Quality Assurance Testing

Surender Koorathota

407-***-**** / abh5it@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Over eleven years of experience in Quality Assurance Testing and Software

Development. Around 6 years of professional experience as Quality Assurance

and Automated/Manual Tester/Team Lead using Quick Test Pro/WinRunner/

Quality Center/ TestDirector/Load Runner for testing Client Server, Web and

Mainframe applications. Involved in all phases of System development and

Testing life cycle. Have good analytical, mathematical, statistical,

communication and Project Management skills. Have experience in Software

Delivery, Program Management, Process Development/ Improvement, Quality &

Compliance Management and Organization Change Management. Good experience

working as Team Lead.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

SOFTWARE/TOOLS: WinRunner, Quick Test Pro, Quality Center, Test Director,

Load Runner, Bugzilla, Starteam, ClearQuest, ClearCase,

Caliber, Borg, Xpeditor

LANGUAGES: Delphi, C, Visual C++, Visual Basic, JAVA, JSP, Servlets, XML,

Microsoft Visual Studio, HTML, Cobol, SQL, CICS, PVCS,

Visual Source Safe, JCL, VSAM

RDBMS: DB2, IMS DB/DC, AS400, MS SQL Server, Oracle

O/S: Windows NT/XP/2000/98/95, UNIX, IBM 3090/ES 9000 and AS400

APPLICATIONS: CMMI, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, MS Word, Excel, Power Point,

IE, Mozilla, Safari

PRACTICES: Actively participated in SQA Practices.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Veredus Corporation, Orlando, FL

04/09 to 07/10

Bonnier Corporation, Orlando, FL 11/07 to 03/09

Davita HealthCare Inc, Deland, FL 12/05 to 10/07

Tek Systems, Orlando, FL 08/05 to 11/05

Korbis Group Solutions Inc, Miami Lakes, FL 09/04 to 04/05

Covansys Corporation, Columbus, OH 07/98 to 06/04

Hindustan Computers Limited, New Delhi (India.) 02/96 to 06/98

VISA STATUS:

US Citizenship

EDUCATION:

Bachelors Degree in Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROJECT SUMMARY:

Veredus Corporation, Orlando

Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

(April' 09 to July'10)

Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational

resort in the world, containing four theme parks; two water parks; twenty-

three themed hotels; and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and

recreation venues.

Walt Disney World Resort need the ability to create and update individual

Character 'appearance' times and distribute the information to multiple

systems.

The business is looking for a quick, easy to use interface that will allow

for template definition, immediate updates, including addition of

character appearances, removal of character appearances, and the changing

of appearance times.

The business also needs the ability to display the information to Guests

and Cast Members.

My Role as the Team Lead involved mainly in Manual Testing of the

application.

Accomplishments:

. Supervised team of 6 testers and managed their workload accordingly.

. QA lead for the websites testing, assigning and prioritizing the tasks

for the team members.

. Interviewed new QA Engineers

. Assisted team writing functional and performance test plans.

. Tracked the progress of the test team through weekly status reports.

. To ensure applicable Standards, Policies and Procedures are met with the

products.

. Worked on Compliance and Conformance to meet the standards specified.

. Testing responsibilities include Requirements Gathering, Test Planning,

Test Preparation.

. Involve in all stages of testing process-Performing Functional testing,

Regression Testing, System Testing & Integration Testing of the

applications.

. Involve in writing and verifying defects that accurately reflect any

problems or errors

encountered while testing using bug tracking tool Quality Center.

. Involved in back-end database testing (MSSQL, Oracle).

. Participate in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of

testing.

. Creation of test plans, test cases and multi browser testing.

Environment/Tools: C, Java, JSP, HTML, Oracle8i, Quality Center 9.2, XML,

Windows (NT, XP, 2000), MS SQL Server 2000, IE, Firefox Mozilla, Safari.

Bonnier Corporation, Orlando, FL (Nov' 07 -

March'/09)

Bonnier Corporation is one of the largest consumer publishing groups in

America. Awards for their writing, design, photography and journalistic

coverage. Providing participants with information, entertainment, knowledge

and inspiration through appropriate interactive media. The company produces

quality custom publications, television, websites, events and marketing

programs in all of its market. Currently the company is mainly focusing on

websites development instead of printing the magazines.

Responsibilities:

. Led a team of 8 QA Engineers through the entire Testing Life Cycle.

Verified the Project Goals met current and long term corporate objectives

. Responsible for employee reviews and mentoring.

. Conducted annual employee performance reviews and goal setting.

. QA lead for Web Sites Testing.

. Experience mainly includes manual testing of the websites and

applications.

. Process Maturity and CMMI level 5 Compliance for all projects &

supporting functions

. Extensively involved in the application of Best Practices using CMM/

CMMI, ISO 9001

. Created test plans, test scenarios, test cases and multi browser testing.

. Reviewed functional requirements and requirements tracking matrix.

. Identified defects and entering them into bug tracking tool Quality

Center.

