Project Management

RAVICHANDRA NARAPARAJU

Ph No: 516-***-****

Email: **********.***********@*****.***

Experience Summary

. Total of 9+ years experience of which 6+ years in IT Industry and 3

years in Banking

. Software Professional with six years of core expertise on Manual and

Database testing

. 4.6 Years of Onsite Experience with Leading BFSI clients; M&T Bank,

Citi Group, GE Financial Services and Arab National Bank

. Experience in testing various Banking applications; Core Banking

software, CRM application (salesforce.com), Ecommerce application

. Hands-On Team leader with strong focus on Documentation,

Communication, Process and Constant improvements

. Strong in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and System Development

Life Cycle (SDLC) concepts, Agile Methodology, SQA methodology and

Manual test process

. Having valid H1B Visa

Qualification

. Completed MBA (Finance) from Osmania University in 2002

. Completed B.com from Nagarjuna University in 2000

Technical Skills:

Languages : SQL, PL/SQL

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, and Windows XP/2000/98

Databases : MS SQL Server 6.5, MS Access, Oracle, TOAD

Management Tools: Test Director, Quality Center, Team Track

Project Experience

Organization: SLK Software Services Pvt Ltd (Oct 2011 - till date)

Working as Project Lead in SLK Software Services Pvt LTD

Project Name: Sales Force.com (May 2012 - till date)

Client : Vantiv, Cincinnati, OH

Work location: Bangalore, India

Role : Project Lead

Project Description:

SFDC is CRM tool used by Vantiv for Boarding Merchants and Financial

Institutions. Modules include Leads, Quotes, Opportunities, Accounts,

Cases, Contacts, Knowledge sharing and Marketing Management. Third Party

applications such as Big machines Quoter, Docusign and Marketo are

integrated with SFDC

Responsibilities:

. Handling Multiple Projects that are being developed on SFDC Platform

. Participating in Daily standup calls and scrum meetings and Updating

Sprint Burndown chart

. Interacting with various system owners to coordinate the testing

Process

. Participating in Defect Tracking Meeting on Daily Basis

. Responsible for analyzing, generating, estimating and delivering Use

Cases and Test plans within the constraints of time, cost and quality,

to the customer's satisfaction, acting as a responsible point of

contact for the team

. Leading Twelve Members team at Offshore and coordinating the testing

process with Onsite Coordinator

. Responsible for sending Monthly Metrcis and Billing reports

Project Name: Corillian Online Web Banking (Oct 2011- May 2012)

Client : M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York

Role : Project Lead

Project Description:

Corillian Online is a fully integrated consumer online banking and

bill pay system that includes robust personal money management and other

value-added services. It includes various modules like Secure Single Sign-

On, Bill Payment & Presentment, Realtime Alerts, Personal Financial

Management Integration, Account Aggregation, Account-to-Account Funds

Transfer, and Integrated Customer Care.

Responsibilities:

. Understanding new requirements for Retail and Business Web banking

Users

. Developed Test Cases according to the detail functionalities of the

multiple projects using Quality Center 10.0 and also created the

traceability of the project requirements for all functionalities in QC

. Interacting with various system owners to coordinate the testing

Process

. Participating in Defect Tracking Meeting on Daily Basis

. Responsible for analyzing, generating, estimating and delivering Use

Cases and Test plans within the constraints of time, cost and quality,

to the customer's satisfaction, acting as a responsible point of

contact for the team

Organization : Polaris Software Lab Limited (August 2006 - Sep 2011)

. Worked as Senior Project Lead in Polaris Software Lab Ltd and held

various positions from August 2006 to Sep 2011

Project Name :SalesForce.com (May 2009 - September 2011)

Client :Citi Private Bank, New York

Role :Test Lead

Project Description:

Citi Private Bank was using the CARE (Customer Acquisition and

Retention), a Siebel based application, for the CRM activities. As part of

this implementation, the major goal was to implement all the

functionalities of CARE in salesforce.com technology. SFDC includes

different modules Call records, Pipelines, Action Items and List

Management, Account Planning, Business Activity, Investment Lab, Prospect

Registration and creation of new profiles.

Responsibilities:

. Understanding the existing functionalities of CARE application

. Involved in implementation of Sales force.com Application in Citi

Private Bank

. System customization as per user requirements including generating

Custom Objects, Tabs, Page Layouts, Profiles etc.

. Involved in the development of test plans and test strategies to

facilitate the process of testing

. Performed manual testing of application using Quality Center to

develop test cases, test scripts, executing the scripts and logging

the defects in Quality Center.

