A PURWA G HODKE E mail:
*.******@*****.***
*** * * ******* ***, Apt 315, Pasadena, CA 91106 Phone No. (626)
C a ree r Ob ject ive:
Seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization which will utilize my
skills, abilities and education and provide an opportunity to grow professionally.
Pe rson a l P ro f i le:
• Exceptional listener and communicator who effectively conveys information
verbally and in wri ting.
• A team player.
• Experienced in working in a fast paced environment
• A quick learner with strong interpersonal skills.
• Detail and process oriented.
• Highly adaptable, mobile, positive and resilient who is open to new ideas.
• Experienced in IT/Administration with the focus on Functional, Regression,
Smoke, In tegration and System Testing.
E d uc a t io n a l P ro f i le:
• Masters of Science in Industrial Mathematics with Computer Application.
• Bachelors of Science in Electronics.
• ISTQB ( International Software Testing Qualifications Board) certified.
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certified.
Tech no logy Competency:
• Basic knowledge of programming languages C, C++, Java.
• Mercury Quality Center 9.0
• JIRA 4.0
• Windows 98/2000/XP/VISTA.
• Database – Oracle SQL Developer.MS office
P rofession a l E xpe r ience:
Mastek Ltd, I ndia:
Company P rofile: M astek L td. is a leading Global Technology Solutions provider,
focusing on Insurance (Life, Pension and General), Government/Public sector and
F inancial Services verticals. I t has employee strength of over 3500 people and
operating offices are across U.S., Canada, U.K., Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle
East. Mastek has eight world-class global delivery centers in India and Malaysia.
Duration: 20 months
P roject Profile: Worked for a project called Core Elixir – Elixir covers all aspects of
t he insurance process – distribution, new business, underwri ting, policy servicing,
channel management, billing and claims. I t manages the complete financial aspect
of insurance policy administration and also interfaces with reinsurance companies.
Worked in the team as a Software Test Analyst.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Coordinated with Business Analyst and Technical Architects to understand
t he requirements from business and technical standpoint and evaluate
feasibili ty.
• Coordinated Defect Tr iage meetings with the stakeholders to analyze defects
and prioritize them.
• Conducted t raining and knowledge t ransfer sessions for peers within the
t eam and outside the team
• Participated in meetings with project management, development team and
business analysts to discuss different business processes, process plans and
f unctionality in detail.
• Ushering new members into the team and t raining them.
• Preparing Knowledge Transition documents and t raining resources for the
application.
• Review Test Scenarios and Test Cases designed by other team members.
• Worked with Business Users and Developers to create complete test plan.
• Capacity Planning, Test Analysis, Test Estimation and Test Execution.
• Performed different stages of software testing for the application –
F unctional, Regression, In tegration, GUI testing.
• Test Data preparation.
• Study the requirements and derive Test Scenarios and design Test Cases
accordingly.
• Test Planning and Test Metrics Preparation.
• Performed End-to-End Testing.
• Defect logging and t racking them ti ll closure in Mercury Quality Center.
• Optimization of test case wr iting and test execution within the team by
i mplementing good practices like requirement t raceability matrix.
• Daily status reporting to onsite during the test case design phase.
O t he r Job E x pe r i e nces:
Season’s hospice and palliative care center: C ur rently working as a fulltime
a dministrative volunteer. Conducted Community Outreach, designed flyers,
r eviewed and updated patient and volunteer profiles, marketed bereavement
call volunteer program at Glendale Community College.
T ehmi Grant I nstitute of Nursing Education, Pune:
Tehmi Grant Institute of Nursing Education, Pune, is one of the top ranked nursing
colleges affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India. They offer a
4 year nursing program.
D uration: 2 semesters during the academic years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Appointed to int roduce statistics as a new subject in the 4 th year.
• Conducted a class of 30 students.
• Planned and implemented classes on various topics like – numerical and
g raphical methods for collecting, describing and representing data, using
d ifferent computation methods like normal distribution, central tendency,
spread, shape, correlation, graphs etc. for analyzing and interpreting it in a
clear and understandable way.
• Developed effective notes for students on the topics taught.
• Set questions papers for their examination, did paper correction and graded
t he students accordingly.
• Actively participated in various social events organized by the college.
Ce r t i f ic a tes/Aw a r ds/Ach ievemen ts:
• Completed TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
certification in Nov 2009 in New York through Columbia I nstitute.
• Completed ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) in
I ndia.
• Awarded with a spot award twice for my good work and contribution towards
t he project in Mastek.
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E x t r a c u r r i c u l a r Ac t i v i t i es:
• Participated in the annual social event at Mastek, called “Runtime”. I was
a lso a part of the social events organizing and planning team.
• I was one of the coordinators for the Testing community created within
M astek. As part of my role I had to conduct interviews of various testers for a
section called “Know your fellow tester” from different teams and projects.
R e fe r e nces:
Available on request