Shyamkumar Sridharan Email:
**************@*****.***
Software Tester/QA Ph: 330-***-****
SUMMARY
. Experienced Test Consultant with over 5 years of experience in
Enterprise Application Testing
. Involved with Test Design, Analysis and Development of Test Strategy
for n-tier applications
. Working as a Test Coordinator and managed a team
. Coordinated with the team and management on the testing process to
make sure testing goes on a smooth phase providing reports and graphs
for stats and managing the testing contents for requirements, test
cases and test scenarios in HP-QC
. Performed functional testing, regression testing using QTP record and
playback, where automation is required
. Tested both web based application and windows based application using
QTP
. Have been involved in creation of multi level Test Plan and designed
complex/simple test cases for Manual Testing
. Created test cases using HP Quality Center, executed them and reported
defects and logged them, prepared graphs and reports in Quality Center
. Created and loaded requirements into Quality Center, mapped the
requirements with the test cases and linked the cases to the test sets
in the Test Lab area and executed the tests.
. Experience in SAP Business One - Business analyst, application
development and testing
. Have experience around creation of
Functional/Smoke/Integration/Regression test cases for SAP B1 modules
. Experienced in Test Strategy Planning for post go-live testing for SAP
B1 Projects
. Expertise in SQL Databases in multi-instance environment, experienced
in insert, update, delete, create, and joining of multiple tables in
the database
. Experienced in backup and restore procedures and SQL Querying.
. BI Reporting Tools - Crystal reports(Business Objects), MS-SSRS
. Strong communication and interpersonal skills
. Ability to work and manage under high stress environment
TESTING SKILLS
. Tools - Quality Center 10.0, QTP(record and playback)
. Testing Experience- Smoke testing, Functional Unit Testing, String
Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, End to End Testing.
. Creation of Master Test Strategy and High Level Test Plans
. Ability to understand testing needs as per client's test requirements
and environment
FUNCTIONAL/ TECHNICAL SKILLS
. Certifications -
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (SQL Server) (MCTS)
Oracle Certified Associate
. Training -
Testing, testing methodology and manual testing
. Enterprise Software - SAP Business One, Oracle 9i
. Methodology - OOPS
. BI Tools - Crystal Reports, MS-SSRS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BNSF Railway Corporation, Fort Worth, TX
July 10-Present
Role: Test Coordinator
Responsibilities: Coordinate testing activities with functional teams.
Conducts daily meetings to report test execution progress and defect
status. Develop and define the test plans and strategy
. Coordinating with the functional and technical teams in the entire
testing activity
. Ensure test team has appropriate quality of data in test environment
. Develop and define test plans
. Supports loading of test scenarios and test cases in Quality Center
and managing the testing processes in the Quality Center
. Running reports in Quality Center showing the testing status, defect
age, defect severity graph, and testing progress reports to the team
to make sure testing process is on a right track
. Conduct daily meetings to report test execution process and defect
status
. Coordinating in preparing the test strategy document with the project
manager
. Responsible for reporting needs of Quality Center to support the
standards and templates defined by the program test manager
. Working with the project manager to prepare the testing time line
coordinating between the team and the management
. Following up with the testing team to make sure there are no big
issues in the testing or show stoppers and ensuring the testing is
going as planned
. Escalating the testing based security issues to the security team and
the project managers to make sure proper security roles are granted to
the testers and there are no loose ends
Empyra.com Inc, Youngstown, OH May 09-June
10
Role: Testing Analyst
Responsibilities: Manual testing and beta documentation and application
support for various clients
. Executing Test cases manually to verify actual results and expected
results and then documenting the results of the testing and re-testing
(Regression) efforts to ensure compliance to the QA standards and SDLC
standards.
. Undergone various kinds of testing like Smoke testing, Functional
testing, Integration testing, Regression testing and UI testing.
. Testing of web based application of a software product and used QTP
for Record and Playback in testing.
. Did functional testing and regression testing in web applications
using QTP
. Edited the test scripts to get various results in QTP and run the
scripts to run the same test with different validation data
. Developing and maintaining automated test script in QTP.
. Tested both web based and windows based application using QTP for a
client application which required intense testing and automated the
manual test.
. Creation of test cases is done using Quality center and executed,
logged the defects found and assigned them to the development team.
. Performed execution of test cases manually to verify the
expected results.
. Involved in writing comprehensive test scripts based on business
requirements and technical specifications.
. Involved in the testing of complete Open Enrollment process for year
2009.
. Involved in the testing of compensation cycles.
. Prepared and developed test cases, test scripts, and test approach
documents.
. Created test cases and test procedures based on Functional
Requirement.
. Designed reports using the reporting tool MS-SSRS.
Secude Solutions India Pvt Ltd, India Dec
2007 - Mar 2009
Role: Development Consultant
Responsibilities: Part of an implementation team for multi-country SAP
Business One Implementation
. Responsible for creating Add-on Forms and Reports, database
modifications for SAP Business One application using VB.Net, SQL
Server and Crystal Reports(Business Object).
. Responsible for manual testing such as smoke testing, functional
testing, integration testing, regression testing and end to end
testing, creating test cases and test plans, documentation and
application support.
. Tested the functionality in SAP Business One for an application
created for sales module.
. Responsible for creation and maintenance of SAP-COM objects and
supporting multiple clients in various countries.
. Worked under high stress environment to meet the deadline of the
project.
. Generated Data Driven scripts that access the backend database.
. Assisted the team lead in the preparation of the Solution verification
document.
. Worked closed with Business Analysts in analyzing the changes in the
Requirements document.
. Hosted the Test Case review meeting and presented to BAs and
developing team that the test cases written meet the requirements.
. Attended the weekly status meeting to report the status and discuss
the recommendations for the future work plan.
Grotek Enterprises, India Nov 2006 -
Nov 2007
Role: Software Engineer Trainee
Responsibilities: Testing of Legacy system
. Extensively involved in Preparing Test Plan and Writing Test Cases.
. Involved in Unit testing, Integration testing and Regression testing
. Identified the test requirements based on application business
requirements.
. Analyzed requirements based on application business requirements.
Empyra.com, Inc Apr 2005 -
Nov 2006
Role: Jr. Systems Analyst
Responsibilities: Design, development and testing of the software products
. Designed and developed web templates
. Prepared Test Plans and Test Cases
. Identified business/functional requirements and defined use cases and
test cases
. Performed testing and documented results
. Generated operational reports and presented in team meetings
EDUCATION
Degree and Date Institute Major and Specialization
Master of Computer Bishop Heber College, Computer Applications
Applications - India
2007
Computer Applications
Bachelor of Computer Bishop Heber College,
Applications - 2004 India
Reference
References available upon request