Venkata Subramanian Ramakrishnan
*** ******** *****: 845-***-****
Hopewell JCT, NY 12533 Email: ******@********.***
. Sixteen years of experience in various areas of SDLC like
Development, QA, Release Management, product implementation,
performance fine-tuning and post production support.
. Has implemented various process improvement initiatives and
familiarity with Six Sigma Concepts with Green Belt Certification
. Experience in managing multiple projects and experienced personnel
including co-ordination with teams across different geographies.
. Experience in creating and implementing automation strategies, QA
metrics and overseen creation and management of automated teams.
. Experience in working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
. Experience in QA practices, including verification and validation
strategies, automated and manual testing
. Expertise and Technical Leadership in areas of Client/Server
Applications Technologies using Networking protocols, Unix
Internals, Databases and System Administration
. US Permanent Resident with Green Card
SUMMARY OF COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating System : UNIX (SOLARIS, HP-UX, SCO and OSF),
Linux, Windows (98/NT, 2000, XP, 2003)
Languages : Java, C, C++, C#, X- Windows, Shell
Scripting, Perl, HTML, VB Script, AWK and Sed
RDBMS : SQL Server, ORACLE, Sybase, Informix and
MySQL.
DBA Skills : Informix, SQL Server
Webserver : iPlanet, Apache and WebSphere, IIS
Version Control : Clear Case, CVS, PVCS, Perforce
Storage Managers : Legato, ISM
Communication Protocols : TCP/IP, X.25, UDP, ICMP, IPV6.
Automated Testing Tools : Winrunner 7.5 and QuickTest 9.2
Test Management Tools : HP Quality Center 9.0
Debugging Tools : Debugger, dbx, xdb, gdb & Trace
Qualification : MBA, M.Sc Applied Electronics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMC Corporation, White Plains - NY Oct 04 - Present
SMARTS InCharge
. Oversaw the creation and management of the tools and automation team,
which was involved in development and maintenance of the tools and
automation suites for QA
. Architected the automation strategy and created an automation
environment from scratch. Managed the automation development effort,
increasing functional coverage and efficient allocation of resources.
. Initiated process improvement project to improve the process of the
Golden CD testing that translated into soft savings of more than $450,000 a
year for QA alone and enabled in more efficient use of resources. Also
standardized the QE processes for better efficiency
. Perform year end appraisals for team members and mentor them as needed
. Duties also include administering QC 9.0, manual and performance testing
for various products on regular basis, defect tracking and co-ordination
with development teams for fixes.
. Involved in day to day development and testing of the product using
automated test suites developed using the product API
. Familiar in testing Network related products for MCAST, NPM, VOIP, OTM,
ATM, IPV6 etc.
Environment: Quick Test 9.2, QC 9.0, Java, Perl, C#, C, Shell Scripts,
VBScripts, SQL Server, IIS, CVS, UNIX (Solaris & HP), Linux, Windows (2003,
XP and 2000)
SER Solutions, Norwalk - CT May 02 - Oct - 04
Call Processing System
. Created and implemented the automation strategy to leverage existing
tools available and increase team performance.
. Developed test suite automation increasing product testing coverage.
. Duties include manual and automated testing for integration and
performance,
. Set up and maintenance of the test environment, enforce quality
standards, defect tracking and co-ordination with development teams for
fixes, work with customer support and development in resolving Customer
Issues, development of test suites and Test cases, Document Review
. Implemented source code control for development using CVS.
Environment: SCO 5.05/5.06, Winrunner 7.2, Quick Test 6.0, Astra Load Test,
Java, Unix IPCs, TCP/IP, SQL, Apache Webserver, Tomcat 3.3.1, Windows 2000,
XP.
Birlasoft Inc, Edison - NJ May 97 - Jan 02
Vendor Flow Decisioning
. Co-coordinated and streamlined the process of Software Releases at
various stages of the product
. Duties included effectively enforcing documentation, Manage source code
and version control on all the files that go into a Software Release
. Oversaw and maintained the availability of all critical services, needed
for the system
Kernel Connectivity Testing of Informix Server
. Duties include review of functional specs, devise test cases, assist
planning and implementation of standards, coordinate & oversee defect
tracking and stress testing of across various Informix Servers
. Initiated process improvements to Automate, Enhance and fix bugs in
existing test modules.
Network [Backbone] & Portal Testing
. Lead the QA Development and testing of the product. Enforced Quality
standards; oversaw Defect Reporting, Tracking and Validation. Set up and
maintained the Test environment
. Duties include analyzing requirements, design test cases, oversee
development of test suites, and perform manual and automated testing of the
product.
Abacus Visual Scripts (AVS)
. Developed new modules to extract the needed data from the database and
feed them to crystal reports for report generation
. Duties include interacting with the business people to identify the
requirements, testing, debug and fix bugs in existing scripts, post
deployment support and functional enhancements of existing scripts.
CSS - Postal bar-coding
. Involved in development of the module that automatically puts the bar
code for addresses in all outgoing mail according the USPS specifications
. Duties included Module integration, testing, Bug fixing, performance fine-
tuning and postproduction support.
Environment: Solaris, Windows NT, Java, C, ESQL-C, UNIX IPCs, TCP/IP,
Clear Case, ISM, Legato, Informix, Shell Scripts, IBM's Visual Age, PVCS
Version Manager, IBM WebSphere, Oracle, MQ Series, Dazel, SSA, Perl, C++,
C, Oracle, iPlanet, Winrunner, Sybase, CVS, Clear Case,
Nucleus Software Workshop (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Nov 95 - May
97
Central Exception Monitor & Fully Automated Transfer System
Lead development of the local server module using Unix IPCs like FIFOs,
Shared Memory etc. and Socket programming using network protocols like
TCP/IP,UDP etc. for Citibank, India
Duties include managing development of modules for front-end,
implementation, post production support and deployment of product on to
various production environments.
. Porting from Sun 4.1 to Solaris, HP and DEC.
Environment: C, C ++, HP-UX 10.0, OSF v3.2, Sun OS 5.1 and Solaris
2.5, X Windows, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IP, and SNMP.
Ennar Inc, Coimbatore, India Jul 93 - Nov 95
Various Projects in C and Pro-C