. Performed the back-end testing of the Databases using SQL statements.

. Reported QA team status to executives.

. Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of

testing.

. Developed Stress Test Plan

. Measured response times for various critical business transactions using

Performance/Load Testing Tool

Environment/Tools: Java, JSP, Servlets, HTML, Oracle, Quality Center 9.0,

Load Runner 9.0,

CMMI, ISO 9001, Windows (NT, XP, 2000), Bugzilla, MS SQL Server 2000, IE,

Firefox Mozilla, Safari.

Davita HealthCare Inc, Deland, FL (Dec' 05 -Oct' 07)

Davita provides dialysis services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney

failure, serving nearly 1,52,000 patients in 40 states from over 1011

outpatient dialysis centers that currently operate. Davita also provides

acute inpatient dialysis services in over 1400 hospitals across the

country.

Accomplishments:

. Involved mainly in most areas of Low level and High level testing.

Performed Integration testing and System testing. Integration tests focus

on functionality and regression testing. System testing includes

performance, stress, operability, usability and installation testing.

. Involved testing the applications (Snappy, Duck) manually as well as

using automated

testing tools(HP Quick Test Pro and Quality Center) in establishing the

standard test suite of scripts for User Interface, Business Rules,

Database objects in automating and maintaining the testing suite.

. Involved in writing and verifying defect reports that accurately reflect

any problems or errors

encountered while testing.

. Involved in back-end database testing (MSSQL, Oracle).

. Extensively used Configuration Management tool Starteam for tasks

assigned and closing them after verifying.

. My career objective is to lead an IT function covering all aspects of

Delivery, Process, and Quality & Compliance.

. Contributed my services CMM level 3 achievement of the company.

. Involved in the application of Best Practices using ISO 13485

. Actively participated in company's Compliance program which includes

Compliance Commandments, Corporate Integrity Agreement and Documentation.

. Worked with the Health Care Services managing the demands for particular

drugs and treatments and Compliance with State and Federal laws.

Environment/Tools: Delphi (Object Oriented), Quick Test Pro 9.0, WinRunner

8.0, Quality Center 9.0, ISO 13485, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Starteam,

Windows NT, MS Access, NetMeeting.

Tek Systems, Orlando, FL

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, Fl (Aug' 05 -

Nov' 05)

Siemens Power Corporation is one of the world's leading specialists in

planning, construction and upgrades of power plants; development,

production and supply of components and systems. Worked on their CSTS

project. SWPC Component Serialization & Traceability System (CSTS)

facilitates a means of creating, recording, and storing information on

critical turbine components which are traceable. Involved mainly in Web

testing of the application and to see the expected results are achieved.

Also to verify the quality standards are met during all stages of parts

creation, assembling and shipping.

Accomplishments:

( Testing responsibilities include Requirements Gathering, Test

Planning, Test Preparation

( Test Execution and Test Results interpretation

( Developed Test Scripts, Test Cases for CSTS with the help of

WinRunner 7.5.

( Manual and automated execution of Test cases/Test scripts. Comparison

of Actual Results with Expected Results.

( Built an inventory of automated test scripts through WinRunner 7.5.

The scripts are made to be very robust, as they can handle both positive

and negative input data

( Extensively used Quality Center for Defect Tracking.

( Negotiated the purchase of the Mercury Interactive suite of testing

tools.

Environment/Tools: WinRunner 7.5, Quality Center 8.0, Oracle, Java, ASP, MS

Access, MS SQL Server 7.0, MSVC++, PVCS, IDL, DCOM, NetMeeting.

Korbis Group Solutions, Inc

Wildcard Systems, Orlando, FL (Sep' 04

-Apr' 05)

WildCard Systems is a technology leader for electronic host based stored-

value cards, virtual stored-value accounts, and Internet payment. Its many

applications include payroll products, gift card products, travel products,

insurance products, membership products, student products, and

incentive/promotion products.

My Role as the Quality Engineer involved mainly in Manual Testing. The

testing areas include the proprietary web-enabled services CardWiz and

MyAccount applications for Payroll and Travel products. Testing the

websites in the QA, Production environments validating the customer for the

personal and transactional information. Mainly working to see all the

expected design requirements of the web sites are met. Defect Tracking was

taken care by using Clear Quest tool.

Environment

. Microsoft .net technologies to wrap new and legacy components in a web

services framework for internal and external consumption.

. SQL 2000 database

. Borg Tools and PERL Reporting(Data Files)

. 2 production data centers

. Redundant and diverse Visa and MasterCard connectivity

. Regular security scanning and firewall review schedule and policy

Covansys Corporation

VERIZON Communications Bedminster, NJ (Sep' 02 -June' 04)

Verizon Wireless is the nation's leading provider of wireless

communications. The company has the largest nationwide wireless voice and

data network and 32.5 million customers. Verizon was developing a Global

Base Solution (GBS). GBS was a client/server application based on Oracle8.

