OBJECTIVE

Visionary Information Technology professional with diverse experience specializing in Quality Assurance and Project Management, seeking a challenging and contributing position that will enhance my software skills, contribute to the development of the company and grow along with it.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

●Around 6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Software Testing.

●Experience in developing/writing Software Test Plans, Test Case Design and Test Scripts based on User Requirements, Specifications and System Requirements documents.

●Experience in Unit Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Black-Box Testing, Integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

●Tracked bugs and created reports using test management/defect tracking tools like Quality Center and documented Test documents using MS Office Tools-Word and Excel

●Excellent knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle including design, development and testing.

●Experience in backend testing using SQL Queries and working knowledge of multiple databases like Oracle, SQL Server.

●Experience in Agile Development and Waterfall methodologies.

●Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to work collaboratively with business users, testers, developers and other team members.

TECHNICIAL SKILLS

Operating System

Windows XP/7

Application

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), MS Project

Language

SQL, VBScript

Testing Tools

ALM, Quality Center 10, TFS, MTM, JIRA, VersionOne, SVN, SOAPUI

Database

Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STATLINE, Greenwood Village CO Nov 2015 – Current

Senior Software QA Application Specialist

STATLINE provides highly specialized communications and technology expertise to organ, tissue and eye procurement organizations as well as the hospitals they serve. From their centralized location in Denver, CO, they serve well over 80 procurement agencies in the US and Canada. They are an FDA-registered Tissue Bank and adhere to all relevant CMS and FDA regulations, including 21 CFR Part 11 compliance with their IT systems.

At STATLINE I worked as a Senior Software QA Application Specialist and a CCR Test Lead on various products but predominantly on DONAR TRAC PLUS (https://www.donortracplus.org/ ) This software has been developed and used for over 20 years meeting the needs of various organ procurement agencies throughout the country in the fields of organ, tissue and eye donation and transplantation. The software actually handles the whole end to end process from referral to transplant seamlessly.

Responsibilities:

●Ensuring the quality of all software applications developed.

●Lead my Scrum team for each sprint to ensure the testing tasks are documented and issues are tracked, reported and resolved in a timely manner.

●Coordinated with my team members in Michigan and Ukraine(offshore) for task completion and process documentation.

●Maintained a defect database to track and trend testing and defects.

●Assisted in the automation of relevant test procedures and testing.

●Assisted in review of test processes as they are developed.

●Gathered input from management and appropriately and accurately applied comments/feedback.

●Configured necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete assigned testing and support needs.

●Maintained advanced technical skills through professional educations and training thereby increasing the effectiveness of the IT department.

●Adhered to and participated in the agile software development methodology and practices, support team commitments and ensure quality deliverables per definition of done within defined Sprints; participated in planning sessions, daily stand ups and other agile practices as directed.

●Maintained up to date knowledge of all aspects of the assigned application and the organ and tissue donation field.

●Assisted on special projects and performs additional duties as assigned.

Environment: Windows 7, Team Foundation Server with MTM 2015, SQL Server 2016, MS Sharepoint, MS Project, JIRA, HelpStar,

BAXTER Corporation, Englewood CO Jan 2015 – Oct 2015

QA Analyst

Baxter is an American healthcare company with headquarters in Deerfield, IL. The company focuses mainly to treat hemophilia, kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic and acute medical conditions.

At Baxter I worked as a QA analyst on a product named ABACUS. This software is the culmination of 15 years of experience meeting the total parenteral nutrition (TPN) needs of hospital and homecare facilities. This windows based software calculates complex TPN orders for pre-mix products or the EXACTMIX Compounder, promotes drug safety and reduces user error, and more. Followed AGILE testing methodology. Daily SCRUM status meetings are critical for the advancement of the project.

Responsibilities:

●Underwent severe compliance training to adhere to the safety procedures followed company wide.

●Trained on the ABACUS software that’s been serving the industry for more than a decade.

●Analyzed the business requirements interacting closely with the business teams.

●Identifying the risks by analyzing the software by doing a top down procedure check.

●Used AUTO IT Test writer software (built in house) to convert the manual test cases into automation test scripts, which is a key driven framework developed by the QA automation team.

●Interact with the vendor (HCL Info Systems) team to allocate daily tasks and status checks

●Wrote Test Method validation for individual test case mentioning the boundary conditions/negative positive scenarios/fault conditions/validation method/test data coverage/tools used etc.

●Participated in TCIR meetings to demo the completed test cases for approvals.

●Test Method Validation was conducted and studied at every phase of release which needs to be in compliance with the FDA regulations which mainly includes Design validations, Process validation and Automated processes.

●Used SQL Server 2008 Management studio for data validation that was a necessity for the entire requirement.

●Analyzed Risk control mechanism for each scenario to have minimal or no error.

●Performed overall QA responsibilities on a daily basis which includes but not limited to test case writing, knowledge sharing with coworker, reviewing test cases written by junior member of our team, and more.

Environment: Windows 7, HP ALM, SQL Server 2008, AUTO IT Test Writer (built inhouse), MS Sharepoint, VersionOne

JEPPESEN, Englewood CO June 2014 – September 2014

Intern

Jeppesen (also known as Jeppesen Sanderson) specializes in navigational information, operations management and optimization solutions, crew and fleet management solutions and flight training products and services. Jeppesen serves four market segments (Commercial Aviation, Business Aviation, Military, and General Aviation).

With Jeppesen, I worked as an Intern supporting the Project Management and Quality Assurance Teams with the migration of different sites that are hosted on Sharepoint 2007 to 2010. This involves validating the existing applications and covering Risk Mitigation plans to the highest visibility level. Most importantly managing business continuity and Disaster recovery options, as this migration must have little or no impacts to the users. For this migration, I was coordinating with Project Managers, Developers & Quality Assurance teams as this was a high visibility migration since most of the documentation are tied to sharepoint sites.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs.

