Quality Assurance Project

AKHILA.S.NAYAK

****, ******* *****, *** *, CA-*8046

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

Ph: 512-***-****

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Major: Information Science Sep 2000 to

June 2004

M.S.Rammaih College of Engineering, Bangalore (affiliated to Vishveshwaraih

Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India)

Work experience:

Google, Mountain View,USA April 2010 to present

Worked as a Visual Data Analyst/evaluator for Google Maps. Was involved in

determining the correctness of the results generated by Google Maps.Worked

as a contractor through LeapForce Inc

Job Responsibilities

Analyzed the results generated by Google Maps in terms of

title,website,marker,category,phone of the business listed on Google Maps

Worked closely with cross-functional groups such as Engineering and

Product to enhance tools, improve process efficiency, and develop

analytical techniques to ensure maps data quality

Determine and implement quality improvements to Google Maps.

Involved in Web-tool testing used by data analysts of the Google Maps team

outside of the US

Was promoted from being a basic reviewer to Quality control which involved

in managing and checking Basic review done by other team members

Yahoo! Inc, Sunnyvale, USA Oct 2009 to April 2010

Worked as a Search quality Analyst for the Arcturus project

(Editorial Search Platform, ESP) which was implemented in order to improve

the search results and train the Algorithm used to generate search results.

Worked as a contractor through Workforce Logic.

Job Responsibilities

Analyzed the search results in order to determine their relevance in terms

of the search query (Relevance testing) and ranked them in order of which

they would appear on the search results page. This included actual

relevance and perceived relevance testing

Analyzed the search results using their TAU(Title, Abstract, URL)

Performed news slotting(tests for perceiving news shortcut results) and

local slotting(local shortcuts)test

Analyzed the results in terms of relatedness to the search query term

Analyzed the results in terms of time sensitiveness(Recency testing)

Involved in training peers and documentation of various tests as a

reference manual for future use

Working on numerous projects involving comparing search results from Yahoo,

Google and Bing, specializing in Google shortcuts.

Was involved in various special projects which compare results provided by

Yahoo and Bing and decide which results are better.

Yahoo! Inc, Santa Clara, USA May 2008 till April 2009

Working as a Search quality Analyst for the Arcturus project(Yahoo Search

Marketing, YSM) which was implemented in order to improve the search

results provided by Yahoo! Inc. Working as a contractor through Workforce

Logic.

Job Responsibilities:

Analyzed the search results in order to determine their relevance in terms

of the search query(Relevance testing) and ranked them accordingly. The

relevance tests included actual relevance and perceived relevance testing

Analyzed the search results in terms of the user intent(Shopping, Review,

Homepage, Support, buying guide) in order to determine relevance of the

results(Shopping Intent Relevance Editorial Test) and ranked them

accordingly

Analyzed the results in terms of relatedness to the search query

Analyzed the results in terms of time sensitiveness(Recency testing)

Was involved in training peers and documentation of special test for future

reference

FCG Software Services, Bangalore July 2004 to July 2005 (Full Time)

Worked as Software Engineer in the development centre set up by FCG India

for Witness Systems to enhance/maintain their Product suite and offer

quality assurance and testing facilities in a project relating to

CSIP(Contact Store IP).Was involved in the design and implementation of

enhancements to one of their existing products, the programming language

being C++.

Job Responsibilities:

Analyzed the existing product, current features and was involved in the Gap

Analysis for the Modified/Enhanced Product

Prepared the LLD (low level design document) after Requirement Gathering

from the offshore team.

Was involved in writing the HLD(high level design document) which included

Class diagrams and Sequence diagrams

Prepared Test Cases for white box testing to ensure the product met all

the user requirements

Worked closely with the QA team to ensure the product's functioning in

various scenarios

Was involved in a part of the development using C++

Training:

SDLC processes and the role of Quality Assurance in development of high

quality software

RUP methodology.

Business Process Modeling, UML and Rational Rose

Creating Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, and Collaboration diagrams, Activity

Diagrams, Class Diagrams etc

Process modeling using UML, Flow Charts, Sequence Diagram, Activity

Diagrams and Use Cases

Manual Testing

Understanding Requirements, creating Test Plans, running Tests, analyzing

Test Results, reporting and tracking Defects

Kinds of testing like System, Integration, Interface, Functional,

Compatibility, Regression, User Acceptance, Load, Stress and Volume testing

Automating manual test processes

QTP testing tool and possess knowledge of WinRunner and Test Director

Environment:

MS-Visio, Windows 2000, Microsoft tools like Word, Excel

Programming skills and software knowledge:

C, C++, Java, MS Visio, Microsoft tools such as Word, Excel, Power Point,

Access,

Data Structures, File Structures, Operating Systems, SQL, Rational Rose,

QTP

Academic Projects Undertaken:

Project done to implement CPU Scheduling using C

Design and Implementation of a Database Management System

Final semester project at Siemens Information Systems Ltd using MFC and

OpenGL

Relevant Academic Courses taken:

Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Databases, Data Structures, File

Structures

Work Authorization: Authorized to work in the US

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