Shweta V. Pimprikar

***** ********** **. *** *****, CA 92128

Phone: 858-***-**** abn1tz@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/pimprikarshweta

SUMMARY

Result Oriented QA Manager with more than 6 years of professional

experience in IT with an extensive background in quality assurance, design

verification and testing Methodologies. Ability to train, lead and motivate

team members. Excellent self-starter and ability to do multi-tasking,

prioritize difficult project to maintain highest quality while reaching the

timeline. Very proactive, results-oriented, fast learning are some of the

core strengths.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. An accomplished QA Manager with extensive experience in Project

management, requirements definition, software testing and quality

assurance in Medical, Education, Finance, Non-Profit and Business

Networking domain.

. Experienced in developing and implementing comprehensive SDLC and test

methodologies.

. Experienced in estimation of Project Timelines and test Plan.

. Worked as primary liaison with Business, QA, Development teams and

Vendors for major releases, recreation of customer issues, subsequent

hot fix and patch testing and successful release of patches.

. Log, track, and verify resolution of software and specification defects

along with documenting all phases of QA process.

. Conducted various user conferences, training and demos showcasing new

functionality and enhancements. Evaluating and gathering specific client

expectations on QA.

. Reengineered QA methodologies and processes that resulted in

establishment of complete traceability of requirements and enhanced test

quality.

. Managed various QA phases, Train and Mentor team members on process/test

methods, offshore and onsite.

. Single handedly owning, operating and upgrading test environments for

entire QA group.

. Meet weekly with team members to verify goals, responsibility, and

understanding of assigned projects; Help clarify their projects and

roles by reviewing their test cases and documentation.

. Lead UAT testing activities done by the Business Users and securing Sign

off on the patches released to UAT.

. Write Technical User Documents, create user videos and demonstrate at

UAT conferences.

. Coordinate defect review meeting between various stakeholders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

. Languages: Java, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, VB Script, C#, VB.Net and XML,

Linux, php, SOAP, TCP/IP, Shell Script

Operating Systems: Windows 7/XP/2000, Macintosh, Linux

. RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server (2005 and 2008).

. Testing Tools: TOAD, WAPT (7.5), Test Stuff, Quick Test Pro (9.5),

Bugzilla, Assembla, Winrunner (7.5), Jira, Oracle SQL Developer, Telerik-

Test Studio

. Miscellaneous: Microsoft Project, Outlook, Internet Information Server

(IIS), Version control system (SVN), MS Office, Web Services, Stored

Procedures, Validating Reports

PROJECT EXPERIENCES:

Software QA Analyst (April 2012 - till date)

VISTAGE INTERNATIONAL, El Camino Real, provides professionally facilitated

web based solution that helps CEOs, business owners and senior executives

become better leaders, make better decisions and ultimately achieve better

results through networking, peer advisors and training programs.

- Managed design, development, and execution of the entire test process;

track and report progress of test execution; document and coordinate

the detailed execution plan for all cycles to support testing.

- Involved in full STLC process, lead automated QA, design test

strategies and automated test scripts and maintained test suites for

each testing cycle.

- Communicated business requirements, goals, and directives to the

technical team and served as client interface for managing user

expectations and achieved client satisfaction.

- Formulated Quality assurance plan. Measured and monitored actual test

results.

- Reviewed the UAT test strategy and scripts.

- Coordinated with different user groups to get the requirements and

train them before the patch release.

Software QA Manager (Jan 2010 - Nov 2011)

EMAS PRO, La Jolla, CA is a leader in providing browser based SAAS, student

enrollment management software solutions for both recruitment and

retention.

- Work with Product management to scope and define feature roadmaps.

- Handle customer issues and support client services and technical

support staff for resolution.

- Define QA processes, guide team towards detailed test plans and clear

executions with emphasis on working closely with development teams for

waterfall and agile software models, addressing areas including

database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative

testing, error/bug retests and usability.

- Identify resource gaps in project execution and mitigate it by renting

test gear, hiring contractors, using testing house.

- Managed and performed hands on project planning, auditing of system

requirements, creation and certification of documentation, tracking

progress metrics and defects and mentoring the team.

- Conducted status and triage calls with the client and delivered

project status.

- Managed the on-shore and offshore test teams by delegating tasks to

the team and tracked the same.

- Provided timely support to UAT team before going 'Go-Live'.

- Interacted and communicated the status of test activities with the

team members and coordinated with different teams for integration

testing.

Software QA Engineer (Oct 06- Jan 08)

SYMPHONY SERVICES, Maharashtra, India

Client CONVIO, operates from Austin, USA helps you reach more people, raise

more money and do more for your mission. With fundraising solutions for

every size need and budget, from small, local nonprofits to an affiliate or

a large national organization

. Reviewed and analyzed Business Requirements and assisted team lead in

making the test plan, developed Test Cases and Test Procedures based

on FRD.

. Performed Functional, Integration, Security and Regression testing.

. Performed Backend testing of the application to check whether data was

going on proper and designated database tables and checked the content

retrieved on various windows against the database tables to make sure

that the process retrieved all the customers' data by executing SQL

queries.

. Tested application security features, including session expiry, book

marking, passwords and compatibility across multi browser types.

. Performed content and media (audio) verification and testing.

. Validated product release by testing its requirements and certify if

it can be eligible for User Acceptance testing.

Software QA Engineer (Sep 2004 - Sep 2006)

FDS INFOTECH - Maharashtra, India

Client DATATRAK International, Ohio headquartered company, provides

Electronic Data Capture services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and

medical device industries. A worldwide ASP for the EDC industry, that

delivers clinical research data from investigative sites to clinical trial

sponsors faster and more efficiently than conventional, manual methods.

. Involved and Coordinated with Business Analytics team in requirement

gathering and BRD preparation

. Analyzed business requirements & developed Test Plan, Process &

reporting/metrics in MS Excel.

. Execute testing on both web front end and back end systems. Configure

IIS server, SQL studio for creating test bed.

. Identified various scenarios and performed Functional, Integration,

System and Regression testing.

. Done Data-driven testing for checking with multiple data and written

scripts for that.

. Developed and parameterized automated Test Scripts for functionality

testing using QTP.

. Generated reports in Excel to show the test status of the test scripts

and participated in the meetings to walk through the defect reports

periodically.

. Actively involved in QA process improvement activities like process

flow, problem resolution, bug tracking, etc.

Software Test Engineer (May 2004 -Jul 2004)

During this time involved in various projects as a Test Engineer at IBRAIN

DECISION SOFTWARE, Ahemednagar, India.

EDUCATION:

Masters of Computer Science

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