Venkataraman Mani
Fords NJ 08863
Mobile – 201- 936 -6253
Email – *********@*****.***
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth - 18th July 1973
Gender - Male
Nationality - Indian
Passport Number - G9113830
Visa Details - L2 visa with EAD
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
• Around 8 years of experience in Quality/Testing
•
Around 5 years of experience in Marketing (Pharmaceuticals).(Sun Pharma /
Hoechst Marion
Roussel (Aventis) / E-Merck)
CSTM certified by Government of India (Certified software Test Manager-STQC)
IT EXPERIENCE
2009 July to 2010 Jan – SaturnBlue Technology Solutions, Chennai –
Proprietor
2008 March to 2008 Sep –Indus soft/R systems international Ltd
Designation: Test Lead
2007 May to 2008 Jan –Navagate software Private Limited, Chennai-
Designation: QA Lead.
2006 October to 2007 May - Hexaware Technologies, Chennai -Sr. Software engineer
2005 October to 2006 September - ISOFT PLC, Chennai-Quality engineer
2002 November to 2005 September - Premier Technology group (P) Ltd-Quality assurance
professional
March 2001 – 2002 October - Inner wise information Technology (P) Ltd-Software tester
ACHIEVEMENTS IN IT
• Travelled to Germany for Citibank from Hexaware Technologies as a lead for
Initial knowledge transition of EBS system in German language and trained the
offshore team
• Travelled to Boston as an onsite Manager, and won 6 development projects and all
the testing projects from Gryphon networks for Navagate
• Received appreciation gift certificates from the client (Gryphon networks) for the
efficiency in managing the team to complete project ahead of schedule
• Effectively managing all recruitment activities for Navagate
• Have successfully completed few localization projects from English to Japanese
language from scratch while playing the dual role as a Testing professional and as
a business analyst for those projects
SALES & MARKETING EXPERIENCE
1998 December to 2000 November - E-Merck, Designation – Medical Representative
1997 September to 1998 December - Hoechst Marion Roussel (Aventis), Designation – Medical
Representative
1996 March to 1997 September - Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Designation – Professional Service
Representative
ACHIEVEMENTS IN SALES & MARKETING
• Have been placed in All India Rank – 4 for the sales of the product ‘Cadvion’
during the year 2000
• Always exceeded the target set for the sales of all the products
• Have been placed in Rank – 2 in Chennai for the sales of the product ‘Aztatin’ on a
single day during 1997
• Have secured institutional orders
• Have been appreciated for conducting the seminars and doctors meet remarkably
COMPETENCIES
• Team administration, Test Management, Recruitment,Resource allocation and
utilisation
• Good analytical & testing skills; ability to manage complexity; ability to work with
senior management; proven team player & Self-starter
• Excellent communication skills demonstrated through numerous reports and
presentations at work and university
• Ability to get on with people at all levels and able to co-ordinate and encourage team spirit to
develop a high performing atmosphere
• Able to motivate and encourage team members well and have an ability to exercise good
judgement under pressure
DOMAIN EXPERTISE:
• Insurance
• Health Care
• Pharmaceuticals
• Banking
• Investments
S.no Countries Visited for Period Purpose
Business Purpose
1 Germany-Düsseldorf 02/19/2007 to 03/03/2007 Official-
Knowledge
transfer-
Citi bank
2 USA(Boston- 08/10/2007 to 08/31/2007 Official-
Norwood) Knowledge
transfer-
Gryphon
networks
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 March to till date –R systems international Limited
Designation : Test Lead
Role: Test Lead
Handled 5 member team
Project details
Client: DOHA Bank
Application: Loan Origination System
Details: Handling the testing of systems for home, auto, personal loans from approval
of loans till disbursement
Client: GE
Application: External work place
Details: Testing the internal portal system for GE
Client: Panasonic
Application: SAP-Portal-Issue tracker
Details: Testing of issue tracker on Lotus Notes, a product of SAP, and which has
customized for Panasonic. Involves testing on both Lotus Notes and Internet explorer
Client: City Union Bank
Application: Loan Origination System
Details: Handling the testing of systems for Agriculture, home, auto and personal
loans from approval of loans till disbursement
Client: DIGI workflow- Internal digitization product
Application: DIGI workflow
Details: Handling the testing of systems for Document digitization and flow of
documents to various stages.
Roles and Responsibilities: Leading the testing team, Scripts allocation
Defect Tracking and reporting to the management on testing status.
