Project Manager

PRANJAL GAUD

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Pittsburgh, PA 15232 *******.****@*****.***

SUMMARY

. One year experience in Black box testing processes for user

interactive web based applications.

. Strong experience in Software Development and Software Quality

Assurance with sound knowledge of Manual and Automated Testing of both

client-server and Web-based applications.

. Proficient in software development life cycle including test strategy

preparation, test plan development, test case creation, test execution

and bug tracking.

. Tested web applications in Waterfall and Agile/Scrum development

processes.

. Analyzed business requirements, software requirement specifications to

create test plan and test case for manual and automated testing.

. Experienced in different types of testing, for example black box

testing, white box testing, functional, GUI testing, system,

regression, integration, load, stress, smoke, Web Services, usability,

UAT and performance testing.

. Understanding of Quality Assurance Life Cycle and Software Development

Life Cycle.

. Areas of Expertise: Test development, scheduling and execution, test

automation, test project management, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC (Software

Development Life Cycle).

. Created detailed QA documentation including QA reports, actively

participated in SQA and project status meetings, client calls, given

demo of the sprint tasks done in sprint to clients.

. Developed and maintained automation tests using Selenium RC, Selenium

Grid test tool, and HP QTP.

. Experience in programming with C, C++, VB, VB.NET, C#, .NET, ASP.NET,

JAVA, J2EE, JSP, Servlets and VB Script.

. Setup the automation framework using Selenium RC, Selenium Grid

. Exposure to SDLC and its integration with QA methodology

. Ability to quickly master new concepts, strong aptitude towards

learning new technologies and sharing ideas.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages : C, C++, VB, MS.NET 3.5 Framework, VB.NET

3.5, C#.NET 3.5,

ASP.NET 3.5, MOSS

(SharePoint) 2007, J2SE, J2EE, Windows

Programming using

SDK, JSF

Web Technologies : HTML, JSP, XML, ASP. NET,

Scripting Languages : JavaScript, VB Script, PHP, HTML,

DHTML, DOM, ASP, AJAX,

CSS

XML Related Languages : XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath, SOAP, WSDL

RDBMS : SQL Server 2000, MySQL,

Oracle 9i, PL/SQL

Tools : Visual Studio Team Suite, Eclipse

Testing Tools : Selenium IDE/RC/Core,

Selenium Grid, HP QTP, Win Runner,

Auto IT, NUnit 2.5, Auto Builder, Aptest, Etrack

Application Servers : Microsoft IIS, Apache, Jakarta -

TOMCAT, Eclipse Server, Websphere

Operating Systems : Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, Windows

Server 2008, MS-DOS,

UNIX, LINUX, Mac

OS X

Packages and Application : MS-Office Suite

Network Protocols : TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP

WORK EXPERIENCE

CYBAGE SOFTWARE PVT. LTD.

Pune, India

QA Automation Engineer

Sep 09 - Oct 10

Project: SPC (Symantec Protection Center)

Symantec Protection Center is the next generation security management

platform for Symantec and third party security products. SPC manages all

security products via the Protection Center and one Symantec agent that

deliver all Symantec software to the end points (Workstations, Servers,

etc.).Symantic Protection Center contains various components like SPC

Server, Integrated Security Applications, Application on Data Collection

System, External Data Feeds, Reporting System, SPC Console, Real time

altering and monitoring. I worked on the component reporting System. In

reporting System the Symantec Protection Center collects data from all of

its integrated applications in near real time, and stores summary data in

the SPC CMDB and the full detailed data in event

archives on local disk. SPC users can generate up-to-date top-level reports

that contain consolidated summary data, and also create trend reports that

provide information across all of the integrated security applications for

a particular range of dates. Various reports generated by SPC users are

Missed Malware Report, Suspected Malware Report, Blocked Malware Report,

Malware Summary Report, Specific Machine Detailed Spec, Admin Audit Report,

and Specific Machine Report.

Responsibilities:

. Performed manual and Selenium testing for Symantec's web based

application.

. Developed and executed Manual Test Cases for SPC Reports viz. Blocked

Malware reports, Missed Malware reports to identify malware attacks.

. Developed Automated Test Scripts for SPC Reports viz. Suspected

Malware Reports.

. Executed Automated Test Scripts using Selenium RC, C # and NUnit.

. Executed Database queries for testing data in SPC Application.

. Developed test scripts based on the Requirements Document (RUD) and

logged defects into Etrack.

. Proficient in reporting defects into the defect tracking system

(Etrack) and results to the assigned project

. Maintaining Automated and Manual Test Scripts in Aptest.

. Imported the Automated and Manual Test Script Results into Aptest by

creating ".csv" file

. Developed Auto IT Scripts and prepared Test Environment Setup.

. Undergone internal training on Web Services Testing, Security

Testing.

. Responsible for Database testing using SQL queries in MS SQL Server.

. Reviewed test cases written by other team members.

. Worked in the Agile/Scrum development environment with frequently

changing requirements and features set.

. Interacted with Business Analysts and Software Developers for bug

reviews and participated in QA meetings

. Actively Participated in Scrum meetings, reviews and developed test

scenarios.