• Participated in the System Test Plan reviews, Test Scenarios, Test Cases Review and modified the documents with respect to the review comments

• Assisted in the preparation of test plans, which specify testing overview, testing approach, testing strategy, roles & responsibilities and scope of testing.

• Gathered the relevant test data necessary for the test cases, based on the Business Analysis, Requirement specs, Business process Procedures, Transactions and Test Conditions.

• Analyzed the user/business requirements and functional specification documents.

• Wrote Functional Test Cases for Manual Testing by analyzing the user requirements and Use Cases.

• Interacted with Developers and Business Analyst discussing requirements, test scenarios and defects.

• Conducted Test Case Review Meetings with the development team to get sign-offs on the test cases.

• Coordinated the test schedule following Agile testing methodology in testing phase.

• Performed Database Validation Testing and manipulations using SQL.

• Participated in daily meetings and weekly standup meetings and QA planning meetings and reported daily work status.

• Involved in cross browser testing.

Environment: Windows 7, Oracle11g, Toad, MS Office

S&P Capital IQ, Centennial, CO Sep’10 – Dec’11

QA Consultant

Description: S&P Capital IQ is a multinational financial information provider headquartered in New York City, and a division of Standard & Poor's. S&P Capital IQ formed in 2010 from offerings previously provided by Capital IQ, elements of S&P including Global Credit Portal and Market Scope Advisor, enterprise solutions such as S&P Securities Evaluations.

S&P Capital IQ is a leader in credit ratings, benchmarks, and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. The company harnesses the power and scope of data from its businesses to create integrated solutions that meet emerging customer needs, acting as a catalyst for growth worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs.

• Analyzed the user/business requirements and functional specification documents.

• Wrote Functional Test Cases for Manual Testing by analyzing the user requirements and Use Cases.

• Interacted with Developers and Business Analyst discussing requirements, test scenarios and defects.

• Conducted Test Case Review Meetings with the development team and the project manager to get sign-offs on the test cases.

• Coordinated the test schedule using Agile testing methodology in UAT phase.

• Participated in daily scrum meetings and weekly standup meetings and QA planning meetings and reported daily work status.

• Coordinated with the offshore team in task allocation and review.

• Involved in cross browser testing.

• Tested Web Services (using WSDL) components using SOAP UI

• Used Assertions mainly to validate the response message.

• Involved in working end to end functionality on SOA applications

• Validated XML files and back end data bases

• System developed using the Scrum/Agile Development Methodology

• Conducted Defect triage meeting, Scrum status meeting with offshore team.

• Participate in QA retropective meeting to provide inputs on how to improve the process.

• Follow up with the offshore task completion and allocation.

• Also involved in mentoring and leading testing team offshore in India - implemented and set daily/weekly goals for the test team to break down the tasks into smaller chunks and divide up the work between the team members, so every one knew who is working on what and open up communication.

Environment: Windows 7, ALM 11.52, Oracle11g, Toad, SOAP UI, JIRA, VERSIONONE, JAVA, HTML, CSS

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) July 2007- April 2010

Quality Assurance Associate

TCS is an Indian MNC IT service, consulting and business solutions company with worldwide operations. They provide wide range of IT related products and services including application development, business process outsourcing (BPO), capacity planning, consulting, enterprise software, payment processing, software management and technology education services.

Client 1: QWEST Communications

DSL application lets Repair Call Handling Center screeners access customer information and generate trouble tickets without having to directly access other backend ticketing systems. When user enters a telephone number in the Information Pane and clicks the go button, DSL completes a pre diagnosis to validate the telephone number and retrieve the associated customer information.

Responsibilities:

•Involved in development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs.

•Analyzed the user/business requirements and functional specification documents.

•Wrote Functional Test Cases for Manual Testing by analyzing the user requirements and Use Cases.

•Interacted with Developers and Business Analyst discussing requirements, test scenarios and defects.

•Conducted Test Case Review Meetings with the development team and the project manager required for sign-offs on the test cases.

•Coordinated the test schedule using Agile testing methodology in UAT phase.

•Participated in daily scrum meetings and weekly standup meetings and QA planning meetings and reported daily work status.

•Coordinated with the onshore team in task allocation and review.

•Involved in cross browser testing.

Environment: Windows 7, Quality Center 9.0, Oracle10g, Toad, MS Office

Client 2: NIELSEN

Training Registration System (TRS) is an intranet only Enrollment and training application. TRS allows all employees, contractors to register for training courses offered by Nielsen. The system is developed to provide different user groups like administrators, coordinators, instructors etc. with different functionality and user interfaces and automatic generation of reports within the application. I was responsible to develop, implement and maintain test plans, test cases, UAT and back-end testing.

Responsibilities:

●Developed and executed test plans and test cases.

●Collected defect data and generated test reports using Quality Center.

●Performed variety of testing starting from Smoke test, Acceptance testing, System testing, and User Acceptance testing.

●Performed Browser Compatibility Testing and end-to-end testing for application functionality.

●Checked the functionality of Secured Web Pages.

●Performed Positive, Negative and Boundary testing around the application.

●Performed Regression testing over different builds and defects were reported accordingly.

●Performed Database Validation by using SQL queries in TOAD.

●Involved in the major release of the application.

Environment: Windows XP, Quality Center 9.2, Oracle 10g, Toad, MS Office

EDUCATION:

M.S in Information and Communication Technology with 4.0 GPA Oct 2012 - March 2015

Major: Project Management

University of Denver, Denver, CO

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