Kajal Borse
E-mail: ***********@*****.***
Home Location: Cary, North Carolina
Telephone: 919-***-**** (H)
Objective
To be a key player on a highly motivated, productive, and innovative
software development team which allows me to apply my technical skills in
an enlightened, dynamic, and high paced environment.
Experience Summary
. Over 7 years of experience in Information Technology with wide
experience of Banking, Insurance, HealthCare and manufacturing
industry.
. Microsoft Certified .Net Developer
. Microsoft certified professional in web based application.
. Worked as a Programmer Analyst, Team Lead, Technical Lead and
Test Lead.
. Thorough understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
. Experience comprises of requirement analysis, design requirement
specification and use cases, estimation, planning, project
initiation, UI design and development, manual testing and remote
deployment.
. Experience includes developing Web and windows based Enterprise
applications using .NET framework. Have worked on ASP.NET
(VB.NET, C#), XML, Web Services, Visual Basic 6.0 and SQL Server
2000.
. Extensive experience on Object Oriented Concepts.
. ASTQB Certified Tester
. Certified Tester from American Standard Testing Qualification
Board, USA.
. Thorough understanding of the Software Testing Life cycle.
. Worked on automation tool like Compuware TestPartner, Compuware
quality manager workbench and Borland silktest.
. Has good experience in preparation of Test Plan, Test
Strategies, writing manual and automated Test Script, Test
execution and collecting Test metrics.
. Has good experience in Functional Testing, Regression Testing,
system and integration testing
. Extensive experience in preparing functional specifications, flow
diagrams, Use cases.
. Excellent self learning, problem solving, analytical, interpersonal
and communication skills, process oriented.
. Excellent customer interaction skills and experience.
Technical Skills:
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000,
MS-DOS, Windows 2003, Windows XP
Application IIS 5.0, 6.0 (Internet Information Server)
Servers:
Langages: VB, C#, C++, XML
Databases: MSSQL Server 2000, Oracle 8i, MS Access
Tools/ Software: FrontPage 2000, Dreamweaver 9,nUnit for
Testing, Visio, Borland Silktest, Compuware
TestPartner, Compuware Quality Manager
workbench
Technologies VB.NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET(1.1/2.0), VB 6.0
(COM, ActiveX, ADO), Jscript, VBscript, ASP,
JSP, XML
Professional Experience & Certifications-Summary
Industry Experience
Banking, Insurance, Healthcare and Manufacturing
Qualification
. Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from North Maharashtra
University, India
. Diploma in Advance Computing from CDAC, ACCT, India
Certification
. Microsoft Certified Professional in developing web based application
using C#.net.
. ASTQB (American Standard Testing Qualification Board) certified tester
. Certified Programme in US Banking.
Training
. Attended Six days Seminars and Hands on Labs on Visual Studio.NET
conducted by Microsoft.
. Attended training for Six Sigma, Proposal Writing, Quality Management,
Effective Client Communication, and Performance Engineering.
Project Experience
. Microsoft Certified .Net Developer
. ASTQB Certified Tester
1. Project Name: PartnerPlus Application
Client: WABCO American Standards, Hanover (GmBH)
(www.waco-auto.com )
Duration: 7 months
Description: Client is one of the global leaders in commercial
vehicle braking, stability, suspension and transmission control system.
This is a web based application used by WABCO Internal Customers. It's a
Customer Incentive solution that reward to WABCO Customers. PartnerPlus
System offers Point Accrual Calculations for WABCO-approved transaction
activities and actions, Award Redemptions and Customer Account statements.
I was involved in requirement gathering phase, developing Redemption
module, testing and remote deployment of application.
Role: Project Leader
Software: Visual Studio .Net 2003, ASP.Net, SQL server2000, IIS6.0.
Responsibility
. Involved in Project Initiation phase.
. Communicating with client and understanding the
functional requirement.
. Providing estimation to the client and discussed the
same with client.
. Review of HLD and LLD.
. Discussion on status with onsite coordinator.
. Resolved technical challenges within team.
. Design technical architecture of application.
. Design shared module which is used by various classes.
. Manual Testing and Deployment on Quality Server of
client.
Highlight
. Highly appreciated by management for on time and defect
free delivery
2. Project Name: Misys HealthCare
Client: Misys, Raleigh, NC (www.misys.com )
Duration: 12 months
Description: Client is one of the reputed companies in healthcare
products. The system is windows based application that deals with hospital
management functionalities like scheduling appointments, prescribing
medications, pathological test reports, medical history etc. I was involved
in following module:
. Schedule Time Management
. Visit Documentation
. Editing Chart Note
. Patient Record Navigation
. Immunization Interface
Role: Technical Leader
Software: VB 6.0, Informix9.0, C#.net, Visual Studio .net 2003, nUnit
Responsibility
. Involved in functional understanding of existing system
with the client.
