Project Manager Quality Assurance

Niveditha Venkatapathy

*********.************@*****.***

PH: 609-***-****

Objective

To work with an Organization where I can apply my technical and creative

skills up to the best and achieve Organizational goals & Customer

satisfaction. Also having an objective of becoming a competent Software

Tester & Quality Assurance Analyst and build up a promising career.

Education & Professional Certifications:

M.S Bioengineering

Aug'05-May'07

University of Texas at Arlington, Texas

B.E Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Aug'01-May'05

Anna University, India

SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9.1

July'08

Summary:

> 4+ years of experience in the field of IT with 2+ years of focus on QA

and testing of Web based and Client- Server applications, effective

use of QA and Testing practice. Strong knowledge of all phases of SDLC

and Strong working knowledge of Software testing (Functional,

Integration, Performance, Quality Metrics).

> Experienced in defining Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans

and Test Cases, Verifying and Validating Web based applications and

Documentation based on standards for Software Development and

effective QA implementation in all phases of Software Development Life

Cycle (SDLC).

> Expertise in Manual/Functional Testing, Automation Testing.

> Excellent knowledge of Automation tools and Expertise in QTP 8.2,

WinRunner 7.5, Load Runner 8.0, Rational Robot 2003, Test Director

7.2.

> Proficient in all cycles of test life cycle from test planning to

defect tracking and managing defect lifecycle.

> Extensive experience in coordinating testing effort, responsible for

test deliverables, status reporting to management, issue escalations

of problems & Generation of bug report.

> Good Domain Knowledge of Technology, Sales, Health Care and Media

industry.

> Developing and Maintaining Test Scripts, analyzing bugs and

interacting with development team members in fixing the defects.

> Very strong mathematical, analytical and excellent oral and written

communication skills. Proven track record in academics.

> Strengths include excellent interpersonal skills, strategic planning

with optimum utilization of resources, analytical ability, team

leadership and collaboration.

Technical Skills

Functional Testing Tool: QTP8.2, WinRunner7.5,Rational Robot 2003,

Vbscript,VSS

Performance Testing Tool: Load Runner8.0

Defect Tracking Tools: Test Director 7.2 and BugZilla

Operating System: Windows XP/2000

Programming Languages: Asp.net, SAS

RDBMS/ Database: Oracle 9i/10g, TOAD, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Training the Street, New York

Senior SQA/ Consultant Nov'08 - Nov' 09

o Reviewed Business requirements, IT Design documents and prepared Test

Plans for all assigned project releases.

o Involved in testing the new functionalities based on test cases and

coordinated with development team in fixing the issues.

o After successful release of projects, developed automation scripts

using QTP and integrated the script with master script.

o Ensured that all the test cases are updated in the Test Director.

o Involved as part of automation team using QTP, developed test scripts.

o Tested critical bug fixes including critical fixes and coordinated

with developers in release of bug fixes meeting tight timeline.

o Involved in Release support - Release to QA, involved in environment

setup, testing the release process.

o Involved in Performance testing QA using Loadrunner 8.0.

o Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared using Test

Director report.

Environment: QTP, Oracle9i/10g, Loadrunner8.0, Test Director, Bugzilla,

Rational Robot 2003, Vb script, Windows XP and Visual Source Safe

USAM Technology Solutions

SQA Oct'07 - Sep'08

o Prepared test plans and test cases with functional specification and

design documents as inputs.

o Worked with the project manager, QA lead, and systems teams to analyze

scope of project and prepared detailed test plans and test cases.

o Prepared Production Checklist and performed Sanity test whenever a new

build comes into QA environment.

o Test script and execution of production issues reported by users.

o Preparation of Test Summary Reports/ Test Execution Reports/ Weekly

Reports etc

o Coordinated with Developers for Defect Analysis and their Fixes.

o Performed Configuration, Smoke and UI Testing

o Manual testing of end-to-end application.

Environment: WinRunner, Loadrunner8.0, Test Director, Vb script, Bugzilla,

Windows XP and Visual Source Safe

UT Arlington and UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas

Research Associate

Aug'05 - Jul'07

o Developed protocols to monitor and conduct Phase 0, I & II trials in

accordance with IRB to test the efficacy of the diagnostic tool on

prostate and kidney cancers and guidance to explore new non-invasive

diagnostic techniques for tumor detection.

o Developed statistical algorithms to process the data using SAS a tool.

o Prepared poster presentations, abstracts for conference and

manuscripts for publications.

o Manual testing of end-to-end application.

Environment: SAS, Manual Testing, Oracle 9i, Windows XP and Visual Source

Safe

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