Venkata Kanthi
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Professional Summary:
Three years of experience in IT industry as Quality Assurance Analyst in testing
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Web based and Client based servers
Extensive knowledge and experience in different phases of Software
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Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Hands-on experience in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) phases like
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Requirement Analysis, Test Plan, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect
Management
Good experience in creating Test cases based on Business and Functional
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Requirement Documents
Good testing work experience in Functional, System, integration, ad-hoc,
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Regression and End-to-End Testing
Experience in Bug Reporting and tracking using management tools like Test
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Director/ Quality Center
Experience in Quick Test Professional(QTP) Automation tool
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Ability to write complex test plans, test cases and test scripts
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Proficiency in Data manipulation using SQL to retrieve data from database
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Excellent communication, inter personal, problem solving and Presentation Skills
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Quick learner and Excellent team player
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Education:
• Masters: MBA in Human Resource Management and Computer
Applications(2005)
Bachelors: BS in Computers and Statistics (2003)
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Technical Skills:
Windows 98/2000/ XP and UNIX
Operating Systems
QTP
Automation Testing Tools
Test Director, HP-Mercury Quality Center
Testing Management tools
MS-Word, Excel, Power point, Project and Visio
Packages
VB scripting
Scripting Languages
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Project Experience:
1. Ferro Corporation:
Technology : Web based applications
Tools : HP-Mercury Quality Center 9.0, Quick Test Professional 9.2
Operating Systems : Windows XP
Duration : Dec 2008- till date
Location : Cleveland, Ohio
Role : QA Tester
Roles and Responsibilities in the Project:
• Participated in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Involved in writing test plans based on Business requirement and Functional
Requirement Documents
• Walked through the test plan with the business to get signoff
• Identified the test scenarios, created the manual test cases and also designed the
automation test scripts using Quick Test Professional once the system is stable
• Used the test management tool Quality Center to maintain traceability matrix,
executing test cases
• Used Quality Center for logins and reporting defects in different modules of the
application also labeled defects according to severity and proper priority
• Tested various links of global navigation bar and also tested the text-hyperlinks
and image-hyperlinks of the home page and different pages
• Wrote SQL queries to retrieve the data from the database
• Presented QA status reports and defect status reports in weekly business review
meetings
2. Solvay Pharmaceuticals
Technology : Web based applications
Tools : HP-Mercury Quality Center 9.0, QTP 9.2, SQL
Operating Systems : Windows XP
Duration : Dec 2007 – Aug 2008
Location : Alpharetta, GA
Role : QA Analyst
Roles and Responsibilities in the Project:
• Analyzed Business Requirement Documents and developed test cases
• Assisted team lead in creating the test plan
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• Executed Test cases on different browsers as a part of browser compatibility
testing
• Created and executed automated test scripts for functional and regression testing
using Quick Test Pro 9.2 for Validating the functionality of the application
• Created and modified the VB Script
• Created and executed SQL Queries to fetch data from the data base server and
compared expected results with the actual results
• Participated in regular team meetings and discussed the defects and issues
• Prepared Test scenarios and created test cases, executed the test cases and verified
the actual results with the expected results in Quality Center
• Documented and logged the defects in Quality Center
• Tracked defects until the defect is closed
• Coordinated with team members and resolved issues related to testing
3. Vanguard Health System:
Technology : Web based applications
Tools : HP-Mercury Quality Center, SQL
Operating Systems : Windows XP and UNIX
Duration : April 2007 – Oct 2007
Location : Nashville, TN
Role : QA Analyst
Roles and Responsibilities in the Project:
Participated in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and testing life cycle
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Involved in reviewing Business Requirement Document and Use Cases
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Used Black Box testing throughout SDLC and test environment
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Performed Smoke testing on each and every build
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Executed test cases, identified defects and logged the defects in Quality Center
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Tested the functionality of the application on different operating systems, different
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browsers and verified the links
• Wrote SQL statements to retrieve the data from database
4. Eli Lilly and Company:
Technology : Web based applications
Tools : HP-Mercury Quality Center, SQL
Operating Systems : Windows XP
Duration : Dec 2006 – March 2007
Location : Indianapolis, Indiana
Role : QA Engineer
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Roles and Responsibilities in the Project:
• Reviewed Business requirement documents and Business Specification documents
to identify the test requirements
• Performed Smoke testing for each and every build that came out
• Developed test scenarios, test data and test cases
• Created and executed test cases
• Logged the defects in Quality center
• Involved in process related activities
• Participated in defect review meetings with team members and provided weekly
status reports
5. Tata Technologies Ltd.:
Technology : Web based applications, Client Server application
Tools : HP-Mercury Quality Center, SQL
Operating Systems : Windows XP
Duration : Nov 2005 – April 2006
Location : Pune, India
Role : SAP HR Tester
Roles and Responsibilities in the Project:
• Created Test Scenarios, Test cases and collected the Test data
• Assisted the team lead in creating test plan
• Extensively involved in testing of SAP HR Personnel Management, Time
Management and Master data
• Tested all info types used in the project
• Involved in System and Integration Testing
• Used Quick Test Professional to test the functionality of SAP HR application
• Tested security roles of Payroll, Benefits and Personnel Administration
• Created test cases and ran automation test scripts using QTP 8.2
• Enhanced the QTP Scripts
• Logged defects in Quality Center
• Presented QA status reports and defect status reports in weekly stakeholders
meetings
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OTHER SKILLS:
• Excellent Statistical Knowledge and Analytical Skills
• Proficiency in English
• Experience as team player as well as team builder
• Strong interpersonal skills
REFERENCES:
• Available upon request
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