. Involved in direct interaction with BA's for system
related queries.
. Design of Low Level Document.
. Involved in estimation of module and provided it to
Project Manager.
. Involved in setting up the team, project initiation.
. Discussion with team for the status and updating the
same with project manager.
. Involved in Enhancement and verification of modules and
testing using nUnit.
. Involved in providing different metrics to Project
Manager and client.
3. Project Name: Co-operative Insurance Services (CIS)
Client: Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), Manchester (UK) (www.co-
opinsurance.com/ )
Duration: 9 months
Description: CIS is a windows based application used for providing
insurance of vehicle. This system is used by financial
advisor of CFS and Call centers. The system basically
consists of capturing personal information of the customer
and driver, vehicle information,
disabilities/claims/conviction of driver. Depending upon
all these parameters premium is calculated by third party
component. On acceptance of the premium, information about
credit/debit/direct debit payment is captured. The system
also prints some reports to handover it to customer. The
system consists of following modules:
. Personal Details
. Driver Details
. Additional Information
(Claims/Convictions/Disabilities)
. Vehicle Details
. Cover Details
. Quotation Details
. Confirmation of Details
. Payment Details
Role: Module Leader
Software: C#.net, SQL server2000, IIS6.0, Db2, visio.
Responsibility
. Involved in discussion with client for requirement
study.
. Developed user controls which are used various modules.
. Developed interfaces that interact with third party
component to verify the data.
. Prepared low level design document with use cases,
sequence diagrams, class diagrams.
. Design and Development of modules.
. Involved in status call and requirement discussion with
client.
. Assigned tasks to team member, track the work status and
verify the development of each module at every stage.
. Created coding standard document and shared with team.
4. Project Name: BankPro Application
Client: BB&T, Raleigh, NC (www.bbt.com )
Duration: 15 months
Description: BB&T is one of the established financial service
providers in North Carolina. BankPro is a windows based application for
customer service office of BB&T. This application provides access to
different products like loans, CDs, IRAs, Checking and saving account.
My responsibility, based at Raleigh, was to maintain the automated scripts
for BB&T's BankPro application, make modification in the automated script
for the new enhancement going into each release, execute the scripts for
each release within schedule, report the defects to development team and
verification of the functionality after fix is applied to defects.
Role: Test Lead
Tool: Borland Silktest
Responsibility
. Communicating with LOB's and understanding the new
functional requirement.
. Preparation of new test scenario if required or
identifying the existing scenario for enhancement.
. Preparation of enhancement and execution plan.
. Enhancement in script for new functionality.
. Preparation of Test Data.
. Execution of script and reporting the defects to
development team.
. Communicating with development team for the resolution
and retesting the functionality to close the defect.
. Monitor, Control and coordination activities during QA
and UAT activities.
. Preparation of test report to provide sign off for UAT.
. Coordinating with offshore team for execution and
enhancement status.
. Involved in Triage calls with development team and
business users.
. Presentation of status report and quality metrics to the
client.
Highlights
. Highly appreciated by senior management of client for
quality testing as no defects were reported in
production.
. Identified severity one defect which might have impacted
the business.
. Responsible for creating and maintaining testing and
defect management document.
. Created best practices and lessons learnt for
automation.
. Created induction manual for application and testing
process.
. Excellent communication with development team to
communicate the defect and follow up with the team for
closure.
5. Project Name: Online Banking
Client: BB&T, Raleigh, USA (www.bbt.com )
Duration: 4 months
Description: BB&T is one of the established financial service
providers in North Carolina and nearby areas. Online Banking is a web based
application used by customers of BB&T. This application is used to view
account information, online bill payment and transfers to other accounts. I
was involved in writing manual test scripts in QM tool and execution of
regression test cases. Also I am involved in automating the validation
scripts for OLB using TestPartner tool.
Role: Test Analyst
Tool: Compuware TestPartner, Compuware Quality Manager
Responsibility
. Communicating with LOB's and understanding the new
functional requirement.
. Performed Requirement study to identify Test Scenario
and reviewed the same
. Preparation of execution plan, test strategy.
. Preparation of Test Data and Test Cases
. Communicating and assigning test scenario to offshore
team and tracking the status.
. Involved in test cases review with client.
