Engineer Design

Neelima Krovvidi

*****, * **** ***** *-mail : *********@*****.***

Sammamish, WA-98074 Phone no : 425-***-****

Career Highlights

Over nine years of software testing and development experience

Developed automation framework using C# and worked with different

Automated test tools like NUnit, Selenium,Junit, Jmeter

Certified scrum master .Been exposed to agile development practices in start-up

environment and in international corporation with 3weeks-3 months release

cycles

Used numerous test cases and code repositories and bug tracking systems:

Product Studio,

Raid, Jira,Fogbugz, Vault

Worked and coordinated with product development teams in geographically

dispersed organizations

Helped in Test Planning,Scheduling and Test Estimation

Exposed to mobile devices testing and mobile site testing

Mentored new hires and contractors

Able to assume multiple responsibilities and remain productive within time-

sensitive and fast paced environments

Education

Bachelor of Engineering from Pune University, India

Diploma in Advanced Computing Areas from Pune University, India

Certificate courses

Certificate in Web Database Fundamentals from University of Washington

Certificate in ASP from Bellevue Community College

Certificate in C# Programming from Bellevue Community College

Certified Scrum Master

Professional Experience

Java Software Design Engineer in Test - AudienceScience March 2009-till date

• Developed Test Strategy for testing Real Time Bidding

• Wrote automation scripts using Junit and Selenium

• Wrote Performance Test Scripts using Jmeter

• Represented Test in the daily scrum, Bug triages, Product Planning Meetings and Code

Reviews

• Mentored New Hires

Software Design Engineer in Test - Nokia, WA Jan 2008 –March 2009

• Developed Test Strategy for the Web 2.0 Social networking site for the mobile devices

• Developed Test Strategy for Globalization of the mobile site and website

• Participated in code walkthrough and used code coverage tools like NCover

• Wrote automation scripts using NUnit and Selenium

• Represented Test in the daily scrum, Bug triages,User Experience and

UI wireframe meetings

• Drove Sprints, collected test metrics

• Participated in Test Planning,determining Test Estimates and resource allocation for each

sprint

• Coordinated with vendors for localization testing and communicated the status

• Mentored new hires and contractors

Software Test Engineer - Expedia.Inc, WA Aug 2003 – Jan 2008

• Extensively involved in functionality testing of different features, writing test cases, test

planning, scheduling and rolling out the new features to production

• Had tested and helped in launching new international Points of Sale in Expedia, like Expedia.Fr,Expedia.NL,Expedia ES etc

• Displayed cross-group leadership skills by being a Quarterback during the releases, a test

Quarterback is the point of contact for the Operations, devs and other testers who troubleshoots

issues during the release and co-ordinates with the Ops, devs and testers to shunt and unshunt the

sites

• Was responsible to test the backend and troubleshoot issues by looking at different logs in CRS

• Coordinated the Hot fixes after the release, interacted with the Release management, attended the

Stability triage meetings

• Created automation scripts using C#

• Coordinated with Integration for fixing automation failures and maintaining the scripts for the rapid

release model

• Coordinated Regression and Upgrade testing for the release for different teams

• Mentored and managed new hires

• Actively involved in the scrum process for our team. Participated in the product backlog and sprint

backlog planning meetings .Implemented Test Driven Techniques. Developed scrum wiki for

updated and relevant documentation and resources

• Actively involved in test estimation, participated in planning and stepped up during manager’s

absence in our team

• Participated in Root Cause Analysis for releases, calculated Defect Detection Percentage and set

out methods for defect prevention

Software Design Engineer in Test - Volt Computer Services Jan 2002-August

2003

Client: Microsoft Corporation

Responsible for developing Test tools and monitoring the imports from AIC, GM, Autonation etc for

MSN Home and Autos team

• Design and developed the UI of Product Studio Reporting Tool which gives a modular and

graphical representation of the bugs in Product Studio

• Wrote stored procedures and created jobs in the database.

• Tested the CarPoint database for the autos imports

• Tested components which convert the text files dropped by the dealers to XML.

• Monitored and troubleshooted the import jobs

Client: RealNetworks

• Responsible for testing Real Networks (Seattle) Real One player, an integral component of Real

Networks system architecture which combines jukebox and built in media browser in one.

• Design, develop and execute test cases for some core areas, track bugs and report the results.

• Interact with Program Managers and developers regarding product specifications and timely

regression of the bugs

• Prepare and execute functional and integration test cases based on functional specifications and

working in functional, acceptance, over install, regression and BVT (build verification ) testing

• Playback Testing with different audio formats and content and for Embedded Players in different

sites

• Testing for Cross Platform,testing Hardware Compatibility of the product

Software Test Engineer Click2Learn Inc,WA April 2000-Jan 2002

• Was responsible for daily builds, interact with developers to resolve the build breaks, propagate the

builds to different test servers, and maintain the build scripts.

• Documented BVT test cases, performed BVT for the daily builds, resolved the BVT breaks with

the developers and released the build mails.

• Automated the BVT test cases with automation suite, SilkTest.

• Worked with Product Management team to understand product specifications and functionality,

documented Test cases, performed Functional & Integration testing and wrote detailed bug reports.

• Wrote stored procedures and SQL queries to validate data presented in the User interface.

• Tested the product in multiple platforms & different browsers.

• Participated actively in bug triage meetings and worked proactively with developers to ensure

timely bug resolution.

• Developed Bug Tracking System

The bug tracking system was developed in-house and was customized to suit the requirements of our

company using Visual Basic and SQL

Web Developer JavaEntech Pvt Ltd, INDIA Nov98-Jan2000

• Analyzed the product specification designs and developed the user interface

• Design and create tables for the Email directory.

• Wrote code to display the Products and implement a shopping cart

• Unit testing and integration with other components

• Content Modification & Integration for e-learning course

• Creating the glossary of the technical terms involved in the site & hyperlinks to the content

• Personalizing the site for the students

Software Engineer P.C.POINT, INDIA 1997 Oct - 1998 Nov

Conducted Corporate Training:

• For Graduate Engineer Trainees in C, C++.

• Faculty Training to P.C Point franchises throughout India in C++, VB.

• Part-time training for Masters of Computer Management (MCM ) students in Institute of Business

Management & Research

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