Front-end application is developed with Oracle Developer 2000. It

interfaces with a web application. Involved with all phases of Testing

life cycle for additional new Features.

Accomplishments:

( Developed Test Scenarios, Test Cases for GBS with the help of Test

Director 7.0

( Manual and automated execution of test cases/test scripts thru Test

Director. Comparison of

Actual Results with Expected Results.

( Built an inventory of automated test scripts thru WinRunner 7.0.

Customized the

automated test scripts to conduct unit testing, regression and

system testing.

( The scripts are made to be very robust, as they can handle both positive

and negative data.

( Lent technical support to team members in the use of Mercury Tools.

( Worked as TestDirector Administrator overseeing the defect management.

Environment/Tools: WinRunner 7.0, TestDirector 7.0, Caliber, ClearCase,

ClearQuest, Rational Robot, Visual Source Safe, Oracle, Java, UNIX, MS SQL

Server 7.0, Developer 2000, JDBC.

Mettler ReactIR (ASI) Mettler Corp Columbus, Ohio (May' 00 - Aug'

02)

To develop a next generation software application for ASI's ReactIR project

and testing the software. Covansys was given the responsibility of

developing and testing an Infra Red Scientific application for Mettler

Toledo. The Scientific application is developed using MSVC++, IDL and DCOM.

It consists of Spectroscopy, Experiments, Reactions etc.

Accomplishments:

( Testing responsibilities include Requirements Gathering, Test

Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution and Test Results

interpretation.

( Used Test Director for Test Planning, execution of scripts developed

in WinRunner, analyze the test results and tracking the defects from the

results.

( Bugs-tracked and reported through TestDirector and Managed entire

Testing Process.

( Manual and automated execution of test cases/test scripts through

Test Director. Comparison of Actual Results with

Expected Results.

. Captured the Requirements in Caliber. Integrated Caliber, TestDirector

and WinRunner.

Carried Requirements based testing by tracing back the test results

in Caliber.

. Built an inventory of automated test scripts through WinRunner 6.0. The

scripts are made to

be very robust, as they can handle both positive and negative input

data.

Environment/Tools: WinRunner 6.0, TestDirector 6.0, Caliber, MS Access, MS

SQL Server 7.0, MSVC++, PVCS, IDL, DCOM, Microsoft Visual Studio, PC

AnyWhere, PC Pentium

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) Columbus, Ohio (Sep' 99

- Apr' 00)

The PERS Savings System Rewrite project is being implemented in a phased

approach with the first two phases already completed. The purpose of the

phase III Savings System Project is to re-host the mainframe and PC-based

subsystems that supports functions within the Savings System business scope

from the current PL/1, RPG, IMS to COBOL, DB2.

As the member of the Business Support team, which is a Savings System's

subsystem, worked primarily on business support functions that touch member

and employer processes. Mainly involved with the analysis of the current

system, wrote code specs, and coded and tested to completion portions of a

complete subsystem.

Accomplishments:

( Analysis, Design and coding of new applications to keep track of

Employer contributions and member benefits

( Analysis, modifying existing applications to run in the post

conversion environment

( QA Testing of new applications

Environment/Tools: COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, XPEDITOR, DESIGN1, ENDEVOR, QMF,

SPUFI, IBM 3090, IBM ES/9000, IMS, AS400

Fred Meyer Inc., Portland, Oregon (Sept' 98 - Aug'99)

Fred Meyer Inc, is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the U.S.

The company's five subsidiaries -- Fred Meyer, QFC, Ralph's, Smith's and

Fry's-- operate 781 stores in a variety of Food and drug and multi

department formats located in 12 western states from Alaska to Texas. The

purpose of this project was to merge all Smith's, Ralph's, Fry's and QFC

systems to run in Fred Meyer environment and maintain all Food

applications.

Accomplishments:

( Maintenance of the Food Production Support System

( Analysis, design, and coding new applications required for merger

related activities

( Analysis, modifying existing applications to run in the post merger

environment

( Testing new applications for Quality Assurance

Environment/Tools: COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, XPEDITOR, FILE-AID, PLATINUM,

QMF, IBM 3090, IBM ES/9000, IMS

Hindustan Computers Limited New Delhi India ( Feb' 96 -

June' 98)

. Developed Corporate Maintenance (CM) product for American Stores Company

through British American Consulting Group (BACG). Contribution includes

Analysis, Design, Development, System Testing, QA and Documentation.

. Worked on an application for Myer Grace Inc., Australia. Tested the

application system for Y2K compliance. Analyzed and converted the

application system for Y2K compliance.

. Worked on designing, developing and testing different custom applications

for domestic clients. Some of the applications include Insurance, Order

Entry/Inventory management, Sales Coordination/Movement System, Payroll /

Accounting etc.

Environment/Tools: COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, XPED, DB2GE, MAPGEN, EASY-

EXPLAIN, FILE AID, IMS, COB TEST, IBM 3090, IBM ES/9000, AS400.

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