. Execution of regression test suite and reporting the
defects to development team through Compuware defect
tracking tool.
. Involved in Triage calls with development team and
business users.
. Reporting different metrics to client for the
improvement.
. Preparation of test report to provide sign off for SIT.
. Design architecture for automation.
. Writing validation scripts for the application.
Highlights
. Designed shared module in TestPartner which is used by
other scripts across the different projects.
6. Project Name: Part Numbering System
Client: WABCO American Standards, Hanover (GmBH)
Duration: 5 months
Description: PNS is a web based application developed in ASP with
backend as SQL Server 2000. Reference is a ten digit number
which WABCO assigns for every part depending upon various
criteria. The System contains some of the following
functionalities:
. Searching a reserved reference
. Reserving a reference for products like devices,
modules.
. Validating a reference
Role: Team Member
Software: ASP, VB, SQL server2000, IIS6.0, Visual Studio 6.0
Responsibility
. Maintenance and Enhancement of existing application.
. Testing of new enhancement.
. Updating design documents for new enhancement.
. Deployment of new enhancement on Quality server of
Client.
7. Project Name: Exhibit Database
Client: WABCO American Standards, Hanover (GmBH)
(www.wabco-auto.com/)
Duration: 4 months
Description: Exhibit Database is a web based application used by WABCO
employee. The system provides user to search for the part
numbers, access reports and create and maintain the
exhibits record for special user. The system consists of
following modules:
. Create Exhibit
. Maintain Exhibit
. Delete Exhibit
. Reports
. Search Part Number
Role: Team Member
Software: C#.net, ASP.Net, SQL server2000, IIS6.0.
Responsibility
. Involved in discussion with client on business
requirement and finalizing the scope of project.
. Involved in providing estimation to the project lead.
. Requirement gathering and Analysis.
. Functional Document Design and Development.
. Unit Testing of application
. Deployment on Quality Server.
8. Project Name: Automotive Retail System
Client: Bridge Speak, Seattle. DC (www.bridgespeak.com/ )
Duration: 2 months
Description: BridgeSpeak AR is a telephone-based interactive voice
response (IVR) tools specifically designed to address the
unique needs of automotive dealerships. Easily integrated
with most Dealer Management Systems, bridgeSpeak AR is
comprised of six, fully-configurable modules:
. Appointment Reminders
. Missed Appointment Notifications
. Customer Mining
. Special Order Parts Notification
. Inbound Auto Attendant
. Comprehensive Reports and Statistics
The system consists of Web application for administrator
and Speech application, which will give call to customer to
provide the information. Speech application is implemented
using Microsoft speech server.
Role: Team Member
Software: C#.net, SQL server2000, IIS5.0
Responsibility
. Involved in developing web application for administrator
part.
. Unit Testing and System Integration Testing
. Updating HLD and LLD after modification of requirement.
. Peer review of code.
9. Project Name: ACE Reference List
Client: Atlas Copco Holding GmbH, Germany
(www.atlascopco.com )
Duration: 4 months
Description: The Applied Compressor and Advance (ACE) Techniques
Reference Database Portal is an Intranet application to be
hosted on Web Server of the Germany plant of Atlas Copco.
The Portal also depicts the Customer Order Information for
the three machine types viz;
. Customized Centrifugal Compressors
. Standard Centrifugal Compressors
. Turboexpander
ACE Portal is divided into three ranges Search mask,
Announcement and Report. The search results were displayed
using data grids with dynamic display of contents in the
form. Report could be printed or exported to MS word or XLS
formats.
The complete project, right from requirement gather to
remote deployment of the application, was done from
offshore (India) for the Germany Plant
Role: Technical Leader
Software: ASP.NET, VB Script, MS Access 2000, IIS 5.0, Windows 2000,
Visio 2002, Crystal Reports
Responsibility
. Involved in Overall System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
. Working closely with the Germany Plant's business
managers, Analyze business needs and offer creative
programming solutions
. Business Analysis, requirement analysis and application
design
. Prepare flowchart and systems diagram to assist in
problem analysis
. Requirement collection, Analysis and Design HLD
. Design, Code, Test and Debug complex software programs
module
. Remote deployment of application to Germany plant from
India.
10. Project Name: Project Management System
Client: Atlas Copco, Belgium and India (www.atlascopco.com )
Duration: 6 months
Description: The Project Management System is an Intranet application
to be hosted on Web Server of Global Engineering Center.
The System enables Project Managers to view the resource
profiles, their availabilities and allocate the suitable
resources. The solution will provide end users benefits
like time tracking of project execution, employee timesheet
override capability and monthly report. The presentation
layer consists of HTML screens generated using ASP .net.
