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Customer Service Quality Assurance

Location:
Simi Valley, CA, 93063
Posted:
November 19, 2010

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MANINI RAORANE

**** *** **** **,

Simi Valley, CA 93063

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

Phone No.: 818-***-****, 818-***-****

SUMMARY:

• 4+ Years of experience in IT with focus on Business Analyst along with experience in QA.

• Expertise in development of Functional Specifications and Use Cases.

• Well versed with MS Visio, Microsoft Paint and Dream Weaver. Expertise in development of

Flowcharts, Data flow diagrams, User Interfaces, Mockups and Use Case diagrams.

• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point.

• Expertise in Quality Control, Test System, Share point. Expertise in Manual testing,

designing Test plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases.

• Expertise in monitoring test life cycle including defect reporting, tracking and

managing defect life cycle.

• Strong knowledge of SDLC and Software testing methods like UAT, Functional, System,

Regression testing.

• Well versed with Oracle, SQL and Database queries.

• Experience in working with Development/Testing/Production environment.

• 3+ years of experience in providing Production Support/documentation experience.

• Excellent communication and Analytical skills. Team player. Expertise in interacting with

Stakeholders, end users, Developers and QA team. Proficient in handling deadlines.

• VISA STATUS: Green card holder. Authorized to work within USA.

BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST: September 2010-Present

William O’Neil

• Acted as “Business System Analyst” for CRM and Financial report generation

application. Conducted meetings with Stakeholders to understand Change Requests.

Documents Functional Specifications for the Change Requests.

• Acted as defect tracker. Conducted meetings with Stakeholders and QA team to track

new as well as previously reported defects. Reported defects in Test System. Prioritized

defects/change requests depending upon their severity. Assigned defects to the respective

developers and worked with technical team to resolve the found issues and make

appropriate changes. Tracked changes in products. Worked with QA team for Regression

testing for all modifications to ensure performance. Prepared resolved defects for UAT.

Assigned UAT approved defects in production.

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• Generated SQL queries for gathering data for reporting.

BUSINESS ANALYST:

Rangatel Digital Phone service June 2007- July 2010

• Acted as “Business Analyst” for Digital phone service and calling card products.

Conducted meetings with Stakeholders and end users to understand the business

requirements. Translated Business requirements into Software Specifications for

development/enhancement of new as well as existing products, features and web

applications.

• Documented business requirements for new applications as well as changes in existing

application. Generated Functional Specifications and Use Cases documents using User

interfaces, mockups, flow charts for different VOIP service and calling card software

applications such as Company’s website, CRM, Financial reports, Offers, Order

Processing, Billing, and Customer’s accounts.

• Conducted walkthrough to describe Business Requirement to the members of the

business unit, stakeholders, development and quality assurance team.

• Coordinated the development of all Functional Specifications and Change request to

ensure they are translated accurately into the desired products.

• Actively involved in Software Development Life Cycle process (SDLC) for different

Rangatel products, services which included Planning product strategies, Feasibility study,

Competitor Analysis, Designing of different applications and workflow, Testing and

implementation. Responsible for the implementation of High Level Design plans and

Low Level Design plans for different applications.

• Provided Production Support. Acted as liaison between support staff and end level

system user. Analyzed and provided solution to different reported issues.

• Generated SQL queries for gathering data for reporting.

• Tested the performance of company’s newly developed as well as changes in existing VOIP

products and Calling card products, their features and Software applications to ensure their

performance by using different testing methods such as System testing, User Acceptance

testing, Regression testing etc. Documented test cases. Assisted in generating test plan.

• Acted as defect tracker. Conducted meetings with Stakeholders and QA team to track new as

well as previously reported defects. Reported product defects, software application defects in

QC. Prioritized defects depending upon their severity. Assigned defects to the respective

developers and worked with technical team to resolve the found issues and make appropriate

changes. Tracked changes in products. Worked with QA team for Regression testing for all

modifications to ensure performance. Prepared resolved defects for UAT. Assigned UAT

approved defects in production.

• Created project task lists by identifying major phases of work, prioritizing the work, creating

and managing work schedules and milestones. Conducted meetings with Developers, QA

team and related project members to communicate project flow. Also conducted weekly

meetings to provide project status.

• Worked with development and QA team to ensure the successful and timely delivery of

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multiple projects. Multitasked on various projects simultaneously which involved constant

coordination with different company departments.

• Prepared and gave presentations on new products and policies by understanding customers’

needs, analyzing market conditions and competitor analysis. Organized, leaded and facilitated

project-related meetings.

• Responsible for the supervision of junior customer representatives. Managed high sensitive

customer service issues through inbound/outbound calls, online chats and tickets/email.

Monitored calls, chats and tickets created by other representatives and provided feedback to

improve the performance.

• Responsible for development and management of effective telemarketing scripts for sales of

different products. Assisted in recruitment, training of junior customer representatives.

• Improving customer service based on client feedback through the development of new

policies and procedures. Successfully handled all public relations issues.

QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST:

Rangatel Digital Phone Service June 2006- June 2007

• Participated in requirements gathering/reviews, and designs, developed and executed

manual test plans to ensure the quality of client’s applications and systems.

• Documented defects and worked with developers, business users and project team to

resolve issues.

• Performed regression testing to ensure that previous software fixes have not been

reversed in newer builds.

• Responsible for following established standards and best practices, and reporting testing

results clearly and accurate. .

• Assisted the business analysts and programmers in developing new enhancements for the

web applications.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:

• Certificate in Software Programming with 3.8 GPA.

Pierce College, Los Angeles – USA.

Courses taken included SQL, Oracle, .NET, HTML, XML, Web designing, Dream weaver,

C, C++, Visual Basic, PHP, JAVA.

• Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with Distinction.

Specialization in Marketing, Pune University – India.

• Bachelor of Science (B.sc) with First Class.

Mumbai University – India.

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