainly OE/S.

. Coordinated the system test runs, analyses, problem/defect

identification and problem/defect resolution.

. Coordinated the change management process with Software

Configuration Management.

. Tested new programs, tools and techniques for acceptability,

usability, works as documented (based on the requirements), and

makes recommendations as necessary for overall smooth process.

. Environment: Oracle Financials 10.7, Oracle 7.3/7.0, manual

testing, Forms 4.5, SQL* PLUS, PL/SQL, SQL, Digital UNIX, and

Windows 95.

10/96 - 10/97 Applied Benefits Research, Inc. (ABR)

Palm Harbor, FL Software Test Lead

. Involved in managing the testing of the Data Warehouse.

. Managed the testing of software designed for HIPAA, and software

designed for the employee benefits.

. Developed forms using Forms 4.5.

. Environment: Oracle 7.1, Forms 4.5, and Windows NT.

4/96 - 9/96 Precision Response Corporation

Miami Lakes, FL Developer, Oracle developer 2000

. Involved in the design, development, and implementation of the

system.

. Designed important screens and reports using Developer 2000

Forms 4.5 and Reports 2.5.

. Developed complex data capture forms.

. Wrote procedures for different purposes.

. Involved in testing of the system.

. Environment: Oracle 7.1, Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5, UNIX, Novell

Netware, and Windows NT.

Education and Training:

2009 SQL Server 2005 Foundations/Transact-SQL Mastery Certificate,

Techskills, USA, August 2009

1999 Oracle Master Certification as Functional Implementation Team Member,

Oracle Applications release 10.7/11.X, Oracle Corporation, USA.

1995 M.S., Electrical Engineering (Satellite Telecommunications), Tuskegee

University, USA

1990 B.S., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Osmania University,

INDIA

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