User interacts with the application using these HTML forms.
The modules of presentation layer will interact with the
database using Microsoft ADO.net as the data access
component to store/retrieve data from SQL Server.
Role: Technical Leader
Software: ASP.NET, VB Script, HTML, FrontPage, SQL server, IIS 5.0,
Windows 2000, Visio 2002
Responsibility
. Coordination with the Client to write Business
Requirements.
. Design of flow diagram, class diagram and sequence
diagram.
. Designing, coding, testing including database designing.
. Preparation of user manual and technical documentation.
. Unit testing and regression testing of application
. Assist team members with technical difficulties.
. Deployment of application on GECIA server.
11. Project Name: GECIA Website
Client: Atlas Copco, India (www.atlascopco.com )
Duration: 5 months
Description: GECIA is an Intranet site developed to display the
overview of the India IT division of Atlas Copco. It's an
information portal containing information about the
employee structure, GECIA strategy, Processes followed,
Project information and Status. The site enables the IT
Head to track of all the projects with key information like
Project plan, schedule, timesheets, status, etc. This
system could also generate reports for daily activity,
weekly activity, monthly activity, quarterly activity, half-
yearly activity and yearly activity. It could also generate
Project based reports, manpower allocation reports, etc
Role: Team Member
Software: ASP, VB Script, HTML, FrontPage, MS Access, IIS 4.0, and
Windows NT 4.0
Responsibility
. Involved in requirement gathering with the client.
. Preparation of Screen Layouts and documentation.
. Development of ASP Pages to view and update the
information on the browser
. Preparation of Test Cases, Integration, Coding and
Testing of the modules.
. Updating status to project lead.
. Deployment of application on GECIA server.
12. Project Name: Online Trading of Shares
Client: A Premier Brokerage Firm (www.motilaloswal.com )
Duration: 4 months
Description: The client is a leading share broking firm. The project
was taken up for Net Trading of securities. The system
would eliminate manual intervention between the investors
and stock exchange allowing the investor to strike the deal
directly on the Internet through the access provided by the
broker. The investors of a broker will log onto the system
and place buy and sell orders. The clients also get
services like online market rates, market trends and
performance, recommendation, portfolio management, etc
The project involved working with ASP along with VB script.
It can take any contemporary backend like Oracle 8i and
will be hosted on NT Server.
Role: Team Member
Software: ASP, VB Script, HTML Frontpage, Oracle 8i, IIS 4.0, Windows NT
4.0
Responsibility
. Design High Level and Low Level document.
. Development of ASP Pages to view and update the
information on the browser
. Preparation of test cases, loading and testing of
modules
. Peer review of modules.
. Updating status to the Project Lead.
13. Project Name: Micro ERP System
Client: Fast Growing Stationary Manufacturing Firm
Duration: 6 months
Description: The client is a leading manufacturer of stationeries for
companies and educational institutes. The system developed
was an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package at a very
micro level. The system was designed to enable the
management to streamline and automate the manufacturing
process. The application had Warehouse Management (WM),
Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS), Shop floor
Control (SC), Human Resource (HR) and Accounts (AC)
modules. I was involved in developing the Warehouse
Management module. The key functionalities were;
. Material receipt and dispatch
. Inventory control
. Bill of Material (BOM)
. Requirement analysis and Forecasting
. Scrap control
. Inspection and Quality control
Role: Team Member
Software: VB, MS Access, Windows NT 4.0
Responsibility:
. Design High Level Design Documents.
. Development of various VB components
. Writing procedures, packages and reports. Testing
through parallel run with manual system
. Design, Analysis and Development of database
. Involved in unit testing and system integration testing.
14. Project Name: Portal Development
Client: Educational Institute
Duration: 2 months
Description: The portal was developed for the computer department of
the institute. The application was a secured intranet based
information portal for the students and the faculties. The
functionalities included student's academic and personal
profile, course schedule, fees structure, circulars,
faculty information, exam announcements, results
declaration, etc. The application also kept the track of
inventories such as CD's, Books, etc and issue them on
request. Besides the application could also generate
multitude of reports and do some rudimentary analysis.
Role: Team Member
Software: ASP, VB Script, HTML FrontPage, Oracle 8i, IIS 4.0, Windows NT
4.0, Rational Rose for UML
Responsibility:
. Involved in creation of High Level design document.
. Development of various ASP Pages
. Design, Analysis and Development of database
. Involved in unit testing and peer review.