AKSHAY RAJ
682-***-****; *********.***@*****.***; https://www.linkedin.com/in/arajutd-pmc/
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Dallas May 2019
M.S., Information Technology Management
Jaypee University of Information Technology June 2013
B.TECH., Information Technology
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Cvent India, Gurugram, India February 2016 – July 2017
Quality Engineer-II
Defined, planned and managed project road map during Program Increment planning in cooperation with team lead and product owner
Reviewed, identified and discussed requirement flaws and scope of delivered features with Product Owner and suggested improvement while thinking from end user perspective
Drove and assisted team in delivering feature deliveries based on Agile methodologies
Coordinated with 8 developers related to feature deliveries in a sprint, while mentoring and encouraging 3 peers to work efficiently and communicated sprint status to 4 stakeholders
Ensured feature deliveries from testing perspective and made sure that deliverables were consistent with Burndown and feature delivery plans
Facilitated 30+ sprint retrospective, automation grooming, sprint demos and prioritized backlog as per road map defined during program increment planning
Maintained feature documentation, feature delivery dates, release planning using Jira and confluence
eGain Communications, Noida, India July 2015 – February 2016
QA Engineer
Proposed strategy to utilize agile processes resulting in delivery process efficiency
Managed and coordinated project counterparts across multiple locations
Collaborated with release management, development and testing cross functional teams
Ensured feature requirements should meet acceptance criteria as defined in the definition of done
Thinksys Software Pvt Ltd, Noida, India July 2013 – June 2015
Software Engineer
Prepared feature test plan based on work item, feature scope and time estimate in delivering features
Worked efficiently while managing time resulting in projects completed prior to deadline
Trained, motivated, mentored 10+ junior resources resulting in increased teamwork
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Enactus, The University of Texas, Dallas August 2017-Present
Coordinator, Business Advisory Board
Actively build relationship with multiple companies to gain outside support for Enactus members
Manage membership and assist team to enroll new members to Enactus, increasing member by 20+ people
Administer event team and delegate tasks to members while raising funds for Enactus events
TECHNICAL SKILLS
JIRA, Slack, Wiki Confluence, Tableau, GIT Hub, Stash, Jenkins, Post man, HTTP Post, Xray, SQL Server, Ready API, Zephyr, Splunk, Baretail, Fiddler, CCA, Magnifier, JACOCO, Selenium IDE, FireBug, Kraft, Microsoft TFS, Autoit, Visual Studio, HTML, CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft test manager, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Eligibility: Eligible to work in the U.S. for internships and for full-time employment for up to 36 months without sponsorship