2007 May to 08/01/2008 –Navagate software Private Limited, Chennai-
Designation: QA Lead
Role : QA Manager
Traveled to Boston for Knowledge transfer
Project details
Client: Gryphon networks, Norwood, Boston, MA
Application: Do not call –Web application
Details: Certifying the Phone numbers, mobile number, Fax numbers, Mail and E-
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Leading offshore team
Client: G2x, New York
Application: Agility, MMA, Sagicor and MOO
Roles/Responsibilities:
• Transition set up in Chennai from Minsk
• Handled 8 member team
• 2006 October to May 2007 - Hexaware Technologies, Chennai
–
• Designation: Sr. Software engineer
• Role: Team Lead
Traveled to Düsseldorf, Germany for receiving initial knowledge transition
Project details
Client: Citi -EBS (Citibank Germany)
Application: RBS and EBS.
Details: User acceptance testing by Wave big bang approach on RBS to EBS converted
application.
Roles/Responsibilities:
Modules tested: Equities –Test scripts preparation, Test scripts review
Leading a Team of 20 members
Resource allocation
Scripts allocation
Defect Tracking.
Responsible for knowledge transition from onsite to offshore team for the conversion
from RBS to EBS and gained knowledge on Accounts service, ATM, Call centre,
Investment operations.
Training to the offshore team.
• 2005 October-September 2006 ISOFT PLC, Chennai –
Quality engineer
Project details
Client: NHS (National Health service-UK)
Application: Synergy 1.5.39 to 1.8(Client-server).
Details: Synergy is a Primary care application that helps General Practioners to maintain the
Patient details.
Technologies Used:
Languages/Tools - VC++, .Net
Database - Interbase
Roles/Responsibilities:
Tested Synergy applications from 1.5.39 to 1.8
Preparation of Business Process scripts
Executed Test scripts/Business scripts
Defect Tracking
• 2002 November to 2005-September- Premier Technology
group (P) Ltd-Quality assurance professional/Associate
Business analyst
Project details
Client: E-Z data Inc, Pasadena, CA
CRM Application: Smart office 3.0 to 3.5 (Web application/Client -server).
Details: Insurance application that helps Insurance Carriers, Advisors to track their Contact’s
details like personal information, Carriers, Products, Policies and Investments.
(a) Smart office 3.5:
Contact Module: Contact’s personal data maintained and integrated to other modules
like Carriers, Products, Policies, and Investments.
b) Localization:
Smart office 3.5 to Smart office 3.5(SOSING-Singapore)
Smart office 3.5 to Smart office 3.5(SOJA-Japan).
c) DMG: Data Migration Group
o Minnesota life (Conversion from Windows to Web application)
o ECP 3.0 to CDS 4.1.1(Conversion from Web application to Windows)
o CA (Commerce agency) to ECP3.0 (Conversion from Windows to Web
application)
o CDS4.1.1 to ECP3.0 (Conversion from Windows to Web application)
o CDS3.1 to CDS4.1.1 (Upgrade)
o IPAC UPGRADE CDS3.1 to CDS4.1.1 upgrade.
Technologies Used:
Languages/Tools - VC++, J2EE, XML
Database - Sybase 7.0, Sybase 8.0, Oracle 8.1
Roles/Responsibilities:
Preparation of Test plans
Preparation of Test Cases
Preparation of Localization Test plans/Test Cases
Execution of Test cases
Backend Testing
Defect Tracking
Handled the Team
Conducted internal audits
Participate in External audits
SEPG member
Tested CRM applications- Smart office 3.0 to 3.5
Tested CRM applications Smart office 3.5 to 3.5.8(Japanese)
Apart from Testing Latest codes are build and deployed daily using
Apache, Tomcat4.0, IBM HTTP server for internal testing
• March 2001 – October2002- Inner wise information
Technology (P) Ltd-
Designation / Role: Software Tester
Project Details: (In House Projects)
Client: Vass Industries (P) Ltd, Chennai
Habonim Code system: This is a system which gives the details about the products (valves).
As per customer requirement order form is generated and executed.
Technologies Used:
Languages/Tools - HTML, ASP
Database - Oracle 7.x
Responsibilities:
Test Plan Creation
Test Case creation
Test Case execution
Defect Tracking
SKILL SET:
Operating System MS-Dos, Windows, Windows NT, Linux.
Languages VB6.0, C, C++
Testing Tools Exposure on Win Runner 6.0, Test Director 6.0, Load
Runner6.0, Jira, Lotus Notes and worked on Quality
center
TECHNICAL EDUCATION:
1) Diploma in computer Application from LIBA-IC, Loyola College.
2) Software Testing Course (Manual /Automated Testing) from Soft Smith
InfoTech, T.Nagar, Chennai-600017.