. Proactively came up with innovative methods to improve software

quality, test coverage, efficiency and regression coverage

. Prepared NCover Reports to share code quality statistics with team and

project stakeholders.

. Mentored QA Engineer on developing Selenium test scripts using C#.

. Experience of working with a team of 4 Developers, 2 QA's, Team Leader

and a Project Manager.

Environment: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Macintosh, MS SQL, C#, Selenium,

HP QTP, VBScript, XML, VMWare, Aptest, Etrack, Nunit 2.5

PROJECTS

ACCOUNT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Sunbeam Institute of Information Technology

Pune, India

Student Developer

Dec 2008 - Jan 2009

The aim of this project was to develop an Inventory Management System for a

shopping mall. In this project there were various users such as

administrator, staff and sales manager. The system kept record of all the

inventory items in the shopping mall. The information about all the items

was kept department wise viz. grocery, clothing, furniture, electronics,

books etc. The administrator could add, update, and delete the items of

inventory as per the need. The record for the stocks was maintained on

daily basis. This project handled all functions related to the tracking and

management of stock. It maintained the information of every supplier.It

updates the inventory items upon receipt of items after purchasing.

Technologies: Java, JSP, Servlet, Oracle 9i

Responsibilities:

. Involved in all phases of SDLC from requirement gathering to

application development.

. Created database to store the inventory details of the system

. Performed code review and test review

. Wrote SQL queries to fetch the business data using Oracle as database.

. Worked on software development life cycle procedure.

. Created forms and web design using JSP, Servlet

. Connecting to Oracle using JDBC

ACADEMIC SYSTEM AUTOMATION OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

P.ES. College of Engineering

Aurangabad, India

Student Developer

Sept 2007 - March 2008

Aim of this Project was to automate the Academic related tasks (such as:

Time Table Scheduling, Training & Placement, Attendance Records, and Result

Analysis) of any Engineering Department which were performed manually. This

was Web-Based Project which was developed using JSP, Servlets. The project

contained a Time Table Scheduling element in which the interface showed the

time table of the lectures. It showed day-wise schedule of lectures,

teacher wise schedule, combine class schedule, theory schedule, and

practical schedule. The element Training and Placement contained all the

information about the companies visiting to the college and the student's

record who will be appearing for the placements. The element Result

Analysis contained the reports of every student, their mark sheets, theory

marks, and practical marks. The element Attendance Records contained the

data about the student's daily attendance and with which daily attendance

can be easily maintained.

Technologies: Java, JSP, Servlets, HTML, MS Access

Responsibilities:

. Designed and developed the User Interface using JSP, Servlets, and

HTML.

. Involved in the total development cycle of the projects from design

till implementation stage.

. I took the task of writing complex programs and modules like Time

Table Scheduling.

. Completed technical design and test case document for entire project.

HTML EDITOR

P.E.S College of Engineering

Aurangabad, India

Student Developer

Feb 2006 - May 2006

The project was to develop a software application for creating web pages in

html, which contains various tags as in HTML. Application enabled us to

write html files without coding. The editor allowed you to create .html

file, just by clicking on the various buttons. The buttons were for various

tags like bold, font size, text color, underline, italics, spell check,

date and time, hyperlink, insert image, tables. In this editor we created

two windows - one was the source one in which we could write code and other

one was preview, which would show how the html file will look like.

Technologies: VB,.Net, HTML, MS Access.

Responsibilities:

. Designed GUI for this application.

. Involved in Design Pattern and Database Design.

. Gathering of Requirement specifications for this application.

. HTML editor contained following functions: Toolbars, Text Formatting

Functions, File New, File Open, and File Save Functions, Menu and

preview screen.

EDUCATION

SUNBEAM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Pune, India

CDAC (Diploma in Advanced Computing) Aug

18, 2008 -Feb 07, 2009

Being Authorised Training Centre of the leaders of the computer industry

like C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), the institute

has developed a systematic training of C-DAC's, Diploma in Advanced

Computing (DAC) methodology, which ensures that knowledge and skills

imparted are streamlined to meet the industrial standards.In this scenario,

technical & personal skills which provide effective solutions & time

critical support are of principal significance for the long term growth of

professionals.It has trained over 11,000 students & professionals. It has

experienced in-house & visiting faculty members.It conducts special

technology sessions through IT Gurus & industry interactions.

Courses and Studies:

. Studied Operating Systems Concept

. Studied overview of Linux

. Studied and implemented Algorithms and Data Structures in C++

. Studied Software Engineering and Project Management

. Learned Web Programming, HTML, DHTML, XML, PHP

. Learned Database technologies, SQL, Oracle 9i

. Studied Core Java, Enterprise Java

. Learned and implemented Windows programming using SDK

. Studied Microsoft .NET, Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework

. Studied VB.NET 3.5, ASP.NET 3.5, C#.NET 3.5

. Studied SharePoint 2007

Dr. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, Aurangabad, India

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, August 2008

Graduated First Class

Additional Data:

. Visa Status - F-2: Eligible for H-1B visa processing

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