. Complete functional download to offshore team about SFDC functionality

and make them to write test scenarios and test cases

. Participating in all Requirements meetings to Understand the business

requirements

Project Name Horizon- Kazan Product testing (August 08 to April

09)

Client General Electricals (GE), Sydney, Australia

Role Test Lead

Project Description:

Horizon kazan is a Leasing and Lending product used by GE commercial

finance. Product is being planned top go to production in Asia region in

India, China, Japan and Korea. UAT testing has been performed as part of

this project.

Responsibilities:

. Understand the Business Requirements, Interact with Business

Analysts and QA Managers to clarify the Issues related to the

Business Requirements

. Develop the test plans and test strategies to facilitate the

process of testing

. Preparing understanding document on Horizon Kazan product which is

used as a training material for the new users of the system.

. Reviewing test cases and test scenarios prepared by Offshore Team

. Interacting with the development team on fixing the issues and

defects and tracking the defect closure

. Preparation and execution of business scenarios

Project Name Finacle core Banking Testing (Mar 07 to August 08)

Client Arab National Bank, Riyadh, KSA

Role Test Lead

Project Description:

Finacle is a Core banking product developed by Infosys. Arab National Bank

(ANB) is transforming its legacy system into Finacle. Complete End to End

functional testing on core banking system, Finacle Version 10.0 and 10.1.

It includes different modules like Deposits, Lockers, Loans, and Funds

Transfer etc. Finacle Version 10.1 is fully enhanced and customized version

for ANB including Islamic Banking concepts, loan syndication and

Arabization.

. Interacting with the business users to understand the business process

in the bank

. Preparing requirement specification documents on all the business

functionalities and getting sign off from client

. Complete functional download to offshore team and make them to write

test scenarios and test cases

. Reviewing test cases and test scenarios prepared by Team

. Interacting with the development team on fixing the issues and defects

. Execution of end to end business scenario testing on Finacle core

banking system

. Understanding the Islamic Banking concepts and Prepare and execute

test cases on Islamic Banking modules

Project Name ORBIT Release (Aug'06 - Mar'07)

Client Citi Personal Banking, London

Role Quality Analyst

Project Description:

Orbit release is an Online Real-time Integrated Banking Technology. Orbit

Release 2 Version 1.2 has been released for functionality enhancements,

which includes multiple Enhancement requests as requested by the Business.

These requests are for Compliance & Regulatory Requirements (Tax Related

changes), Revenue Generation, Cost Reduction, and Improved Services to the

customers, Credit (Risk & Fraud Reduction). The Scope of Testing is to

cover the entire Product and not any specific changes pertaining to a

release

Responsibilities:

. Test Case preparation, Review of test cases and Test Execution

. Client interaction and Requirement gathering

. Responsible for analyzing and giving the Estimation for Enhancements

for Monthly Releases

. Involved in weekly Project meetings along with the QA Manager and

submit the status report

. Interacting with the development team on fixing the issues and defects

and tracking the defect closure

. Prepared Test Metrics on monthly basis to know the status

Functional Experience:

Organization : YES BANK LTD., HYDERABAD (June 2005 - Aug 2006)

Department : Retail banking-Branch business

operations

Role : Officer

Responsibilities:

0. Verification of account opening forms for KYC norms. Co-ordinate with

Central processing center for any queries related to a/c opening;

Account master and Customer master modification and account closures.

1. Handled Clearing Operations and Cash Management Services.

2. Verifying mutual fund applications forms and Capture the data in WMS

(Wealth Management System) software and creating deal slip for every

MF application form.

3. Active participation in qualitative activities, such as FIVE S and SIX

sigma

Organization : ICICI Bank Limited., HYDERABAD (Feb 2004 - June 2005)

Department : Retail banking-Branch business operations

Role : Officer

Responsibilities:

4. Working in CMS department, which involves printing of High value I-pay

disbursement cheques and arranging to deposit the same in the customer

account; handling of local clearing, upcountry clearing and transfer

cheques processing apart from high value processing through NCR; and

Reporting and co-coordinating with CMS Hub Mumbai

5. Working in clearing department, which involves MICR Clearing, High

Value Clearing, Inter-Bank Clearing, Returns, Claims and tallying of

branches and final tally of RBI account. Coordination with branches,

other banks, RBI and Processing Center. Preparation of MIS required

by top management, maintenance of turnaround time fixed for various

activities and Maintenance / reconciliation of Office Accounts.

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