AABHA PIPLAPURE
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SUMMARY
• Highly talented and experienced IT Quality Assurance professional, well versed with the technical and analytical aspects of
testing.
• Skilled in automation testing.
• Experienced using languages and software including PHP, Coldfusion, SQL, QTP and Quality Center.
• Successfully mentored and lead testing teams of various projects.
EDUCATION
Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, May 2009
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Engineering, University of Mumbai, India, August 2006
ACADEMIC PROJECTS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
IT Quality Assurance Analyst at Progressive Casualty Insurance Company May’09- Present
• Carried out rate revisions for Commercial Auto Insurance Rates taking into consideration all the state specific requirements.
• Created automated regression test scripts to detect bugs in weekly code releases.
• Changed the functionality for the number and types of bill plans available to the customers in Florida, taking into consideration their
credit rating and vehicle body types.
• Working on enterprise wide project to change the availability of Motor Truck Cargo and General Liability options to country wide
customers.
• Participated in weekly release testing.
• Carried out browser compatibility testing for a new web application (Customer Internet Quoting) that provides customers with the
option of buying Commercial Vehicle insurance online.
• Created a Content Management System using PHP as an assignment of the Progressive WebDev Group.
Software/Languages used: QTP, QC, VbScript, PHP, HTML/CSS, MS Office
Internship at Facilities Information Center (FIC) of the Greater Binghamton Health Center Jul’08 –March’09
• Worked on web applications like Patient Scheduler, Unit Ward report and Single Point of Access (SPOA) using an Oracle
Database and ColdFusion GUI.
• Assisted in various design activities and test phases.
• Documented business systems and processes by describing all relevant factors including work flow processes, data input and output
activities, descriptions of data elements, and overall program goals, objectives, and external considerations.
• Participation in meetings with agency management, users, vendors, consultants, and IT staff to discuss IT solution options.
Software/Languages used: SQL, Toad, ColdFusion
Retail Business Management System application Apr ’08 –May’08
• Designed and implemented all the constraints using triggers, sequences, procedures and functions in the backend of the application
using SQL.
• Implemented the frontend of the application using JDBC.
Software/Languages used: SQL, JDBC
Consultant at Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India Jul ’06- Aug ’07
• Worked on project TDC Charlie for the telecom client Tele Denmark Corporation.
• Worked as a part of the Flexible Bill Formatter team.
• Worked on the ‘MMS campaign’ in which functionality was developed to count each MMS sent by a customer separately instead of
being measured totally in bytes.
Software/Languages used: C, UNIX, Flexible Bill Formatter.
Other academic projects
• Created a database system for a hospital application for maintaining information of patients and hospital staff
- Created the required tables using SQL DDL statements, inserted, updated and retrieved data using SQL queries.
• Developed a website for online shopping using HTML and Dreamweaver.
• Worked on a hospital application using Visual Basic for the GUI and MS Access for the database.
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
• Languages : C, C++, Java(Basics)
• Scripting languages : PHP, VBScript, HTML, CSS, Coldfusion, JavaScript
• Operating Systems : Windows, UNIX
• Testing tools : Quicktest Pro(QTP), Extreme Testing(EXT)
• Defect tracking tools : Quality Center
• Databases : SQL, MS Access