Swetha Krovvidi
Address : *****, ** *** **, *** A5-216, Bellevue, WA - 98005
Email: *********@*****.***; Alternative Email : **************@*****.**.**
Phone: 510-***-****
Objective
Seeking an interesting position that can benefit my experience and
expertise in my field(s) of interest by effectively utilizing and enhancing
my communication, leadership and organizational skills.
Summary
. Experience working in Agile(SCRUM) Development environment and Test
Driven Development(TDD).
. Expertise with Object Oriented Analysis and Design and Implementation of
OOD/OOA using UML.
. Hands on experience in J2EE Technologies such as Servlets, JSP, RMI and
JDBC.
. Experience in Scripting languages such as PHP and JavaScript.
. Sound RDBMS concepts and extensively worked with Oracle, PeopleSoft
and familiar with designing and coding Stored Procedures, Cursors,
Functions and Triggers using PL/SQL.
. Strong working knowledge in using XML, HTML and DHTML and also Web
Application Servers like Apache Tomcat and Bea Weblogic.
. Good working knowledge in using software like MicroStrategy,
Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Flex Builder.
. Self motivated, strong communication, interpersonal, time management
and consulting skills with good work ethic.
. Good problem solving skills with high aptitude to follow the logic
control.
. Can work well in a team or independently.
. Willingness and ability to easily adapt to learn any newer technology or
software.
Academics
. Masters in Computer Science (Fall 2007- Spring 2009)
Institution: University of Houston- System, Houston, Texas
. Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering (2003-
2007)
Institution: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Hyderabad, India
Work Experience
. Job Title: Technical QA Engineer at Yahoo!
Nov '09 - Current
Organization: Yahoo! Inc
Brief Description: Involved in
> Develop and maintain automated frontend/backend test cases
> Identify test strategies and automate test cases in a suite of
tools that include Selenium/TestNG, as well as help define test
automation strategy with the existing QA team, review product
specifications, contribute to test harness, automate tests,
execute test plans and participate in defining/selecting
appropriate test tools.
> Participate in Sprint planning and provide effective QA
estimates as required and also provide suggestions for
improving the current process for effective QA infrastructure.
> Testing common components used all across Yahoo! Network which
also involves providing integration support to various teams
across the company
> Identifying and designing test frameworks to support test
development, participate in requirements and design reviews of
new functionality
Programming Languages/Tools/Servers: Java, TestNG, Selenium
RC, Apache
Scripting Languages: PHP, Javascript
. Job Title: QA Engineer
Jun '09 - Oct'09
Organization: SuccessFactors
Brief Description: Involved in
> Developing test cases based on software requirements
> Documenting software issues discovered using a defect tracking
system (JIRA)
> Analysing and communicating defects to Software developers
. Job Title: Part-time Web Developer
Sept '08 - May '09
Organization: College of Technology, University of Houston
Brief Description: Involved in the development and
maintenance of
> College of Technology Website
> Online Teaching Institute where in we provided the professors
with options for uploading and managing course material and
the students to access the course material. We also designed
discussion boards for effective communication of the class.
> College of Technology website for mobile phones
Scripting Languages/Database: PHP, JavaScript/MySQL
Software/Tools: Content Management System, Macromedia
Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash CS4
. Job Title: Technical Yahoo! Intern
May '08 - Aug '08
Organization: Yahoo! Inc
Brief Description:
> Responsible for the design and implementation and integration
of FLASH/Flex dashboards into business intelligence web
portals and dashboards.
. Scripting Language: ActionScript
. Software/Tools: MicroStrategy 8x, Adobe Flex Builder
> Responsible to develop a web application written using
PHP/Yahoo YUI framework and other web technologies.
. The project automates a business process which is
currently done manually by one of the Yahoo engineer.
. The over all scope of the project is to have it fully
automated. The module which I developed gives the users
an ability to retrieve and manipulate business
information through a web interface.
. Scripting Languages: PHP, JavaScript
. Software/Tools: YUI Framework, Macromedia Dreamweaver,
AJAX Framework
. Job Title: Graduate Assistant
Aug '07 - Apr '08
Organization: Office of Admissions, University of Houston
Brief Description: To write SQL queries and execute batch processes
in PeopleSoft.
Software/Tools: PeopleSoft
. Job Title: Part-time Software Developer
Dec '06 - May '07
Organization: Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (Andhra
Pradesh, India)
Programming language/ Operating System/Database: JAVA/Windows/Oracle
Brief Description: To develop application software for the
organization to maintain a record of its assets (computer accessories,
printers etc).
College Projects
. Project Title: Social Knowledge Connector
Jan'09 - May '09
Organization: eGain Communications
Brief Description: Involved in the development of a "Social Knowledge
Connector" that will "scrape" content from Internet and allow the
ability to manage this content.
Technologies: JSPs, Servlets, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, YUI Framework,
Jboss Application Server,
Amazon Simple DB, Ant, JUnit, Subversion(SVN),
CruiseControl, Cobertura
. Project Title: Intra-file security in a Distributed File System
Oct '07 - Dec '07
Organization: Worked on the project for successful completion of
"Operating Systems" course.
Programming language/Operating System: C/UNIX
Brief Description: In this project, our goal was to induce the concept
of intra-file security in a file system which is to
impose security on single copy of the file instead of having different
copies of the file for different levels of users.
. Project Title : Application Gateway Firewall
Aug '06 - Dec '06
Organization: Defense Research & Development Laboratory (Kanchanbagh,
India)
Programming language/ Operating System/Database: JAVA/Windows/Oracle
Brief Description: In this project we developed a firewall that runs
on a proxy server, validates employees or clients and restricts their
access to unauthorized resources/information of the organization. In
this process we also designed a home page of the organization for
testing.